Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-23
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WAS atrepolver affair nov, and. d
!. 4 had no wish to beconiesentan Gle
! in such business / did not wait IN
! til the colonel had picked himself az
but rode forward without delay. 4t1
II 1 was stopped by the waitel
!, whom | heard calling after me, an,
! who was out Of breath, when II
! came up to me at last. The hon
est Gllow gave me direction
,, which | vas ,aftefward glad to have
+ followed. He said that the colone
Though d coward, was a most aesper
, ate william, not at all likely to give
way, SO soon, but that the worst o
+ the whole set was that fellow tbt
major, whom he suspected to have
gone, in search Of some of his com
papions. "You will be chased By
"a couple Of these rogdas, be said,
,iI"as ] am a Saxon! LET me atlvise
you. Follow your way up to- the
north until you are out Of sight,
1 then do you turn back to the
south as far as Jose Maria. Atthe
4rayine southeast Of that place turn
to the left, and, following the course
of the brook, ride for your life,
/ Twenty miles up the Stream you
will come to, settlement, called :he
Wood Creek. Old Delanette lives
there, and he's the man for you to
! trust 80 -
| offered the, waiter a few pieces
of money, but he would not take
!. them; then hearty shake of The
hand. and this he took most f'l eordi-
ally. -.
s4stopl" be said, when ! had al
ready set spurs 70 my horse. He
lifted up each Of the horses legs,
and looked carefully at, the shoeing,
t"Al right" be said, II thought
the ostler, might have played you
lone Of his tricks, but he. has not
iyet had time, suppose. Now, so
ahead, and don't forget the French
! maui . s
/ I;iarted of. -sI.5.st '.s,|
! 1t was eleven clock in,the morn
ling. / had to make twenty miles to
! the Etyine which my eonntryman
had pointed out to me. Bat my
4 horse was worthy the Colonel S
admiration; and, in spite not only
of the roundabout way 1 had taken
lins accordance withlm my friends ad-
lriee, and half an hours delay
FOR rest at .Joss Maria, it vas but
fonly five nthe evening gswben1 reach
led this melancholy spot. sas
tf1a' ] stopped and looked about me-
/ The surrounding country was ali
! barren and desoiate, The soil sterile.
1 There was wooden cross erected
I ON the spot Of the murder, aud
beneath it lay the mortal remains
Of the man whom had kno wn In
the full glow and joy Of youth.
1 A strange feeling made me finger
lin that place. The little rivuIet
smoothly gliding eastward showed
me the way / was to go. could
follow its course With my eyes to q
FAR distant forest, the high grass ol
1.-THE prairie having burned track
as it always does at this time oflyear
,!'Yet I still fingered. e1as .s !
/ The horse began ito neigh softly
j and to prick up his ears. He wa;
J, familiar with the prairies, assl hat
, bought him but a few months ago
at Little Rock, in Arkansas. There
4 was something the matter.
X 7 listened, and, pressing my ea
I to. the ground, listened again. Th'
j earth trembled aintly with the treat
i of horses yet at a long distance
but, when ] mounted again, coult
{; hear The sound, 1t was approach
a ing fro m The. direction Of Jose Ma
t3 ria; aud although the woods OF
/ that side OF me prevented M
from seeing anything, / had sd
e little doubt who were the horse
men. Now. colonies, majors, cap
e Ltaips, lei. Us see what can bo done
,f aly horse gave such a sudden AM
vigorous jump when, ! merel..
r. touched him with the whip. that |
d was almost thrown from my seal
d i lost. my cap and a gust Of win
y threw it against that very noun
nj by which | had been bound to tn
# ravine. To pick it up would hay
n been a., waste of time:s and as
to be, out of sight betof
n my pursuers had set foot upon th
I5.prairie, I left it and sped ava,