Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-11-23

As she spoke, she clasped her hands, and
looked imploringly at him.
Il am sorry that | cannot safely grant
your request he responded. There is no
help tor it, so come along out of doors.
He reached out his hand to grasp Milly.
But the instinct of self preservation was
strong upon her, She evaded him, few to
the chimney, snatched her husbands load
cd rifle from the hooks on which it hung
cooked and presented it at the beast of the
! robber. Her motions was so rapid that be-
fore he could prevent it, her finger had
pressed the trigger, and there was an ex-
plosion. But with equal readiness the man
had stepped aside, and the ball had passed
over his head, and the next instant his grip
was ON her throat. a.f =
Il will teach you to handle arms be said.
you would have killed me, would you? [
will show you trick worth two of that
Mercy, mercyP cried the terrified wo-
There is no mercy for you,' he ejacula-
ted, dragging her into the entry, and fling
ing open the door. 'Out with you into the
snow 4 @
Hold what is this?' exclaimed Deep
toned voice. 'Unhand that woman, YOU
scoundrel 't i'-@5 -
A powerful man stood in the doorway,
and dealt the robber a blow between the
eyes, which struck him back into the entry.
His grasp of Milly was relinquished, and
she fell to the floor. ..-..a.
20 sir ! save me- she cried. This man
has robbed US, and would murder me, that
| might not tell of it,
Fear not, madame, be shall not harm
you,' responded the stranger. Fellow,
surrender yourself $50 -.E
Get out of my way cried the robber,
making a rush for the door, and striking at
the stranger with bowie knife. Recoiling
q few steps, the stranger seized the robber
by the collar, whirled him around, and
threw him on his face in the snow. The
robber struggled, but the stranger knelt
heavily on the small Of his back, and grasped
his hair.
Lie stifl,' said the stranger, 'or will send
bullet through your brain
The robber telt the cold barrel of pis-
tol at his ear, and obeyed. Milly quickly
brought ropes at her rescuer's request, and
the robber was bound hand and foot.
1T was a strange providence, the new
conner said, Overlook me with a snowstorm
on the prairie, and forced me an hour ago
to take refuge in your smoke house, nearly
dead with cold. ..fr ....a.-g...
Milly felt the truth of the remark, and
falling on her knees she thanked her Faith
lo~ Il,
The next day Milly's husband came
home, and when he had been told all, he
remarked:
This fellow was at the tavern at the vii.
lage the day l sold my produce. 1t will
teach me a lesson, never to let strangers
know when money is plenty with me, lest
they be tempted to crime, and bring ruin
on me and mine -'.' -.sI
That day some sixty or seventy men gath
cred at the house of Mr.. Dean. The rob-
Der was recognized as notorious horse
thief, who had long infested the neighbor-
hood. There was a summary trial, and
then in dogged silence, the wretch who
wouln have burned harmless infant and
murdered faithful and gentle woman,
submitted to his inevitable fate. A rudely
constructed gallows and stout rope ended
his existence. So, on the thinly-settled
frontiers OF the West, do they meet out
justice to offenders against property and
life. - gcU
There were about seventeen hundred
dollars in bills found on the person of the
robber besides the gold he had taken from
Mrs. Dean. AS there was no claimants for
the bills, at the suggestion of the stranger
whose life had been saved by the shelter of
the smoke house, aud who at the report of
the rifle had rushed in the direction of the
sound, thousand dollars of the seventeen
hundreds were presented to Milly in con-
sideration of what she had passed through,
and the remainder was divided around
On that very spot there is now a thriving
town, and one Of the finest residences of
the place is that where dwells Milly Dean
and her husband -aa.E -tE