The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-31

rather atrongly built, With certain reckless
appearance About him, that denoted The low
cat elAAs of gamblers LA Heni hy Aha mama
Of Morgan. ] finished nay eKAmination Of
him, and then repaired 20 my tent, who're, AZ
ter smoking, and relating tho news l had
hoard, J turned in and was soon dreaming Of
The deaf friends S'hom had len Ia old Mas
sanhusetis.
The next day We put ohr ecrndles" iogeih.
or, aud commenced operations opposite Bid
wells ranch, but / cannot say we made tho
amount daily that my sanguine friends had
anticipated. Al any rate ~ worked easy,
and managed 10 lay up little; but II we had
bcea obliged 10 buy Pnayllioaa At the rate
they were selling br vt the store, We should
have had 10 sand home FOR money 10 pay our
dsbis with, or eiS6 take the benefit Of the
bankrupt act
Afl went on srroothlYs-fsF a-Uaek. we
made the acquaintance Of most OF the minors
in the neighborhood, and found them all %
he pretty Rood fellows their worst fault APP
pearsd to be drinking, but then they worked
hard, and pleaded as an excuse that the cli-
mate was 40 bad that drinking was benoGc-
ial
One morning, just aa day was breaking.our
accustomed hour for getting up to breakfast,
We observed largo crowd gathered round
the store, and curiosity getting the better Of
uS, We started to see What tho mAttor was
leaving one to cook the breakfast AZ We
drew near, ! could see the tall form of Jones
mingling with the crowd, and gesticulaling
violently ] inquired OF him what had
brought 70 many together, thus early in the
morning ....
'MAttcr enough" he replied "Hero's
that sooundrel Of a Morgan stole no loss than
$4,000 from Dory, the store keeper"
"Is be tAken?" asked, Astonished at the
rabkary.
"Yesl We have him safe enough, and the
money also" chuckled Jones.
Afler some inquiries, found that about
two o'clock in tho morning, Dory was AwAk-
ened byN slight noise inside the tent In
an instant all was quiet, but thinking that
everything was not right, he took his revolt
yer from under his bed, and commenced a
search about ih tie dark. Al % tpce his
hand came IN contact with mans heSf.
"who's this 2" he asked, and received for
an answer tremendous blow, which nearly
stunned him, but Instantly rallying, he dis
that darted psSt sin, Sad then followed a.
swiftly as possible in pursuit, shouting, "stop
thief '---
Some dozen or two turning ut,gave chase
and succeeded in capturing Morgan, aflcr =
desperate resistance, in which he used his
tEniTc -fWthrr- erl,,---Ahant aixty yards from
the store he had thrown away the buck-atir
} bags that contained the dust, which were
safely delivered 10 the owner, They were
now about forming Jury 10 try him for thu
robbery, and twelve Americans were accord
intly chosen, with cid ZONES as Judge. Thi
, trial was soon over, and tho jury were not on
= more than half an hour before they returned
+ and pronounced him worthy Of death, leavin
, il to the indgc to decide in what manner h
\ should die.
Q Well, boys, you have acted wisely, unt
: as am merciful man, decide that at tet
p o'clock this forenoon, ho be tied 10 tree,an
six Of our best marksmen load their rifles an
= have n crack at him,and may God have MOI
n cy on his soul. Mr. -" Jones eontir
Il ued, 81 appoint you, with as many assistant
d as you wantto sec the law carriedinto effect
i intimAtod 10 the honorable judge that
;, should like TO be excused from performing
i diSagrceable part, but with savage loo
l he ordered mo TO perform the task he ha
20 imposed upon me, and make no moro -wort
D. about IL.
T Morgan had had fair trial. His gni
was too evident, and as he lay in the sto
= with his hands and feet bound with stroE
10 cords, looking dirty and ragged, with d
blood slowly dripping from his arm, where
At ball had lodged from the revolver of Dory--
could not help pitying the poor wretch. ]
I'd must have read compassion in my face, ft
sr making an effort to cit upright, in which
&c was not successful, he asked me for n driI
b. OF water. instantly handed him somc, Al
a after drinking heartily, he appeared TO fs
10 relieved. asked him IL thcro was auythil
m elso that could do for him, when be motto
n cd me 20 como closer 10 him. lie remain
r. silent for a moment, and then said -'
"The Judge has appointed you to see th
l the sentence is carried into effect, has
not 7T'
~ ~ am sorry to say he has, Morgan" a
IN gwercd.
ia "well, never mind. j would rather
1u were you than some OthOrs here, But l ha
~ particular favor to ask Of you. Pcrha
= you WIN laugh, and think II a woakncsE I
n 1 can't help it. Have you Bible at 70
at tent 2'
a told him that never travelled withc
nd one, and that l should be happy to read IL
20 him
he drhank you" he said. ri have not look
he into one for years, more shame to me; i'll h
fuliuwutl itr preeepls, should not have be
o. here"
he 4 left hiH,, and walked hack TO my tent
A. How I hated myself for the part that h