White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-14

: that live on the sweat Of the poor man
labor. and rob his hsngry children of thei
3 food | am poor man, and poo
mans friend. ] hate yon-I defy you
l call you to the reckoning. Yes ]" h
/ roared, snatching up his knife from tn
floor, and waving It aloft, Is if to unseel
hackers > "your triumph is now over
! your hour is come / call you to thu
, reckoning-to the reckoning of blood
Advance. men Of the people, and cut thsi
tyrannical throats 70 ~ ''''i'''
} And with that he advanced himself
hourishing his weapon against our arts
tocratic breasts. There was no with
standing that terrific charge-pell-mel
we went, one over another, out of thu
door, which we esteemed ourselves forum
ate in being able to close. and thus secur'
ourselves from the distracted assailant.
We then made our way down to the
bar-room, where we found the glum hos
and his naughty spouse in as great alarm
and as elegant deshabille as ourselves
they, and indeed every soul in the house
having been aroused by the madman't
vociferations. 1883
What was now to be done? The IN
fortunate man was still raving. We could
hear him humping against the door, as
if endeavoring to break through, and
roaring all the while with frenzied CRY
of Victory p with that savage knife in
his hand /; nay, with dozen knives, per
haps, for arms and clothes were all, in the
hurry of our flight, left together in the
room. Who should dare attack or dis
arm him? Nobody showed an appetite
for the enterprise /; and although the ugly
landlady proposed, in her ecstacy of ter
ror. a plan that might have ended the
dificulty-namely, that some ofus should
take her husbands gun, and shoot the
Bedlamite through the key-hole-(and
really she did not seem to consider the
shooting of mad Yankee any very afro
eious crime THE business was ended by
our sitting up all night in the bar-room
in extremely simple costume, debating
the difficulty.
The terrible din with which we had
been ousted from the garnet, did not con-
tinue long. but was succeeded first by a
dead. portentous calm, then by half
groaning, half-snorting kind of noise, that
was represented by some one. who had
the courage once or twice, to creep slowly
to the garnet door to listen, to be pecu-
liarly terrific, and which, indeed, lasted
all night long. . .a..-..
When the morning broke, we held an
other consultation and finally, growing
more courageous, as the day grew broad
err. wrought ourselves to the resolution of
proceeding in body to the travellers
room-the landlord magnanimously lead
ing the van, armed with broad-axe /;
ourselves intrepidly following at bis heels,
some carrying such means of defence as
could be gathered; and others, cart-ropes
and bed-cords, to tie the mailman and
mine hostess, behind with the dog. We
paused moment at the door, listening to
the grooming sounds, which were still kept
up, and softly entered the room, where we
had the satisfaction Of finding the poor
fellow lying very soundly and comforta-
bly, asleep in the best bed, sending from
his upturned nostrils those anomalous and
horrid sounds which now appeared to, us
the natural music of sleep. He opened
his eyes, stared upon us somewhat inqui-
ringly. yet with look SO extremely nat
ural and lucid, that we refrained from
laying hands upon him, as we supposed
would have been necessary. '-o syf
Good morning, gentlemen" said he.
quite like a sensible person; "a fine morn
ing we have, after the rain and very
fine sleep I've had" he added. 81 hope
you can say the same ?" .Ft-s r..-
"It's his lucid moment, poor devil, !"
said the varmint /; and gathering up our
Indispensable, we all went down to break
fast. I4 rH . c81l
The Yankee was now the "observed Of
all observers"-as solemn, as sad, mod
est, as ever. and, to appearance, quite I'M
conscious OF his late paroxysm. We
were all too prudent, or too generous, to
remind him of it, even by a distant hint,
and, for the same reason, we all took care
not to cross him in anything, at the table.
Whatever dish he looked at, it was i'm
mediately surrendered to him; even the
ugly lardlsdy requested his acceptance Of
tumbler of cream she had poured ont
for her own use, but on which he CHANGED
to cast his eye. And thus it happened
that our gentleman, whose appetite by no
means suffered from his affection, ate the
best as well as the hugest breakfast of all !;
after which he ordered his horse, called
for and paid his bill, and, with every air
of sanity, departed.
A few minutes after, we were ourselves
on the road, laundering along in our mail
coach, and bye-and-bye, we caught sight
Of the extra lodger on the top of a hill. at a
cross road, where, indeed, be semed wait
ing for us, as he looked back upon rs
frequently, while he slowly mounted the
hill. ~ H..
Mad again p quoth the brsying gen.
tleman, with an air Of commisseration !;
poor DEVIL" II E e. --E
Gentlsmen 70 said the madman.
touch his hat with an air of suavity, and
giving the sweetest intonation to his
screeching voice :; 81 believe i forgot to
bid you farewell; at all events, I onitted
to express my thanks for the uncommon
kindness you ell displayed in giving me-
poor Yankee peddler, so much more
room than had any occasion for" -
lo "Oh," said the Tennesseean. having