Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-20

slash at my imploring face was magical-I started
up, rushed upon him, twisted the whip from his
tired grasp, aud began to belaber him with the
heavy brass. bound but.end Of it about the head
with such ferocious force, that before the coach
man, who bad previously enjoyed the sport, could
descend from the box to his relief, | had left HIM
senseless and pale as the chalky road,dust On
which he lay.
On perceiving the approach Of Mr.. O~ngar--tbat
was the coachman's name-l darted beneath the
bellies Of his leaoers, and before lie could get
round to the of .side Of them, | had reached, aud
lntrenched myself behind q mound OF stones,
gathered together for the repair of tho roads
From this, us lie came on to the charge whip in
hand, and bursting with f%ury-fUr he disputed the
Wallets claim Of the ownership as to Master James
i p~eppered away at his large legs with piodi.
gious effect. The skill posses ed by u blackguard
village boy in throwing stones is scarcely credible
without ocular proof. l exceilcd in this low. life
accomplishment aud the shins Of Mr.. Ongnr
speedily dyed his pale pink silk stockings Of a
dull wet carmine. lie approached my defence,
swearing. bowling, shrieking and dancing-h did
not run, but lifted up his legs like a slow-peced
hos afflicted with the stringhalt-display ing
very high action, but little or no speed. When
almost within reach Of his whip, | brought him
down, by a Jagged twO-ounce lragmeni VI pure
granite. which took effet3 about an inch and a hal
above his ankle. AT that moment, Squire Patch
and his party re appeared. In the triumph d
pueTile COhuutst, L nuIieu hu tucC'Ne uhit pOunu
er at the plate glass window Of the carriage, anG
before the consequent crash subsidized, beat
retreat.
Threading the coverts of the park, into which
| found, at once, a practicable entrance, l hurried
On Nth the speed of a hunted fox. My pursuer:
soon gained upon me however so fast, and | be
came 50 weak, that l thought ifs to abandon M,
first intention of making for q distant badger
earth, into which | knew by experiment l coult
creep, and jumped heller SHELTER from the brow o
u ridge into the little glen of briers and bramble
beneath. | had very reasonable fears of my pur
suers. for they were the lads among whom | ha'
so recently scrambled my worldly possessions
hallooed on, as l clearly heard. by Squire Patel
and his friends-lrom these l expected nothing
less than some mysterious awful terror of th
law"
| switched through the raspers in my descent
with no other misfortune than a few scratches
and the loss Of certain portions Of my rags
a~lighting knee deep in the black unctuous bottor
of the broad brook, which glided ~noiseless an
Invisible beneath the briers. Fearing that
might have left q bit of my parti.colored appart
on the thorns 30 visible as to reveal my retreat,
t padded with as little splashing as possible dow
r the brook but soon felt 70 completely overcom
I by fatigue, that | could not resist laying my hea
on a beautiful bit Of moss, which, overhanging
small rocky ledge. fell in natural drapery dow
the bank. had neither the strength or inclinf
ton to draw my legs out of the mud-my repos
might therefore be termed amphibious.
TO be Continued.