Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-04-19

l'tlle apparent emotion as though the fel
low was aidre 'slng friend. snve that thcr,
was determined look in his eye, that tolc
ilr WAS q desperate man. As he spoke h,
nnbucklcd my lcil.s hom both sides OF the
BIT aud ten approached the steps Of h,
, vehici.. He was about middle size, darl
romplex'onrd man, with prominent features
hls eyes were very dark and piercing
Us dress consisted Of suit of dark broad
/ cloth, lhe coat Of rather a jockey cut orna
mented with dark metallic buttons.
2 Now as am not II person to give II;
) even IN an argument, with out a ,ret.,
, severe discussion was not ,as the r, ader ma,
suppose one who would be inclined to civ,
. np his property merely for the asking.
: carefully examined the robber rs Il,
approached me. aid satisfying myself tia
he had 70 weapons in lis hands, for imme
diaie use, my plan of action was instantly
formed Laying his hand upon the tashcl
OF the chai,e was in, he continued -
Well, sir, you will oblige me by wasting
as ii'tle tine as possible. just hand M,
the valnalles about your person, and pro
ceed quietly ON your ronte.s
| muttered son ching, intended to sonnd
Ike justice, aad words Of ike import. and
nan Using rs II 70 get at the pocket Of my
coat, srrang with tile whole force Of my
body upon the man. lie was utterly nm.
prepared for this. and had evidently taken
me for an easy prey, as he had not. up t,
that time shown any weapons As have
said, sPrang upon him. and we both came
TO the ground. My first efiortwas to pinion
his aims. ror was moment TO Quick in
accomplishing my purpose, for as | bore
down the right arm, il already contained Il
pistol which at the same moment was dis
charged into the ground. Seeing thai
matters were tlns desperate, exerted my
strength TO the utmost. Fortunately i was
much stronger and larger than the robber.
whose had | was obliged to bruise severely
before he vould Vi Id ia tie least, and then
only through exhaustion and pain.
My antagonist almost blinded with the
blood and dirt that covered his face. and
faint from the loss Of blood ,afier much resist
4 an"e allowed me 10 confne lis arms behind
him, which secured with my whip lash.
My endeavors TO lift him into the vehicle
proved utterly fruilless, and found that |
must leave him on the road. In this delim-
ma | hardly knew what course to pursue
had already lost nearly an hour Of time,
my business was highly important, besides
it must be accomplished and myself back
again in Boston, so as to start for New York
city the next afternoon, as / had already
engaged passage in a sailing packet from
the latter city TO Europe.
The rough and hardened villain now be-
came supplcant, and begged, aud prom
ised, more than | can here relate. | dis
armed him of a pair of pistols and spanish
knife, the blade of which shut into the
| handle or haft of the weapon. Having
done this ] took ont my pocket book, and
showed the robber that had he succeeded
in his murder1us attempt, he would have
reaped harvest of ten dollars, and for this
paltry sum lie would have committed mur-
der. ! determined to leave the man to his
own reflections, dicovering, as | thought,
Symptoms Of true regret in his speech.
| Having his weapons in my possession,
and one of the pistols being loaded, as
first ascertained, arranged my horses
/ harness unbound the robber. who was evil
IDENTIFY suffering severely from his bruises.
pointed to his horse for him TO mount, which
| saw him do, and take branch road which
led deeper into the forest | drove quickly
on my route, but not without often LOOKING
back, half expecting a second visit from my
late antagonist. ! hurried TO my journeys
end, transacted my business, and returned
immediately TO Boston. MY way was BY
/ the woody road, but this time ! was armed
with the robbers weapons. mentioned
hastily, 10 one or two Of my confidential
friends, that had narrowly escaped being
robbed, intending at future time to relate
the circumstances more fully. and immedi-
ately left the city for New York. | was
soon careering over the hpagmg bosom of
the broad ocean, in one of The noble Liver
pool lines that still "hold their own not.
witstanidng the advances the application
Of steuzn has made in navigation.
] passed about five years in Europe, du
ring which time visited almost every Sec
tion of the continent. After many vicissi
tudes and cnioyments, which the traveller
alone can experience, ! returned 10 my ma
tive country and my home.
Not long after my return, few years
since, robbery was perpetrated, on that
part Of Lynn turnpike which crosses the
low marshes between tlai town and Chel-
sea upon the person of market man, who
was returning home from the sale Of his
produce in the city. Tile description of
the affair, as is occurred, appeared in the
papers Of the dav, aud is doubtless familiar
to my readers. The robber on this osca- |
sion discharged pistol al the person whom
he assaulted, whose life was saved by the (
singular chance of the ball striking the /
buckle that secured the su>penders attach |
I'd TO his lower garments, and then glancinc
off from his person. After much excite /
ment relative TO this affair. such information /
was Obtained MS led 10 the detection OF the /
highWayman, who WAS accordingly secured /
in prison.
The circumstance called 10 my mind
similar adventure of my own, an affair
which had in few eventual years been al I
most forgotten. in thinking ever the mat
ter, experienced a strong desire to see the
criminal, and accordingly visited him in lis
cell. In Walton, the we'll known Highway
man, ! discovered the rol,ber whom had
by a singular coup de maiR ovcrc, me IN the
woods of Punkapog The recognition was
muinal. and il was with y strange wildness
thai he exclaimed
And have You too come 10 witness
against me
he'll long conversation with him. lu-
ring which he related TO me many incidents
in his life since we last NIT Said he:
{" Your lesson had well nigh succeeded in
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