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Show GIRL DRIVES THE MEEKER STAGE Meeker, Colo., Jan 2 Writers of western literature who have been bewailing be-wailing the disappearance of the old-time old-time stage driver and the old-tlme cowbos Should cheer up for the girl stage driver has uppeared ou the scene to add a dash of plcl uresque-ness uresque-ness tO the new west It Is inn- that she is now off the job for s moment A vacation trip to ralltornla called even more strongly than inherent love for her horses, so Miss May Robert son, daring driver, this week turned the "ribbons" over to B substituie and will while away the next SO days on the Pacific coast. Miss Robertson drives big four- I horse stage regularly between Meeker Meek-er and Buford, Colo., In the verv ' heart of the Rocky mountains And she Isn't doing the work for movlug- . picture concerns nor on a bet. She has turned st.ic driver to earn hr I living. Daih she tools a heavy stage along mountain roads In all kinds of I weather Like the old-time stage driver, the only ihin- she objects to is having a lot of curious passengers bombard her with foolish questions. It's a long, rough ride from Meeker lo Buford li means several hours jolting over dubious roads through a lonely country, but the girl sta;e driver does it every day. Besides , holding the ribbons over four bron- ! hos oi" unwarranted dispositions she I looks after bnggnge. sees to the seating seat-ing of tbe passengers, attends to a lot of transpcrtai ion matters for the I ranchmen along the route and is gen erally the handy man" of about for", miles of rilled and comparatively unsettled un-settled country . A few weeks ago a party of eastern tourists had the fright of their lives while riding with the girl stage dri er The horses were frightened by a passing automobile snd plunged alor. g the roufth mountain highway All the women In the party except Mbs Rob ertson. screamed It looked as if nothing could prevent a serious acci dent, but the girl stage driver wound the ribbons about her wrists and. bracing her feet against the dash board, untllised all her strength and skill in bubduing the frightened horses She quieted the bronchos just before reaching a bad turn in the road, where the stage would have been upnet No serious accident has happened smre Miss Robertson took up the stage "run" early in tbe fall. Travel ing men wb are accustomed to stages say i there is no better driver in the isl Miss Robertson is a slender. I pretty girl, not yet 21 years old "I took up this work because it promised a good living, that's all. " she says I always liked horses, and they hme always seemed to like me. I never have any trouble, even with the wildest animals It Is a pleasuro to me lo drive I like the outdoor life 1 don't know as I would advise star.e driving for ever girl, but I imagine that there are lots harder and le64 remunerative employments No. T never nev-er worn' about road agents I have never been held up. mil new-1 to be 5 don't know what I would do , in case of a holdup It would all depend de-pend on the circumstances" oo |