Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-12-19

. in her. At any rate, she struck gait
| that even sstonished me. She had recei.
we'd good mess of oats, the air WAS cool
, and she felt like going. ln fifteen min
utes, We cleared the woods, and away we
vent, on keen jump, the chap inside
yelling to be let out.
Finally he stopped, and in few minutes
came the report Of pistol-one-t~o-
Mrec-tour, one right after the other, and
heard the balls whiz over my head. II
had been on thy seat, one of these balls
if not two Of them, would have gone thro'
me. popped up my head again and gave
yell, and then = deep groan, and then
said, ,"Oh God save me )! I'm dead man"
Then made shutting noise, as though
was falling of, and 6ually settled down
on the foot-board again. now urged up
the old mare by giving her an occasional
poke with the butt of my whip-stock, and
she peeled it faster than ever.
"Tbe man called out to me twice more,
pretty soon after this, and a. he got no re-
ply, be made some tremendous efforts to
break the door open, and as this failed
him, he made several attempts upon the
top. Bui bad no fear of bis doing any
thing there, for the top OF the cart is irau'-
ed i'll with dovetails, and each sleeper bclted
to the posts with iron bolts. | had made
it so could carry heavy loads there. By
spd,by, after all else had failed, the scamp
cummenced to holler whoa to tue horse,
and kept it up until he became quite
hoarse. Ali this time l KEEP, perfectly
quiet, holding the rsius 6rmly, aud kept
poking the beast with the stock.
ave were not an hour in going that
dozen miles-not bit Of it. / hadn't
much fear-perbap, might tell the truth
and say that l had none, for had good
pistol and more than that my passenger
was safe; yet was glad when | came to
the old -four barrel factory, that stands at
the edge of Jackson village; and iu ten
minutes more bauled up in front Of the
tavern, aud found couple Of ostlers i'll
the barn cleaning down some stage horses,
swell, old feller," says |, as 60. down
and went round to the back of the wagon,
"you have bad good ride, haven't ys"
"Who are you ?" be cried. and swore
little, too, as he asked the question.
"I'm the man you tried to shoot" was
my reply.
"Where am L? Let me out !" he
yelled.
"Lock here, we've come to safe stop
ping place, and mind ys, my revolver is
ready for ye the moment you show your.
self. Now lay quiet"
"By this time the two ostlers had come
up to see what was the matter, aud ex.
planned it all to them"
"After this, l got one Of them to run
and rout out the Sheriff, and tell what l
believed I'd got for him. The 6rst streaks
Of daylight we're just coming up, and in
balf an hour it would be broad daylight
In less than that time the Sheriff came,
and brough, two men with him. told
him the whole affair, in few words-ex-
hibited the handbills I had for him, and
then he made for the cart He told the
chap inside who he Was, and if be made
the least resistance, he'd be . dead man.
Then slipped the iron wrench out, and
as l let the door down the fellow made
spring, caught him BY the ankle aud he
came down on his face, and in a moment
more the officers had him. 1t was now
daylight, and the moment saw the chap
l recognized. He was marched off to the
lookup, and I told the Sheriff l should
remain iu town all day.
"After breakfast, the Sheriff came down
to the tavern and told me that had caught
the very bird, and that if l would remain
until the next morning, l should certainly
udvc tLc EcWdEu VI tWO uuuuIcu uOlidTS
which had been offered.
81 found my goods all safe, paid the ex-
press agent for bringing them from India
napolis, and then went to work to stow
them away in my cart. The bullet
holes we're found in the top Of my vehicle
just as expected. They we're in line
about Eve iuches apart; aud had | been
where usually sit, two Of them would
have hit me somewhere near the small Of
the back, and passed up"ards, for they
were sent with heavy charge of powder,
and his pistol was heavy one.
'On the next morning, the Sheriff ;sll
ed upon me, and paid me 500 in gold for {
hs had made himself sure bed got the {
villain. l afterwards found letter in the
post Office At Portsmouth, for me, frum the Z
Sheriff Of Hancock county, aud be inform. q
ID me that Mr.. Dick Hardhsad had been G
imprisoned for life
rSo ended the pedlsr's story In the ]