The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-01
WHOLE NUMBER 322

; plainly, and could hear the grating
bis teeth as he ncrved himself for dc
; stroke.
The william was by my side, aud En
measured the distance from his hand t.
my heart with his eye. In bis left hau@
he held a thick handkerchief all waddod
up. That was to stop my mouth with
Every nerve in my body was now strung
and my heart stood still as death. Oi
course my snoring ceased and at thai
instant the huge knife was raised above
my bosom Quick as thought brougl;
ny pistol up-the muzzle was within Il
fOot o. the robbers heart-he uttered :.
quick cry. | saw the bright blade quiv-
er in the moonlight, but it came no.
upon me. | pulled the trigger and tho
last fear was past. | had thought tlat.
the weapon might miss fire, but it d.!
not. There was a sharp report, and a.
| sprang up and back | heard fierce
yell, and at the same moment the rob,
Der fell forward; his head striking 10y
knee as tt came down.
Weak and faint / s,uk back, but IL
sudden tippliug Of the came b ought lo
to my senses, and went aft and took
the paddle. AS soon as the bats head
was once more right, turned my eyes
upon the form at the bottom Of the cam
oe, and saw it quiver only spas
modic movement-and then it Was still
All that night sat there at uIy watcu
and stcercd my liltle ba'k. had my
second pis'ol ready, for ] knew not
susclp that the wretch was d al IL
might be- waiting to catch ne of' ny
guard, and then shoot ne bat the
night passed slowly and dearly away,
and wien the morning broke the form
had not moved. Then | stepped for.
ward and found HAT Gus Karl was dead :.
He hai fallen with his knif, true to his
aim, for it bal struck very near the
srot where my heart must have bccn,'
aud the point was driven so far into tho
solid wood that | had to work hard L,
pull it out, and harder still to unclasp
the marble fingers that were closed with
the dying madness about the handle "2
Swiftly flowed the tide, and ere tn,
sun again sank to rest, | had reached
Logansport The authorities knew the
face of Gus Karl at once, and when l
nad told them my story, they poured
out thousand thanks upon my head
A purse was raised, and the offered re-
ward put with it, and rendered to me.
took the simple teward from the gen
erous citizens while the remainder l di-
'ccted should be distributed among
hose who had suffered most from the
Wabash robbers depredatons.
found poor Kemp sick and misera,
Die. He was burning with fever, and
he doctors had shut him up in room
where well man must soon have suf-
located.
Water. water! In Gods name,
give me water he gasped. de-
Haven't you had any p l ask d.
lie told me no. | threw open the
for pail of ice water,
nd was on the point of administering it.
Ghon the old doctor came in. He held
p his hands in horror, and told me it
'ould kill the sick man. But fore d
i'm back and Kemp drank the grateful.
evcrage. lie drank deeply AMI then
lept. The Precipitation poured from
i'm like rain, and when he awokc again
is skin was moist, and his fever was
urned In eight days from that time
e sat in his saddle by my side, and to-
.ether we started for Little River At
Nalton's settlement | found my horse
wholly recovered, ane when | offered to
'ay for his keeping, the host would take
othug The story of my adventure
N the river had reached there ahead of
ne, and this was tho landlords graft
udc