The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-02

in travelling Though the " lid woods eof the;
~ West edE Edt old Lion wss always by my side.
ready to die in my defense, and proud to share
b in my wandefipgss IL always went armed ~
ID a4Anaexcelent brace Ofo pistnfs steel bbarrelled,
7 and loaded with ball were never from my pock-
.aE ct save long enoueh to see that they were in
order. and at night they lay beneath my pillow
= i fell quite safe With these and Lion, who was
,rlatheecompanions OF INV nights, as well as days,
al HI always laid down between my bed aAd the,
s'fdoor, With his face towafds the latter one
could enter without the attention of
Lion 7is,1 s,f,o ~ 10 49, ~ bas4dI a.
One day in the summer of 1880. Ipfaundr
4 myself ina small settianents on the border of
IT Smfll iaGess the uext
,1 vi ich was about IS miles dista9t.J Noconyey-
apce could be attained without waiting ii the
s[next day, which Igwas not inclined to- doSs I
;. lsets out son foetab 1t was qnear night and
fwaike forth brisklysa was not long in dis,
covering that my expedition would be by no;
: means an agreeable one, 81 ea, as4i ,7o7. ~
,aL The resd--ifi road it could be caHed--was
:a very herd. and through the thekest forest in
that part of, the country The nfslIt, too
: erept on apace and pfonised to be darker than
common. But Lion trotted along by my side,
"a getting over the groapd fast; so didn't m ind
it niuea:fs % g9ilnTis8iii .s..e51,ss ,92.Ef ,r
y isss TheE darkness was on me before i was
aware OF lt;s II seemed to me that had al
lFeady walked sighteen miles, but could see;
s DO settlement La This surprised me, aHlitfle,
for was used to travelling, and knew well my
3 ability to eaIcuiate distan ces. but Kept up
good heart, and went on, until i was quite
sertaaI :! 4 had mistaken my way, or been misln-
l formed IN regard to the distance concluded
II wouio 4pe Socst 10 Keep the road was In un-
~ stiE 4 sfeacled some 'Eabitat'on: ~ ast r
Fl Ina ma short time was glad had mede the
reso.ution, @ ,t2r 1or saw a,hgnt ginmerlng rom
= cabin, i approached It as soon as possible
= 1t was re ther above the medium size; Thought
i cnnid De aeeomm%dated there very well = 1t
hed the appearance OF peieg very eouaortaple OF
- > with.n Knocked for ADMISSION, the door
10 NOW am not a. person TO oeileye IN presen-
st t'pents m,se,sinss, ana al lhat sort OF tmhn, m
: -l-putsI certa'niy saw sometn.eg w tnat man s
crpstenRance 's pa 1 that qua not IKE. the moment
: set my eyes upon MN, In e. grqn voice ne
I askednmy business to.d MN L soei-eseq L
nae iosony way, ana was unuer tue Deeessty OF
askt" Vecoth faiIer "a a
: moment, ne ask 9ed me TO enter. A tail iemate
< was seatea Jh a. corner, near iarSe ROCK nre-
; place. Sne seemed ppsyc'n Wateh'nga Piece
OF meat niss'"s over tne hre-' le seruos me
nad never seen a more apathetic couneenance
than ner sne nardly noeced my entJrys.ge ehe
lsl 4 m.4Sns pe ,orey years oid, her tace was re-
markaDiS long ara Wrtoklea 20 oegree to,ex-
Z cle cur'osi!y noss was suaIP ana sA.',
ny. as was ,ndeea 1ef whons me neae
3' ger was Wnoiy lnoescripapie, ara peneath ~
e1sy la,.s We!e yisiIie tier eesire oTess m,s
uhune any.nlHs = haarieser sseen'1 %, co cnuiu
naraiy Keep my eyes on her- o.c1e, as WEI, as
Tue uah' eafser'y 90 NY PacS as I iaiu
IL eoWn' @ Inc ia''er t was as % COARSE oohinS ei
SON. whose counl ,i appeared more lpdica
!; tyS , oI 5rnpae'.y thah yllsily. ear ir,gss
t'Is 10 my questions me tepnsa'Sefy clYiuy, siter
nau f 'sasnd a.u ne "Ia go. v1ew a.
Ferson. ieafheu tr9ah MN nh wha1 hao sus- Is
pecteu p 10 TOT tue se halI hour, tnat nau take
g the wrong 4ad; ,fsd o.. ea,yt {Hs, 30 ,ga1a4
IA kled OF ateiegrsp9lng took place between
the Two, after which, was informed L could
st'y. IDS d'a not appear to- me very great
iaS9T' since nsd actance an 70 observe @ my most
ara hostess re meat upon me ecoals-was s set
upon the taDle' at len$in. Z was invited 70
partake OF II, Nhasn dia, WIN my most, WI VINO
naa oeen pee eo; ana nag Te.urnea Jew MN
ates oer9re my oriiyat, RspprinS my repast,
y Lion 'opkr ms s'as'on py my siae, RECEIVING
portion, as ne Always dld1 se,s 20 99isF4a 'ssw
Nv heni naa nn's., ed, drew away rom me
1t poard, ana taStfS Paper arom my Pocke6,
PRETENDED TO be rcading. ,,s4.. rss ,r,.{. 10
IL! i glanced up occasionally ifom under my
u brows, aud was startled to.see the apathy efthe
!, fwonap, as aWei as that OF tdie man, wearing
on rspidly. Her eyes grew animated, and,Sln
'1'unlSon ;w1tnhlS SliiDceQ at the dog with eyl-
dent signs of dissatisfaction. ~ : ssSssg
: presently nodded oyerEmy paper Ike a
sleeping person. Instantly the manner OF the
. two persons became nore charming. Finally
the tail hag ifted nav peek and weis bed 1t IN
her hand as we'll as she was able, Her eyes
flashed Ike serpent s, Tor 1t contained afars.e
qusnaty OF Specie besides valuable j Jewelry
and costly siikss9a always made a practice 1of
r putting my silver money in bag, and deposi-
IS ted 1t IN eosner ne. OF said pack, but my bills
IS were placed IN belt which l wore next to my
: skin. ss;,r gel = bs1sos.s.. - H,9 eFss5. Iooi!
a After she had done this, she motioned for
h'nr to come and 1'ft it wnlch be did with al,-
rs Parenty as much satisfaction as his other halt