Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-11-05

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10 sup into his masters bed room ,ant
taxing MS pistols from the holster ht
uipPed tnem IN water and replaced
'uem' ne likewise Grew Mr. Pick
ems sword from the scabbard and
P,aeing ms ioot on II he broke thu
oiaae, leaving ABOUT loot OF II At
.acned 70 the MT lie replaced the
o.eken weapon 10 the scaooard anc
n,u Tue balance OF the blade. The
vl''a'a now unlocked the rear door o.
'ne cnamoer, ard put 'he Key in his
Poeke| hiter TINS ne onuckled Mt biz
oann'ug, ano tninksng his plans CON
P'o.c' a~a'ted tue coming events WITH
'one anxiety. Hs
Meantime Mr.. Pickens and his lsdy
bad been seated in their summe,
honsn. He had told hsr aotry who're
their encampment was, and she wa.
well acquainted with the spot
About sundown he called Dick and
gave him directions in regard TO his
business, and his obsequious servant
was ready and willing to do anything
for "marst." The sun had set, supper
was over and Mr.. Pickens and lady
bad retired to their ber, out had
not gone to bed. Dick was "a settin
in do kitchen, a lookin outen de win.
der, watchin for dc Tories" About
eleven o'clock Mr.. Pickcns hearing a
noise went TO the window and saw by
tne ilght OF Inc iuli moon that the
yard was niled with armed men, about
twenty-five IN number. He raised
the WINDOW and inquired the cause of
TINS intrusion. He was answered by
q gruu, brutal voice, that be well
knew came from certain Cap
tam haig' a notorious Tory and muir
derer, who told him that he was their
prisoner and that he must come down
immeolateiy, or they would come up
ana take him. The villain at the
same Tune gave his men their orders
that they must take the prisoner alive
ana unhurt, and that If any of them
wounded him he would shoot them
their tracks "ior, said he,"Mr. Pick
ems has TO hang on King George
YAK. The tree was about four mile
distant, and was favorite place wit
tne Tories to hang innocent men, and
already several OF the gallant sons of
hoerty had been executed at this fatal
spot by the savage, brutal Tories.
Mr.. Pickens answered them def.
antly, telling them to como up and
take him if they felt like it. Our n !.
ro now whispered to his wife and tol
her what to do. She was calm, cool
and collected. The devils were as.
cending the steps, our soldier prepared
to receive them. He first siezed hi
sword, and drawing the broken weap.
on, be cast it from him and seized his
pistols and prepared for action. With
wild, brutal curses the foe advanced
on him. He snapped first one pistol
and then the other. He saw that
some traitor bad been there, but he
could not guess who. There was no
time to lose. He dubbed bis heavy
pistol and knocked the first villain
down; second savage shared the
same fate, and the third fell under a
fearful blow to rise no moro. The pas.
sage was narrow, and be kept the en-
emy at bay. They could easily have
shot him, but their orders were to
take him unhurt, under the penalty Of
death. But at this crisis, as our hero
was facing the foe he was seized from
behind and hurled to the floor by the
arms OF the negro traitor,
who sprang upon his masters breast
and held him by brute force until the
room was filled by blood thirsty vii
lalns, who soon bad him securely led.
After they bad him secure they in.
formed him that he would be hung on
hing Georges Oak at sunrise, the
brutal Kaig telling him that God, man
or devil could not save him. Mls
Pickens heard all they said, and le... |
No one knew where she went. They
took their prisoner into the yard
him on q horse and tied him
TO the stirrups. The villains did not
even stop 10 plunder the maesion, the
captain telling them it would bo time
enough to plunder the house al
they returned They carried out their
lead companion and laid him under
.ree in the yard, aLd said they would
attend to him on their return. Now
hey started for the oak. Dick mount
ID horse and went along, as he said
% "see do fun" They got to the oak
before daylight, and dismounting
urned their horses loose to graze.V
They sat about in groups and waited
or dawn. They did not deem IL re.
luisite to place any scouts or guards.
or they thought that no enemy was
,igh, and their leader told them that
,umpter was sixty miles Distant
Dick had stolen small demijohn of
inc old brandy from his master, and
With this he treated "de gemmen"
The coarse, brutal Kaig gave Dick
iberty TO taunt bis poworless master.