and took his seat with the driver, while the other passengers
re-established themselves in the stage.




Chapter II.

Accidents.



Marco liked his seat upon the outside of the stage-coach very much. He
could see the whole country about him to great advantage. He was very
much interested in the scenery, not having been accustomed to travel
among forests and mountains. The driver was a rough young man,--for
the boy who drove the coach up to the door was not the regular driver.
He was not disposed to talk much, and his tone and manner, in what he
did say, did not indicate a very gentle disposition. Marco, however,
at last got a little acquainted with him, and finally proposed to the
driver to let _him_ drive.

"Nonsense," said he, in reply, "you are not big enough to drive such a
team as this."

"Why, there was a boy, no bigger than I, that drove the horses up to
the door when we started, this morning," replied Marco.

"O yes,--Jerry,"--said the driver,--"but he'll break his neck one of
these days."