. Book of the Royal blue . sleep of other years,A conestoga with clattering gears—A six-span team with its huge white tent—Over the national highway went. On old South Mountain, about the place Where Lady Dahlgren, of courtly grace, Turned the inn of the olden day Into a home where cheer held sway. The team stopped short and the driver led His outspanned mares to the torrents bed, Then lit the fire and put on a stew And slept with his love neath the starlit blue. Stage coaches were also favorite modesof traveling. They were generally clumsyaffairs, with no springs and with but onedoor, but as
. Book of the Royal blue . sleep of other years,A conestoga with clattering gears—A six-span team with its huge white tent—Over the national highway went. On old South Mountain, about the place Where Lady Dahlgren, of courtly grace, Turned the inn of the olden day Into a home where cheer held sway. The team stopped short and the driver led His outspanned mares to the torrents bed, Then lit the fire and put on a stew And slept with his love neath the starlit blue. Stage coaches were also favorite modesof traveling. They were generally clumsyaffairs, with no springs and with but onedoor, but as time passed they were greatlyimproved. The fare between Cumberlandand Wheeling was $S or $b, and two dayswere required to make the trip. Mailcoaches were also run, some of them makingtwelve miles an hour, as the horses werechanged every few miles. Many storiesare told of the old coaching days. It wasa favorite amusement among the passengersto hold out letters to the country people tosee them run after the stage. On one. ORIGINAL TOLL GATE ON NATIONAL ROAD, NEAR FROSTBUKci, MD. THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD
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