The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-23

were stupidity koggisk. and t3e new spplicants
were clearly, not men to BE- atgued with The
door WAS opsasd, and ~ f1llows sntsrsd. n
occupied the back ssat sndhhey took the seat
At the other end, fixing Aemsslses % q "a. face
me. Thsy looked at;n{ ont az wisksd eyes,
md a they threw baci thsir shSst eisaks i
saw they were. well arp1 !, y
Hops we don't trouble yau2i saiA sas Of
y shsr y sosrss Itslian, shs dllissnsss
s.,rrr kazsd 'lnqdinhkiy into hisfsee. bst nids
No reply 1870 S,dfzfaiias VA fon ilas :
THs rspsat.d remark. S.. 1ds si'a I 81 4
s,ss.E ..Eo eonptshsnd, sIsnOr, Issia .hs.sins
.s.Ah-Easr,. r. IL s'sass..tsa;, vr4 l ;;hrus
Of his sbsdldsfs, suaIs,9 q
s'sNo,rtIrishS I.tuid him.sx F,HJ II "a
"sUshvahs gvuhted, with another .shrAg Of
the broad, Q massive shonldtf md AZ iwfol,
scoyl ot fhsl fsee:t .sasss 49, o,,,',,g ,,s9 II,
"Ws,had ncav bsgun to ascend the noun
tain in gcsd earnest and our pace was slow
and Numbering The fellow who drove the
oxen made noise enough for an army, while
the bloSa' dpoA vaF keksAnaho hofSes fell hard
and thick. but without accomplishing anything. !.
Had been, alone, / might have enjoyed the
magnificent scenery which untolded itself be,
Io~ al as we etept up the Coliinia; but a. Il
was could not think 1t anything save the
two men who had forced themselves upon me.
Pretty soon one Of them spoke, and, though
Appsareds soto n9ices them .yett eoylt see
that they were watching me closely.
=. ..Death and aestruction!,, 1, he uttered in his
own tongue, wS shah BE over the pre- IA ipice IL
that tfrrhkenfaivsr'is not eAfefdiv ivsa
asI rsadIthe fsllSlkss phiposs ind mo inent,,
and not asmUvsmsat. .hstsayesf my understand
ing of what he hadssaid. My eyes were half
closed. and 70 all appearance was nncon-i
sctoas even Of their presence. = l.esii'a
"'Heis right He don't understand. said
one OF them.
"xfi safe,y fe'urnssa the 4,liis 4s,liissr.. .f
s"After Mis. .,hsy .conysrsed toss.hsss quite
trse'y ND Nasn9t lOag in hsving my ggst
Fears realizelE But not change could FEY
detect in my cosHtsnsnce.g | kept my, ,knpwl-
edge az secret As the very gave, aid ali my
feeling was within me-. After awhile they
became satisfied that knew nothing .of their,
language, and they became more bold m their
speech, ana talked .the,r splan all ,ovsr; and
from tiiem learned The following highly in
l tefrse'th.s = part .tp picqq'a's' q' FTf IIfE "a
''The one whom hal seen in Florence had
BY some means ieaihed that was 10 carry
quite largesnmsof money with tne across the.
MOUNTAINS, aud lie had come ID Plstoia, where
his confedrA,e was. 10 avail my arrival, JIM
tending to rob me there, il possible. But when
they found that was To go alone in The dill,
gence, they had better plan. They would
rob ineron ethe amountsin.g The twn sirivers
were friends Of theirs, andw to be paid lib
*rsl!y for sllowine thesnselses to bs oveNonr.
The Williams talked about cutting my throat,
shooting, me through, the heat, piuagin, a
knife 10 my heart, and then throwing me over
the precipice, as cody az thoushs,hey had
been planning the death of fowl for dinner /.
The PiacP yhste they wsrt ID ausisr Dme'
was about q nile distant, where the road
wound round high crag, with an alnosr per-
psndicular wall OF rock upon one hand. aid a
deep chasdh on the other. -
Artds ws. an intsrssiins positionn,, s,re
enough. l was wsak-weak at best-but
doutly weak now with my iliness-and the
only weapon Ihad wa, a single pistol. Eth
er OF .hs brisands could have thrown me over
his head with ease, aud as for fighting with
thei9s sshat Mea out of the qussiisn. What
could Idol Both the drivers were in league
with Them. II, llssped from the diligence, I
should die On the spot where landed. IL 4
shot ciie OF the sbandiss, the other would mn.
hilate me in . moment. l had the gold in 1
smallbeg under my feet, and % the. heavy car;
riage joited over the stones, the yellow pieces
Jingled sharply. and 1 could see the eyes Of
the williams sparkle like stars, !
isSgt6 Shs hisl ersgeyy peaf VA in
sights and could see. were the rUad wound abs
ruptly round it. Thus far had been toitur-.
tipg Hy bFaiLs tpsiayeat, ,ssme way Or escape,
but without eject. was as thorodgly
hedged ihss though bound by iron chains. -
AND in few pinutes all would bs ovsrj Still1
rfsit POP my pistol, and kka ivfesay
'Presently the cill,gence stopped At the foot
OF an abrupt rise, and. the fellow who drove
the oxen came and told the bandits they must
get out'snd walk up. They stepped out AZ
odS, va II I 6oarhf | 6A;x s,,atfl.. i
looked out just in time to see both TIE drivers
lashed together,by The arms, back to back. -
They must bare been placed resdy for opera
ton, Tor the thing had been done with incred-
ibls quicknsss. e 7 drew my pistol and await
eSfesFpa4.saMy AesrFlesb4rU Aopth,
out the intense excitement rendered ne strons
Tor the while.E HI sip Z.
Yprs fswJ sfcoEds one cftby' 'yilhan came
and poked the nuzsls Of huge pistol into my
fseeI Il " "a Il III ~
"sGold! Gold .uhe said. sGivs ma cold
=. AZ. .eszt1 g IA
'-a %bfa ssitsftssg4 ssi3 f,;s ,g,sslrf ss,& nass
cit was but ths work q ! second 10 kSock
his weapon down with ~ left hand, while
with ny right brosght up ny.ovapietsi and
6ssd. TIE ball entered tstwssn his eyss, and
be rsslsd back sshle esIl.. 1tsnl isapsd after
hhg lDs faMhis companies eoning up upon
the other side. Il hepsdte gain The dead man's]
pistol, but ere could do %, the heavy hand a.
thn liRans, hanAff naa nvnr ..nv shn..l1>-.>s,d