Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-01-04

Iserts. Z
#. Every traveller, Senior, should Be
ttore setting out, count tie costs Of BIZ
Tourney, and as II Is natural lie should
lIsalue his life highly. it seems 10 me na
ItuFal that he should paya certain sun
for positive safety, rather than put thai
fife ii jeopardy For instance in travel.
ing from Vera Cruz 10 Mexico.if BE vii
I 50 reckon that is SO much of the fare BIZ
The diiigencia. and that So much will he
frequired# for entertainment on The way,
land 50 much for the contingency You
Hspeak, Of lie, viii then have Tie exact,coasi
between two points,; and if lIe VIII look
| at The whole as the sum total of his Jour
rey, he will not seem to bsrohbed By any
one party more thanEthe other.H
t 'tsThat," ! replied, 4. maybe, i believe
lis. The Mexican way Of dyingIbusiness,
but Il does not tally wilhthe preconceived
IideaIof US foreigners,
iEftltI But every ore. * replied the fair
speaker, should conformto thacustoms
lpf Gle country he. visits" 5 rs,
lI and do you 10 prepared for tl,is
llrissllsav robbery? Have you lilo fear il
tthuus lourneying bE yourself?H#E
/ f'EWell Senor, what can / id i am,
Efas you perceive, an. unprotected lady /;
HWho, for certain reasons, am required 10
Imake the journey between Pepote and tile
TcaPitai twice OF thrice a wear, and you
certainly could notIexpect mesto go pre-
pared TO resist an armed bard, As 10
Tear u will NOT deny that ! have my
lshafe of that; but. SO far, have never
met with any rough treatment, and of
course, | trust 70 The saints that my1for-
ltune will ever Be AZ propitipus,''
| And have you been reailyrpbbed on
ourjourney backand fofth7?'
4 think | have paid my shafeto The
iadrones, for my. transit through their
country she laughed.
And you exPGctFto continue a repeti-
Etion Of the same for thetrest OF your life..',
Who knows 2 she replied. AT
least / hope tobe always prepared
AID your lelloY travellers B said /,
IrzHaNe YOU never Seen any of them dis
Fposedto resist theseEunltwful acts -. h h
Once, Senior, ah American and an
Englishman, who werein tIle same dig
encia with ne, figea upon yhe robbers.
killing one and Wouading two. Il
And did tile robbers fire back p IT.
YES, but fled inme. liately,4 and for
tunately injured none Of our purify
AS / should have suspected. You
were not robbed OF that occasion. / sup
Epose 2 ki iasH# II y.
I'VE were not, Senior; but the two
foreigners slbseq uently paid dearly-for
Their. resistance ]; fof IN ourneying back
and forth both were Killed. separate and at.
different times. near The same spot. Yoa
See these crosses BY The side Of the road,
Senior 2 49,
Il, have observed then' frequently. but
here they seem I'd be much more nu.
|mleFous,' 1 replied booking forth from the
ENehicle.9 If
i Each stands OH the spot where some
one has met violent death, 'she.said !;
|. 1anl as we 90 along viii call your at
Itention to those which mark tile places
fwhere. Foreigners met theirs. t.4li
\. Do you know, said !, sthatEI am re-
solved % emulate their example, Ylet con-
Sequences bef what they may 49' I5fEttf4t4l
9tr' Holy saints, DEFEND us Il sheIexclaime
III, you are not 10 earnest, Senior 2
4! Seriously SO, I.assare you,
sFi5' You would only bring certain death
upon us both, Senpr.|R EH 4s5-'~
\. Say rather, would tighten the ex
penses Of the Journey for your knights
of the road understahd retreat vs. well as
aavance--apd you yourself have already
acknowledged that firm resistance put
Them 10 flight for once, Ai'7..
Butfthere were numbers opposed to
them, Senior, and YOU are only one Il
But fortunately, have couple of
fevolvers, which, III two good hands.
amount u some ten ora dozen shots, and
MY friends have repeatedly toA me that
i Tam notsa bad marksman.'
ii All, Santa Maria you will think
bettero this Senor-Hthe very idea Of re-
sistanee terriies me-
But not the idea Of robbery T. ssfg
IF No. Ssner because hayaheyer met
with any violence #l
We continued ito converse IN u slmliaf
strain for some time longer my fair conn
panion gradually changing tho subject
and seeming much interested ID myself
IHlearned that her family name was Va
lerde, that she Was unmarried, that her
father and brothers were Officers in the
army, and so1forth and so on and in rel
turn / gave her my own name, stated
somsthing Of my history, business and
prospects, and altogether became more
communitiye than I would advise any
friend to be- with stranger Of either sex
il strange land. II
AS We continued our journey, the con
yersation gradually changing from one
thing 10 another, Senorita Paula sudden
" brought il to The point where i first
opened.
I'VE are coming upon a dangerous
part Of tie road, she said aretyou still
resolved to defend yourself il assailed r
i4A.sWilh your permission Senorita.'
] sI don't think II advisable, she replied,
but still If such Is your intention | think
ID no more than right that you should
give me chance to take part I'D my de-
fence, since my risk Of dang er Will be a. |
great as yours.
have you really the nerve. after all to
defend yourself 7, I inquired.
s1ts IF | had the means, Senior.
Is.I have two pistols II you will accept
one Or them il IS At your service
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