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Show THE STAGE RIDE. 197 " You have handsome horses," I said, " what are their names ? " "Astronomy and Deuteronomy, Omy and Duty for short. Omy is always frisky when she starts out, but she soon breaks down. When it comes to the home-stretch, Duty knocks the persimmons every time." At the next station the cow-boy and the kaleidoscopic young lady left us, and we took on a stranger. The candidate clasped his hand in a hearty shake and 'said, " Where in h-1 have I seen you before?" "Don't know, sir; what part of h-1 did you come from?" " They seem to be familiar with the domain of his Satanic majesty," said Hal. in a whisper. I resumed conversation with the driver. " Were you ever in Denver ? " " Oh, yes, many times; I was there before the flood." " Why, you seem very young, considering the time you have been on earth." "Come, now," said he, "what are you giving me; don't go slinging jokes at me." " Well, as you lived before the flood, probably you can tell me something about Mrs. Noah. History has very little to say about the old lady." "Oh, you are way off the track, I don't mean Noah's flood, I mean the flood in Denver in '64." "Ah!" "At the dinner table in a hotel in Denver, I once remarked, that 'water runs up hill in this country.' A big fellow across the table, who seemed to be pretty full, said: 'You can't choke that down me; you've got to |