Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-05-28

excited.
What is ii ?" he cried.
'There! There p gasped Polly, !
pointed to the open doorway, where
savage-looklng face had just presented
itself.
Liant Morton had been long enough !
used to danger not to waste time in con
lecture when moment may be life or
death. He turned-he saw the face
and quick as thought he covered the
mark and fired.
Are there any more?" he asked,
cooking his second pistol.
"No, I shot one.' And as Polly
Burnap thus spoke, she sank into a
chair, and leaned her head upon the
table.
What! You hurt ?" the carrier ex-
claimed, springing to her side.
Mono" she family replied. Only
weak, shall be better in little while.
Look to the cellar"
How many were there p
Only two. I know I killed one
And killed the other," added Nor
ton, as he took up the candle and ap-
preached the open door.
He listened, but heard no sound
Then with his pistol still in his hand, he
carefully descended the ladder. At the
bottom he stepped upon human body,
and having found an easier standing
place, he held down the light, and gazed
around. He saw two men-both dead
both shot through the brain-and then
he came up.
''Polly-noble Polly p he cried, "you
have rid the world of two of the most
desperate and cold-blooded scoundrels
that ever infested any country"
Do you know them F' she asked
reviving.
Aye-well. Dick GaIlus and Red
Harmon"
& Was that other Red Harmon
Yes-the murderer Of Pearson and
Nathans.'
oh am glad they were robbers
But then.I knew they were-or I should
not have fired, I knew they meant tC
rob and murder you, and -"
And so You meant to save me, re
marked the carrier, as Polly hesitated.
q Yes-yes-I did. Yes, that wa
it."
And as soon as the noble woman wa
sufficiently recovered, she told the who'll
story. Morton expressed his thanks a
best he could but after all the moistur
of his sharp gray eye, the changing c
. his countenance, and the very lack {
I language, told more than words couI
have done.
After due deliberation, it was decide
that the bodies should remain where the
were till morning. So the cellar doc
was shut, the front door bolted, and the
they prepared once more to retire bl
for the rest of the night Morton mad
his bed upon the floor of the large room
In the morning, just as the carrie
~ was dressing, there came loud rap upo
- the outer door, accompanied by voit
which he knew full well. He hastent
to open the way, and gave entrance
- Jacob Burnap. The hunter had m
a party of traders at Lewisburg, and di
posed of all his skins TO them, thus fl
~ ishing his journey some six days soon
:" :, than he had anticipated:
nc Polly was soon upon her husband
d bosom, and when he had told his oy
= story, Morton gave him an account
= the past nights adventure. Jacob W
at first incredulous, but when he b
"0 been down and seen the bodies, he "
u satisfied.
= Polly my jewel" he said, placi
''U one arm about her neck, Pm proud
" you. 1 love you more and more,
= every day find more to love-" A
"e then turning to Morton, he added
=, What do you think of such wife
'O Ah," returned the gust, with de
nc feeling, "if poor Liant Morton had su
an one, be wouldn't be mail carrier.
'eN When Morton left. he was directed
stop at the first settlement, and state
d the officers there what had happen
'ho and he promised to do SO. He once m
II. Blessed the brave woman who had SAY
"a" his life, and then set out. Late in
u'e afternoon two officers arrived at the cal
up and when they were shown the d
bodies, they recognized them at OF
:, and proceeded to remove them. A
'"e ere a week was passed, whole settleme
blessed the BORDER HEROINE for
:, work she had done.
rig e Deliberate with caution. but