The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-02
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Il JAKa H-WAs ri hO1doe 10 certaiu
hoak In the c.assic bsaEsy q. J-nville
Indiana Just before The time ef the s.Ren
eral Suspension, !. the goed peopls il The
part Of the world were strongly oppo6od 4
permitting depositorss = ,drAw ont their d
pOsits, - bill.holdsrs Rsetiag their rags,
cashed a. the hanka: CDnsequs atly o .shaf]
loOhOut was kept for the heavy runners !
and Jake H. il pesticnlar Was very asst
duons in ferret)ing put and Frightening al
those unpasricl1e md unprincipled indiyidu
als who came Into J--.nsille with design
hostile to HE own fayorite moneyed inst. !.
tica a
g. morning when Jake was on guard d
usuaL and inwArdly matchmaking tn,
tight place" into which his bank was dali,
harder and harder bein. sqeezed, he cspies
. suspicious looking customer going dow,
the street at rapid walk, carrying unde
his lefe good sized deal box, which appear
ID 70 Jake - il it might be full Of specie
ON it, way from the bank Golfers to some dis
tant place Of security.
To suspect, 10 to believe; and Jake start
ed at oncein pursuit Of tho dubious stran-
ger, determih ed, should his suspicious prov,
true 70, give him lesson that would be o
bene6tite him during tie remainder Of hi
stay in Indiana "a
Scarcely had he struck the trail, when h,
was joined BY some six or seven others wors,
than himself, and - they went on, tn,
crowd grew larger asev ry step Sew raj joinet
it because they had nothing else to do; ma
ny because curiosity urged them on, and tn,
great majority from that love of fun and ex
element 90 characteristic ofthe jolly inhabi
tants of nville. ~. -. is q.
On they went gradually decreasing the
distance between themselves and the object
ofJake's suspicion, until the stranger, hear
ing the sound Of their approaching footsteps
looked around, and started at seeing himself
followed by SO mang thirsty BLOCKING gentle
men. Jake seeing his alarm could contain
himself no longer and screaming out wild,
view-halloa, dashed away at full speed in
pursuit This was enough, and joining in
the shout Of !" stop the crittera stop theft
the entire posse comitatus' sbolted from
the word go. Nor was the stranger long in
taking the hint He did not stop to
-" Listen to the cry
That thickened as the chase drew nigh"
but yielded to frst impulse, grasueds his box
tightly, and went of at cracking pace d.
rectly down c. street @ 'ssss->'a-
Great was the excitement and greater at
every stride. Cries Of Stop him 7 bank
robber! q thousand do.larsr down with
the william ten thousand dollars T grab
his box y "a hundred thousand dollars r.
burst from every throat In fact they open
ed on him like pack Of hounds, and the
box was toted along towards the rural dis
tricts'at rate that astonished the natives
The pace was tremendous, and that and the
efforts to sustain the full cry, soon told upon
the lungs Of the excited citizens. As the
chase passed the city bounds, on the road
towards S., Mr.. Boxman was cutting
out the work fifty yards in advance of the
pack, and beating them apparently in can
ter. The clamor Of voices had now ceased,
and the hunt had become one of life or
death-box or nothing. Going mp the rise
of ground by the old school-house, the Run
away slackened little and tnrned his head
to take a survey of his prosecutor, who there
by gained several yards upon him. The
hasty glance didn't seem to assure him, for
the road behind for q quarter of mile was
filled with hot-iooted enemies. Jake whose
speed is the boast of the township, was still
in advance of his comrades, and making all
the running and with hat blown of, and
long auburn locks streaming in the sunshine
he seemed to the flying box carrier the very
of inevitable vengeance. So,
going down the farther side of the knoll, the
bank robber let himself out once more, and
soon bid fair to distance all J-nvile-
Ihe chances are ten to one in his favor-he
Is fnll drumming, and looks winner all oy-
er. His bottom and speed will kill them all
and already dark despair has settled upon
their parting ranks, when-crack he has
stepped on q loose stone at the foot of the
hill, and with q mighty crash, down he goes,
box and oil!
A wlld cheer greeted his misfortune, and
yellsof Grab him + hold the box !! hang
him I divide the specie T rung in the poor
mans cara
Picking up himself and box, and collec-
ing his forces for the final struggle, he |
bounded once more away from his foes eros.
ed the fenco to the right and made
traight trail for Jem We woods.
stop him !! shouted Jake: head him off
hoot him down! he III hide the box and es-
ape in the brush = For a few yards it seem
d again us il the fugitive would win, as he
truggled ganlely towards the friendly Gov
{. Yes! No! the weight Of the box was
% much for him he was heavily handicap
ed. His steps began to totter, his pursu.
RS were close upon him Already he felt the
Dbacco perfumed breath Of the foremost,
YARN upon his halfturned cheek. A strug-
LEA bound--a stagger-a cry-and Jake
ron hand was upon his shoulder, ard down
aey went again, box, man, Jake, and do
en- others, pell-mell upon the ground. An
,stant more and he was securely bound
nth red and yellow handkerchief and
zen, "Open the box r was the cry, and a
undred eager, bloodsho, eyes were strained
, view it's contents.
Jake tore OF the cover, Ind exposed to
leir goze- not ten thousand silver dollars,
ut-a hafa hundred dry, hard, scientif-
lily extracted corns, the property of the
retched and halt-frightened-to death Doc
ur Jaques lie jackson. corn extractor to
is Imperial Majesty Napolean Ill and the
lblic most faithful and devoted humble
rvantl
The next day Jake sold out his bank stock
fifty per cent. discount, and retired for
err upon his hard-earned iauselsr-the win
II Of the Hundred thousand Dollar Run
BON the Bank. [Portcr's Spirit
WILLIS on THE PRocREss OF WoMAN's
I0Hfs.-That woman should have an equal
ance with men in all honorable arts and
osessiops, and in all decent and proper
rssiits for the gaining Of a livelihood shut
frvm nothing except by her own sense OF
opriety, or by disqualification Of physical
rm has long been the Utopian ideal IF the
ampions OF the ser. The various coiaci-
mt circumstances seem, at the present mo- .
snt, to indicate the spontaneous coming
out Of this desirable era. We refer to-
lst. The triumphant claim to masculinity
genius made by Rosa Bonheur in paint !,
e and by Harriet Hosmer in sculpture.
I'd The universally of female equestrian- /
n as a feature of our agricultural fairs ..
to female assumption of the light
labors or agriculture, we presume,)
Sd, The regular education now Afforded to ,,
, female physician, and the increasing |,
mbers Of that sex in the profession Of me- ,
line.
ath. The stand recently taken by the Lon !.
n Times, against the degrading employ ,,
mt of men in ayocations better suited to =.
men, such as selling goods behind coun-
a. and the practice of n-door trades which