The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

'O' "SthWlsc upon tnc ROAD, SHE
gavc me considerable LIGHT wher
my nyes had became used To Tia,
transition. Haitian hour had claps
81 since ! looked TO my pistols, and
lust ps had begun to wonder if
had been mistaken | herd the sound
lo' n horses tramp at no great dis
tancc AT first Twas puzzlud To /, H
the direction from which it came.
bnt III moment knew it was in
aivance OF me, and upon my right
hand, which was towards the river.
drew my horse to the lett side of
the path, and kept ON ut a gcntlc
trot, having raised the lappct OF
my right holster. .
In II tsw moments | saw n dark
inim amid the bushes, little way
ahoud, and on tho right.
as | came, w man rode out
1t was MIR. Ilusr!
Good evening, SIR" he said
With exceeding politencss.
All, good evening"" " | return.
ed, :" | had not expected the pleas
luro of company. "
" Mol spOso not, F." lie rcsum
cd in u sort of hesitating tone
" And | should not have come nj
all, only for n little business | for
cot while you were at the inn. "
1t was plnin MS day. Ny pis
tolls had been rendered useless -
had been cent oil into this unlre
quented woodland now the vii.
lain thought TO take my life and
my money without risk to his own
body, and then hide my poor cur
cnes M thc earth, whore very like
/ ly, others had been hidden before,
my eyes were open, and my hand
ready. .... ..
Z" May | ask to what kind of
busjncs you alludc I" | asked.
" Yes :" he snapped out in u
tone somewhat in agreement with
his features, 81 want money, sir
MoNEN -
And MS he spoke, he raised a
heavy pistol.
7" Take caro- " | cried, raising
my own and pointing it full in his
face.
" lla, ha, ha," he laughed in
coarse triumph, "your \ ankcc
pistols weren't made to harm sucl,
us me! I'll soon put you where
I've put others afore -" q I
When n man knows that death
vs. staring him in the face, and that
only his own act can avert it, he
is not apt to wait long. At least
| am not. My hosts last words
gave me ample proof of my worst
suspicious. Without waiting for
hlm to finish fired. His own
fingers must ha' c pressed on the
trigger OF his pistol, for within the
space Df n watch's tick n sharp re.
Ipoit answered and mingled with
' INNS anu my nat shook on my
'eau' m,c
i'"n'ei pioo'ne . sW"yeu 10 ahI
then, with gursling groan, sank
upon the earth. | slipped down
ai'or "'i,i' ",,u wnch stopped 'Ve'
,I = = saw 'Gw .orops 9, uerF
p'oo 'rI.Ni.nS uo"n rom ms ior
norp J'S' o'or '"e prl'se VI m'
nose' -, :.
i - ~ ~" iiii''iun's iI','tf ~, 49, .
natbr.i regIin~ in si,cl n nrcsence
IRut when | came TO reflect on nj
hat had preceded the decd, | tel,
that | had done NV country n Ger
vice. | made the robbers hors,
! fast to tree. and then 'remoupte,
and rode on | reached the MN
at halfpast nine and found Fostat
and his family were mn Tho,
were clad to sSc me and introdh,c
ed me to Mr.. Price wbome | 500
und to be the owner ofthe plac
where L tbok dinner. ITf,I-
AS soon as thc female portio
OF the family had retired [ r,
/. lated nv adventure Roth Fast,
, and Price were astonishea. b,
we're not at all disannointed ot lin,
ling MAT Groomc was tho villain. :
= -Four men had been missed
that scction0 Within the last tN
y ars, and tie host of the forest in
had been suspected. .'-
t lOn the foll5wirg mornino n ma
,lty started out under INV vuidan.
Il n o.o -,.ora 7E,.t ,l d.