Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-08-09
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% taking my Oversssr with nsyf aussli
after them" "Isiaf stilI - .,s=....J
- should Mink SCI, .Waka s!,alc,,~
.Go ahead, Judgei". IA doxsr' eager e.
ciamatiens svinced this est Win q kiFhvS.
climax Of the story was sspstssdsy tt
NARRATOR, howss ers proceeded withn sns,,r
5Toid that was i,,in,itsblc. y .,.,s...,Is
y hadn't 'gone but s.tsv miles, whe.
back comes Jake: mcc,is~ ne. The.bx.
gentlemen, had >fncit q trap And i,sl, wi,h
ms wife and wavOns 'l~sssng shs. bssy .sc
take eAfsof himself, s OF courses | didas
drop the matter, but followed upand a,oa
got on the trail. tracked him back I
good many niles from lls liver. bst mir.
FED him, hsat iak e which was L.cip ofrouir
plantations, and lost epoddsai sitiiss.--.
lowsrds sfrtriiooh,s returning BY anolhsr
road towards The, river, between the 6svos
and DR.. Boll's new clearing, | hesrd v6scts;
and y. a, minute, droyc right Hb 10 cfoSzNi
Of neighliors, who l,atf got my yiyieSs, kls
wife, and his sdearbornn Tightin tha,misi-
die u them! The fact IL; genslsHssn,. oae
or two Of them had got notice that there
were wolves about. aud were on the look
but for varlni,pt,. as my acquaintance drovs
IN among u en-" tiits-llss its.. xss N
tjt"tia! ha! hal A general chucklt sf
delight was succeeded BY asrin OF an.io-
ipation. - ~ ID, tras y
al found my friend, sentlerneu,- saiE:as
right an! left, like a lawyer, making every
thing straight and agreeable, y hen. sud.
d,niy he caught sight Of me, at ths ,nsss
moment Of Jake; and, gentlemen, if ever
man gave up the ghost before the breath
was out Of hir, It was that fellow; lii
eyes glazed, dark circle settled round
them, while his lower lip, blue and q,,iv-
ering a. the blood left il, after making m
effort, as it were, to recall the relaxed law
to Its duty, finally fell with il; and there
the man sst, staring 1t me, motionisss.
with THE exception os his throst, Mhish
worked spasinodically in the effort 70 sysp.
ply itself with moisture from the parched
moiith. Gefitieinsh, he was the picture Of
. small rascal caught III i tail snapl r
frat blushed that he was white man and
next that he was an Ainerioan.'' 4 ,.l.a1 !
american h. III INTERRUPTED sans sf
the pilot, Of the boat, Mho, perohed upon
pile Of trunks, had hitherto said noth-
ing-''he was Did Yankee, that's. whie
he wasl" This distinction was rscoenl.
zed with great applause, Of course. The
Colonel resumed. sa.,,., -.
"There was just shout t,lerable court
fon the spot, gentlemen, and il was agreed
to try the fellow right Thar. There was
evidence besides mine, fol ons msnhsd II.
lowed him up along the plaitstiors4 Cor
twenty miles; but yet the womah kindet
stood between him and his due, and ]
thought / would question her too. She
was young, gentlelnen, with d simple 1cok
bad evidently neither the heart nor The
wit Of awoman about her, and at my 6rss
Notwithstanding put il into my head
"Are you married 70 this man?" she burst
into tears, and sobbed as II her heart
would break. / had him taken away u
once, and out it all came-withn no thoakht
Of injuring her companion, though; il wai
the simple impulse to relieve, timid
mind BY confession. She was not his wife
gentlemen. She had taught school In
Tennessee, where this man saw. her, and
first persnading her 10 lid him ia the cir
culation Of abolition tracts, hhallf isil,,eed
and carried her to New Orleans, whsIA,
growing more bold a. he extended his ae-
quaintance with the country, he had made
another arrangement with the. "Scelety, w.
one of greater profit ~ Of greater risl--
namely, to "run of" negroes from the plan
tations along the coast. !, ,Gentlemcn, this
is mighty long story. ,Rarkseper-'
"Oh,, no, mol" Ego ahead, Colonel. ~
sDrinks" 1t, the moment Hers asclinsd,
but the shorter operation Of taking fIssh
"chew" was inddlged In, by way Of 6llipe
up the pause. -.e
Il had smother question 10 ak ths wo-
man. DO you love this man, said If''
The poor creature wep4 Yorss than eyer,
gentlemen; she said her. only deslrc wasto
SO to some friends in Illinois, whers fhs
hoped to be welcome and TO get along more
wisely. He abuses yon, then, laid ~
oh said she, 4 wouldn't mind that n I
thought he would ut Iii. msl'' II, ,s4srt.
as hope to live mild and considstate
citizen, gentlemen, that iiyid, coWardiy
scoundrcl, had, during my pursuit N him,
after threatening bis victim now his bur
den--till she was nearly Iifuless,. -attually
attempted to droun hfr i, the srosait, /
needn't tell yo,i, gtHslehcn. how. ,tpani-
NOUS the verdict was ip this case; the
1 Woman, for, whom we subsequently, made
| Up subscription. svss moved off tlwasd.
the nearest house, the t,lian---s finikh,s
tmali figure iny how shrink, 10 hall iii
natural 81 e; as .discolofed as Ii the last
Eorsrptlng change had anticipated The
lgrsve; bis stifis Bound behind his back =.
and shivcring on the grounc, too svesN q
/ 3 h,bt b sphsm,--z with the Tsn which HI
had lately held il his hind, ncs Isd aryutit
lis neck FOR haltrr--lise aililng i,nsph
liett, even 10 hang awaited ne stlccii.,
VI crotch for hin 10 sssi,,e from. .,'zfs
II, tlmsy Be supposed that \ ~ rictilftsih'
horrid features pf which Wrrest tluasi i.Ass.e
tail described, iiaa krsdp.Ily, tSii,sd ~
phlegmatic limner,--nol d, all His cen
,lisnccs swelleJ, not from The mere int Pstd
ous gathering u i,less, lbat, ~ ~ seemed
TON : good nainred desire 10 lpakc tiss stc
! ry h interesting a. possibletohie hsaxet.
Il in no respect exhibited nerve
: rllssSness; there was not lash Of pcssio
}duYinc the whole relation. ThiS was IL
J the csss with the hssrers, sshough.- m
J, leyes of Tho s,Iudge" eeemed bnrsingslfo