a craven soul? What is your fear, 

 that you may get hurt? The real 

 part of you cannot be hurt by any- 

 thing physical, and if you are going 

 to be hurt well, you will be, fear 

 will not help you. 'Cowards die 

 many times before their deaths '- 

 Ugh! away with it" and began 

 to feel better. 



"Tra la la, tra la la, dear boy, 

 we are really getting to the Canon, 

 'the mighty channel that the mighty 

 Colorado has worn through the ages, 

 etc., etc/ Brrh! Isn't it cold? Fancy 

 June behaving like this. San Fran- 

 cisco Peak is covered with snow. 

 I just caught a glimpse when the 

 clouds lifted a little. Driver, don't 

 you think the storm is nearly over?" 



The man thus addressed shifted 

 his quid from one cheek to the other 

 and emptied his mouth of sufficient 

 fluid to make speech comfortable. 



"It's nigh on three days, I reckon, 

 a change's about due. The folks 

 at the Canon been held up since 

 Monday. May be they won't ob- 

 ject to seein' the mail bag." 



The horses for the past fifteen 

 miles had been going a steady gait 



