Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-02-28

"3he otSoo0ooe tAiag =, thaS - oos0e b
kasw all absst - saM -. 1s slvay picks
81 ~ bsss heaters saA tssppsrs. AID nss
ssiy thsA - sesne 10 knsw vhsa thsy srs
sspssss1. Nsw, its Asppssed 70 - TIVE sr
sArss siass lsssly, list rvs never let asy -
kssw vAsrs I was SsiaG ~ vAsn ! wss
essisg bask, szespt might have ssatiessd
Il Asrs, sss liasss, yos kasw, kisdsr warns
sp nas, ssd snakes m tell thiass -
vssldat Il - were fairly hiassK. But that's
& - ssessassnss ssyhew. ws'rs oil friends
hsrs, asd II sheald ssll, vhsrs's he harm7
Dat Il taras oat - every ias."
"wsll," said Clspboard, \ Aspe The pirate
won't hsar Of The trappiag vs'rs 70 have q
Big Tsppsr's, this well" ," sgeilsviss glass;
Il whisky, Asadsd hin BY Bob. Ne ssd Bss
ssd Jss LArkias, and WIN Sweet, and jack
0runnsls."
.Hew's that :" asked he landlord, placing
tAs stump Il candle In latsrn. "Hsrs,
Bes, you and must g pretty sosa and -
~ colt. Hes little rsstivs tonight, and
requires locking aftsr. How 10 Il again, Clap
beard, about The Tuppsr Lake matter"
n hardly dare tsll. In afraid the pirate
will hear ne" rsturnsd Clapbosrd laughing.
"Nonssass, Cla 7 said the landlord. Thsrs's
~ pirate hsrs, you knewi % lets hear sll
aleut IL. Maybe I'd like 70 20 along"
"well, yeu sse, W Eve mean 70 start t.
norrsw for fortnight Or thrss weeks. It's
Nsvsnbsr aow, and ~ far's prime. Nov,
yea nusn't tell boys, one aad ell, for that
durasd pirate seems 70 have eyes and ears al
about. We mean 70 cone through the Lower
Lake at night, for We expect 70 have lot's Of
fan. We're going % new places round Dead
Creek and Horss-shss Pond, and shoalds't
b surprised Il W ct beaver, ssd eonsiders>
bic many pslts, to-"
"Will yeu come through ths estist Z" said
sAs lssdlerd esrelessly; ''eons take sssthsr
drink q ~ expense I" handing ClaPbesrd .
glass u pure spirits.
swell, no, kinder think setr ssid Clap
board, drinking tAs spirits; "tAis dsrasd pi-
rate hunts shis plsss like . mink around
ftsg-pond. rather think ven push right
slesg bstwssa tho islands 10 ths foot Of the,
lake, and make Tor Harriststswn."
.will you b eli tsgethsr." said Tie laad.
lsrg dustias his bottles, "ws'Il b ehsked with
dust ssea. I Dc believe"
sIdea't kssw about tAat," said Clapboard.
A. i'm b night Il wea't matter much. Ths
pirate wea't sappess, - locking out Ill
nighA - veil esns through shout midnight
And I'm b dark. too; N. .nsea three weeks
ftsn nev, and ths stars wea't make L light
enough TO d ssy harm. Bssidss, veil pad.
de through, and make ~ mere seise tAsa II
Seating Ssr der. b The dsrasd pirates will
Ct cheated this time o. ~ naos aia't Clap.
board"
aHe, hs, 10 + laughed olA BAt. .sWsa't tAs
duzasd pirate b cheated, and saeh loed ef
fur. Why, vs expect to make our fortunes
nsst. shs1lda't b suspsised1 ~ GOT nigh
I've tAsasaad dollars worth"
"Aors Z ssid Clapbesrd' more. Rur st The
ssstlsosat nev . scarce aad high. A gsed
beaver skin, lei alsas sahls Or black fox, II
vsrtA nsssy nov, tell yoa asd ! know .
plaes whore I wouldat OK any nan to guar.
sstes ne three Or more beautiful black foxes,
Or il not, dosen."
saa, ha, har laughed Tie landlord. "Weat
tAs pirates get cheated THE time"
"Yss, yes I hs, he I" chucklsd Bob, AID the
whole bar rosm burst into rosr Of nerrimsnt
at the sAessht
| Weeks passed. Every day Or two : trap
pr would relate at Harrietstown, or even -
far - the villages Of Upper and Lower Jay,
how hey had hssa stopped sad robbed Of their
vsaison aad pslts By the Pirate Of the Lower
earanac.
Al length cane the night which ended the
thrss vssks Of he Tsppsr's Lake expedition.
Il was black with clouds, but breathless, and
ths Ave boats clustered together, skimmsd
with no:slsss paddle down the sable lake. The
islands, black mounds, lay still, - il their
quiet had never been broken Tie shores, vast
frewning barriers, held sileaee 70 profound
% 70 be oppressive. Il was nidnishs when
The beats arrived at the cluster Of islsnd which
lie around The outlet Of The lake.
Tho plsagusy piratsll b ehsAtsd tAis
tins," whispered Old Bst U Cupboard, his
next neighbor.
Az b said this, . broad light ssddsnly
blassd fsrth, kiadling the weird sesns With
wild life. The eoafsssd islAAds aleng which
they we're slidias, lsspsd cut rsets, bashss,
Asmlesk-plumss. sprues-stssplss, sll sharply
drawn II ~ dark bssksrsaad, while vsies
x hsarss tAundsr raag = ~ aight cir.
Surrender, I'll u yes, Or veil blsw yes .
~ dsvilr'
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we're thrsst through tAs foliage while h .
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swivel.
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