The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-11-02

| at first looked upon with dread and alb
horrence, with a brotherly affection, found.
ed not only on our eommon relationship to
the drst, but also to the second Adam.
When the night was coming down, and
we had entered the bleak hill country, we
left the main road, and struck up through
the hills, expecting to find some human
habitation, where, for the sake of the horses,
we might spend the night but after pur.
suing our errand for some time without
anything appearing to meet our desire, and
our route having become very fatiguing
aud dangerous, the ground, being every
where broken and pud1led, and often COW
cred by the thick and intergrowing heather,
we came to halt, and having no other re.
sort, set about making preparations for
spouding the night in the open air. Will
ing to make one more effort for ths sake OF
the beasts, proposed ascending to the top
of a high hill that appeared to tie south.
ward, and, leaving the black with the
horses, reached the summit of the hill in
about half an hour, and was delighted to
catch in my eye the distant glimmering of
the light of habitation, and after having
marked the position of the light, | at once
retraced my stops down the hill. We now
remounted, and a ter a little moro fatigue,
and a few escapades, rising as much from
our ignorance of the ground az from it's
real difficulty, we arrived at the place TO
which the light directed us. This turned
out to be a bohona'i, or shepherds shiel
ing, rather larger than tho ordinary dimen
sions, and looking by no means uncomfort
able. Having secured and provided for the
horses for the night in an enclosure at the
back of the Smelling, we entered the bo-
hdndri, where we found blazing fire, but
no human being. However, as We were
now in need thereof, we set about prepar-
ing or evening meal, trusting TO the we'll
known hospitality of the shepherds, that
the libelty ty we were taking would not be
taken amiss. After our repast. being
greatly fatigued, we grew heavy, and in.
clined to 60 to sleep, and observing bed
obscured by some drapery in the further
corner Of the hut, we set about examining
it; and finding it quite comfortable, we both
stripped us of our clothes, drew everything
inside the curtains, and lay down to sleep,
We had fallen asleep but shortly, when
We were awakened by a loud and confused
noise outside the hut which we soon recog'
nized to be the voices of number of men.
Stamping and swearing, they rushed in,
seized hold of small table at the foot oi
the bed, aud placing it in the middle of the
floor, they began emptying out great sums
of m y upon it, which, for the parting
hereof, appeared to form the matter OF
their dispute. AS it now sufficiently ap-
Ipeared to me and my friend that these rut
fans were no other than highway robbers
and that it was in their or their chiefs bed
we were now lying, we were driven to the
extremity of despair, not knowing what tC
do AS soon as discovered, we could ey
pect nothing at the hands of these bloody
and lawless men but certain death in one
form or another; il we dared move, we wert
discovered and if we remained as w
were, there was hardly chance that ",
should eventually escape observation. Be
ing almost afraid to breathe, and nearly
strpefed with the squabblng and swearing
Of the rulliaus, | at length, in the courage
of despair, whispered in the ear of til,
black man these words "My dear friend
God is always good, and helps us in III,
time of need have faith and do this; See
ing that God has given you skin differing
so much from the people of this country
you will seize my stick and rise up make.
in your black skin the first time they MEL
ton the name of the Devil, and, rushing NJ
to them, cry out, What, in my name, il
that you do2" Then, waiting his oppor
tuhity, which was not long in coming. thi
black mar, springing from the folds Of thu
curtain, aud rolling up his eyes, and show
ing his great Jaws, roared out in Gaelic th,
: words gave him. This lucky idea Trough
the desired result. The black no soone
appeared in his Satanic character than th'
villains scampered away like so man!
scared sheep. 4ut
After q ferveIt Praise be to God !" W,
began dressing as quickly as possible TO
our departure; for" said ], though W,
are perhaps safer here now than we can b.
anywhere else the villains being so super
stitious that they will not venture within
some miles of the place before daylight
vet. with tho first break of day., they vii
, be sure to return TO see after their money
and if then found ir the neighborhood "
, shall fare i'll iudeed." We next gathere
up and secured the money, for the purpos
, of having il restored to those who nigh
claim il. Much of it was paper, and
, amounted TO great sum; and | wondere
' how such an amount OF money could hav
come within reach of robbers in that pai
of the country. We equipped ourselvei
moreover, with two Of the lanterns Nhic
I the robbers had left behind in their frigh
=. and having got ont the horses. we wer
: ready 10 start. The black then propose
I to burn the Int, and, suiting the action I
the word, lie thrust burning peat into tn
1 wall, aud flared a wisp of burning stra
: over the burning roof and we soon had
r blaze which, the black said would let u
see how to set out on our way, as it ba
!. guided us off it. The night vas very darl
there being no moon, and the sky overcat
, with clouds, aud we had no sign to guild
/, us but the wind ON our cheek. We wer
I not, indeed, without apprehensons that W
might fall in with some one of the scare
+ bandits, but the black said he was prepare
i to meet them all again. We continued on
J nocturnal march for many hours, withor
4 sight or sound of anything to realize ou
!; apprehensions, and held, as well as W
. could reckon, due south, until we got int
a mo- open part of the country. We the
expected that we should either reach th
:. high road or some human habitation, all
y were beginning to assure ourselves that "
had now got clear of the enemy. when bot
q our horses gave q loud snort, pulled baci
and, snuffihg the air, were eager 10 pluDg
a away in new direction. JHa
!, We stopped and called for any one I
!, answer u.s. Then receiving no reply, W
A dismounted, resolved TO know what wa
= before us and the black saying he was tn
!. tittest man to meet anybody. took his lai
j. tern and went to search He had not "a
o to 90 when he stumbled on white fguT
I lying on the ground and bringing his lai
4 tern over it, lie saw it was man strippe
Of everything but his underclotlling an
c laying lis hand upon the body, lie fonn
-. dood Innkinr nt ltfa. g a.