The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-12-12

principal witnesses ag,n him; and he'd
swore if he ever got out he'd hev revenge.
Soy see | was mighty skccred when
found out who twas; bu, didn't let op
was afecred of him, for '>pected Billy eve
, ry m,nnif, aud | KIN wed he was more than
a match Tor Sam any time.
! "'Why, NJ IS Hulir>, SCI Sam, you don,
seem partikar glad 10 SEE me; whar's the
/ bo>Sr'
"'He amt fur of, he'll he IN in minnit,
! reckon s,Z |, for | thought he must be
pref y nigh home by tlf. time, and didn't
think it was any harm if did stretch the
truth little.
.'But Sam he laughed right out, and his
little grey eyes tw'nkled wicked-iike, and
SCI nc,
Miss Hollis. amt you mistaken ahou,
tha'r | had The pieasyer OF seeiii' Mister
Hollis down at Himsys, and lac stopped
| thar to rest awhile, Jst borrd tue skitf ~nd
com. up to pay you v>t.'
| 81 jlst tremi,icd all over for minnit foI
] thought serting Sam haa killed Billy. bu'
rs soon AZ had time TO think. | knowed
better, for Sam was ss big u coward as ever
was, aud though he'd jcst as soon murder q
! msn as not u he got = good chance, ! know
I ed very well hc wouldn't tackle Billy, uuie>.
/ hc TUX him at an advantage; aud Ia wou Il
/ nj be very likely To do that, Tor III course
. Ii lily wouid keep III the skill aud ou, IN the
,ivcr, unless lac stopped ~ some house ; 81
/ | tnop.hr, after alt. Sam h al told the truth.
+ aud hal raiy sto the >Aiif. But Nnowed
a. how B,liy'd come right >trA ght home A.
, soon as iIe inuid the skill Was u,i>>In 50
Thought III AL reason "a. con'h ne 'uf on
Sam, l suppose he seen what was tiihhW
on. 30 s'Z he.
- n'Ie, ! IL 'hahk you 10 manu- ou'
that little b"A oi money You ana your man
hev got hid away 80 snug III ihat Dig ci'',t
for, S,Z he, I've got quite a piece to uave
tonight, and you kuo" | cant unves very
we'll without the sptzza"-'i"etum.' tIhers
- new term ior shc national currency
Whether i, Is Cuocta~, % Cninese, l leaH.
for the iincni>t tn decide
Nov, didn pose Sam rally h1Oweo
anything about the n'o".y, >" - /,
Why, Sal", ere p"or io'H-, a''h no"
should We TIC able ~ Keep a box Vi h'onss III
the h"ii>e.
ION, Miss Hollis, SCI he, you can
come the sly over me. diin SO y"u ana
YOU, ian counting II over one nishi, w"en
wss ioa.Ii' tnruu IN ti.e ~inder ih,T, dill | p.
So Jest hand OE-r, or i,i let ,lsuc AZ into
that winduite o yuurn aud thea help my
And then he took a big knife ant laid II
scro>, hi lap. was pretty nigh at the Ia
: end OF my wits; for though | wasn't much
afe.rcd Of his KILN" nv, thought hed =,
the money in spite Of al | conid do, a"u
ti.at wou.d run VI out and out.
We'll, | kuowed SAN "a> coward, a.
told YOU before; 80 "he" pretended 10 i'
coin To the ch'>i ior tte money J'>' =
ped Up behind nun a"d apPeu '"1 "t'i''
Z al 'h"t af u''''' i' 80
tie thar-BiiH WA Keep II ,'u'H ur ''a', :,
c,hrr"" ''a' ''S"' *" ~ me-. """ :
Sam, u you >ii' ha"a OF 'o"' Il 10" fIH'
b'"."> GU, a. SUI a. "' "i,"'
lis; and l'u>he" "a'A "e u'u','| p'1''
wlrh 'iicA' u. ah! sam, i''s '''hN'' "''' d
7 Pi>tnl re'uN 'o' nch al MS ah' '',' ','"'
hh2tf lie >'' t''ai u" '"'"''' ~ A'"
without Sali' Il Horu' anu AT 'aot >s% nv
Miss Hnih II y "n II only 'et IN on ! i
never tf"uhi you as'h an '"nS a. "'e
thcy pu' me "a'h vi p''So" ''ie' A''0'
mr, ana ne ,i', u me n"oS- -,
but '"," "''" - uP VI IL
anyhow. ana "s' "t >.' a. S','' a" :" - :,
.,t ,. , -
az" ,'', ca" 'o' -" II, "a, IT," ,..'.I