The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-03-26
TIE aOBBnR OF TIIE TiDlSHH. !.


In the summer Of 1892, I was engaged With
= young man named Lyman Kemp, IN locating
land lots along the Wabash, in Indiana. had
gone out partly for my health and partly to
accommodate one who had ever been noble
friend 10 me, who had purchased a great deal Of
government land. At Davenport he was taken
sick, and after watching him week, in hopes
that ne wou!d soon reCovoT, | found that he
had a settled fever and, as the physician SAID
he would rot be able to move on under month,
I determined to push on alone. So / obtained
a good nurse, and, having seen that MY friend
would have everything necessary to his comfort,
which money could procure, LETT hin.
As good forgae would have il, found
party of SIX mea bound on the very route that
I was going, and waited one day for the sake
of tdeir company. At length we SET ont, with
three pack-horscs 70 carry our luggags, and /
soon found / lost nelhinI by waiting, for my
companions were Agreeable and entertaining.
They we're going to St. Joseph, where they bad
mills upon the river, intending to get out lumber
the remainder OF The season.
On the third day from Losansport we reach
ed WaTon's Settlement, on LFtie River-hav-
ing left the Wabash on the moraing Of that day.
Il was well on into she evening when we
reached the little log built inn ofthe settlement,
aad we were glad enough OF The shelter, for,
ere We ,rere fhniY under cover, The rain com
snenced to fall in great drops, and thickly, too.
And more still | had to BE thankful, tor my
horse began 10 show lameaess in one Of lis
bind legs, aud when ! leaped from :he saddle,
I found that his foo. pained him very much, as
I could tell by the manner in which he lifted
i from the ground. | ordered the osi'er to
hathe it with cold water, and then went into
the house, where we found good substantial
supper, and comfortable quarters for the night
that is, comfortable quarters for that coun-
,rv at that time.
About ten O'Clock, Just after had retired
and Just as was falling into a grateful snooze
I vas startled by the shouts of men and barking
Of dogs, directly under my window. As The
noise continued, arose, threw on my clothes
aud went down. "What is it % | asked o
the landlord, who stood in the entry-way.
"Ah don't YOU know, stranger % said tht
host, returning, "You'v, heard of Gustus Kar!
perhaps!"
Who, in the West, at that time, had not hearc
ofhim the most reckless, daring, and murder
Gus robber that ever cursed country. ! told
the host that I had heard OF him often.
"Well," he resumed, 'qhe internal villaiT
was here only this afternoon, and murdered
and robbed man just up the river. View
been out after him; but he's gin US the slip
We tracked him as far as the upper creek, an'
there he came out on the bank, ffed at US, aut
killed one Of our horses, and then drove int,
the woods. We set the dogs on, but they los
him.
"And you've come back horseless," said.
"Yes,' the landlord growled. "But," h
added, with knowing shake of his head, Ssh
can't run clear much longer. The country
in arms, and he'll either leave these huntln's o
be dropped"
aWhat sort Of a man is he ~ I asked.