Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-11-30
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= eN HsNaR - = ~ 1850
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ii Tam naahak was i haxhmaiesas i
! anA @wsa shRsasaa8sM htm Esasss ~ 80
sF.s nasaa was % Rseksa. n Whea - wa
!. ssIed Tor hia Ilks 81 Haswiek ssssaas, d
!. was afgsiKnsd ss Ohaslsa Jaakson. iii
thsy wuEs pasa5saa&H aAeas Aataae sAsa
"a y0H indisesd . msm 10 1ssas assa ha
sgne mama waa Joe, hs Ru8 aM agad whal
she law was alssrsd $50 khak AaT sowa<
ses sash sFTugs rsghs Ill szss egial 80
4 paa, leasewsss IsMyszs, aass sasa RrstEsl
eaasaitasiaA was kaihg puafaa 40. rsa
and braaah. But th&fss aaithar hsgw a,
Ehers. | eannos tell you haw 4 waa e.
hs cams 10 BE knewn as Tam Roekss
aaAa 4 ] soala, u wsala aes have AsSy,'
4 saiag % DO wikh my ssaxy. Fnx six yaaRl
he Was the most famous khieE h IA
Midland counties, and for six years "a
one knew wh2s be waa like. Aa was !
i IaEy fellow was Tom he nevsg easns
oht axespt when shars @as q COED pxfxs
to bs picked 40, and h4 had hia neonaa
ama his spies ali 0vsx tho plaes I'd givs
hia iR4vFmstion asseuz boosy, aid wassI
him OF danger Bue ~ Judge by wIsas
peopaa Said he was ssom Aass yssalsa 3
haif . dezsn alaarsns places A. enes sy@
err day OF his life; for yop see whan
Aly one was robbed of his property, OF
foaad is eanYenians % 10 aes0uns FOR ID,
whys hs laid 10 apoa Tom Rockss, IS .
soEt af sxcass for giving ID ap saaily:
because, you see, no one thougbk az rs-.
Histing Tom. So Il was, thss all sogks
OF eonAiesing dscriptions of his psrsun
gof abroad. 0aa said thai be mas an
awtul tall man, aad had saiaa ike
khandsF another that he was q mild liz
tis man, with black syas and light hair.
Hs was . 6sEy fas naau wish blus ayes
sad black Aair vita some ha hsa yoi-
~ red faes he Vas pale as death, and
hia nose Was Roman ons day and Gre.
sisa or snub tks neat. Hss dress was
all the eoaaSs of shs fafnbow, and an for
bic horse that was ef ayaxy shads and
breed shas vas eEsg heard Ell, and good
aany mora beside, that hare yet g Be
found out. He wore hfack half lnask,
has sosas Aow or oshaS Il vas aswxys
shllsang snewgh 10 slip %. So n 10 give
sach Of bis vicsins 8 fall Fisy az his
faee, only no Two Of shsm souid eyax
agree ms TO what it was like.
hy father was ai0usaasaEahifs maA.
he stsod six fes& khFsa la his ssoakinxw,
and measured thiEky~aix lmahaa a@Eoss
she chest. He could double an . half
crown between hIs hnges and thnmb,
aud vas brave aa lion. 30, amany q /
sauae and ofss wh4n aay one talked Of |
tha dangers Of the road. he wouid sat |
his teeth together, shake hia head, aad
say that be would LIKE 10 see she rnan |
shas could Fob him on the highway and, /
- be said before, he did see him. and il !
was Tom Rocket. .a,--s.- -.
Ny father vas = lawyer, and was, st I
The time I have mentioned, engaged In /
) great siths cause thai was 70 be trissi /
A1 WsRWlsk spring Aaaazas. So, short |
y before ChEsstnaaas hs bad 70 % svsg
and look up the sv;dance. Thara wss |
40 cross country coach, 10 he rode; and /
1eaaE, - have said, : brave nan. hs /
rode aloaa. lie transacted ais business,
4nd my mother being ill., and NOT Hkia9
% lsavs her alone longer khan hs s0nla /
aeips hs set out to ride hons again /
about half.paas nios osalock hESAs same /
svaning. As was 40 bssasaEul wim&srss /
light a. ever you wagp eas ia, ynis Aa@ /
w&s hRss rate hunsex, as docile az 4
Jog, and nt 70 carry svsn his weight /
over, or past, aayshfng. He had brace
u sxeellens pistols in his halxters and |
ae logged slong, humming marry suas.
1eithef thinking or caring Cor any rob /
Der indsr the sun. All of d aaddan Ii
z4vzg& hswa sl,a& ssS,.S, ,.-sss&sx k.S,.f @
IN Ina jasE cut af Warwick kSwu, whsEe
ss had stopped 70 have girsh sAas ha
sad brnken patched together, had bean
leFy husy with shnge salf same pigkois
md suspssting shAs she miekk haze +
sesn samperinK with shem, Ia siraw ths
ihasges and reloaded thoa saseTully.--
This dome, be logged on again a be-
ore.
Ha had ridden aboat ten sailas, whsu
10 eazne 20 q wooden bridge that was
here iR those days over tha Avon. Jusa
seyond il rose ssiEish hill, at the ton
4 which was sudden bend la the road. 4.
last ~ my father reached Ehia anyn.
naked horsaRnan suddenly whAelsd m
IN him, and bade him sSsana and ds-
iyer g Us was Tuna Rocket In q ssss
nd nay fathsrsA psskols we're cut, and L
mapped Rithin . yaxa af she hixhwaY~
AaEss chest; bat, one after smother, fhsy
missed Ere. Ihe pssssg bar-maia---a
Ipacial fasorite % Tasnss-wss too
hsxp % rely oa ths cid .daaga as dsaw-
ng the balla pT dAmpeniag Cha charge
he shEuss pin ID each TanG hole. innd |
preks it 81.
SsAAy mora Ss' Tom imqairaA, ne sooa. B
y ss joe please whsR ny fakhaF'a See
md pistol dsahed ia the pas.
Eyes, shouted my father. II d fury.
Soas gor yoaf mob lss And aasssnw the
Hsapeu laaA used by shs mussle Ae isuraa-
4 L With AL his mighk and snaan nj
zoekss's bead. Tom sauekaa, ne pisso1 {
lAw 9veg she hedge, and my Sskhag.
kfown eas u baaancs BY HE sxsgsion.
end his ssaa ana 9sai hasHsly o. saae grasa
ii she read sidA. In lass siuas than IL
axes e say aos Tom dlsmeRnka6, seia-
q NJ father By shs collar, and pgsssas-
ng pfstoa w1tAin aa fhch og Ms fass,
sads hin be quisss o. is~sald be worse
'oT hims s.5t
1Yea'ys giYsn ma deal 81 sreubls. p
aid Tons sfAo juzk hand axax TomT par -
sSshout ahy na0Ts ado, 81 By CID Hsil
lsnd . bullet shzdagh your akmll--sass
here - and be laid tha cold mu1sla ag /
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