Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-06-26

ken the method to obtain ride but | soon gave
this up, for | knew that any decent man would
have asked me for ride NV next idea was
that somebody had got in to sleep but this
passed away as quickly as it came, for no man
would have broken into my cart for that pur-
pose And that thought gentlemen, opened
ms eyes. Whoever was in there, had broken
ill.,
My next thoughts *erc Of Mr. Dick Hard
head. lie had heard ME say that my load was
all sold out, and Of course he supposed had
some money with me. In this he was right,
for | had over two thousand dollars l also
thought that he meant to leave the cart when
he supposed | had reached safe place. and
then either creep over and shoot me, or kRock
/ tie down. All this passed through my mind
,, by the time had got rod from the hole.
Now | never make it a point to brag of my
self, but have seen great deal Of the world;
and | am pretty cool and clear-headed under
difficulty. In very few moments my resolu-
ton was formed Ny horse was now keee deep
i'll the mud and knew could slip OFF without
noise. So drew my revolver, never travel
in that country without one--I drew this, and
having twned the reins about the whip stock,
l carefully slipped down in the mud and as the
cart passed on went behind it and examined
the hasp.
The door of the cart lets down, and is f,stcn-
ed by hasp, which slips over staple and is
then secured by paddock The paddock was
gone, and the hasp was secured in its place by
Il bit of pine--so that slight force from with
in could break it. My wheel wrench hung in
a leather bucket on the side Of the cart, and
quickly took it out and slipped it into the staple,
ba Ilo i,,,t "a Il
| Now had him. My cart was almost new,
mode in a stout frame of white oak, and made
Oh purpose for hard usage. did not believe
that any ordinary man could break ont | got
on to my cart as noiSelcSSly as | got off. aud
then urged my horse on still Keeping my pistol
handy. knew that at the distance of half Il
mile further | should come to q good hard
road, and SO | allowed my horse to pick his
own way through the mud. About ten minutes
after this, heard mc+;on in the cart, follow
cd by grinding noise, as though some heavy
force were being applied to the door. l said
nothing, but the idea struck me that the villain
might Judge where sat and shoot up through
the top of tic cart at me- SO | sat down on the
| foot board
OF course I knew now that my unexpected
passenger was villain, for he must have been
! awake ever since ] started, and nothing in the
world but absolute sainy would have caused
him to remain quiet so long, and then start up
in this particular plncc The humping and
pushing grew louder and louder, and pretty soon
J heard a human voice Let me out of this"
and he yelled pretty loud.
| lifted my head up SO as to make him think
/ was sitting in my usual place, AM, then asked
him what he was doing there.
Let me ont, and will tell you," he replied,
Tell me what you are in there for p said /.
! 81 got in here to sleep Oh your rags" he
answered.
How did yon get in," asked.
Let nc ont, or I'll shoot you through the
head" he yelled.
Just at this moment my horsc'S feet struck
the hard road, aud Knew that the FEST of the
route to jackson would be good going The
distance was twelve miles. slipped back OH
the foot-board anti took the whip. ] had the
same horse then I've got nova TALL stout,
powerful bay mare and you may believe there's
some go in her. AT any rate she struck gait
that even astcnishe'! me. She had received a
good mess of oats the air was cool, and she
felt like going In fifteen minutes we cleared
the woods, and away we went at a keen jump
The chap inside kept yelling to he let out, aud
threatening to shoot If didn't let him out
Finally lie stopped, and in few minutes came
the report Of a pistol-~one- -two-three-
H5ur-unc fight after the other, and heard The
balls whiz over my head. If had bcen On
my seat, one Of those balls il net two Of them
must have gone through me. popped up my
head again and gave yclL and then deer
groan, and then sa:d-'O, God save me =
I'm dead man !" Then | made shutting
ao;sr as Though were falling of, and Enall,
settled down upon the foot-board again.
now urged up the old MAZE by giving her at
occasional poke with The butt of my whip-stock
and she peeled it faster than ever.
The man called out to me twice more, prct
ty soon after this, and as he got 10 reply, he
made some tremendous cndeavors TO break the
door open, and as this failed him, he made
several attempts upon the top. But had nc
fear OF his doing anything there, for the top o
my cart is Trained in with doyetails, and each
sleeper boIted to the posts with iron bolts.
had made it so could carry heavy loads there
BY and by, after all else had failed, the SCAMP
commenced to holcr whoa to the horse, anc
kept it up, until he became quite hoarsc. AL
this time kept perfectly quiet holding the reiD'
firmly and kept poking the beast with thu
stock.
We wasn't more than an hour in going that
dozen miles--not a bit Of it. hadn't mucl
fear, perhaps might tell the truth and say tbs
had none, for had guod pistol, and NOR.
than that, my passenger was safe--yet Idif
!. feel glad when / came to the old -four barre
factory, that stands at the edge oil JackHai