Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-27


siddle on burst from the woods behind me,
aud tore off across the prAT,r, rs u he too
had seen The devil
What color was he ~ exclaimed half
a DOZEN voices In breath
ale VS. too far oil tor me 10 distinguish
more than that he WAS a daik horse--say
about as much % as miDe. ] could d,sta-
4 gulsh the pummel Of the saddle aud the sur
rups flying
'.Stoner's horse was dark bay" was
buried around the lnblo IN low tones, eve
~ one lookln in his ne,ghbors face
Yea" said the squire, rising and step
ning uneasily 10 the window. Sloners
horse was good deal like yours; he must
have 70, away from him, aud that is What
detnins him But then the nag was very
kind creature and well trained. wonder
it should have behaved SO ~
Don't believe bay would have done il
Square" said one ofIhe men. Something's
gene wrong, I think Was the birdie
down MIR flenryT
1T was too far of for mo to tell. fol.
lowed in the direction the horse took, and
soon found myself here, and expected 10 find
II here tool"
"Mr s,oner's is beyond here" SAID the
Square. That wagon trail you were
turning and twisting about in, is rond |
had opened TO number Of board tr'cs we
cut and rived out there; you nigh. have
followed il for hours and not bocn more
than n mile or so from The place you start.
cd from Tim. ghost Of yours,by the way,
may be some crazy fellow who has wander
ed off into these parts, with mischief in him
Did you hear no gun "
81 thought | did--nbout an hour nfter
parting with the man, or devil, or whatever
he was but the sounnd was so fam, and
, distant, that, for fear | might be mistaken
: did not go to it, and the road turned SC
, frequently, could no, tell whether it was
in the direction he went Off or not
Here the driver inlerposed, saying that
| he had heard rife ntoui that time on the
G right, bu, supposed i, TO bc Henry or Ston.
or, he thought nothing Of it. Aud II hal
laughing discuesion followed as to ne pros
/, nble Character Of the woods ghos, lenr,
P. had reported of-for these mon wcrr too
A much accustomed TO the cxigencos OLA hun
tet's life TO be for more than n nnmeut Sc
a rIouslv affected by the circumstances u
S,oacr's non arrival In ths mlds, o. this
+ n@horsc's f,r, was heard galloplng mp at TIT
, door and loud "IlIInn I" ioliowrd Tn
Square rose hastily und wen, on, In
i, moment after he entered, looking pale ant
. excited
e Tom DIX Zone Of Stoner's neig hbor
T. l.
d n rider, the rcins upon his meek, and CID
Of blood upon the pummel Of the saddle =
A BOYS he's been shot Just as | susprctc
d from the first !"
o Everybody rose n, this announcements
looking in the face Of him opposite with
blank palid stare.
- THE crazy man r' CALCULATED several
a. "Strnnge r'-"Vety mysterious" sal
\, others
!, al tell you what" snid the squire after
n pause, "has struck me from the first. II
lie that this strange booking fellow Henry saw
N mstook him for Sioner, urlil he looked il
m to his face, for Henry's horse and gener
ID Appearances are not unlike h.--and VIII,
ID he found that he was wrong. got out Of Il
I'd way and went on I'LL he mt Stoner himse
" and has shot him y
fl "No doubt OF i" said several
l But its very mysterious affair co
IN inucd he-"I know Of no such looklr
~ man in this region as Henry describes b
81 at any rate he will be hunted down 10 mo
III row for Stoner was one Of the Regulator
az andHnch IS perfect blood hound He 81
y hardly escape bim--crazy or no crozyl"
=. Thi. seemed TO be the most saishc.o
{" solution Of the difficulty, and MS it was {,
W dark for US 10 do any thing that night ,
=" resumed our seats to discuss over aud ov
!" again these details while the Sqnare 81
a., of messenger summonng Hnch and Il
VI Regulators TO be on the ground early in /
- mornIug.
!, Before sunrise in the morning, Hin
40 arrived with SIX men. was walked by
n lond bluserIug and swearing. He vas
:. wing. rs afterwards understood about tie
"A ~ alinc>his Story about meeting with I
"a remarkable pcrsonage--all humbug- n
no asserting his betleilhnI If a murder h
nj been committed, Henry was Us an,hor. o
M host quoted him IN some way, and VII
mr we came oul to join them he greet
% US with a SnarIing .oi OF civlty He wa
thick sal man, broad-shouideTed sJily-l
MS ing wretch, with blood shot eyes, and IA
ny bearing all the marks OF a uotous deOsuche
IT. Our search was Tor several hours u7su""r'
I'd lul, uu,. Henry by chance found he pa
no ~ here Gc had encountered tae Beard
,rv Gnosl as some one hiI cAIisieDrI .In
,,., here one OF the keen-eyed hunters found
49,. traces OF large mocassined foot ~
were pursued Tor seraGal miles and lJs,
i" on spreading our hne and continuing
~ same general course Tor siIne dlstAhce J.
md lher, ~e., last lnund indeed uIo Cndy
ihr StAneti II had been 50 much man'4iHd
aus the wolves aad ravens, ma hale exam n