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Show MADE HIS RECORD CLEAN. Driver Had Mltsed One Hock and Had to Go Back. Some years ago Gen. Miles stnrted to drlvo from Red Lodge, Mont., to Cody, Wyo., to see his friend, Huffalo Rill. Tho road was rough, and the reckless driving of tho man holding the lines mado it seem rougher, but tho Indian fighter compressed his lips nnJ clung to tlio scat without complaint. When near Cody tho gen-.oral gen-.oral suddenly prodded the driver In theJiack with Ids walking Btlck nnd Bald curtly: "Dilver, turn around." "What?" exclaimed tho astonished driver. "Do as I tell you,'; commanded command-ed Miles. So tho man turned tho horses about and started back to Red Lodge. "Now turn here," ordered Miles, after they had driven n few yards. Convinced that his distinguished distin-guished passenger had suddenly lost his mind, tho driver turned nbout onco moro and started for Cody. "There!" exclaimed Miles, In n tono of satisfaction, as tho sldo wheels struck a stone and ho bounded Into tho air. "You hit It! Now, driver, you can go back to Red Lodgo nnl tell them thnt you drovo 75 miles and never missed a rock. You'o hit them, every one." |