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

enough. and then asked where the other road
struck the stream. s.i' 'sn 70 49, ~'
aAbout three miles this side Of the mills"
he replied. & f,.ias5l-r-i sii g7ilc. a4
ar"ItS oil clear and direct!p gr ge5.Hs
59"Yes. you can't miss the whs.". .o...5
bade my host good bye and then started
on. I didn't like this idea Of a new road.
The youth. before mentioned, had told me
what an excellent road it was from Groone's
to the mill by thsriver road. He said
followed the stream, which was very Dea
straight, and that I, was tight and open th
whole distance. However, Of course,
Eroeme knew; so I must make the best Of 1t.
I looked back as reached the edge OF the
wood. was upon a gcntfe eninehce, and
could overlook the shrubbery ! had passed. ]
looked and saw "iks" going from the house
to the barn. He had saddle upon his arm.
! | was sure il was saddle. Perhaps he had
oa errand to do. as.ss1I J. ' p ~
Ere long, / entered the wood and found
It thick and gloomy. The path was plain
enough, and had evidently been once 'rav-
eled road. Aye-I remember, now, of hav.
ing, heard my informant Of the noon tide
speak of the sold road" He said there
used to be road leading to Rock River,
bu, when Foster commenced his settlement,
a new road was opened by the stream, and
the old one discontinued. He had said no.
hing shout any bridges. ags7 af rs.r
! AT the distance OF two miles, came to q
pIace where bed Of sand lay across the
road. 1t was sort OF gully, and stream
must have some time run through it. |
luoked but saw no tracks upon it. Water
had swept across there since aay living thing
4, nd ,rodden upon it. slid from my sad !;
die and examined thoroughly bat could rird
| no tracks, ,-at .H a sW -...-.
o. course, the father of my noonti.ne' 4
host could not have gone this way! And
yet be had gone to Fosters Mills. | began
to suspec, mischief. There had been on
uneasy sensation lurking in my bosom eve'
81, ce left the inn. Something was
wrong. regained my sudd!e and icoket
about. The sun was nearly down--in TWEEN
" miu es at the farthest, it would be ou
of sight. EH g sh Hs7-
Instinctively drew one of my pistol
from the holster. raised the hammer ant
found the cap in its right place. was jus
) putting it back, when noticed a mark up
on the butt. 1t was a peculiar knot in tn
wood. b. Thnt pistol I always carried in tn
lett bolster. 1t was not SO sure as the 9th
or onc. | took out the other, aid was sur
,he w,eptns had been changed by othe
hand, than mine! They had remained j
, the saddle at the forest inn. and the chang
might have taken place there. e f-7f-
] began to lhiak. Why was Groome 8
y particular to know. II my friend expecte
me! And then why should he have been 6
d anxious to have me set out that night. il
stead of .tuying with him, and paying hi
= dollar or so, more than did! @Thei
/ this ruad-t believed | had been deceived
v There had been no freshets to carry ava
: the bridges, for it was now nearly autum
and the river road had been travelled u
d summer. And then the saddle had see
e "Ike" carrying TO the barn. There WI
surely mischief in this. Daniel Groon
! had daughters at his house and perhaps OF
d ers, whom he would not have 10 hear Il
Il noise Of a robbery. And very likely
e wou Id not wish to have such deed come
1t ted with his house at all. OF course,
e knew I had money. No one would be ira
1t cling, as was then travelling, without
&c considerable sums g $3.50 =
II II nv pistols had been taken out, mig
e they not have been further dealt with!
took the one from my right holster and e
, umined ii. The ball was in it's place a
the cap IN. Still / was not satisfied.
" slipped the cnp off, and found the percr
,e sion removed. There was not particle Il
within the cap. And this was not all.
found, tile tube. spiked with q little pi
stick! '..........,. "a. ......s~.... .,l-,
in Here was the mystery, sure enough,
took my penkni and succeeded in dfawl
I. out the stick; and then examined the 9th
tn pistol, which found to be in the SAL
III plight. stopped and went at work In ea'
/ est. Ihad an excellent screw fof removi
ny buliets, and my pistol barrels were en'pti
he in few moments. | had serious obj
- ton to firing off there in the woods, WHIT
lid the report might betray the knowledge
ite gain. So emptied them and snapped
en- cap on each of them. ! found them b'
ok clear, and then proceeded to load tn
". which I did carefully. '1 ,..% ,E. -
;edt And now, how should ] proceeds ~
this roud would lead me to Fosters Mill
,rc had no doubt, and it would be nearer
keep on than turn back. So upon that po
my mnd was made up.
len And ne2t-wliich way wodld my b
comet !-for that he meant to rob ME Y
ich certain. Every circumstance----everyth
~ that had transpired between him and ms
n ,,;rted IN that one simple result. Wo