Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-07-24
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN THURSDAY, JULY a. 1856

o red by paddock. The padlocl
n was gone, andfhe hasp was secures
t in its place by a bit of pine sticl
/; $50 that slight.force from withil
0 could break it. My wheel wrencl
hung ina leather bucket on the sid
: OF the cart, and~I quickly took.it ou
> and slipped it in the staple, the irol
handle just sideling down.
SNOW had him. My cart was
J almost Few, with a stout frame o
; white oak, and made on purpose fol
! hard usage. i did not believe that
an ordinary man could break out. ]
got on my cart as noiseless as got
of, and then urged my horse on,
still keeping my pistol handy. /
knew that at the distance of hall
10 mile further / should come to a
lgood hard read, and 50 / allowed my
horse to pick his own way throught
ItIe-mud. About ten minutes otter
this, / heard motion in the cart,
followed by grinding noise,as though
some heavy force were applied to the
door said nothing, but the idea
struck me tbatthe villain might judge
where / sat and shoot through the
top. Of the cart at me, so / sat down
on the foot board. .
] @Of course | knew now that my
unexpected passenger was a villain,
for he must have been awake ever
since | started, aud nothing in the
world but absolute villainy would
| have caused him to remain quiet so
long, and then started up in this
particular place. The humping and
pushing grew. louder and louder,
| and pretty soon l heard a human
voice: 5
Let me out Of this" be cried, and
| he yelled pretty loud.
q lifted my head mp SO as to make
him think | was setting in my usual
place, and then asked him what he
he was doing in there. - -.
@Let me out and | will tell you, !"
he replied. -..s. ss5.a.es I.4s
@Tell me what you are in there
for?" said l.
II got in here to sleep on your
rags" he answered. @l-.
"How did you get in," ! asked,
sLet me out or III shoot you
through the head" he yelled.
sJust at this moment my horses
| feet struck the hard road, and / knew
that the rest of the route to jack
son would be good going. The dis
| tance was twelve miles. i slipped
back upon the foot-board and took
1.-The whip. I had the same horse
then I've got nova tall stout pow
erful bay mare-and you may be-
lieve there's some 60 in her. At
any rate she struck a gate that even
astonisbed me-. She had received a
good mess Of floats, the night air was
cool, and she felt like going In
fifteen minutes we cleared the woods
I1-and away we went at keen jump.
The chap on the inside kept yelling
to be let, out, and threatening, to
vshootifs Ididn't let him out. Final
by hestopped, and ina few minutes
came the report Of a pistol-one-
two three four-one right after
the other, and / heard the ball whiz
over my bead. If / had been on my
|seat, one Of those balls, ifnotJ two.ol
i them, must have gone through me.
4 / popped up my head again, and gave
/ ayell, and then q. deep groan, and
then / said-aO, God save me! I'm
I a dead man, Then / made a shnf
d fling noise as though / were falling
of, and finally settled down upon the
j foot board again. I now urged W
! |the old mare BY giving her an occa'
sional poke with the butt Of my whiE
stock, and she peeled it faster thar
ever. 1ssss 81 3 g:fasrssf 8
! "Tbe man called ont to me twic'