There was always a crowd on hand to greet old Barney Titus, whenever he brought the ancient stage he drove to the end of its run at Wolf Rock. Barney, in spite of the fact that he was employed by a line so small that it had only one coach in operation, was the most famous driver in the entire state. Some years early, an accident had robbed the old man of his sight, but to the surprise of everyone, blindness had not ended his usefulness.