The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-12-24

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When=this loss became certaiR 70 NE
the tears came, suA for . long. time
-wept-like eA-eisi4ti--ssis2-rustil-4A y
pain sf my woua..s made ms ashamed
: Of my weakness. Then. began t.
plan what'to do in this emergency
. | could not move, I was 20 wcst : IN
fact. I did not dare TO make any ~.
tempt to change, even ~ position.
: uncomfortable as it was. I could on
" wait fcr help to come to mo. Alb!
tbut where was I? The place vas %
silent ~ cemetery, save for tn
songs Of birds Evidestly the city
bad moved away, just then. ~. il
providcntially. the report Of I gun
far away reused tho horses and they
Immediately trottcd of over what
seemed to bc q smooth road. Mo.her
Goose sent me consolation in .
rhyme, ... .. ., .....a
"Lot them alone and they'll come, home"
! The dsvil isn't driving, Issid to
myself. and waited for the next
phase of affairs. Itcams, - nssr %
| coule Judge, about twenty minutes
later. Two mca in = light buggy
dashed up in the rear. r-
"Eloped horses" laughed one.
"Scc the blood on that ones flank.
Why he's been shot. Whoal''--
soothingly as they drove along side.
Help l moaned in . voice 70
| feeble as to frighten me. They hssrd
it though. and drove SO closely that
they saw mo. - 'sai9
"Wcll! wcll!" said one of them.
'this locks like . murder Whoa,
there, you devils!" to the horses
The beasts came to halt, and the
men opened tho back door. Il
I" What's the matter here" to
gether. .... s
J "rm badly cut up, think. How
far is it to the city, to surgeon?"
ITO the city-teu miles! to ! sur
geon--pm one and getting into my
carriage be began tenderly to examine
my wounds. -.
well, sir, you are pretty thor.
oughly slashcd. It's nothing serious,
though; all flesh wounds, he decided
after long examination "Csn yos
stand it to ride to the c,ty?" -
Lying down? Yes. I have been
this way since midnight. If you will
help me along. surgically, I'll try
two or three hours longer"
The man gave a little whistle Of
surprise, and said '.all right" Hitch.
ing their team behind, the Doctors
companion drove the hack toward. the
town, where we arrived safely. and.
to my surprise, with very little pain
to myself, IN consequence Of the doc
tors skill, which, after short time,
set me, q sound man, once more up
on my legs.
Of course, the affair got into tho
papers as y wonderful occurrence;
and the day af.cr my arrival. At the
hotel, Police Sergeant McGarrahaa
called.
II chased you tho other night.
There were two patrolcmcn with No
on the hack, " he remarked. tea rl@5
That was good shooting, Ser
gcant. Fire at man and hit
horse
'.Eh! don't you know p Is
know what?"s E' ! .ss12ssstz1-
..W" killed flibbertxgihhst -
AN outsider locker on-psr.
haps:' ...l
"Not a bit Of it. Hs was the dri-
vcr." ..." 0e.-
'Jim:' r.. =
'"Jim. The other fellow. q new "a
| reckon, got away" IS.
. "Wcll! that's not 50 bad, after al.
But, Sergeant, how came you to fol-
low u.s." a9 T..
Mere luck, sir. I was near the
corner Of Thirty-sccond street whom
the hack went by; and | saw .. nan
lying fat and snug upon that place 1t
the back-I don't know what they
call it--where trunk ought to bo
carried, but Isn't. There's dirty
work meant by that. l said to myself.
and called two men to me, being
bound to follow. But 1t was ten min-
utcs, l guess, fore we could catch .
hack. You know the rest. - 80
/ believe l knew it painfully we'll.
1t was nearly month before ] rscoy.
cred from the painful effects Of that
knowledge. 1t cost mo the legacy.
besides, which couldn't be found.
though carefully sought fer. II Rod
dy had them, he got away safely.
Since the foregoing was written.
two years ago, the jewels have been
recovered. That, too, was in tho pa
pers, and it was my work. jour
neyed to Boston on business. In tho
evening went to tue theatre. ] hadn't
been there half IN hour when / saw
in the ears Of woman. two. seats in
front Of nie. the earrings Of that leg
acy for which I had shed not little
blood. Then saw the necklace and
two or three Of the rings on her eng.
crs. When the woman turned her
face so az to reveal its profile. I rec.
ognixed it, and 30 wrote little ncta
in pencil and sent it to her. Il read
like this, as nearly as | can rcmem-
"Mr. jenkins Mills, Of Crounse.
Scott, & Mills, presents his compli-
ments to Mrs. Roderick Martsgl',
and demands the rings. necklaces. etc.,
she now wears, and which we're part