American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-03-17

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OF The earth, The cloak was stiA over my
eyes; but presentlyI could see the rehee.
ton Of . light. abdimmsdiately after this
the mantle was removed, and two masked
men, dressed nJ,lalk. one of them hold 4
lingsasort Of dark lsnterny were revealed
to my view,i nsAU err ,yssaaaaH 577gtE /
i glanced quickly around the npartme0si
and saw that it was small. having rougha
stonsswalls. and only one outlet, the door
|thIough which we had entered. eHa goa 81
j Save two or three rough benches, itwaS'
empty also: apd pointing snbe to one of
these, the same person who had before ad-
dresse me, said7- ,s7s'fia .seaB9SHa' saw
'PrayIbe- seated. tenor, and we win give
you liberty 10 speak. .'4e9fs74 ouooi2 lf1saf
Iscomplied with his request, and he az
once stepped forward and removed the gag.
As soon as Hound ] could use my voice,
| sternly. demanded the meaning Of such
treatment. Ia4e<s AHt '+fH oe1a
BE calm, senior, do not get excited, and
we will inform you,' was the cool reply,
spoken in an ordinary business tone Tho
TACT is, senor.' he went on. you are a
stranger in Mexico. with more means at
your command than strangers generally
have, or any honest man may have imme
diate use for; and we, being less blessed in
this respect than your worthy self. have
taken the liberty OF inviting you here to
negotiate lcan.' iNga 40
1 'In1oiber words, to rob me,' said I.
/. That is harsh word, senior, which we
| o.lJ al. l. of
acquiring means new way Of borrowing;
and for this reason: that, instead Of giving
the person from whom we borrow security
Of our own, we leave him safely housed for
the security Of ourselves. Tn short, senior.
not 10 waste words, let me inform you in
brief that we want all your weapons, Jew
elry. and ready funds, with the exception
Of sufficient to support you till you can
raise more; and once possessed OF these,
we will quietly depart, and leave you here
for such time as will be necessary 10 makt
your escape certain--.ay till Tomorrow
night--when you will be set at liberty in
avery harmless way. You see at once,
senior. you have providentially fallen into
honest hands, for which you should thank
| the saipts--for had you fallen into the
hands Of villains, your life might have teen
the forfeit
oh. I am deeply and profundly thank.
full, Of coursel' returned I. ironically.
And then quickly added
BY your accent and mode Of speaking
judgs you are no Mexican
so much the better for our purpose. !.
replied the villAin, for you have bill ol
exchange on house here which you have
never visited; and il / can personate a. re-
spectacle, foreigner-say yourself. for in.
stanoe--I can get it bonored as we'll as an.
: other
/ saw that / was really caught by rob
bers at last--that it-would be useless. t
waste words--that perl APPS it would b.
best to yield with good grace to what
had not the power to avert--and SO in
formed the gentleman that he was at lib
erty TO do what he thought proper, onl!
l would pray him to give me my libertl
in reasonable time, and not leate M
entirely destitute: te
BY San Marco!' he rejoined; your wor
, ship is the most sensible gentleman / hav
, had dealings with for years. and lam on
not unacquainted with thS customs of tb
road. We will deal as gently with you a
BY, an infant. and even remember you crate
fully in our prayers
With this be cody proceeded to riff
7 my pockets and person, taking from m
my revolver, knife. jqwelry. purse ant
. pocket-bOok, in the latter Of which h
found the afore mentioned bill Of exchang
: The amount OF which caused his eyes I
glisten as could see even through tb
:. mask. as. 40 80 IS -
!, pray tell me- said 1. how you knew
: l had that draft, and bad yet present
ed it?' ,,t
Pardon, seuorl that would be exposip
! The secrets Of our profession. which "
never do to the upinnitiated.,s egg2ss
!. BY treachery,' said l, Ny servar
. must have made the discovery 6ahd 70
: are his accomplices. N& III II Il 1, /
! Suspect whom you please, sebor,' b
, replied; 'eveIy gentleman is entitled to bi
y own thoughts; but in order to show YOU
9 Worship the possibility Of being in erot
. permit meto. observe confdentially, that
! watch has been upon you ever: since tn
). moment you set foot in this glorious cit
y All, senor. Iperceive your purse is beav
!, and will suffice for your present wants
e accept it back. sir; your Jewelry also ma
7 be Of more value to you than us, and {
9 we restore tive only desire to do Il
oi fair thing, and this bill ofexcbange, heil
!, even larger than we supposed, shall satsI
q US for the pres,nt, ,ls. ssssis ~ a.sss,
- With this he returned the articles mel
~ =, toned: and then cody remarking he di
~ not think il safe to tlnbind me till the mi
y y ment for restoring me to liberty, ,-he turne
Z n.his heel, made me d polite bow AM
e. : with his compsn on; walked out, closin
!, !. aud locking the door behind him.
Ho Twas there left alone in my prison,
Il total darkness, with my arms SO piniont
II as to, be both useless and painful. {
I \ MY feelings during The long hours wbis
,e,f followed, The reader can better. inlagir
n, than Iexpress; but though I suffered 'muC
I. physically and mentally, ! did not at fir
despair, bsoause / believed I should even