Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-05-17

| now thought it time TO wake up, which
It'd with a preliminary yawn or two
the ltne apathy came back and sat upon
them ulns of my entertainers. made
There was and that | wished TO retire.
cabin, and theywo compartments IN the
to make some arralelt the one | was IN
for my accommodatioment IN the othef
sent some time, and Ihey were ao-
heard them moving the bed tothile sure l
OF the room. They came out afr part
and | was told that my bed was readyyh'
They watched my movements with con-
siderable interest when | rose to retire.
started at first without my pack on pur-
pose. The faces of the worthy pair ight-
ed up; | returned and took it and they
fell in moment. This was not all
passed in first, and the woman attempted
TO Shut the door upon Lion but the latter,
putting forth his strength, sprang after me
in an instant, almost upsetting the hag in
the operation.
i thought the cret4r would like to stav
by the fire : she said, by way of apology.
Cali the varmint out-'taint likely the
gentleman wants to sleep in the room with
the beast, added mine host, in way that
expressed great deal of Christian anxiety
for my welfare.
/ prefer to have him with me- re.
piled.
He won't eat the quarter of meat in
there, will he 2
'Oh, no. | answered. You are quite
right-he won't eat it. He never takes
anything that's not his
Saying this, | wished them good night
and closed the door.
They had provided me with dim tai
low candle, and the first thing | did was
TO examine everything in the room. 1t
was pretty well numbered up. Various
kinds of vegetables occupied different corn
ers, among which were pumpkins, pota-
toes, melons, &c, &c, together with
quarter of yenlson, some jerked beef, and
skins of animals. | examined the bed
next. Ii was poor concern, the frame
being made of round poles, in the same
state they were taken from the woods :;
and the clothing upon it was coarse
enough for hermit. But what struck
me as being little singular was, that the
head of said bed was turned to1card the
partition separating the two rooms, and
right opposite the pillow was wide crack,
which had the appearance Of having been
left there by design.
| began to feel queer (and that is not the
word just TO express what | mean.)
IA h1H In nf b,,r,
to tempt the cupidity of my entertainers,
at any rate, as their actions had already
convinced me. How easy it would be for
them to shoot me through the crevice
The idea got possession of me fully, and
would have fastened the door, but there
was nothing TO fasten it with, and | was
impressed with the idea that the danger
would not come in that direction. If it
should, Lion was there to apprise me of it..
| threw off my coat, and hustled about as
though undressing. | put my pistols un-
der my pillow, and laid down; but such
an unaccountable and terrible sense of
evil pressed upon me that could not think
OF sleeping. Lion, too, appeared uneasy
and put his fore paws upon the
bed every few minutes, then went back 10
his post by the door, and laid down with
a kind of feverish anxiety.
At last teigned sleep, and snored most
but | did not feign to look
through the crevice to see what my host
and hostess were doing. They laid down
upon the bed which stood in the room,
without taking off their clothes, and were
quiet until | began TO snore, when heard
hem whisper. Whatwe my sensations,
when saw them arise softly, and the man
AXE the gun from behind the bed saw
lim, assisted by the hag, draw out
charge of shot which was in the gun, and
reload it with handful of slugs. turned
over heavily, and pretended to awake.
My plan of action was arranged in a mo-
nenl.
| had worn a wig for several years, on
account of losing my hair by fever.
low determined to make it of more use TO
ne than it had ever been before. / lifted
myself quietly from the bed, and felt about
II the dark, until had found one of the
| had seen. Over this | drew
ny wig, and it happened to be an excel
ent fit. Having dressed this useful yege
able in this uncommon manner, | crept
,ack to my bed, and placed it upon the
pillow in the exact position my head had
When it was thus adjusted, it
vas in juxtaposition with the long crevice,
trough which | now took another look.
Heavens the fiends were loading brace
If horse pistols with the same internal
lugs.
can't say but felt little dry about
he throat then. looked toward old Lion.
could just discern his great eyes through
he darkness. He was still upon the alert
fhe perspiration began to roll down my
ace in great drops, not that felt absolute
y afraid--for | tlatter myself am not a
'oward--but did not like the idea of tax
no human life. | was confident | could