The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-11-30


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you know; uo 'ool.ur," a1l hstook
deliberate sim at John ucdviS
breast,
Joha was uHa.mci. and bc lovcj
die dearly. hut he 8as no coward
twas Of no use trying 10 oulrd,
tie hlghwaymsn. lie bad nothing
but bis dst-rether useless wtaro0
under the circumstances, but b.,
Showed Ggb',' mldas tho ru,lian',
anger kiuj'cd, he fired, The aim
was coed, The little ball Of lead
lodged IN Jobn's coat, just rher,
hi, heart should have beca aud John
staggered
lie wut shocked rather than hurt
aud even IN tuat moment OF excite.
meut he remembered having heard
that it was often SO in mortal iuiu.
ris-. Probably he had received hi.
death wound, and this hiGhweyinau
would walk oil with the mail bag
whore, az John knew well, repc 81
the ten dollars Sukey Jones, at ser.
vice, was sending to her old mother
aud the money due Tor little Charli,
Browne tuition at boarding school
10 hard a- it was for his sister Il
scrape II together; and other trust
we're in that leather bag the hum.
bic hopes and dreams o: those whc
wrote tho letters twined shout them
The German and his iuhdel tract,
had done John Hedwig little good
but he was honest and kindly yet
"T!l fight while | lave drop O
blood left, said he to himself, "ant
holp may come, aud tho mailbag
be saved yet, even II | die
And he sprang upon the highway
man with such vigor that the mat
coolly waiting to see him drop dead
was astonished, taken by surprise
and tumbled from bis saddle Anr
chen John struggled for the pistol
and gaining it, quietly knocked th,
ruilisn aqusolcaa with the butt end
aud aat down. on bis bosom, keeping
guard az a party Of young fellow
on. for II days sport, and all vel
armed, rode up toward the scene Q
action. They pll knew John well
aud tho more Jealous we're tor dI,
patching the highwayman; but th'
voice OF the majority was for bind
tug him aud carrying him to the cit,
to meet his reward ut the hands 0
justice, and With th's party John co
incided.
lilo felt weak, and his breas
achol, and he expected every mo
ment to iesl tia faintneqs OF deatl
stealing over him, Tor there was tn
round hole Just over bis heart, an'
tue bullet must be somewhere.
A few unpleasant misglvings
which proved that Lila opinions @
the future were not SO fixed as the.
might have been, troubled hin, sB'
he sighed little as the new comer
questioned him.
"The bullet went in here" he said
touching iho hole. Il don't feel an.
pain, and il must be bleeding in
wsrdly, # at all, / think
And he unbuttoBed lis cost. N
sign Of blood appeared. Then hi
vest was opened cautiously, and OH
Dropped Lucy's little Bible, with tn
bullet deeply imbedded in its cover
Under God, the book bad cave
Johns life.
The tears cane into Johns eye
and the olhers stared, for John ha
been in the habit Of boasting Of hI
inGdsl opinions, and it was od
enough that be should wear a Bib
next bis heart; bnt every one wa
too glad to find John unburt, TO car
for much else, and they gave thre
cheers, and started cityward wit
their bound bighwayman, in might
glee.
John followed, leading his hors'
and keeping an eye 10 the mailbag
and on the way be thought Wht
be thought may be judged from til
fact that six months after, Luc
| Hood found her lover at her side i
a church meeting, and heard frol
his own lips that ho had not half q
high gu opinion Of his own stnarI
ness and that Of lie German frisn
as formerly, and that be "belioye
she was half right"
And before long, ii was eyider
that John knew she was quite righ
and Lucy married him.
"It all came Of your little Bibl'
Lucy" said John. "The book save
my life, and out Of queer kind (
gratitude to you and to il, took I
! reading it,, And | foeud .shat who