Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-29
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lfga for ssksfSI Rssks q; put their heads
oHtsfds the door. pnt =
s7FSs slaIseto which Jack had BeIe6seaJ
atiisaasS tIIdye Who man aged to- keep y
footing attriHIg Che reien ntlsss proscrPttop
of thS Rel g6iStors, nov began 70 look uR
and hinted that they had known Of dask's
return from the time of Stonet s murders
and aided and abetted his ,,pdrP IN
every way in their power, furnishing him
with fresh horses when the noble animal
he rode back from the States became ia!
tiGned, assisting his flights and e0nc66h
tnenEs,a and = fufnislIihg him witK infortm6A
ton, as well as spreading the skag gger6'
ted stories about. 1ol One blGfl old fellow
| fetnarkeliy: z9aid 1sgslul sAw llR itsiIc
i.es. y ou are fools Who talk about Jaokts
being crazy. % He's as calm and2as cold
asa frosty morning up In old SKenGuskI
and his head is as clear as a. belly Has
Just got his Indian tighttu' 6ad Tory ha|
tin blood .twaked up Ia him by them
stripes That's blood you know thNt:s
dAnpersonneFa thHta ai'ScataGnount when u
opce otefs risP ! ,EHw oh won hiBo9
a Jack was nov frequently seen, butb'it
was known that hts work was only
half done, and that he meant Ito ,fns
ish 1t, and he was regarded with great
curiosity aud Iawel The sive'Hwretclied
men were entirely uhstrungA and apanic'
stricken. They made no,6ttempt Rt res
taliati6u. but all their hopes seemedato'
lie in an effort to get out Of his reaeh.-A-
That Hlong, heavy ride haunted them day
and night. They saw'its-mus1Ien beaFlng
on them from every bush throughuthC
ehinks oftheir own cabins. ~ g.7a2
| - Que Of themy an inSeterRto topper, Da.
med White, with all his terrory could not
resist his inclination foU liquor, and aftec
confinement in his house for nearly Eve
weeks, determined torisk ALL and goat0
the store aud buy himself q barrel. He
went Ia covered wagon driven ;bygH
negroS while the}lay stretched on tho but.
tom in the straw. The barrel of7liquor
was obtained--he got into the wayon.-+s
laid down beside il and started for homo.
All theIway he never raised his bead -un-
Ill near the mouth of his lane, a log had
been placed on the side OF the road, which
tilted up the wagon in passing over It, so
as to IFoll the barrel on him. HE forgot
his caution aud sptang up, with his
head out fSthe cover TO curse tire boy
forhis catelessness, and at that moment
a riae was discharged. sd He fell back
dead---Shot through he sysh b Tho boy
said that his masterlsuddenly cut. shoft
his oaths aud exclaimed s'There he isl"
at the same moment the gun fred! . HO
saw a taltman, with beard hanging down
on his breast, and dressed in skinss
walking Through the brush with bis
his shouldersur IaI4Hf-lJ a ~ .aiAqb
Thelnext man, named Garnet gsabout
two weeksrafter this got up one morning
about sunrisejo 10 and in his shire sleeves
stepped TO his door and threw itopen, 10
breathe the fresh air.. He was ah9u lruba
bing his eyes, being about half RalSepS
and when he got them fairly opens there
stood the gaunt avenger beside !aitFee Ia
the yard, the fatal ride leyelled, and
waiting tillshis victim should see him dis
Linctly. a,H He did zee him, but it was IFS
last look. Long IL said 70 haVo told'ono
of his friends't that hesnewef, in q isingl6i
instance, shot one Of these men tilhheWas
certain that the man saw and rec6gnizod
him fully. oe' II "a nal,Jal, oHss
ii ALL were now gone but Hinoh and the
Two youngest of The party, Williams and
Davis. The two latter were permitted TO,
escaPe.dl y,ttf iya,aa - nysa aEi
Whether It was from relenting on the
part OF the dread aYenger; or that he had
observed some trifling thing IN their de-
meanor on the occasion of the outrage he
was thus Furnishing, which recommended
them 10 his mercy, now that his iresentso
ment had so deeply drank Of tho bitterde.i
light Of atonement, or that in his anxiety
70 secure tineh, be confined his efforts
and watchfulness TO him alone-s-zL do not
know. They made forced andlsecret
sale of their property and cleared lout du-.
ring the night But il was for iHinch.iS'
bad with rpassionless calculation, rescEyf.
ed the most inconeeivable tOrtures. Hoi
had passed bim by all this timey while
one after anOthsr, he struck idOMn the;
tools and companions Of his crimes. He
doomed him 10 see them falling around
him with the certain knoWledge that the
ayenging hate which slew them, burned
with ten fold intensity for his life-+that H.
must and would have it. Bat when
would the claim be made? Should he be
the next one Mol Bat then each sue:
ceeding death. so sure TO take one Of their
number. drove away every sophistry Of
hope, and realized 10 him in barer and
slerner horror. that his own fate was as
! fxed as theirs. As each one fell away
The circle Of doom narrowed sioW1y,
steadily closing ID about him. Soon there
would be no one left but him, How
could he calf ah hour bis own? When
could he feel safe? 9hatreIentless subtle.
y had bafied them all One, two, three.