Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-11-10

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My wills had - g 80 assAea ok thl
two pgEsonsss, 4 knaw rotating q
sha threat waasf - been aaads agaihs
me. dc net - - &c Is - the aims
gor I fsarssa she q wogTy svss d anG
| ak eourse 4 nseasA sAas II ahouid be kepi
from her row. s hause waa msag shs
esmssr az kaaa Vi laaa@s Bat some Ray haci
from th@ nails saa8aAs apan gaaszs ans.
iaanes, and aszExoansaad by treas, my gar
den and park aspaRasalg Il entirely from
other buiidaMgss
Daring rs svaaEng | sa0usAt tle mas.
s@g ovsr. ana ammaay asaaa % my naind
shAt the idea of JOB Glbssasa's d eomina
TO yus his sArssA spss sxauutiea wai
simply ridiuaaaas 1kasm knew vexy
wslE--shas hs hsa - Ae vii and ais.
poatiea % aa ! - ! halisxs sazss q
wouId hare aasasa ~ . slnaase sssssr
faction 10 puE . knsfs q my hsagt Bal
I did not halissa Aa wonia risk bis own
life, under prusszzk easpMnasaaa foa
any auch purpeaas xss ! wsaa np 10 my
chamber, I exaamfna4 - pistol which
/ lay in mg bmReAa aae#aE. My BUSINESS
a. sollsetiag agama kaK sssaFai hsavg
honses in Aiasaa1 pssss a ths eoz1ntxy,
required Ahas ] IahpaaA = slsnas hare laRgs
suins Of monsy hy ne, aaA % many pso.
OILS we're awars a lAis Eass, knsw thai
iny prsmisss might hosd omS goldsa in-
daesmenss 10 daring husglaes /; 50 | had,
some twe years before, pgsehassd coed
Eovaiweg, wAish | bad ksps loaded ID my
chamber. 1 nsveE supposed shoald
shoOs anybody bat, IL ease ! shOuld
hsaR the footsteps a infgudaEs Il night
upon my premises, | ah0ald feel "a.
fer With such 8 weapon, hns the posses
sian Of stsix-sho1ssrss givss man a
wonderful advantages IN an asgumaas su-
| der such circumstances. He can per-
suads an gHeeTloper 10 isaya when mere
words might be ineasetual.
On ths pTsssas occasion | shoaght I
would just sxamins n3 pistol, 20 see If
it was ali right, for thexs was no know
ing what might hAppaA. IL sny one
should enter the houss / fslt sure thss
my wife OF s9lf mnsa be mwakansd, aad
then ths weapon mlghk BE- an agreeable
sempaniou, Il nothing more. I saw thas
the barrels were ALI loaded, and the caps
ali soand, and than I pat sAa pistol back
into the dEswaxs an waaa 30 bed. My
wsfe asked ms What Meank to DO, and
told heF had considerable mensy in the
house, and that tie circumstances had
maEsly RsHaindsd ms of my weapon. We
laughed over tha iasa q ray killing u
robher, and then wat TO slesp.
IL must have been uos far from mid-
night when / was awakened from 8 some
what uneasy slanbx. Thad na sense Of
having been aroused By Anything In par"
tieuiag, only felt nnaasy. and wanted
g new position FOR my body. The moon
had been up an hour o. more, aud was
shining through one ae tbs windows, its
beams falling directly apon the door
way on the opposite side OF the room
As ] turued, my eyes rested upon this
doorway, and saw & man standing there.
lie had, apparently, just erspt TO the
spot, and the mooRlight lay full upon
him. IL szas Job GsibTamdF Had mss
him in the broad blsSe Of noontime, |
could not hSvs distinguished his form
and features more plainly. And / saw,
in in his right hand, a leag-blsded Knife.
Behind him, in the hall, I aaw the out
lines of another man, whom | tosk, 0i
course, to be McCargan.
Ihs discovery operated upon me like
tha shock from q powerful gaiYanio bat
terry. There was & horrible, deadly fear
thrilling through me, and dspriving me
taf sqkh senaa asasa EessssW Eus a Fzaasaazk :
but the very weight of the tsrribls cir
| Cumstancs served TO narve me up, and il
& very brief space Of sime was as calm
a. need be. | mean nay thoughts werc
all collected, and my instincts sharp ans
clear. Ny Wifs sasga ou, for O. yet thsrt
had been no naiss, save that something
which must have awakaned nae.
Ny eh&mbsE w'as largs square room
and she bed was In enc corner. Thswin
dow through which the moonlight cam
was close by the foot Of The bed, and ia
door that led to the hall directly oppo,
site. This room vas in one corner d
the main building, SO shars were sw'
more Windows ane near the head OF sh
bed, and smother, piercing sAe sans wal
anly fsw feet Oh. Rstws@n these tw
Windows stood the bureau, there balm
emily ahe Bpace sf enc windew bsswse
il and the bed.
I OF course knew there eoald be bus
fsw moments for raasetson. My motto
had caused the assassin to hesitate, bI
he would aos hesatass long. He ha
come to put his threat into execution
and knsw tbs anAn wskl enough to kno'
that be would 10 fs &ikhous sha lSai
SompunctionB, and thai no ordinary o.
curreuee woald deter him. II Ihad OF
ly givea importance enough 70 pFsyios
, circumstances, TO have been thorough
on my guard, should have had my pil
tol beneath my pillow but was who
? ly unarmsd, and successful stratags
q could alone savssa&. With this grj
/ presence before ME my sheaghts va
3 very elear and rapid. My srsk though
: Of sascor--ny aEst hope Of safety
= Was in my pissol. | mass get THAI I
3 some rate. / knew enough Of human n
c tgEe TO know what 8ven an assassin won
be most likely 10 do under certain ei
4 cumgtances. GiibrAnd did not kno
q that he Was discovered, and ysE sligI
il motion Of my hoSay had s@assa AiA
10 heaitate. He avidsakly falt sure Of
10 xaEun, and he saald saord 10 wait un
10 such tims as he uauid do kis WORK vi
the least noiss. Ii vas oleas, et
Is might, and this circumstance helped
N 20 a valuable shoaght.
IA " MaTy," said !, speaking 20 my vi
in yawning tbae, as though were
ID wholly awake, ssI'm cold"
Ia My wife awoks and asked ms what '
he She matter.
10 "Tm eold," | replied. ssIsn's shl
W. an extra quilt In enc Of tbs bureau dra
Ad sra21 49,.
er shs said there was, bat did NOS %
"a, inclined 70 be very wakefui.
to As had anticipated, as soon GA 50,
RS the lurking assassin sroaEhs3 away
bs Of sight III the hall, and believed
De. woald remain 20 while / got ap and
oh the quilt. II be did net suspect
knowledge Of ais praasnes he would I
nd saialy prefer TO lea ma arise quietly,
Of Thea ges into bed again, than 20 sks
he me when might make resistance;
est be had reason to suppose that nay '
at, and self would both be asleep again '
Ia. soou. And than could aos leave
Inc room to give Any alaEza without pasi
es, directly BY hims 30 be would fssl sat
aat THAI saore.
pc. Iieapad oak Of bed and went 10
Ing buxaau. ! may haya ssambled 8
sus aa TIE ahoaghs 81 deakh blow VIII
bat ssooa slsers, vii - back 70 sks d
sei- but I felt pgszAg - assared thas
ne would Be safe anaiI I ~ Inso bed ag
sra and 10 Il nEoTsds J onased sha q
esd draaer aFse, - aaaspA ~ pislol
Aad mussssaa Aaaa AanA 8ANH& nos kn
ksa thHaas whaeA - Aaaemasds aa@
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