The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-10
The Hunt Of the Hishway.

pockets picked. AL this happened 10 the
region 81 country between Sidney spd Low
stone mot d Geld OF vast extent--snd yet |
tbe r0bbet 81 robbers could not bs found, |
On GERS hSa sssrsbsd u every direction, spd
several .u.picious boiling ipdiyidu,Is had
been spprehefded. but the real eulprit re- |
msinsd at large. One dsy The mail was
robbed. and On 1lIs next . man had bis pock-l
ct picked fvekSbdred pounds, VT lie riding
10 the sag h--foor IbY 70 nsss,iye ds.es
back 4 thS old cosehiH Il TIE 4oassl
bad 6eeh csfsIsd "a his bressi.pocket. and
he knew Il was stolen from him while he
wss enjoying 4 Bit of doze on the rosd. /
l had been confned TO my house BY Sc
we're cold for several dsy', sDdwas not fiotoI
60 out how,gbot ~ thisl matter was becOm 4
Ing 90 serious. felt IT my duty to be on the
move, and accordingly ! fortified my throat
and breast with warm flannel, and Get forth.
I had no settled plan 10 my mind, for l had
not yet been upon the road, and was, not
thoroughly .'posted up" A ride Of five
miles brought me TO Sidney.l and thence
meant to take coach to Lowstone, where
Sam Stickney, one Of the shrew dest Of men,,
lived. Stickney had already been on the
search and wished to consult him before
making any decided movement, reached
Sidney at half past Ave 10 the morning. and
the coach left at six. Lowstone was sixty
miles distant, SO / had a good ride before
me. During the early part Of the day I rode
upon the box with the driver and from him
gained considerable information touching
the vsrious robberies that had been commit
ted. He wos forced to admit that several
people bad been robbed 10 his stage, though
he declared he couldn't see into il, for he
had not the most remote idea even of who
the robber could be. -.rs b., .,,...r......
We reached Bonniville At noon, where
we stopped to dine, and when we left lhis
place was the only passenger. AT the
distance Of twelve miles, at little village
called Cawthorne, we stopped to change
hor es, and here smother passenger got in.
| had been occupying the forward seat, as
that happened to be wider than the others,
and gsve me a better opportunity for lying
down /; aud when the new conner entered he
took the b,ck seat. He wac ayoung men,
judged. end not very taII7in stature, but 50
completely bundled up wos he in shawls and
muffiars, that his size Of frame was not go
easily determined. He was very pale, and
,coughed badly; end Lot once made up my
mind that he was far less fit to travel than
/ was. After we bnd got fairly on our way.
I remarked to him that had been suffering
from,a severe cold, and that this was the
first time hod ven,u-ed out for quite mum
Der OF days. He looked ut me out Of pair
of dark, bright eyes ; and when he seemed
to have determined what munDer OF man
wus, he said: -~-'aa
it"I have something worse than cold,
sir" He broke into f, Of coughing which
lasted a minute or so, and then added I'll
won't be O great while before l shalltake
my last ride" 7a af97s ''t
Again he was ee'zed with spnsm oi
coughing. aud when he had recovered from
it, he continued "The disease is eating
me up ard shaking me to pieces At the same
time"
He further informed me that he had start
ed on a tour Tor his health, but that ne hat
given it up, and was now on bis way home
which place he-was anxiousto reach as soor
as possible. Another psroxysm seized him
at this point, and he in.imated that he wat
unable TO converse, as the effort brought Oh
bis cough. | hud noticed this, and had made
up my mind TO trouble him no more. ever
before be had given me the hint,
After this he drew his outer shawl m or,
closely about his neck and face; he close'
his eyes /; end was not long 10 following
hls example. Towsrds the middle Of the
afternoon the coach stopped at small sill
isge, where we changed horses agsin. an
where four psssengers got in. This broke
up the arrangement Of my friend end eel
for rest. 90 he had TO take one OF the Psssen
gers on his seat, while took another Opo
mine, the other two occupying the middl
seat. The now comsrs soon bFoached th
subject Of the robbeTes which bad bee
committed In that region, end listeoed I
e,.sia ntormaiion. II possible !; bu. they kne,
/ little more than any one else knew. The
had hotrd all sbopt II, and were initiate
with wonder. +, @'s y5s1s II
i Oae-an old farmer asked me u | kne'
any thing Of the robber. told him that
knew but little Of tne affair 10 any W.!
having been sick.1 sad unable to be OF
among the folks. Then be asksd ny col
sumptive friend II he knew any thing abo'
il. The letter raised bis head from lie y
cliniDe position. snd was on the poins {
7 lanswe ering. when We hesrd our driver,
quick. abrupt tones, ordering some one
ees out oi she sosd. iDsiinciively pat q
hesd out Of the window 10 see what u
trouble wss. end my eye wss just quie
enough 10 detect losd lot tagots 10 time
dodge bsek ard sscaps them. The lO'
7 was quite narrow ct this point, and % Il
Il fae0m we're loaded very widely. itswks II
II posSIbI ~ sike drisss torwh6lly y asaIa ihpI
!. nalShsA Siassef sAss sSash - ~spsky lHs
cutie smaitIy. l sscspsd MistsGt bSi,