The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-11-16

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At last began to grow wear,
and throwing mytclf on the pail,
| was soon plunged in deep stun
boz. How lon slept | know no,
but | was awakened by dull soun,
which rcscm5lcd some one ham
mering in the distance. | suppos
It was tho pee lliarity of the soun,
which awokc me, tor il was by N,
means loud, but conveyed to IN,
the lea of some one striking iro,
with u mutllll hammer. | aros,
from my bod an | wcht to the win
dow. The moon was now in tn,
western horizon, by which fact
knew that it must be near morn
ing.
The sound | have b fore referred
to, reached me more distinctly than
when in tho dark part of the cham.
Der. 1t appeared to come from
some outhouses which were situa.
ted not more than hun !red yards
from Tue mousse.
Now | am naturally of an in.
quiring mind, and this sound. oc.
curing rs it did in tho middle o,
the night, p;qued my curiosity,
and felt an irreprcssible desire to
20 out aud discover the cause of it.
This desire, as the sound continued,
grcw upon me with such intensity.
that | resolved to crafty it at any
Ipricc.
put on my boots, the only ar
ticle of attire had discard, d, nd
cautiously op ned the door OF my
chamber, and noiseltssly descended
'he rlckcty staircase. y few steps
brought me into The lower apart
ment, which | found entirely dc.
serted. ! crept quietly to the win.
low, and christening It without
making the slightest noise, was
soon in the moonlight.
Not a soul was visible, but the
sound | have mentioned grew much
more distinct rs approached the
'lacc from whence it Irocccdcd. -
At last | found mysolt before long.
low building, through the crew. ,cs
ot which could perceive lurid
glare issuing. stopped down and |
peepod through the key hole, and
{ my extreme surprise | saw a
half dozen men with their coats off
ana sleeves up, performing u vari.
city OF strange occupations. Some
were working at a forge, others
were experimenting the casting Of
noulds, AMI somo were engaged
in tho process of mining coin. III
Il moment the whole truth burst
upon me Here was the gang of
was in search of,
and the landlord and his wife evi-
iently belonged to the same band.
for in one corner perceived them
omploycd--tho man polishing of
some half dollar pieces, and the
woman was packing the finished
coin into rolls.
| had seen enough and was
about ready 10 return to my apart
Inent, when suddenly felt a heavy
hand placed on my shoulder, am
around. to my horror
Iound myself in the gra p of AS il
looking Il scOun lrul as over escaD d
tho gallows.
What are you doing here, my
good fellow 2" he ex,laimcd, Civ. II
ing me a shake.
Taking stroll by moonlight,nl
replied, endcavoring to retain my
" We'll, perhaps you will Just
AXE II stroll inside, will you 2" re-
urned the rnilian, pushing open
he door, and dragging me in after
lin
All the inmates of the barn i'm
nediate!y stopped work and made
rush toward us when they saw
nc.
" Why, what is all this 2" they
Exclaimed.
81 found loafcr peepin' out ;,
ide," said my captor.
" He is Traveller that came io
he tavern last night and asked for !,
odaing-the last saw OF him he
vas sale in bed" said the land
ord.
The men withdrew to corner
f the apartment, leaving one to
eep guard over me / sooH saw I
hat they were in arrest consa ia r.
ion, and were evidently debating .
ome important question.
The man keeping guard over me
aid nothing, but scowled hcrcely. o
said not a single word during Il
he whole time | was in the barn a
was aware that whatever ! might tn
ay would, in all probability. do in
lore harm than good, and it has q,
lways been maxim Of mine, to Il,
old my tongue when in doubt -
It last the discussion seemed to "a
9 ended, for the blacklist of the as
hole cfme forward, and without vi
ny introduction, exclaimed
!" ! say, stranger, look here, you of
INST die - gs. nj
| did not move a muscle or ut
r word a,.sum
+" You've found out our secret ot
I'd dead men tell no tales" ~ pc
was silent. ~ pr lily
"We will give you ten minute an
say yonr prayers, and also al of
" you the privilege of being shot tn
hung" hil -