 IN a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the "pony-rider" — the fleet messenger who sped across the continent from St. Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters nineteen hundred miles in eight days! Think of that...  Roughing it - Page 70by Mark Twain - 1873 - 591 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 604 pages
...a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the "pony rider," the fleet messenger who sped across the continent,...do ! The pony rider was usually a little bit of a fellow, brimful of spirit and endurance. No matter what time of night his wutch came on, and no matter... | |
 | Montgomery Gibbs - 1874 - 326 pages
...from Mark Twain'a " Roughing it": — " In a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the ' pony-rider ' — the...continent from St. Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters 1,900 miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable horse and human flesh and blood to do ! The... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - Readers - 1875 - 252 pages
...object we were momentarily expecting, and in a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the ' ' pony-rider " — the...carrying letters nineteen hundred miles in eight days! 2. The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance. No matter what... | |
 | Englishman - 1876 - 268 pages
...from Mark Twain's " Roughing it": — " In a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching' for the ' pony-rider ' — the...continent from St. Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters 1,900 miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable horse and human flesh and blood to do ! The... | |
 | Textbooks - 1878 - 254 pages
...object we were momentarily expecting, and in a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the ' ' pony-rider " — the...carrying letters nineteen hundred miles in eight days ! \ 2. The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance. No matter... | |
 | Montgomery Gibbs - 1878 - 346 pages
...from Mark Twain's " Roughing it": — " In a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the ' pony-rider ' — the...continent from St. Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters 1,900 miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable horse and human flesh and blood to do ! The... | |
 | Englishman - 1880 - 332 pages
...the fleet messenger who sped across the continent from St. Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters 1,900 miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable horse and human flesh ana blood to do ! The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance.... | |
 | Alexander Lovett Stimson - Express service - 1881 - 452 pages
...watching for the ' pony-rider ' — the fleet messenger who sped across the continent from St. Jo. to Sacramento, carrying letters nineteen hundred miles...perishable horse and human flesh and blood to do ! The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brim-full of spirits and endurance. No matter what time... | |
 | Alexander Lovett Stimson - Express service - 1881 - 444 pages
...Mark Twain thus describes the Pony : " In a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the 'pony-rider' — the fleet messenger who sped across the continent from St. Jo. to Sacramento, carrying letters nineteen hundred miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable... | |
 | Montgomery Gibbs - 1883 - 468 pages
...cross "the plains " by railway : — " In a little while all interest was taken up in stretching our necks and watching for the ' pony-rider' — the fleet...continent from St Joe to Sacramento, carrying letters 1900 miles in eight days ! Think of that for perishable horse and human flesh and blood to do ! The... | |
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