The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-11-17

]. again upon the table, and began to siE
his grog quite leisurely., s -, :.
sBys heavens, man, i said, after 3
! pause, Sit cannot be your real purpose to
set the tiger on these people? pes sa
/ ..Eh, parbleul 7 replied he, 'and why
not? What else do they deserve? Are
they not also-tigers?, You don't know
tthetn as | do The ta' l rascal is con-
yicted felon, and ought to have been
hanged two years ago at San Francisco.
/ He contrived to escape and fed to Kan
sas AS to the other rogue, there is
hardly crime he has not stained his
hands with. Make your mind easy
| about that.' -&a5 s7 - szeFa Esssao
A sudden thought came into my
mind, and I asked him whether be knew
anything about that murder of my friend
ten years ago in the ravine near Jose
Maria e -z.tzs-isii' 2 31s1i
mo lie knew nothing about that 1t
was before his time; only he should
not wonder if the major had-a hand in
It.. It looked very much like him.
We we're Interrupted by loud knock
ing at the door, The lad came in soon
afterwards, telling us that he could
descry five of them, all on horseback.
The old man rose, and moving one of
the mattresses little aside, he looked
cautiously through the window. 1t
was about 9 o'clock. and the darkness
began to set in with the rapiditY pecu-
liar to southern climates. ess &-sa SD
The knocks were repeated more vche-
mently, accompanied now with loud
summons to open the door, Is Is as
Here they are, sure enough said
theold man. Il wonder why this major
doesn't go to Kansas; he is the very
man for Kansas politics :; S.
ssIf you don't open now, you French
dog said a coarse voice, we'll break
the door, 5.-s5 - sssfaoV@s saf
The eyes of the old man flashed ere,
but, he spoke never a, word, ,5sfsf rsvstss,s.
te You know me, Delmotte,' said an
other voice, which 1 had heard before.
You know Colonel Brown. But though
we lave to settle an old account, I ave
no business with you this time; it's. the
stranger I want, he has stolen a ,orse =
give him up to us, and we'li be off in
minute + s --se '5eiss
No use talking to that old miser,
said the former voice, with an OATH
.Come on, boys, break the door in, and
end it = .,21 ,e g g ss5ssse'asa
> He seemed to suit the action to the
word, for a tremendous crash. came.
En- avant, said the old an to the
lad, and they both went down stairs
I. rose and paced up and down the
room with rapid steps. Something ter
rible, awful, was going ou. - i 49,
Tho whole block house shook and
trembled with the violent kicks and
blows which were dealt at the door, but
nevertheless I could hear distinctly
when the iron bar was removed from it,
and then--I felt as if all my blood were
rushing suddenly to my heart, leaving
not ONE single drop in any limb Of my
whole body. e..e -
A roar-not at all like those you may
hear in the Geological Gardens, Regents
Park, at feeding time, but hundred
times wilder, sharper, moro piercing,
more furious-then human cries of hor-
ror and despair, the trampling Of flying
horses, the quick report of frearms;
then, again, the roar, but this time much
louder, more savage, more ferocious,
more horrible then heavy fall and
confused noise of grinding of teeth /;
then nothing more, because stopped
my ears. with my hands. sa
When turned round my host sat at
the table again, slipping his grog, as if
nothing bad happened.
4 am afraid he said, after while,
the Princess has been wounded. l have
never heard her roaring in that way.
Well, we must see after this to. morrow.
It would be dangerous job for any
man to go near her to night ?
Next morning stood by his side when
he opened the door. My frst glance
fell upon the tiger covering in thick
brown-red pool. She was licking at
red spot upon her fank, which seemed
to have bled profusely, but with both