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Doctor Dick had been closely looking at the old volunteer and said something in a whisper to the stage-agent, who at once said: "I'll take you, and the time for starting is almost up." "I'm ready, only take care of my horse at my expense," and the volunteer dismounted ready for work.
The stage-agent at W was right in declaring that the coach might be held up on the rough trail that was always driven by daylight, for the party he feared were some wild fellows who had ridden into the settlement two days before and stated that they were on their way to the mines.
There, among other old acquaintances, was a once ubiquitous man, now almost extinct, but whom we were formerly sure to encounter at the hotel of every thriving village throughout the country. It was the stage-agent.
He had the same story to tell at each one of the relay-stations, about the fate of old Huck, and an ominous shake of the head from those who listened convinced him that they expected him to be the next victim. The next morning he rolled into W a few minutes ahead of time, and the stage-agent seemed surprised to see a new man upon the box.
Four Potters, three Ackermans, three Annables drove in Salem. Patch and Peach. Tozzer and Blumpy, Canney and Camp, were well-known stage-driving names. The stage-agent also, that obsolete functionary, was a man of much local consequence and of many affairs; he was established in many a tavern as a necessary and almost immovable piece of bar-room furniture.
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