The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-16


The Captain returns. His men inquire:
"Did you overtake the man, Captain?"
No, he got into the timber and
escaped"
Virgins speaks:
81 say, Captain, you had an interesting
race after that woman. She was little
too smart for you"
"a woman! Was it a woman?" is the
inquiry.
Nothing else. gentlemen-at all events
the person wore petticoats and bonnet,
and set sidcwise upon the horse"
The Captain is mute; the men roar and
shout with boistrous merriment.
1t is night once more. The men have
assembled at their rendezvous. Corvus
is among them.
Who comes here? II is a man ap-
preaching the camp, whom they at once
ascertain is a resident of the region, and
not a member of the band. He is chal-
lenged:
"Where are you from ?''
He is startled and confused for mo-
ment, and then, with no very clear con-
ception of tho locality. stammers out:
Virgins"
Gall right-come ahead"
He is spy; he has something to COM
municate. Hear him:
'0ld Zain, who lives not far from here,
is a pro-slavery man, and has got two
hundred pounds of lead stored on his
premises. He has also quantity of pow
der"
"How do you know this?"
al helped bury the lead in his garden"
"And the powder-where is that?"
II don't know; in the house Isuppose." !"
Boys, we must have that lead"
The spy continues: There are also two
other houses in the neighborhood, where
live pro-slavery men-old man Coon and
his son. The old man has slaves"
"Boys We must have that lead, and skin
those Coons. What do you say?"
"We say pitch in; we are ready. Now
for little jay-hawking."
Itis dark, but not sufficiently SO to pre-
vent seeing the house of old man Zain,
surrounded by armed men, Corvus stands
at the back door with Sharp's rifle by
his side. An alarm is made. The old
man within. rife in hand, creeps to the
back door, opens it carefully, sees q mar
standing there, and takes point blank aim
at him. Now, Corvus, your time is short
No, quick as thought, the chief, without
raising his gun from his side, fires. Th'
ball penetrates the shoulder and the Ole
man falls to the floor.
Now for the lead; they hunt for IL; i
was buried here; but see, it has been dug
up and removed elsewhere. 1t cannot b
found. They take firearms and sons
other items from the house, dress tho Ole
mans wounds, aud depart for the resi-
dence of young Coon.
They plumber the house and premise
OF whatever is to them matter of value
and now they are on their way to tn
house of the old man.
Gun soliloquizes "What a 'orrid be
ing to 'old 'uman beings in bondage; b
ought to ave his 'ead taken hoff."
See: while he has been soliloquizins
he has begun to ascend hill, and ha
slid off behind the mule, and lies upon hi
back with his feet in the air. He erie
= pitiously and shouts, "elp. gentlemen
'slp, for the sake of philanthropy"
; A kind individual steps back to hi
; assistauce-mounts him on his mul,
which he has rode all this time without
|. saddle. The kind jay.hawksr returns
L his comrades with the remark, u wonds
u if we are to be dogged by that id CRY
= ing fool every where We 60. This
about the tenth time the cuss has slid o
Q behind, when the mule was going up hill.
d "Naver mind, Jo, we will bear with hin
g be is ambitious, and burning to do som
9 great and unheard- of exploit"
u at will be q hell Of an exploit he pc
% forms. I dom. want him followir
70 around. with his memorand, big as Gull
y ver."
, We are at the house Of old Coon Il
men enter and commence the work
N pillage; the Captain sits down and con
3, mences conversation with one Of the i
10 mates of the cabin.
N The work Ofpillage is complete. Sac
IN Of -four, meal. quantity Of bacon, feath
10 beds, bed clothing, male and female q
~ tire-a large amount-frying pans, cod
70 pots and various other articles, too n
10 merous to mention, are sean as the boo
o, Jay hawke6 from the old mans house.
to 1t is near morning. and men, who ha
been hard at work, have sharp appetite
I'd A search is made for food they 81
10 bread and various items ready for {
in table. among which is large deep di
he full of cold meal, and containing qua
a. tity Of gravy.
The jovial band sit down to their !
70 past The bread disappears the otf
q articles follow suit. and the large de
y, vessel which contained the meat is relic
Dff ed Of that item. and contains only aqua
rs tity Of gravy. We are now ready to ia
leave.
en- Hold Gun casts his eyes around
II; room; they beam with philanthroI
nd those eyes; q sudden thought ssizes
Inind: there l. aysung female ehild,