Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-09-19


a very handsome six-shooter in hi
hands. His confidential friend. tn
bully from the bar-room, was spokes
man OF the gang ; and, after some har
staring and harder swearing, the trut
dawned on the minds of these worthless
and they withdrew from the room {.
search the rest of the house befor
taking farther measures.
The Captain resumed his broker
slumbers, never dreaming that the,
would carry proceedings any farther
but next morning, seated on the stag,
heside the driver, he saw on the roat
the wreck of turnout. and groupe,
about IT . number of the would b,
hberators of the night before. The,
had raised a team somewhere. an,
had started in pursuit of the fat prize
hoping 10 out-wit and out-ride iustic,
Tor once. The night being dark and
their heads very light. they had run
iull tut against tree in the road
which had the effect of killing one
horse stunning the other, and scatter.
ing the inmates of the wagon indis.
crimnatcly over the ground. Bully
No. |. and two stars of lesser magui
'uie' insisted on mounting the stage
ana, on arriving at the next town the
captain, fearing that the local author
i'ies would interfere on the represen-
tailon OF these men, had his prisoner
on the road again before they had time
TO take any steps, either legal or
! illegal.
The horror of the prisoner can be
Imagined when he learned that these
terrible men, who were trying to get
MN out Of the Captains hands in
ORDER TO mete out justice on their own
account, were actually pursuing him
probably with a rope ready TO slim
around his neck at the first opportunl-
~. lie earnestly besought his pro-
tectors not 20 abandon him; for the
captain had told him that he had no
riSht to hold him as prisoner, and
should have none until certain for
maiities hai been gone through with in
san Francisco.
oh they fcw-without rest-still
pursued nm the three roughs. who
seemed 10 nave gotten their spunh up
when they found that the Captain was
determined 70 escape from them with
the man ami tie money they wanted
50 much. At last Sacramento was
reached. and with ID the highest pitch
oi danger. The prisoner was inform
ed that the men were still following
him' and that they would probably
HiaAc an attempt to take him on the
way from the hotel To the boat that was
y carry them 10 san FraBcjSNp, ,,AtI
$3.50 "is --....a. true SaPtaiIl ii'i-
bert had only omitted 10 mention the
H'~s s'''-s s'.,.o would be among the
captors member OF the Sacramento
police, to which both tie ronghs had
applied, setting forth that the man
was Illegally restrained OF his liberty.
etc. The prisoner shook in his boots.
and probably wished in his heart that
he was safely back in British Columbia
Win the cattle unsold, and his en-
ployer unrobbed. WHAT was 10 be
done: Time was flying, and he must be
gotten on TO that boat, or he might
never see San Francisco so feared the
Captain as we'll as his prisoner.
Again It was the intrepid stranger
and travelling companion who came to
the rescue. The Captains plan WIS
matched and carried out in a very
little while. With pair OF handouts
clasped on his wrists, and his arm, .
securely tied behind, the obliging
stranger was led to the boat by the
hard-hearted Captain. who handled
the iree-wlll prisoner very roughly :
while the guilty cattle-agent was stink
ing along with unfettered hands bv the
side OF the Captain's assistant, To whom
lie stuck closer than brother just
as the Captain was hustling his pris-
oner on y tue gang blank, police
man stepped from the crowd. laid his
hand on the mans shoulder, and, amid
the cheerlns roughs and the angry pro-
testatlohs Of the Captain, led hlm To
The oilicer OF the nearest justice. The
bona bde prisoner in the mean time
slipped unnoticed on board ana was
taken out of the cold, and kindly ear
Ell for on reaching San Francisco. by
tue proper authorities, who had been
summoned TO meet the boat, by tcle.
gram from the Captain.
An excited crowd had gathered
around the door OF the office into
when the stranger had been brought
The intense disgust of the roughs can
be better imagined than described
when their eyes and ears convinced
them, very much against their will
that their benevolent purposes coulC
not bd carried out, and that MiS .pris
oner at the bar had never abscondec
with any-body's money. They listen
ed IN dogged silence to the mans dec
laration that, far from being restrained
Of his liberty, he had come with til,
Captain just for fun and had worn
the handouts because they were al
easy fit.
And what Is your name. thunder
ed the enraged justice.
Henry Fitzpatrick was the quie
reply, merchant, from San Francisco
| fell in with the Captain at Sal
Lake, where | was stopping on IN,
way home from the States and as he'
a mighty clever fellow, l thought II
go all the way with him. Sorry 70,
detained us, gentlemen-we both ha,
urgent business in San Francisco
He went his way in peace, thougl
the real siner-the thieving cattl
agent-had never been in as mucI
danger of coming to harm at th
hands of these men as this offensiv
person was.
The Captain saw no more of hir
till day or two after his return +
San Francisco. Entering the store .
his friend Taylor, to tell him of hi
safe return, he was surprised to Sc
the stranger, Mr.. Henry Fitzpatrics
, in the counting-room. The senio
, partner greeted him with:
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