But is not the country big enough for us all ?" The coach proprietors, after many angry words, threatened to unite in running down Bianconi himself.

"Very well," he said, "you may run me off the road--that is possible; but while there is this" (pulling a flower out of his coat) "you will not put me down." The threat merely ended in smoke, the courage and perseverance of Bianconi having long since become generally recognised.
We have spoken of the principles of Mr.Bianconi.

They were most honourable.

His establishment might be spoken of as a school of morality.

In the first place, he practically taught and enforced the virtues of punctuality, truthfulness, sobriety, and honesty.