Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-03-04

/ 'lhaJ you AcNlGQliS SNOUIu take SUCD
things as matter Of course, and deem
resistance very impolite way Of treating
The knight Of the road, instead Of boldly
asserting your rights, aud abating the
evil hy manly spirit Of resistance For
myself, ! must consider it the most cow
ard'y Of proceedings for any respectable
party to set out prepared to quietly graf
ify the cupidity Of the lQ3roncs, and I'M
prepared 70 treat them to their just de-
sorts
Every traveller, Senior, sheroplied,
"shou!d before setting out, count the cost
Of his Journey; and as, Of course, it Is
natural he should value his life highly,
it seems to me natural that he should
pay a certain sum for positive safety,
rather chan put that life in jeopardy
For instance in travelling from Vera
Cruz to Mexico If he will first reckon
that so much viii be required for enter
tainment on the way, and so much for
the contingency you speak of, he will
then have the exact cost between the two
points; and if he will look at the whole
as the sum total Of his journey, he will
not seem to be robbed by any one party
more than another
"That," I replied, "may be, and /
believe is, the Mexican mode of doing
business, but does not tally with the pre-
conceived ideas of we foreigners.
&" But every onc,' replied the fair
speaker, 'shoulG conform to the customs
of the country he visits"
." And do you, then go prepared for
this highway robbery and have you no
fear in thus iourncying by yourself?"
" Wen, Senior, what can do? | am
as you perceive, an unprotected lady, who
for certain reasons, am required to make
the journey between Perotc and the cap
ital some twice or thrice a year, and YOU
certainly could not expect me to 90 pre-
pared to resist an armed band As ia
fear, | viii not deny that have my share
Of that; but, so far, have never met
p with any rough treatment, and Of course
trust to the saints that my fortune will
ever be as propitious."
&" And have you really been robbed on
your journey back and forth p 1 in
quircd.
u think have paid my share to the
iadrones for my transit through their
country she laughed.
4" And you expect to continue a repo-
titior Of the same Cor the rest of your
,, life p
"Who knows ?" she replied. cat
least | hope to be always prepared"
d" And your fellow travellers, - said I,
"havc you never seen any disposed to
resist those unlawful acts z
q Once, Scnor, an American and an
Englishman, who were in the same dill
cenca with nc, fred upon the robbers,
killing one and wounding two"
-" And did the robbers fire back ~
4" Yes, but Aed Immediately, ard for
tunatcly, injured none of our party
"As ! should have expected returned
|, "you were not robbed on that occa-
sion suppose p
=" We woro not Senior, bat the two
foreigners subsequently paid dearly for
their resistance for in iourneYing back
and forth both were killed separate and
at different times, near the same spot
You sac those crosses by the side Of the
road Sororf'
I'll have observed them frequently.
but here thew seem to he much more M
mcroCs. II REPLIED. looking forth from
= tlo vehicle.
Each Glands On the spot whore some
, ono has met violent deafl, She re-.
, ,lied "apd and as we 20 along. I will
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