The old man and his daughter had been on a trip to the East, and were now returning home again, after bein' away several months.

Well, the young woman, as I have said, for all she was as pretty as a picture, had a devilish wicked look in her flashing black eyes, that made a fellow kind 'o wilt when she looked him square in the face.
"The young woman took her seat on the inside, while the old man, who was hardy and tough as a pine knot, took his place on the outside, right where you are sittin' now.

It was pretty cold, and we had to bundle up pretty well, but the old man didn't mind it a bit.

He smoked his pipe and passed his bottle--thankee', yes, sir, I don't care if I do--and we were enjoying of ourselves amazin'.
"We journeyed along all day," continued the driver, as he handed the bottle back, and wiped his lips with the sleeve of his coat, "and nothin' happened to hinder or delay us in the least.

Instead of gittin' warmer as the day wore on, it kept gittin' a dern sight colder, until along about four o'clock in the afternoon, when it began to snow, and by early dark, it was hard at it, a regular December snow-storm, with a drivin' wind that cut our faces tremendous.