The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-29
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An Enginhun. who - travelling - III
Mississipm risa, ibid asmo raxhsr toaeA 80
Yies about the London thieves. A Ciucin>
natl chap named Cass, hsasd these narn-
tives with silent but expressive hump
and then remarksa that he thought the Wes-
tern thieves beat the London operato1 ali
hollow.
swhy SOP inquired the Enefshman with
surpnss. ..Pny have yon hvsd ..ch IN the
Vest
mo, a treat deal. undertook to set up
business nj Dies Moines Rapids while ago,
but the rpscally people stole nearly everything
/ had, and finally Wsich miner N of with
my wife
you never found herr
Never to his day. But tAas Wa Mt the
worst Of it,
Worst Why, what could b. worse than
stealing . nan q wife
Stealing his children, should say mid
the implaabls Case ps
.sChilden7r
her own. Abdnetea ~ ypungest daughter,
and sbped and lined the 1ngens.n
ssGreat Heavsnsl did yon ms 80 her do
it,"
'see herr Yes, and ste hadnt ten rods
the tart of me; and she plunged into the
lak and swan like duck, and there want
snos to follow with"
The Engiishman laid back in bis chair and
allied for another mug of at and 'Af, while
Case smoked his cigar and credulous friend
at the same time most remorselessly-
Il shant 20 any further vest
think, at length observed the excited John
Bnn
Il should not advise any one to 60, said
Case quietly my poor brother once lived
out there, but he had 10 leave, although ID
business was the best in the country
What business was he in?'
ssLumbering-had . saw mill"
'.And they stole his lumber"
''Yes, and his saw-logs, too"
''Saw-logs?'
"Yes. Whole dossns of fine black walnut
logs were carried off in single night. True,
upon nv honor, sir. He tried every way to
prevent ii; hired men to watch his logs, but
it was all of no use. They whipped 'em
away Is easy ~ if there had been no one there.
They stea, en- out Of the river, out of the
coves, and even out of the mill ways.
stood gracious.
.slus, TO give you an idea how they can
stea, out there" continued Case, sending
sly wink at the listening company. Just TO
give you al idea-did Won ever work IN q saw
mill
Never
"Weli, my brother one day bought an all
tired bug black walnut log-tour feet three at
me ou;t. and not knot IN it. he Vas de-
ermined TO keep that log, and hired two
Scoichmen to watch II all night Well they
took small demuohn Of whiskey with them,
snaked the log up the side OF the hill. aud
then sd; down on the log to play keerds just
10 keep them awake, you see. Twas . mon
s,~ous big og--bark -four inches thick. Well. !
as was saying, they played keerds and drunk
whisky all highland ms 1t begun to grow
light. they went asleep astraddie OF the log.
About minute after daylight my brother
went over TO the mill to see how they got on,
and the log was gone
And they sitting on it,
'.Sltting on the bark The thieves had |
drove an irou wedge into the butt end which |
pointed down the hill and hitched yoke of |
oxen on and pulled it right out, leaving the |
shell ard Scotchers setting astraddle Of it fast |
asleep
The Englishman here arose, dropped his |
cigar stump into the spi;toon, and looked at |
his watch. said he thought he would 60 on |
deck, and see nov far down the river we d be |
bs morning