As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.

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Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.