The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-12-03

ln moment knew W. IVES 10 AofhHSesei
me. and upon my right hand, which was
towards the river. Presently it stopped. u
drew my horse to the left aide of the, path
and kept on at gentle rOt, having raised
the lappes Of my ightholstei. a-iit,.say
In few moments I saw . dsrk form
amid the bushes, q little wsy ahead, aud on
the right. III 'eo' ~ .'.','' ..'s 80 ~.
As cane up man rode Get i was
Ny HosT! ao s.dj 81 sars, sEo nr5
f. "Good evening, sir, he said with exceed.
ing politenees. - . i'n'RA ''s 4f
"Ah-gGOd evening" I tetefhed. Al
had not expected the pleasure Of eomPa-
n.y." .e5iagaiyi
"No-i s'pose not" he resumed in a sorI
of hesitnting tone. "AUd should not have
come at ALI only for li,tfe business that
forgot when you were at the inn"
Itwas plain as day. Ny pistols bad been
rendered useless-f had been sent off into
this unfrequented woodland now tAe vii
lain thought to take my life and money
without risk to his own body. and then hide
my poor carcass in the earth, where, very
likely, others had been hidden before. bly,
eyes were open, and my hand ready. r1f
& .'May,I ask to what Kind of Business you
ulludep l asked. .uas4r gera .s.s 81, q, +
"Yes!" he snapped out in tone some.
what in agreement with his features, II
want money, sir. MoyEt" b..
And as he spoke, he raised heavy Pis.
tol.
take care" cried, raising my own and
pointing it full in his fuce. ' -+
''s"Ha, ha, ha," he laughed in coarse tri.
umph, "your Yankee pistols weren't made
to hurm such as me! lll soon pa. you
where I've put others afore----.". a3E%.
When man knows that death is stirring
him in the face, and that only his own ac
can avert it, he is not apt to wait loag, Al
leas, am not. My hosts last words gave
me ample proof Of ny worst suspicious. =
Without waiting for him to finish, I fred
His own 6ngers must have pre- sed upon th'
trigger Of his pistol for within the space o
watch's tick sharp report answered ant
mingled With mine, and my hat shook OIL
my head.
I Daniel Groome swayed to and fro sever
al times in his saddle, and then, with CUR
Cling groun, sank upon the earth : 1 slip
ped down after him, and when | stoppe
over him saw a few drops of dark bloc
trickling from his forehead just over tn
bridge Of the nose. ,r.s4. Es5a .,.rr,..
For few moments I felt awe strcke
and condemned. It was natural .frelin
in such presence. But when | came
reflect on all that had preceded the deed,
felt that hud done my country service =
| made the robbers horse fust to y tree, an
then remounted and rode on. Ireached th
mills at halfpa nine, aud found Festt
ard his family were up. They were gH
to see me, and introduced me to d Mr.. Pric
whom soon found to be the owner of u
place where had taken dinner.
i, AS soon as the female pottiUn OF II
family had retired, related my adventur
[ Both Foster and Price were astohirhed, b
were not at hll disappointed at finding tn
, Groome was the villain. Four men hi
, been missed in that section within The la
\ two years, and the host Of the turest inn h
D been suspected. ~ &r"@ oi ErJI
. On the following morning party start
out under my guidance. There were BY
e ter and Price, and three men who work
/. in the mills. When we reached the sp
o where the tragedy had hrppened, we fou
lie horse as I had left him, and my hnst !
t on the ground. stiff and cold. He hid n
I bIed, the ball having made but little wou
I. though it had passed clear through.
D. A little way within the. wood we found
| place where the ground seemed at BOT
!. time to have been disturbed, ind upon d
+, g.ng there we saw two human bodies. 81
| sequently one more was only few rods d
e tant. - 49,. ~. ..,..,... - TT "a
The body Of Groome was taken up
I his house, and there we iound that Ike b
g .aed. He had probably been out and fou
,r his dead father, and fearing that he might
e implicated, had departed, d.
J. Mrs. Groome, who was amid, btuk
o down woman, acknowledg j tn t she
d long been aware Of her husbands erin
8. but that the fear Of dea,h had Kept iier
.e lent. She said she had sworn TO exp
ID him If he ever did murder that she CO..
a see or hetr. t'2.A" ~
h Ike, believe, has not yet been fou
m but his mother is still living in Illinois, "
i married daughter, and is well tK
ut has grown more healthy and stronger
II happier since the night on which | had
to h ighway adventure with my host. 9
tAhastierus. the shoemaker or
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