Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-21

lie was standing before the settlers,
representation of tee uncrowned maiest
of strength and will.
" Neighbors," he observed, 81 am
plain man, and can't talk lawyers stuff
and sich like, but ever since / was bi
enough to tell the difference 'twixt th
tail of deer and an Injin, have mad
! It Q pint to use the gifts my maker ha
given me and though | am the last ma
: to bear down hard on feller cretur be
. cause natur has been little hard on hi
face txin, yet you all know that alway
d told you that no good would come to tn
. settlement from having such faces as tn
doctors there, among US. l say, neigh
bors, that never failed to caution til
squire, though it went agin me to do il
always told him what copperhead b
was taking into his house. l say, di
fany of you ever know the old squire t
do a mean action? Did you ever Sc
him looking at you when you was takin,
a drink in his cabin %
| "No, no ! responded the auditors.
| Young Fanny" continued the speak
er, lowering his voice, while shade O
deep commiseration crossed his features
"we've all know'd, and we all know tha
no one could say word agin her befor,
he scoundrel came hereaway and
AT this moment the curtain from al
upper window of the Trapped Wolf, .
was carefully withdrawn, and sinister
face peered stealthily beneath, for an in
slant. Quickly as it was done, however,
1t was not unobserved by the men in the
road. The speaker continued, and neither
the glance from the inn, nor the indig-
nant scowl of the audience escaped his
quick eye-"If so be, neighbors, you
are all of my mind, wc'll make short
work of that job"
Lynch him, lynch him." cried :.
score OF voices in reply, and the signf-
cant threat would have had real fulfill
ment but for the entrance of another per-
son upon the scene.
With that Difference which age, accom-
panied by education and private worth,
always commands on the frontiers, the
crowd opened instinctiveIy to admit the
pasgt 9g Of a ths Was sne'es eeehea6ls f k @ . On
to the patriarchal "three score and ten"
His sinewy fraim which disdained to toll.
was dressed with care which formed a
strong contrast to the slouched habili-
ments of the settlers. Raising his ba.
with commanding courtesy, he remarked.
I" Gentlemen, viii you be guilty of this
great outrage? Desist, | command you
Is not our name already proverb of re-
proach for violence and bloodshed, in the
States %
I'VE are your friends !" called out
voices in tie crowd.
Il see strange faces here" replied the
oil man, musingly, as he surveyed the
group thofghtfully; but let me tell those
Of you who know me, that the man who
lays finger in violence upon the tenant
of that room, without the sanction of our
Rules of Law and Order, is a. ruffian
Braintree," he continued, directing his
address to the first speaker, in what
way have / injured you, that you thus in
my name incitc men to violence, which
may result in the death Of an innocen,
man %
Squire" spilled the orator, with the
contrition Of pcnitent child, "you nev.
er done me no wrong. When my father
lay sick with the ager, down at the Black
Bottom, didn't you visit us and tend us
just as careful as if we'd been your owl
children? and, Squire, didn't old Bel
tell you that ii you wanted help any time
You could call on his sons? And now
squire" }" added the poor fellow, Gas yor
are in trouble. by heaven you caul''
Then away !" added the old man
all of you, and thousand dollars re
ward to the man that finds my daughiei
dead or alive-"2
| The double motives, affection and av
aricc soon stirred the little community
into fever of excitement, A "towr
gathering" as it is called in the wilds
was summoned, and parties set of il
search Of the missing girl to all parts o
the compass. All day long the prairie
was secured by men and dogs all nigh
long the woods cleaned with the lights 0
blazing pine torches. The wretched "a
ther mounted HE horse and traversed tn,
hills and meadows miles away. The in
defatigable Braintree directed The pursu
ers, and followed each trail with the wis
dom and vigor Of an Indian, but all il
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