Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-13

| should jiSt a gin out and gone home and re-
signed, but Stokes quieted her, sayin' we could
put her in Jail, but eff she behared herself we'd
only take her down to my house and let her
stay till Court. Then she turned into erwin
and beggin' me to take her nigger woman and
keep her for security for the debt, which was
only something over hundred dollars, and the
niger was likely. But looked in my paper
and read it out to her-to take he body OF Han
nah TeStbrook!
She said she'd 60 and she had the old
roam horse saddled up, and while Stokes and
me were talkin' and not noticin, she mounted
and started off in lively canter on the Geor-
gia end of the trail. We mounted and gallop-
ed after her, and she hadn't got half a mile
before We had her. Then she cried and beg
ged again, but we put plough-line round her
waist and held the end, and after lettin' her
give some directions to her nigger, | took her
down to my house. My wife treated her awful
civil, and every day or two we'd let her 90 up
home and look after her consarns. So time roll
ed on till about month before Court, and one
day Stokes rid up to the gate in powerful
hurry, and call me out
You've played thunder" said he
How ~ said |.
Why think of Mrs. Westbrook It's all
wrong, and she's sent word to the very LAWYER
that put out the writ against her and's got
two against You: one to make vou turn her
loose and t'other to make You pay $40, 900 for
takin' her :"
Il shan't serve EN-" saws I.
Makes no odds They've done appoined
kurriner, Coroner y and he'll be up to-
morrow-soon as Mrs WeStbrook has chance
tn swear TO Somethin' You'd better look
out -
well" said |, A." l reckon they've got YOU
too. You was along and helpt TO do it."
- Oh, yes" said he, " but they're got me far a
,cifnc<s p
" l said no more, but walked right into the
house, and there found the widder mighty
pleased, and told her she was free to go, and
asked her pardon and shouldn't charge her any
board, and hoped she'd come and see my old
woman, and so on, and so forth"
" She went. / suppose"
:. She did. and the kurriner come: and he
showed me how to serve a writ by copy | shall
never forget it, She took me into Court and
there weren't nothin' done the first time Be
fore the next Court, my old woman died, and
that HFsrCeeG every thing What with her dy-
in and the sRit, | thought | would go crazy, TO
be sure
. But yea didn't -
No bore il as well as | could and just
before Court, came along the lawver-Jenkins
and said 10 ne, " think you and my client,
Mrs WesthEool. couli compromise that case.
eff YOU was 10 talk together about it." Ihard-
II waited for him 10 leave before jumped on
ny horse and rode up 10 the widderS"
: She Sorter laughed and said nay BE-
I'd give You hundred dollars 10 dropit,"
says l.
- She f0oEned nightly, and said that warp't
the way she waited 10 settle IL
: Ill give ypR tW1'.7 said l.
She frowne,i worse than before. and said
that waTn't the way she wanted TO settle
" Directly something came right into my
mind. | seemed te see plain. l studied aud
considered Then cleared my throat . " ID
DE-. says l. : scIN pou hare sse p
" Says she tral :
= give that rascal Jenkins, fifty dollars for
his >iarc-and then the wid,ler took me for
hers. | he'd kept her aa unlawful prisoner for
nigh fonr ssostks, but Squire, she had me aR-
a>y arrest Tor mighty nigh sec>a ysars =