The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-23

ed--slowly, steadily closing I'm about
him Soon there would be none left
but him How could he call an hour
his own? When could he feel safe ?
that relentless subtlery had bafIled
them all.
One, two, three, four five, six, sew.
Ell, fearful rifle shots--eveTy Que If
them shot through the syei God Of
lieaven! and the sharp agony void
spangle keen points OF burning light
through his brain, as though the ball
were already busting through the
socket! II, too, myst be shot thro'
the eye" ,.f,..a 80 ,.....
Ii was worse than ten thousand
deaths, and he died them in lingering
tortures told over day by day.
From the time of Rees' death he
looked changed and stricken man.
In few weeks he had lost great
deal of flesh, and became piteously
haggard - his eyes, gait aud voice
were all humble. His turbulent and
fierce animosity faded before the
narrowing suspense Of this fear. The
bully and murderous rufilan trembled
at the rustling of leaf. His own
Imagination became his hell, and
hungry remorse became stronger and
with icasting at his heart. He never
lett his house for weeks, until the es-
cape OF Williams and Davis inspired
him with some hope. He procured
a fine horse and set Off one dark night
for Red River Everybody regret
ted his escape, for men had looked
IN quiet expectation upon the pro-
gress of affairs, and in strong faith
that wild, border justice would be
gratilled in seeing this stern, right
eous and unparalleled vengeance con-
summated by the fall of Hinch--the
monster instlgator and chief actor in
all the grievous outrages which had
aroused the simple. hearted Long in
To demon executioner OF doom.
Hinch reached the bank of Red
River, sprang from Ills foaming and
cxhausted horse, after looking eau
tiously around, aud threw himself
upon the grass to wait for q steam
boat. In two hours he heard one
lpufilng down stream, and saw white
wreaths OF steam curling up behind
the trees. How his heart bounded.
Freedom, hope and life once more
sprang through his shriyeled veins
and TO his lips. lie signaled the
boat, and she rounded to and lower
ed her yawl. His pulse bounding
high, he gazed with absorbing eager
ness ut the crew Us they pulled lusti-
ly toward the shore. A click behind !
II Z turnedwith shudder, AND THERE
HE WAS The long rifle was bearing
straight upon him-those cold eyes
ooked steadily at him for moment
crush all was forever darkness
to Hinch the Regulator! The men
who Witnessed this singular scene
landed, and found him ShOt Mrough
The eye! and saw the murderer gal
Looping swiftly over the plain stretch
ing out from the top OF the bank!
and so the vengeance was consuma-
ted, and the stern hunter wiped out
so much blood, the stain of stripes ON
his free limbs; and could now do,
what l was told he never done, since
the night OF those fatal and fatally
'expirated stripes--look his wife
again in the. eyes, and receive her
form again to rest upon his breast.
1t was an awful deed. In view OF
all the circumstances, the provoca-
ton, the character of Long, the der
angling influence of the outrage upon
his brain, though no other indication
appeared of impaired sanity--the
mind is lost in uncertainty as TO the
Judgment which should be passed
upon il. lie did not remain in Shell
by county; but in which direction
he intended TO go after returning to
Ariansas for his wife and children
could never hear. He is probably
living now his quiet, good natured liie
in the heart of the green wilderness;
and it is likely as not that one OF
those two chubby boys who rolled
with him about the floor of his log
cabin on that memorable night OF
which 1 have above simply related
the events and the consequences, will
one OF these days come to Washing
ton from the Congressional Districts
btJ ond the Rocky Mountains.