The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-05-12

the best time to travel III. But the affair was
imperative, and / was obliged 10 undertake. the
journey. The same afternoon at 5 O'Clock, I
started on my expedition
Railway travelling in July Who is there
that has experienced it, that does not wildly
remember its discomforts. The hot glaring sun,
/ the DUST the intolerable thirst, and the warm
water in the coolers, are all evils of such mag
nitude, that they make an indeiible impression
on the mind. Why, at the very thought of it
at this moment, my throat feels choIsed up, and
feel the pricking Of the Ainty dustin my skin.
And then the view from the car window; how
not and glaring every thing looks, The poor
COWS are painting in the meadows, the dogs at
the stations appear to be on the verge OF hy-
drophobia everybody and everything is lazy,
excepting the fias and it appears to be their
particular province to keep passengers from
doing, so that they (the passengers) may not
lose any Of the beauties Ot the scenery.
/ The longest journey must eventually come TO
an end, and after three days Of really hard work,
reached the pleasing town of Augusta, in Ca
was however, in a very bad liumor. [ was
annoyed at the bankers want Of thought in al
lowing his dishonest clerk to escape. Now,
/ when man is in bad humor with q journey
+ he IS about to take, he is very apt to consider
/ the town at which he is compelled to stay as
the most odious place IN the world. / was no
exception to this general rule. l hated Angus
/ ta detested it, abominatad it, but / can
no, lust now think Of any other work TO ex-
nress nv n, horrence, Of that unoHending South
ern city. went to he best hotel in che city, and
entered my name in the most sava5s manner,
actually blottiug the book in tnC act, much to
tie disgust Of precise looking clerk, w!o stood
looking at me while | made the entry.
At last partook Of supper, and must con-
fess after that genial meal IA change came over
the spirit of my dream" After all, Augusta
was not such a very bad place. 1 actually be-
gan to think that it possessed some very fine
streets and elegant houses. A cup Of tea will
sometimes work a marvel. determined | would
60 and explore the city till bed time, and make
inquiry after the abscondfng bank robber.
This young mans fondness for flowers SEEM
ed to be the greatest misfortune that could be-
fall him. I have mentioned that q single bud
remained on the r0sebush in his hall. During
my investigations this bud had blossomed. When
he absconded from New York, he took this Aow-
er with him. by means of it | had no difficult
ty in tracing him to Augusta. There was some
thing peculiar about the rose; it was large
white one, and fortunately attracted the atten-
ton Of all the conductors on the route My
business was now to visit all the hotels in the
city, to see if he had been there. The first one
entered Immediately settled the question in my
mind that Aunsel had left Augusta, and this
too before | made single inquiry.
entered the bar room, and the first thing
noticed was faded Provence rose on chair.
On the back of this chair was newspaper.
took it up, and my eyes at once fell on par
agraph containing an account Of The bank rob
berry in New York; but 1 was Immediately
struck with the fact that where the person Of
the defaulter was described, the paper was mu-
tilated, seemingly accidentally, but sufficiently
so as to mar the description. This paper was
the New York Herald, and from its date knew
it had only been delivered in Augusta that morn
ing. | walked up to the bar and called for
something to drink While the Darkecper was
preparing it, l said to him careessIy:
There was a young man here this morning
with very black hair and dark eyes, he was of
medium height, but stopped a little"
Il suppose you saw him here" replied the
barkeeper. 'IIe did net stay long, however,
but Ieft with Mr. Theodore Munsel, Of Park
vile"
..You know Mr. Theodore Munsel, Of Park
vile, then?'
''Yes, indeed"
ssWhat sort of maa is he 2"
"a very rough customer"
GLOW do you mean Tough?"
sHe's been tried for his life twice, but man
aged to escape"
srYou say he lives at ParRVille 2"
ssNo, that's his post town; but he lives in the
woods five miles from the village"
s'How can | get there p
s.You had better drive to Parkville, which is
twelve miles of, and then inquire your way
his house is rather hard 10 fine"
The next day | got & horse and buggy and
drove to Parkviiie; the horse, however, fell
dead lame 1ust as / entered the village, and
could proceed no further / drove up to the
tavern, and determined to proceed the rest OF
the way on foot After making particular in
0uiries as to my road set off on my five miles
walk / did not suppose that l was known to
Munsel, and my intention was to verify his ac-
/ tual presence, and then return the next day
with the proper officers to arrest him.
I II was beautiful July evening, just cool G.
nough to render walking pleasant exercise.
( II was dark when I started. and had not
walked q mile before it became quite dark.
But had informed myself so we'll as to the
right road, shat thought could not mistake Il.
/ 1t soon, however, became apparent to me that
a great change had taken place in the scenery
around me. Instead of the road being clear
aud open, as it was when first set ont, large
trees loomed up on each side of me, and the
road became very bad-entirely different from
the smooth, graveIled surface had first passed
over.-But still pressed on, not even suspect
ing that had mistaken my way. now began
to pet tired must have walked at least two