National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-04
The Mail Robber.

1OllN INo iuiltS. anu dS udu 10 await
the arriv ii of two or three coaches.
and did OF start until after dinner.
very often had a good distance TO
drive after dark. 1t was ir the dead
of winter, and the season had been
a tough one. A great deal of snow
had fallen and tue drifts were plenty
and deep. The mail | carried was
not due at Littleton, by the contract,
until one O'clock in the morning, but
| that winter the postmaster was very
often obliged 30 sit up little later
than that hour for me. .a-
One day III January, when | drove
up for my mail i'll Danburv, the
postmaster called me into his Office.
Pete" SAID he, with an inn on,
tant, serious look, there's some
pretty heavy money packages III that
bag" and he pointed to the bag as
he spoke. He said the money was
from Boston TO some land agents up
near the Canada line. Then he
asked me if I'd got any passengers
going through to LittletOn. told
him | did not know, but suppose /
have not ," says /.
"Why," says he, 1.-The agent OF
the lower route came i'll to day, and
he says that there have been two
suspicious characters on the stage
that came up last night, and he suS.
poets that they have an eye on this
mail, so that it VIII stand YOU i'll
hand to be a little CAREFUL
lie said the agent had described
one of them as a short, thick sci
fellow. about forty years Of age,
with long hair, and thick, heavy
clump OF heard under the chin, bat
none on the side Of his face. lie
did not know anything about the
other. tOldthe old fellow guessed
there wasn't much danger.
"Oh. 40. not ii YOU have got pas
scngers through; but only told
you OF this SO that You might look
ont sharp when You change horses. =
answered that | should do SO
and then took the bag under my
arm and lett the office. slowed
thn mail undar my sn,t = liftln m,,I
oaron,llr th',n n!unl nl,nino i :,
that r1nlJ l,pan my Irrt ,n.,;nst il
INN h.,oud thot dil mot fanl nm,
concerned. It was past one when
started, and had four passengers
| two or whom rode only to nv FIRST
stonuiuu nlacp. | reached Cowon',
NiIIs nj dark. when we ,topunJ fl,
sumner and where my other ty,
no,spngcrs concluded to stoD for III,
nioLt
Ahont 6 O'Clock in thc cveuino
left Govon's Mills alone. havino fw.
horSrs and AN opru pnur.
had seventeen miles and = hare
seventeen if WAS. too. The niobt
was nuite clear INT fine wind wa,
shnrn and cold th. loose snow Hv
inv IN nu directions. while the drift,
were deem and closely pocled /
wus slow tndious wol !, and m,
hmses soon brcame lco.wealy am,
r,st;ve AttLn distance or six milo.
r,mn tn - littln srttlcmept collr,
prTs cnrno, v,br,r / tnnl, f,n.I
hnr'.s ~ hanr two Lnnrs aoin,
l,,t di.t,rco 4. wa. nni1,.' +.
Giant , r,,n r,,In M. aud o2l,nI IN,
If was moiuo. ,hronoh tn Jirtlctnu
/ toIJ bi,n / shonld o., tIrnugh !
tbo tninm conld nossihly hn done.-
un s,iJ In was vnr,. onvious tn rc
ana os hn had NO bao.o,ra tnl,
him to hmm in and make himscl
AZ romtnrtuhlc os uossiblr WA
; "ottinaun nv lines when chostlc
ron @ ONT and asked me il lnc,
that rc Of my horses had cut hin
|. self badly. ] jumped out and wen
with him, and found chat one Of II
animalS had got deep cork cut o
d the oil fore foot. gave such d
rcciions as | considered uecesSar
e and was about to turn away. whc
the hostlcr remarked that he tho
| came alone. told him did.
I "rhcn where did YOU get tha
passenger 2" said he.
r. "IIc just got IN | answered.
III scot in from where ~
" 81 don't know"
T. ,".e,, now Sa'" 'he h">tle
IiA'N KIN" o curious; mere am
Vrch ''o S"'ii '''"h ~ tue houNe, an
Know mere a''' oee'l none ut III
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