The driver, who had come with us the two last stages, was a native of Duchess Co., N.Y.; and he began to plead with the slave-holder in behalf of the slave.

But the drivers were an unruly set, paid no attention to turnouts, and would meet face to face on the track, just as if no turnouts existed.

I could not help thinking that the engine driver was a German in disguise, who was trying to prevent our ever arriving at our destination.

The driver was a mute, Vava, his name meaning dumb in Tahitian, and the English and Americans called him the Dummy.

The new driver was Miss Regina Mortlake.

The driver of that monoplane was a persistent chap.

It made no difference that one driver was the son of a Scotch Earl and one of a Scandinavian Peasantthey were both men in the eyes of all Alaska; and they were both, with their sturdy dogs, saluted as victors in this classic of the snows.

My new drivers were the ugliest, most villainous-looking Koraks that it would have been possible to select in all the Penzhinsk Gulf settlements, and their obstinacy and sullen stupidity kept me in a chronic state of ill-humour from the time we left Kuil until we reached Penzhina.

The caravan only conveyed goods, and the drivers were Tartars.

"That Driver must be a regular case of a hireling.

The manager of the show always rides ahead of the parade, with the chief of police of the town, and the band horses follow him, so it is easy enough to drive ten horses, cause all you have to do it to hold on to the 20 lines, and look savage at the crowd on the sidewalks, and the horses go right along, and the people think the driver is a wonder.

The driver was generally an Indian, armed with a small pole six or eight feet long, who marched on before, the oxen following after.

"Every car-driver, stage-driver, hackman, and racing-tout can become major-generals if they yell loud enough.

" "The head driver," Hammond wrote, "is the most important negro on the plantation, and is not required to work like other hands.

It was not until later years that Florida and the other children learned that the driver of the wagon was a "nigger stealer" who stole children and took them to Georgia to sell at the slave markets.

It means a lot of running as they are being driven now, but it is the fastest and most interesting work of all, and we go ahead of the whole caravan with lighter loads and at a faster rate; moreover, if any traction except ourselves can reach the top of Beardmore Glacier, it will be the dogs, and the dog drivers are therefore the people who will have the best chance of doing the top piece of the ice cap at 10,000 feet to the Pole.

The driver was a young girl, but she was veiled and her features could not be seen under the thick face covering.

But they were too late to prevent the accident which is always liable to happen in a hayfield, particularly when the driver is a novice.

His driver was a burly, hard-faced man, and instead of letting his horse stop a minute to rest he kept urging him forward.

The drivers are charmingly independent and undeniably free-and-easy birds, but not meaning to be uncivil.

Therefore, the driver, in all probability, was a stranger in these parts.

The driver was generally an Indian, armed with a small pole six or eight feet long, who marched on before, the oxen following after.

thou hadst a malice; The old driver of swine That day sure was thine, Or thou hadst not quitted Calais.

The driver was Bill Reed, an old overland stage driver and wagon master; on our way in, the Grand Duke frequently expressed his admiration of the skillful manner in which Reed handled the reins.

The camel driver of Mecca, like the founder of Christianity, was a teacher of peace and an example of humility, but his followers have been famous for their pride, their brilliant achievements, their audacity and their martial violence and success.