Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-09-18

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tnsd that Gss Karl mas Jour eompanionl
But hewW dc you good turn. II your
friend IL dead you shall follow him, and
ll'l take your traps to pay your passage
TO heasent,
I think these were tie Yers words. -
AZ any rate they are che drift. As he
thus spoke be noiselessly drew in the pad,
die. and then rose TO his feet. I saw him
reach over bis left shoulder, andwhen he
brought his hand back he had huge
bowie knife Ia Il. I could see the blade
glsatn In the pale moonlight, and ! saw
Karl run his thumb across the edge, and
then feel the pointl My heart beat fear
fully. and my breathing was hard. It
was with the utmost exertion that Iicould
continue my snoring, but managed TO
do it without Interruption Slowly and
noiselessly the foul wretch Appreciated
me. Obi his step would not have ava.
kened q houndl and his long cleaning
knife was raised. / could Hear his
breathing plainly, and I could hear the
grating Of his teeth as be nersed himself
for the stroke. '' e'o 'n'iS'--
The villain was by my side. and meas.
ured the distance from his hand 70 my
heart with his eye. In. his left band be
held thick handkerchief all wadded up.
That was to stop my mouth With. Every
nerve in my body was now strung, aud
my heart stood still as death. or course
my snoring ceased; and at that instant q
huge knife was raised above my bosom!
Quick as thought I btough my pistol up,
the muzzle was within a foot Of tue
robbers hesrt-heauttefed a quick cry
1 saw the bright blade 'quiver In tthe
moonlight, butit came not upon me.
pulled the trigger. and ethe last fe az was
past. had thought that the WEAPON
might miss FIRE. but it did not T6ere
was sharp report, and as sprsng up
and back heard a tieree yeiI, and at thte
same moment the'lrobber fallIotward, lits
head striking my knee as'it came down.
saW Weak and lfaintI sank bach, but d SUD.
den tipping Of the canoe brought me 70
my senses, and went aft and took the
paddle. AS soon as thegboars head was
once more right.EI turned my eyes upon
the form in tie bottom Of The canoe i
saw Iquiver-only spasmodic move
ment. and then all was still.siaaI a4sia
ALI that nigheI sat there at my watch,
and steered my little bark. had my
second pistol. for knew not surely that
the wretch was dead. He might be wait,
ing to ocatch me off my guard and then
shoot2me. But the nj ght passed slowly
andidrearily away, and when the morning
brokeithe form HID not moved. Then /
stepped forward and found that Gustls
Karl was deadl He. had fallen with his
knife true to its aim, fori it struck very
near to the spot where my heart must
have been, and the point was driven SO
far into the solid wood that had hard
work to pull it out. and harder TO un.
clasp the marble fingers that there were
closed with the dying madness about the
handle. a52
Swiftly moved the tide, and ere the
sun again had sunk to rest had reached
Logansport. The authorities knew the
face Of Gustus Karl at once, and when
l told them my story, they poured out
thousand thanks upon my head. A purse
was raised, and the offered reward put
with it and rendered to me. took the
ample reward from the generous citizens,
while the remainder directed should be
distributed among those who suffered
mos. from the Wabash robbers depreda.
tious.
found poor Kemp sick and miserable.
He was burning with fever, and the doc.
tors had shut bin up in a room where
well man must have soon suffocsted.
threw open the windows, sent for
pail Of ice water, and was on the point Of
administering it when the old doctor
came in. He held up his hands in hor.
ror. and told me it would kill the msn.
But forced him back, and Kemp drank
the grateful beverage. He drank deep.
ly and then slept. The perspiration
poured from him like rain, and when he
awoke again his skin was moist. aud bis
fever turned In eight days from chat
time he sa. in his saddle by my side. and
together we started for Little River. AT
Walton's settlement I found my horse
fully recovered. and when l offered 70
pay for bis keeping the host would take
nothing. The story Of my adventure on
the river had reached there ahead of me.
and this was the landlords gratitude.
A REMEDY w1Tn osE oB5Eor1os.-Gsn.
D. was more distinguished for gall
lantry in the field than for the care he
lavished in personal cleanliness. Com.
planning on certain occasion. TO the
chief justice B Of The suffering he en-
dured from rheumatism,, that learned
and humorous Judge undertook TO pre-:
scribe remedy. "You must desire yonr
servant" he said TO the General, ':to
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