The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-02-28

avs h"AN uooSSo. ulu uOb DclttN0
any ordinary man could get out.--
1 got into my cart as noiselessly as
| got oft, and then urged my horse
on, still keeping my pistol handy.
/ knew that at a distance of half a
mile further | should come to a
hard road, and so | allowed my
horse to pick his own way through
the mud. W. b. t..U. '..f.-.
"About ten minutes after this !
heard motion in the cart, follow
led by grinding noise, as though
some heavy force was being ap-
piled to the door, | said nothing,
but the idea struck me that the
villain. might judge where sat,
and shoot up through the top of the
cart at me; SO | sat on the foot
board. 44f.. r..r f.,
b "Of course.I l knew my unexpect-
ed passenger was villain, for he
must have been awake ever since
/ started, and nothing in the world
but absolute villainy would have
caused him TO remain quiet so long
Land then start up IN this particular
Iplace,a The humping and pushing
grew louder, and pretty soon l heard
a human voice. gs-rl i. .l9.
"Let me out of thisl' and he
yelled pretty loud. n yuG saiaido
81 lifted my head so as to make
him think | was in my usual place,
and then asked HIM what he was
doing there OF Wuf5. g srtsr
'Let me out and | Will tell you,"
she replied. q Ll N..f3r r,I +,
Tell me what you are in there
for,n | said. Oh er. I
gaM got in here to sleep on the
hrags," he answered. t.Ia .erl
eg;"Howodid you get in9" asked.
b, "Let me out, or I'll shoot you
through the headWn nl. Ila a#f
III Wust at that moment my horses
feet struck the hard road, and j
knew that the rest of the route to
Jackson would be good going; the
distance was twelve miles. / slip
ped back on the loot-board and
took the whip. In fifteen minutes
we cleared the woods, and we went
at a keen jump, the chap inside
yelling to- be let out. Finally be
stopped 1and in a few minutes came
the report of a pistol--one-two
rthree-four--one right after the
other, and beard the balls whiz
over my head. If / had been on
my seat, one of these balls, if not
two Of them, would 6 have gone
through me. popped my head up
again and gave a yell, and then
said, 'Oh! God save me! I'm dead
mani Then l made shutting
noise as though / was falling off,
and finally settled down on the
foot board again. ! now urged up
the old mare by giving her an oc-
casional poke with the whip, stock,
and she peeled it faster than ever.
IsrSThe man called out to me twice
more, pretty soon after this, and as
he got no reply, he made some tire.
mendous efforts to break 6the door
open, and as this failed him, he
made several attempts at the top,
But ] had no fears of his doing
anything there, for the top of the
cart is framed with dovetails and
each sleeper bolted to the post
with iron bolts. l had it made so
| could carry loads there. By-and.
by, after all else had failed, the
scamp commenced to holler whoa
to the horse, and kept it up unit
| he became hoarse. All this time
i / kept quiet, holding the reins firm
\ ly, and kept poking the mare with
4 the stock, We were not an houl
going that dozen miles-not a bit
of it. / hadn't much feaE perhaps
might tell the truth and say l had
none, for ! had good pistol, and
more than that, my passenger was
safe; yet was glad when | came
to, the flour barrel factory thai
stands at the edge. of Jackson will
age, and in ten minutes more hauled
up in front of the tavern, andfount
a couple of men in the barn clean
ing down some horses. 1ob19N
I,qS"Well, old fellow" said ], as / got
down and went to the back Of the
wagon, ''you have had a good ride
haven't yoni"S 81 10 8laod III. d!i 20
i aWho are you9' he cried; and he
swore as he asked the question. 20
oT am the man you tried to shoot,
was mysreply.D nis}ros oi hsiiR
/. 9IHWhere am II Let me OUT rii
i ofIook here, we've come to a SAFE
stopping-place, and mind! my pls
tol is ready for you the mofnen
vau ehn,u ynnrcalf Nou, low o,,iot