Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-02-23

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g | thank yeus no ! Mass take sAe
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Take therosd again to-nightl Why,
man alive | il Is midnight, snd shs snow
driving like vii LsaplRnd. y
Sir "a sorry to refuse ysur pref
fexsa hospitality aad leaEs yOuw oosafoz-
sable roof tc-night, and sorrief still to
have TO take you with me, said the pas
tor, ErRyeIy.S
g rake AE With goa No, no, my
good sir nos no, shas ia 700 good joke
-ha ha -
Sir, fear that you win ind It
very serious one! Your servant told
you ehst nay errand vas one Of imminens
urgency ~
8 Yess something like life and death p
81 Exassly-down in the cabin near the
PUNISH Bowl, there Ia ~ old woman ay-
ing
t" There, kaew il. | waas Just say
ing there might be an old womAn dying.
Bat. my dear SIR, what's thai 10 me -
What can | do s'1 e-
" Humanity, sir, would prompt you.n
/" Bat, my dear air, how can hslp hsE?
am not q physician 20 prescEibe-..o -
60 She is Tar past a physicians help"
50 Nor ana ! q priest to bear her con
fassion- -"
g Her confession God has already re-
eeived."
" Well, and Pm not lawyer TO draw
up her wlll." -....
No, sir; but you are recently ap-
pointed enc OF tho Justices Of ths Peace
for Allegheny"
"Tes we'll, what Of that That does
not compromise the duty Of nay getting
up out dc my warm bed and going shro'
snow storm to see an old woman ex~
pire."
Excuse me for insisting, sir; hut
this il do Official duty" said shs parson,
muddy but iFmly.
6 sI'll+-Fll throw up my commission
tomorrow" growled the old man.
|. q Tomorrow you may do that, but
meanwhile, tonight, being gtill in the
commission Of the peace, you are bound
TO get Up and 60 With me to this woman's
bedsida.n
g And what the dem4u is wanted Ofme
there Yss
g To receive her dying depo8ition."
|" To receive a'dying depositien! Good
Heaven | was she murdered, then 9'' ex-
claimed the old man, in alarm, Sc be
started out Of bed and began to draw on
his neither garments. ...
sfBe aompossd-she was not murder
ed" said the pastor. ...-..
L sWelI, then, what Isit? Dying dep
osstionl Ii muss eon3ern crime, ex-
elaine d the old man, hastily drawing ON
his coat. .......
"Et does concern a crime"
ssWhas crime, for the love of hsay-
| sn ?'s
ss Wool, 20 down and roass up John,
and tell him to pat PaEson Goodwia's
mule Ia tbs stable for the night. And
! tell him to put the black dEaughs- horses
| to the cieae carriage, and light both the
front lanserna--for We shall have dark
| stormy road--Shut the door, you Ia
| fernaI!-T beg your pardon, parson, bai
that villain aIw&ys ls@Yss the deer aja1
after him.o
| The good paxsoa h0wed grsEely and
the maaor oompleted his soilet by ths
| time ths segvans returned and reported
the carriage ready.
s. To the DevtEs Punch BowiH~~waa
the order ggven by Old Hurricane as be
followed she ministsx into the OsxTlage,
Sand now, sir,s' he continued, address.
ing his companion, 81 think yoa bad
better repeat part Of the church HsanJ
that prays 10 Be delivered from battle,
murder and sudden dsath;;s for IL vi
should be 90 lucky as 70 saeape Blsea
Douasd and his gang, We shall have .
least an eqnal chance Of being apses a
the darkness of Ehass dreadful noun
t@ins."
IS A pair of saddle mules would hayt
been q safer conveyance, certainly,
said the minister.
Old Hurrioans knsw that, but thougl
a great sansualist, ha was brave man
and 90 hs had rather risk hia Life IN
. close carriage than suffer cold upon
sure footed males back.
al After many delays and periis, sh
pagtor and Old Hurricane arrived a
sheir destination, called the Witch's Hu
. ar Old Hats Cabin. In one corner 9
! shs hut, ON ragged couch, lag graz
! / haired and emAUiated woman, eyidsnsl
! I near unto death. On being informe
! thak magistrate lad arrived, abe inaaa
! sed ca everybody elbe lsaying the room
nd sha wpald speak with kim alene.-
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