Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-27

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Icon1pany's sake, remembering that bad
company is worse than none SAM
his brother7iu-law, six feet 4 inches in
his stockings, went alpIg. Aswe start
led, my friend John suggested 10 me that
I the best way to keep my M 7ney safe was
u put il ID my hat, which Ibid. The
next question wss,sI. hare you got a
WEAPON" ! pfoaueed my pondereus
pistol. taking care not 70 informh him how
hong i had been loaded and how many
loads wefe7ini it. He kindly offered to
take charge Of il As be could handle it
better ip case / should be attacked. +
delivered the weapon with me hope IL
might not be used ii was ton clock.
IN. when we left for the city The
Daoon, as it would happen, had hid her
kself behind dark clouds Z hesilence Of
the night was only interrupted occasion
tally BIZ the solemn melody Of bull frogs In
the swamp Indian file we marched,
john ahead, his Courageous brother-in-
law next, myself al the tail end, thinking
how safe the money was. Walking slow
fly, cautiously looking around, we had
proceeded some Fifty yards when, oh,
horror! oil, astonishment.I agony and
grief a giant painted black game sud-
denly upon me, { l might state here that
[my pedestals are rather shoft,0 and John
was in advance some tenlyards. The
next thing I knew a set Of monstrous
paws was on my head. Before / could
give command to fire my splendid beaver
with lis valuable contents was snatehed
with marvellous celebrity from my head,
land the dark villain had aed. was4not
tafraid, the brother-in-law was. / cried
Ito John II am robbed, there he goes,
shoot him, shoot him quick The fg-
ure b. the fast-retresting robber could be
seen BY tie light ofthe moon, which had
lust then emerged from the clouds.
lValiantly we run ALB fast as Eiwe. could
through an alley four feet deeplwith mud.
j My friend fired the pistol and bounded
ten PAGES backwards from thel effects d
The explosion. WeIhunted foil the body
Iof The rohber, but to no avail Bare
HEADED as i was, asked my companions
to gpto the Office Of the friend / had in
tended to see: Ia was a great lAwyer and
4 | reposed great confidence in him. From
Il him | expected I'd receive advice
EMournfully and bitterly rejecting upor
my sad fate wefinally reachedlhis office
/ took no time to knock for entrance bu
tdarted in. He (the lawyer was quietly
seated examining spme papers. and the
first words which reached hid I" my
God, ! am ruined f'' He turned around.
,Ebeheh me pale and hatless. Heasked TIKI
cause Of my alarm / stated The history
Iof the robbery! MyIcempaniohsh had come
Lin and while friend John gave a knowing
Hook, unknown to me, the coantenanct
1of my legal friend frightened some,
what. He examined me thoroughly .and
Hooked grave again AT the Same time
1.-THE Sheriff ofthe county came iii 1; told
1him my tale of woe; lie synpathized
with me and concluded to have some adj,
/ ditional guards for the jail. After Ia,
menting over my heavy loss, 4 was adj!
Evised to give noticeFin writing To the gen.
ltleman to whom The money was consigned
Of The accident which had befallen me,
promising 10 pay when / could and (by
advice of counsel disclaimings any legal
rights he might have. having refused t.
accept when rendered. For some time
we all sat talking about the mysterious
robbery, until friend John proposed tc
take 4 lantern, 60 oh the battle field, and
examine whether the enemy Had been
lslainor wounded. Taking a place be-
tween him and. his relation, WI started
together aud soon arrived at theIseene 81
faction. The hat was found but not the
money. Suddenly we heard the excla.
NATION Of John, rI have wounded the
|scoundrei /; here are blood marks on the
ground. !" My alifriend and myself be.
1IieYed IT.; at once the candle Of the LAM
terh was extinguished, sharp clicking
|of pistol or gun locks was heard 1T sue.
1ceediagy intervals. aud it was & run, run,
there are at least q dozen" and Vie did
run. My tall friend out run me --eyery
moment we could hear the ominous click
Of the pistol. Friend John cried opl
squat down in a fence corner" Ws
ibid squat, and made some beautiful hops
through the mud, lodging The intended
shots right and left. It was not far to
the house Of John, and he cried g now
run quick and we can get home safely
We adopted bis advice and I was the Grsi
one who reached the house, followed By
! 6 feet inches, frightening men, women,
children and servants BY the hurried en-
trance we made. Again ] detailed the
adventures of the night. The ladies
. were agitated and tried to console ne.
The exhaustion and exercises Of the nigh
Ehad nearly overcome me and j soon re.
tired to bed, armed with Colts revolver,
1.-THE property ofJohn. / undressed and
got into bed, but visions Of some awful
mishap haunted me, and II was nearly
ldaybteak ere Icould fall into the arms 81
| Morpheus On aTaking. the events 81
/ the proceeding night appeared to me A. a
romance dream. looked at nv bea.
lver, Ii was wofuily damaged, nv panta.
1 looms were muddy, my boots ii the same
lcondition, the money was gone. aud
4 feIt itall To be stern reality.
/ / was sadly depressed in spirits and
WAS only reused from my deep despond.
ency BY the joyous tidings of mylhost
| that the package 0f money had been found
near where the robbery had been com.
United. Itook 4 stiff horn Or pistol No
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