The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-12-03

1--WE were reused from our bed ,atl12
o'clock midnight, to take the early stage
II was no great hardship, for the nights
were cool and the days hot In the
stage we found two passengers, who had
slresdy appropriated the back seat, and
my friend and l bestowed ourselves on,
the forward seat. 1t was so dark swe
could not make out our fellow passen
gers, one of whom had enveloped Him
self in great cloak, and seemed to BE-
asleep. The other was quite comm uni
cative, and we three were soon on excel
lc mt terms. gs.t..' w.,
We talke d lumber. politics and crops,
till day light began TO appear when the
stage was invaded by an army Of rapa-
cious mosquitoes, who ,hleatened to
suck oil the blood out Of cur veins,
"We must fight or die, Boston," said
my friend slapping very vigorously about
| him. -'t# s'.- VI 4...tr,..
My friends name was Raymond, but
we had got in the way Of calling each
other by the name Of the city from which
we came. l had abbreviated the name
Of the Quaker city into very familiar
and loving cognomen. and Fillyin revenge
sometimes called me Bosty. 53oj sH
Raymond was right down good fel
low, one Of he best companions in the
world for journey. l had casually !
made his acquaintance on board the Gov.
ernor. ord we had since hung together
like brothers. zgy ~,
passed the cigars to the party &'
NO, said the man in the cloak gruffly
"Won't you smoker" 10 '''"l'
"No." e''' -Hs" s.ij n I
Hc seemed to have supreme con-
tempt for the mosquitoes, for On bis face
and hands we could see them busily en-
gagged at their bloody work, which he
suffered to proceed, without even taking
the pains to brush them of. He was a
strange being whoever he was, and we
were all very curious to know who and
what he was. He would answer no
questions. Filly took malicious delight
in annoying him-but he only answered
with yes or no, or by nod. He was
certainly a very mysterious passenger,
and we would have given all our boots to
know about him. '"' gi'rH -i.s1soaaj
Our onslaught on the mosquitoes was
successful. The smoke drove them out,
and we we're once more at peace.
The stage stopped for breakfast, but
our mysterious ompanion was not to be
tempted from his corner. bos srn7s
Would he have any breakfast? #r
"No." w. u ''7A''''o2 7a. .Hg.s
As the day advanced the rystcry
e rev more deep and profound. The day
was. hot but the stranger kept his cloak
on, and still kept his face as much con-
cealed as possible. On our arrival at
Cherryfeld where we we're to dine he
still remained stationary in his cor
ner. , -''T "a FIJI. HtGg L9T4
"TLu nderin' strange, isn't, Bosty ~
Is he crazy?" ''"' '4' mon iiss, -'soia P,
"Perhaps he is" ---'|aoa a7aa ss. /. p
"He will starve to death"
every likely .'''es-
"Perhaps he has no money" ~. 7
perhaps not" o.
Il will offer to pay for his dinner"
"Filly, l have an idea." I observed af-
er he had failed in his attempt. .
1!"Hold on to it, Bosty.." u
"About this man." "+ =
"What?'. g o
"IIe is rogue" e, +
II shouldn't be surprised" v
II will bet you FIVE dollars that it is a.
Iasbrook, the forgerer." II
every likely"
s " am almost certain" th
"On the whole | don't think it is" it
II will bet FIVE dollars on i" A'
"Done,' said he, and we shook hands d,
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