Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-04-04


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on This nail 90 fhAs = stood me n hand
70 Be . iissas sarefesl.
1 ainss waxy apf 30 be scared as kganesy
and an Ghia oocasiaa ! felt vsEy safas Ter
] had two pAassngsrs booked shSoagh-
both men that knew, and who w0aId
help nas in case OF n8ed.
Still thoughs I'd like to know how
ths suspected chaps lookeds and I asked
the possmasts if he had any description
Of thea. He said tho agent had de-
scxibed one of thanl as short, thick
set faIloR. about forty years old, vita
long hair and thieky heayy elump Of
beard under bis chin, bas none On tha
rest Of his fasa. Hs didn't know any
thing abous the other. Tseld the old
fslIow thaa guessed thsra wasxyt maah
danger, =. a.
when resehed my team, stowed che
mail away under my seal, a lttsls msre
carefully shsn usual, placing ID 80 thai
eonld kesp Eay feet against it bat be.
yona khis did net fssf any soneaFn. IL
was half past one when started, and
had four passenger, Two Of whom rode
only 10 nay hrss stopping place.
| reached Gowan's MilIa about dArk,
whsn ws stopped for sapnag. aud xhara
M, VI TEe night. They had no par
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preferred 10 TAXA "a mors comfortable.
season for travelling oEsr the dahioza
road that lay before them.
Thms, about six O'Clock IN the sgan-
ing, lefa aowaass Azilia alone, having
two horses and an opea pnng. As thera
was Iistls traTsl an this end Of the read,
T used 10 leave my covered sleigh At the
Mills, aud take the pang, which vas nCs
only much lighter bat nosap top-hsayy
in fhs drifts ass
/ had seventeen ailes 10 goa hard
ssventsenit was too. Tbs night Mss
quite clear, but thg wind was sharp ana
cold, she iooae snow lying In all dirsc-.
sians while the drifts weze deep ana
closely pAockad. ID was sIOw, tedioas
work, and my horsss soon bsoaae Leg.
wearY and rastiva.
As tbs alSs@nee OF 8 miies from Cow.
ana, eaue 10 little settlement called
Buliss CofaaF, whare took fresh horses.
s-bssn two hours going that distance.
Juas Cd Z was ready 70 start from heRe,
= man eans up and asked mo IL vas
going thraagh TO Littleson. told Aim
1 should 70 through if the tksae eould
Dossibiy bs done. Ha said he was vsry
anxious to go. Hs bad no baggage 80
/ / EoId him 10 Jump in and make hinselt
"a eosnfoYtabls "a possibia.
Twas aheat gathering M the rsins,
whsn the osslas came oas from the little
stable and asksd ma il knew ghaE one
al nav horsss had cat himself yegv bad
| Iv. 1 tanned ous and went with NV in.
| forma5t. and fuund thaa ons OF aha .ani.
mails had got deep cork .eus anon stSg
og foYe-foot. gays such direcsions =
Thought neesssary. Az rsarnsd sway
/ thoarhs of mhat the passamAssas 4
l DanbuTy had sald rae. and / askass IL.
] bow 10 10 ta tas sleigh and hold bis Ian.
seFn in suoll way that tue light would
atYike the stranxsra q face. he did IA
wished. and. y / staupsd aboard 81 81
| punR. get . fair view Oh such postioxa.
of nav passengers face 81 were not nuE
fed up. sas short thick frame fall
4 hara fsSazras, /, aud { could alao sss tta
khnrs was haAyy beard anklsx eha akin
i thought Of the man whom thR posf
master had described to me, bus 1 didA'
4 thinR sari suaIy anon IL until after / hal
started.
Perhaps ! bal goas half . nila, whe
noticed that tAs mail bag wasn's ID Il
old place under my feat.
ssHallo ~ says l. holding up nay bors
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