Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-09
Tbe 6a3ftte alro Comet.
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tered an exclamation Of astonishmenl
but this was not all. Iheard anothe
exclamation from the same source
What could this mean? l looke'
q quietly around, but could sac moth
ing; yet | knew that the sound wa
very close to me. AS the hind wheel
+. came up, | felt something bpside
the jerk from the hole. hear,
something tumble from one side Il
the other in my wagon, and | coult
also feel tbs jar accustomed by til,
movement 1t was simply man il
my cart. KNEW this on the instant
Of course ! felt puzzled. At first ]
imagined that some one had takat
tlis method to obtain ride. Ny
next idea was that somebody hat
got in to sleep there; but this passee
away as soon as it came, for no mar
would have broken into my cart fol
that purpose. And that thought
gentlemen, opened my eyes. Who
ever was there had broken in. My
next thought was Of the suspicious
individual had seen at the tavern
lie heard me say that my load was
all sold out, and Of course he sup,
posed | had some money with me-
In this b. was right, for | had over
two thousand dollars, | thought be
meant to leave the cart when he sup.
posed ! had reached safe place. and
then creep over aud shoot me, or
knock me down. All this passed
through my mind by the time | had
got rod from the hole.
ain a lew minutes my resolution
was formed Ny horse was knee
deep ia the mud, and / knew | could
slip +. off without uoise. So / drew
my pistol, aud having twined my
reins about the whip stock, carefully
slipped down 10 The mud and tx
amined the hasp. The outer door OF
the cart let's down, and is fastened
by a basp, which slips over the sta
pie, and is then secured by pad
lock. The paddock was gone, aud
the hasp was secured in its place by
bit OF pine, so that a slight force
from within would break it NV
wheel wrench stood in leathern
bucket on the side of the cart, and |
quickly took it out and slipped it into
the staple, the iron handle just sliding
down.
"Now / had him. My cart was
almost new, made of stout frame of
white oak, and made on purpose for
hard usage. | did not believe an
ordinary man could break out.
got on my cart as noiselessly as l
got off, an then urged my horse on,
still keeping my pistol handy. !
knew that at distance Of half mile
further | should come TO hard road,
aud SO allowed my horse to pitch his
own way through the mud.
about ten minutes after this I
heard motion in the cart, followed
by agfinding noise. as though some
heavy force was being applied to the
door. l said nothing, but the idea
struck me that the villain might
Judge where ! sat, and shoot up
through the cart at me, so | sat down
on the foot-board.
"Of course | knew that my unex-
pected passenger was a villain. for b.
must have been awake ever since |
started. and nothing in the world but
absolute villainy would have caused
him to remain quiet SO long, and then
start up 10 this particular place. The
humping and pushing grew louder
md pretty soon | heard a human
voice.
"Let me out OF this!" and he |
yelled pretty loud.
| lifted my head SO as to make
lin think | was in the usual place,
md then asked him what he was
loing there.
"Let me out and ] will tell you,"
Re replied.
"Tell me what you are il there
orl" ] said. /
Il got here to sleep on rags" he
GLOW did you get in ?" asked. |
"Let me out or I'll shoot Won
trough the head !" be replied.
.Just at that moment my horses
,et struck the hard road, and 1
new that the rest of the route to
ackson would be good going the
twelve miles. / slipped
ack to the front board and took the
hip. In fifteen minutes we cleared
he woods, and away we went at a
ean hmm Tho chan ipeida Lan,