Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-07-23

right. had over two thousand dollars. l
though. that be meant to leave the inside Of
the cart when he supposed I was in safe
place. and then either creep over and knock
me down. or shoot me. All this passed
through my mind by the time had got q
rod from the hole.
"Now never make IL a point To brag Of
myself. but have seen great deal OF the
world. and am pretty cool and clcar-headed
under difficulty. In very few moments
my resolution was formed. Ny horse was
now deep in tho mud and knew could
slip OF withou, noise. SO I drew my rcvol.
ver-l never travel in that country without
One--I drew this, and having twined the
rein. around tho whipstock, ! carefully
slipped down in the mud, and as the cart
wen, on passed behind and examined the
hasp.
"The door Of the cart lets down and Is
fastened by hasp, which slips over assapls
and !. then secured by paddock. Tho pad.
lock was gone, and the hasp secured in It's
place by bit Of pine-so that slight
force from within could break IL. Mywheel
wrench hung in leather bucket beside the
wagon, and quickly took !. out and slip
ped /, into the staple, the iron handle jus,
sliding down.
Now had him. My cart wa. new, made
with stout frame OF white oak, on purpose
for hard usage. did no. believe any ordl-
nary man could break out. got on as
noi.clessly as | got OF, and then urged my
horse on, still keeping my pistols handy. l
knew that at tho distance OF halt mile
farther should come to good hard road.
About ten minutes after thi. heard mo.
ton in the cart, followed by y grinding
noise, as though some heavy force were be-
ing applied TO the door. said nothing,
bu, the idea struck mo that the william migt.
judg, where ~, and shoot up through the
top Of the car, at me. so sat down on tho
| footboard.
"Oi course knew nv passenger was
vil,in. for he must have been awake ever
since started, and nothing in tho world
but absolute vlllainy would haze caused him
to remain quiet 90 long, and then start up
/ in this particular place. The humping and
pushing grew louder and louder, and pretty
-.... I t...J 4, t,,u,au .,f.a
"Let me on, Of this" hc cried. and yelled
pretty loud.
81 lifted up my head - ns to make him
think was sitting in my usual place, and
then asked him wha, be wa. doing there.
I "Lct mo out and will tell you" he TO-
Piled.
TELL mo VIA, you are in there for'"
said l.
81 20, in to sleep on your rags" be an
swcrcd.
IIoS lid you got ?" asked.
Let mo out, or I'll 'hoo, you through
the head, +" be yelled.
just at that moment my horses feet
struck the hard road. and knew that the
res, Of the route to Jackson would - good
going. The distance was twelve miles. |
slipped hack 10 the foot board and took the
whip. had the same horse then that |
have got nova tall stout powerful bay
nare-and you may believe there's some 20
in her. A. any rate she struck gait that
even a.toni.hed me. She had received
good meas of oats, the air was cool. aud she
felt like going. In fifteen minutes we clear
ed the woods, and away We went at keen
jump. The chap inside kept yelling to be
let out.
Finally he stopped. and IN a few min
u,cs came the report ofa pi'tol-one-,wo
three-four, one right after the other, and
| heard the balls whiE over my head. III
had been in my usual seat one Of the.s balls
Il not two Of them would have gone through
me. | popped on, my head again and gave
yell, and then deep groan, and then
said-"Oh. God, savs me I'm dead
man :" Then made shuiling noise 1
though were falling OF, and finally settled
down on the foot board asaln. lnow urged
up tho old mare by giving her poke occa-
sionally with the burof my whip stock, aud
she pcaled it faster than ever.
"The man called out TO me twice more
pretty soon after this, and as he got no TO-
ply hc made some tremendous endeaVors to
break the door open, and as this failed him
he made several attempts upon the top.
But had no fear Of his doing anything
there, for the top. Of the cart Is framed in
with doy,tails. and each sleeper boltei to
the posts with iron bolts. had made it so
as to carry heavy loads there. by and by
after all else had ialIed. the scamp commen.
oed TO hollcr whoa to tho horse. and kept II
up until ho became quite boarse. All this
time kept perfectly quiet, holding the
rsins firmly, and kept pOking the beast with
the stock.
1--WE wero not an hour going these do
zen miles-not a bl, oiit. hadnt much
fear. perhap. might tell the truth and
say tha, had none, for had good pis-
tol, and more than that, my passenger was
.aie yet was glad when l came to tho old
four barrel factory that stands at tho edge
Of Jackson village, aud in ten minutes more
I hauled up in front Of the tavern. and
found couple Of men In the barn cleaning
down some stage horses.
"well old TELLER, says I, as Lgot down