JOHN’S WAY. 143

“ Why, Jonas,” said Rollo, “he could not
talk with the driver if he was in the
stage.”’ ,

“Why, yes,” said Jonas, “for this stage
was not a great coach, with four horses and
a great rack for trunks behind it was only
a ole-horse wagon, with two seats, and a
top over it, and curtains at the side. That
is the kind of stage they have where there
is not much travelling. So John sat down
upon the front seat with the driver, and they
put his blue trunk in under the back seat.

‘He rode along very pleasantly in this
way a long time. They stopped to change
horses sometimes, and at last he got to a
pretty large town, where the wagon stage
stopped, and John got into a larger one, with
four horses. He rode along in this way
until he came at last to the town where he
Was to stay.”

“What was the name of the town?”
asked Lucy.

“I don’t know,” said Jonas; “I only
know it was a large, town, with a good
many factories in it. There was a large
Stream of water running through it, which
carried the factories. When the stage