The Road Agents then roared out, “Get down, every ---- of you, and hold up your hands, or we’ll shoot the first of you that puts them down.” The passengers all got down in quick time. The robbers then turned to Rumsey, and said, “Get down, you ----” (as usual) “and take off the passengers’ arms.” This did not suit his fancy, so he replied, “You must be d----d fools to think I’m going to get down and let this team run away. You don’t want the team; it won’t do you any good.” “Get down, you ----,” said the spokesman, angrily. “There’s a man that has shown you he has no arms; let him take them,” suggested Billy. (Bunton had turned up the skirts of his coat to prove that he had no weapons on.) Bunton, who knew his business, called out, “I’ll hold the horses! I’ll hold the horses!” The Road Agent who did the talking, turned to him, saying, “Get up, you long-legged ----, and hold them.” Bunton at once went to the leaders, behind the two Road Agents, and they wheeling round to Billy Rumsey, ordered him down from the box. He tied the lines round the handle of the brake and got down, receiving the following polite reminder of his duty, “Now, you ----, take them arms off.” “Needs must, when the Devil drives,” says the proverb, so off went Billy to Bummer Dan, who had on two “Navies,” one on each side. Rumsey took them, and walked off diagonally, thinking that he might get a shot at them; but they were too knowing, and at once ordered him to throw them on the ground. He laid them down, and going back to Matteson, took his pistol off, laying it down besides the others, the robbers yelling to him, “Hurry up, you ----.” He then went to Percival, but he had no arms on. The Road Agents next ordered him to take the passengers’ money, and to throw it on the ground with the pistols. Rumsey walked over to Percival, who taking out his sack, handed it to him. While he was handing over, Bill Bunton took out his own purse, and threw it about half way to Rumsey, saying, “There’s a hundred and twenty dollars for you--all I have in the world; only don’t kill me.” Billy next went to Bummer Dan, who handed out two purses from his pocket. Rumsey took them, and threw them on the ground besides the pistols. The next man was Matteson; but as he dropped his hands to take out his money, the leader shouted, “Keep up your hands, you ----. Take his money.” Rumsey approached him, and putting his hand into his left pocket, found there a purse and a porte monnaie. Seizing the opportunity, he asked--in a whisper--if there was anything in the porte monnaie. He said “No.” Rumsey turned to the robbers and said, “You don’t want this, do you?” holding up the porte monnaie. Matteson told them that there was nothing in it but papers. They surlily answered, “We don’t want that.” On examining the other pocket, the searcher found a purse, which he threw out on the ground with the pistols.