
When Billy applies to the Pony Express, he doesn't expect superintendent Mr. Slade to hire him as a farm hand for some remote relay station called Mud Springs. Amos, the station manager, is none too pleased either. Instead of a strong, full-grown farmhand, he's sent a twelve-year-old...

When Billy applies to the Pony Express, he doesn't expect superintendent, Mr. Slade, to hire him as a farmhand for some remote relay station called Mud Springs. Amos, the station manager, is none too pleased either. Instead of a strong, full-grown farmhand, he's sent a twelve-year...