The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-01

o. course ,tnal | resembled /
such villaiuous looking OIL ject as him |
,elf. "some people call me a beggar, and
know l don't pass for gentleman"
"I'll swar to that haw! hawl' was
tie chuchlng response. The world laint
made much of you, mor'nt has Of me. !
see steal in your face as plain as daylight.
Say. what Jail or Ieniten'iary lost you
last?"
Never mind that said I, "probsb'y
neither of US have got our just deserts"
"Wen, il you had b en- decent dressed
looked like you have FIVE dollars about
you I'd have Knocked your brains out"
pursued the villain with broad grim
"tsil is. you can pass, for | can sw'ar
you aiD't 60. red!'
"Much obliged for your csudor any
how" rejoined l.
He stood before mo looking straight
into my eyes. and now seemed TO be
ponderiug some new ideas. Presently
he muttered. as ifto himself:
81 think he might do Then mo,
ment after hr said 20 me. IL say, oil Tel.
low, how'd you like to make raisr?'
elbow would l like to eat whom hun.
gry!" answered, thinking it not unlike
ly that the scounlrel had some project
in view, which. BY seeming to chime in
with him, | might discover.
"Well, I've 90, plan,' said he,
throwing lis club down as il to insure
me Of his pacific intentions toward my.
self and quietly advancing to my side
"I've 90, a plan that will give us both a
heap ofmOney. AMI it'II take two TO carry
ii out. I've been wanting pal, aud il
you'll join in, I'll go your halv,s."
"If ther - any chance to turn penny
I'm your man p said I.
"Good!" returned he, 'you look like a
trump. and I'll bet on you. l don't
know" h. added. oypirg me sharply,
"bu, may be- decrived--but think I'll
risk II. If you go Tor 10 play any game
on me yon'd better look Out for yourself,
that's all.
do | look like such Sc pc as
that?" returned l in an indignant
lone.
"Well. lst's take a seat and talk it all
over"
We found an old log and sat down.
and after some preliminary conversation
my new and interesting acquaintance un-
folded 70 me a most dsmuable scheme,
the substance OF which is as follows
He knew the country well for miles
around. and the exact position and conal'
ton Of eyyry settler. One man, living III
rather a lnnry quarter, about five miles
distant, who was a specuIator in ho's"s
and cattle. which he sometimes bought
up aud drove TO distant market. He
i ad good d-al Of money Which ii was
supposed he kept seer ted in his dwelling
and 10 get ossessiun Of this money was
If course the object In view. IhS rou
bio was that tn man himself was a brave
| determined fellow who always went wei
AIMED, and besides his vie, TWO Growr
up sons and daughter, which was Io'ct
too great for any one individual to en
coun,er. About a mile iiom him Iivet
poor widow who had nothing WORT
stealing except her clothes which woul(
be valuable for carrying out our plan -
The plan was to rob lEr widow first o
her clothing, dress me up in Ihem. anC
have me seek lodging al the Spectator
house. Then in tie night when all th'
family should be ssh ep, was to unbol
he door, let in my confederate, and WI
were to rtIempt tn murder Of the inmste
the robbery aud burning of the Gus,
to follow aud be the concluding scsne.
| secretly shuddered at the atrocity o
the contemplated crime, but appeare l.
receive the disclosure with a business al
OF the most hardened wretch, inquring ii
to the amount of money We should thu
probably obtain aud Obi cling to no'hin
bu the grea, risk We should have to run
before and after he accomplishment &
our purpose. lpermltted my eager com
p"niou to gradually quiet my fears, all
al last cousentei to act.
!, When evcryrbi'g had thus be"om
settled we stru OK off into tho fields.
, avoid being seen, aud Just hetore dart
came in sight Of the widows house. A
my companion was acquainted with IN
premises, insis ed that he 81 ould pre-
cure The female garmcn's--but s"l1mnI
warned him, that if he harmed the poo
old woman in tie least, would hay
> nothing to do with the affair.
y As good luck would have it, the wido
- was 1ot at home aud my murderous frieu
= managed to break in and get the nece
sary clothing wthou, any further dan
, age. The widow being a large woman
had no trouble in arranging the dress so
y pass in a dim Eight as At lerabIe respec
! able female and then, avirg agreed u
on Ihe story was to tell, how | wou
i, manage ma 'ters, and the signal tn
f would assure my accomplice Of all beir
/, right, we went forward together till '
!. came in sight OF the house to be robbie
4 when l made my nearest way 10 Il
4 road. and continued on alone. reachiI
4 tho dwelling house about an hour aft
10 dark, and just af'er the family were aoo
= concluding ther evening meal
n Had my design been really what HI
!" 10 led my villainons companion TO believe
t 10 certainly would never have gone iorwa
~ with such confident Dol mess, but feeli
- my conscience all right, and knowing
,r was acting from good motive, kept
4 wonderful assurance, feeling curious
d a sec how we'll could play my part.
70 10 what extent 1 could carry the dace
~ tion.
le asked for lodging for the night q