The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-05-14

! der the skirt of his coat. Just ahead of
. him, several Jay -Hawkers lie in wait: he
approaches the spot, whereupon one Of
them leaves his hiding place, and revol-
! yer in hand, plants himself before the
traveller, and orders him to stand.
The man stops-demands-"What is
wanted"
II want your money" at the same
time presents pistol not cooked. Come,
fork over"
"See here, my dear friend, suppose 1
don't give you the money, what then Pr
4 III will shoot you, d-nyou come, be
quick"
"Shoot, you can't shoot me with that
thing. reckon, that amt cooked"
The Jay -Hawker cocks and presents
his revolver ready to fire.
"Come, fork over d-d quick"
See here, if you shoot, don't hurt this
here criter, you see it's mighty fine cat
-peart animal-gobbles up varmints
imazin; the old woman wants cat aw-
ful." At the same time he throws open
his coat, and displays puss, to the eyes of
the Jay -Hawker.
The attention of the latter is for an
instant diverted from the victim to the
cat under his arm, and while his eyes are
! turned in that direction, whack goes a
stout walking cane over the head of Jay
Hawker; he falls, and is souudly beaten
but his comrades approach to the rescue,
} and the cat man desists and makes good
his escape.
4 tall silk hat; how It bdckslid and ,cas
again converted.
A man whom we shall call Black Jack,
is travelling north, and has arrived within
dozen miles of the Kansas River
Night, beautiful night, with its starry
drapery, has now closed around him, and
he seeks for place where he can re-
main with comfort until morning. He is
strong sympathizer with the jay-hawk
movement, and therefore it is not reason
able to suppose that he will disclose any
! thing to their prejudice. If he does, kind
reader, have the goodness to lay the
blame where it rightfully belongs.
) He finds good, comfortable log cabin
near, and is Hospitality received. Supper
is ended and Jack and his host, whom we
shall call Old Whiskers, enter into con.
versation.
; Various topics are discussed, among
which the Democratic party come in for
: a..large share of animadversion. The host
does not take issue in particular with any
= position assumed by the guest, and the
latter feels sure his host entertains hi:
own sentiments. Finally the converse
= ton takes religious turn, and Jack re.
lates an incident of quite recent occur.
renee.
"You see, stranger, there is an old maj
: living down in my neighborhood, old P
they call him. He is very jealous pro
fessor of religion-a Methodist, believe
He owned and wore occasion ally, yer,
% unusually tall silk hat-nice article b,
the way-but very tall, stuck up from tn
u top of his head like an old fashioned
churn. Well, in one of the jay -hawkin
~ expeditions, man-who has been pris
p" oner in Fort Scott-jay-hawked the oil
mans hat, and wore it himself. He wa
10 not professor of religion, and l fel
& bad to think the hat had come bac
into the world again. Well, time wen
~ on, and a protracted meeting was started
IN The preacher was from the rigion of Bi
Springs, think. He held forth awhil,
'' but it was like one of yore, who 'toile
v" all night and caught nothing H
could not fire them up it was clearly n
u go. You see he did not understand th
~ jay y-hawking principle, so he offende
some and converted nobody. The preacl
~ er left, and others took his place. II
meeting went on, and they had powe
'' full time. The excitement was great, ar
many people, Jay -Hawkers and Other
q were converted. You see, stranger, Il
''' preacher knew how to conform to, ar
~ take advantage of popular feeling. Th,
IN made the thing popular at once, and we
successful They would say, Come fc
md word my dear jay y-hawkers, and get re-
gion. / love your dear souls they a
IRE worth thousand such worlds as this,
ng Well, the consequence was, many of 6
ass jay. .Hawkers came forward and got re
CTS gion.
ns Then, again, at the conclusion of t
'el meeting, when a contribution was call
Au for, the preacher said, my dear ia
'e Hawkers, contribute freely do not su
"u pose that we will refuse your jay-hawk
No money, bring it forward we are as wi
Ing to receive that as any You {
M they understood the ay-hawk princip
. But, the point was coming to is this
y Among those who were converted, was
':A =. the very man who jay-hawksd old m
-'' P.'s tall silk hat. He comes to meet
M with the hat on his head. Got conve
. ed; kneeled down in prayer by the 81
. of the old man contributed freely q
Ian joined the Church, and now, stranger,
'ou the hat has got back again into the Chul
sn.' where it belongs, l don't care aid-
which of the two wear it"
Yonder go squad under the direct
.e Of Captain Rook. He assumes to
: their leader. Their high heroic
. SONS burn for cash and conquest. tn