Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-27
.frsa he D,~oorshs Rer,e,c for February
THE SHOT IN TIE EYE,
tT G. ~itatss Ltni.
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irRuE STORY or TEXAS BORDER LIFE.

cnce. Avoiding oil int curse With le
sesilcts, be lad continued 10 hun, with even
mcto asshuny than usual and was 10 a
great measure ignorant Of the unonyiablo /
no,orety he was enjoying. He had heard /
something Of the charge with which his
character hnd been n'salrd bit attributed !
them all 10 the jealous onuiiy he had incur.
rcd al the shooting match He could un.
dersand perfectly how one msn could hate
another who had beat him in shooting, and
thougM II natural enough; but he could
TO, understand how ibst hatred might be
mcanly and desperately vlndlcat,d aud
therefore gave himself no uneasinoss shou,
II, He was only anxious tina, his wife
should no, hear aud be annoyed BY these
thugs, and preserved h, usual cheerful.
mess OF dumeanor.
lie had Iusi returned from hunting, and
laying aside his accoutrcmenls purtook OF
the supple meal her neat houscwiiery Ind
prepared for him; then stretching himself
upon the buffIlo robe on the floor. romped
with bis two rosy checked boys, who roll.
cd over his gfea, body, and gamboed and
scrcamed in rio,ous Joy arouad him; but
mother wanted some water from the branch
and The frolic must be given over while
Jack would go and fetch II So jumping
up, he left the lnlle folk pouting wlIfully as
they looked after him from the door, and
STATED 1 he stream was only about q
hundfed yuTcs from the house. aud the
path leading 10 il was through dense high
thicket IL was against Jacks Leligion ev.
er TO leave the house without his gun but
the wife, whom he loved above the universe
ofsrnIim,n,s sni every thing else, was IN
hurry for the water, and the distance was
50 shon,--so he sprung gaily out with the
vessel IN his hand, leaving the rife bobinl
The water had been dipped up and he was
returning ulong the narrow path closely
bordorcd by brush, when he tclt Igh,
tap on edeh shoulder, and his career WAS
strangely Impd'd he had just time to
perceive that llsso bad been thrown over
him, which would conine his aims, VIII, n
nc saw himself suddenly surrounded, AMI
was rus ed upon by a number Of men -
He instantly recognized The voice OF lunch,
shouting, Down with hun Dag hun
down !" us the men who had holl Of the
lasso abou, has body jcrkcd a, 1t vlolen y
IN the ef0R TO throw him. All his uemen-
aous strength was pu, forth IN one convul.
sIve ef1u, which would have freed him,
bu, the internal moose had fallen true, and
bound his arms As II was, he drag ed the
six stout men who held II after his frantic
bounds nearly to his own door, before he
was proaratcd, and then II was by 4 heavy
blow dealt him over the head WIN the but,
OF gun. The last ooJects which met ma
eyes Us he sank down, were the hornned
face OF his two children aud wife looking
out upon hnn
The blow deprived him Of bis senses fo
some time, and when he recovered he found
himself bali stripped, and lashed TO a tree d
shou distance from his house, -flinch II
front OF hun, with knoticd rope IN hi
hand. his w,ie on The ground, wulling AM
clInging with pHious cntfeaiy round ih
monsters knees, his cbildien weeping b,
her, and outside Of ,hIsgroup circle O
men with guns in ,helrhands Tha
fearful awakening was a new birth 1
Jack Long His eyes took in ever,
thing ut Que glance A shuIder, Ia
thu, of an oak riding 10 It's core, spran
along hi; nerves, and seemed TO pass GU, q
hls fee, and through his fingers, leavln
hun as rigid as marble and when tn
NlbNs W HticOuo mUChNi, up'll W
him fell upon his white flesh, making
weI IN purple ridges, or spou, dull bIac
currents he iclI them no more than tn
dead Intel OF bis door would hsv
done and the agony ofthal poor wife shri
ling avid echo 10 every harsh slashn
sound, seemed TO have had no moro ehc'
upon his ear than il had upon the tree
bovc them, which shook Ms green leav,
20 The sell same cadence they had held sc
tcrday in the btroze. His wide open cy,
were gLr,mg calmly and setulinizingl
into the iaces OF the men who stood arour
those features are never to be iorCou, n
Tor while tIiOeh lay on the stripes wi
al ms furious strength, blaspheming
'hey l,'lihe glance dwell on each face wll
neold keen searching intensity. 40 iii mlr
% 'u'm To be- rcmrmb.ted IN he'll TT
Inan ai' was R0tul--so concentrated -,
s'll-so enduring tie never snoLe
gfoanrd' or wrFbcd--but those intrnse -,
OF his the wte,chr, eoulI,,, ,,.nJ ,h..
ana oeg"a 70 'hniti- and get behind "a,
o'ne'' DN was too late he h
them aH-'en men They we're reg
tered
We viii d'op the curtain owe, ,b,, h,
r,hie scrne suihee II 10 say TIA, Al
Iashng hun until he tainted. the Ron
tors l,h han telling hs wiz ,hs, 4 n
were no, out Of the country IN ten d,v,
should be shot He dad 10 wnb,o ,hs =,
siGed ume and, as wa, SAID. re,ur,
with his family TO Arkan,a, wh-,,
wites l.,hef lived The ioc,len, wa, a.
forgotten N Shelby eousIy amid the E,
slant recurrence Of similar seems
Abou, fur noah siiier this aff,ir