The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-01-16

8, 1878.
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they will do with Shocky ~ they
please"
10 b SURE" said the old man re-
fisctively.
"NOw," said Ralph, General Win
field Scott, under such circumsta noes,
would retreat In good order. Then,
when he could muster his forces right
~. he would drive the enemy from
his ground"
TO be sure" said the old man.
"What ort to do?"
Have you any frisnds?"
"WelI, yes; ther's my brother over
In Jackson Kyounty. I mought 60
there"
WELL" said Bud. ''do you 60 down
to Spring-in-rock and stay there.
Them folks won't be here tell mid
night. IN come fer you at nine with
my roam colt, and I'll set you down
over on the big road At Buckeye Run.
Then you can git In the mail. wagon
that passes there about five O'Clock in
the mornin', and 60 over to Jackson
County and keep shady till we want
you TO face the enemy and to swear
agin some folks. And then we'll send
for you."
| "7b be sure" said the old man in
broken voice. II reckon General
Winfield Scott wouldn't disapprove Of
such . maneuver as that thar
Miss Martha beamed on Bud to his
evident delight, for he carried his
painful arm part Of the way home
with her. Ralph noticed that Hannah
looked at htm with look full Of con-
tending emotions. He read admira-
tior, gratitude, aud doubt in the ex-
pression of her face, ~ she turned to-
ward home.
"Well, good by, ole woman," said
Pearson. as he took up his little hand
kerchief full Of things and started for
his hiding-place good by. I didn't |
never think I'd desart you. and ef the
old flintlock hadn't been rusty, I'd
staid and died right here by the ole
cabin" And Shocky looked after him,
~ he hobbled away over the stones,
more than ever convinced that God
had forgotten all about things on Flat
Creek. He gravely expressed this
opinion TO the master the next day.
CHAPTER XVIII.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The Spring-in-rock, or, a. it was
sometimes. by . curious perversity,
called, "the rock inspiring" wasr
spring running out Of cave.like 6s-
sure IN high limestone cliff. Here
the old man sheltered himself on that
dreary Christmas evening, until Bud
brought his roam colt to the top Of the
cliff above, and he and Ralph helped
the old man up the cliff and into the
saddle. Ralph went back to bed, but
Bud, who was only too eager to put in
his best licks, walked by the side Of
old John Pearson the six miles over
10 Buckeye Run, and at last, after
eleven o'clock, he deposited him In .
hollow sycamore by the road, there to
->aA -. .-~.s~r - 49, .--Aswsso
that would carry him into Jackson
County.
Good by, said the basket-maker,
- Bud mounted the colt to return.
"Ef I'm wanted Jest send me word,
and III make forrard movement any
time. don't like this ere thing of
running of In the nighttime. But
reckon General Wind deld Scott would
. ordered retreat Of he'd Q been in ,
my shoes. I'm lots oblseged to you.
Akordin' to my tell, We are oil of US
selfish In everything but I'll be dog ,
on'd ef dou't believe you and one or
two more is exceptions" {
Whether 1t was that the fact that {
Pete Jones had got consid rable shuck
up dem0ralized his followers, or {
whether 1t was that the old mans I
flight was suspected. the mob did not
turn out in very great force, and the q
tarring was postponed indefinitely,
Tor BY the time they came together it '
known some how that the e
man with wooden leg had outrun c
hem al. But the escape Of one devo- t
ed victim did not mollify the feelings /
II the people toward the next one.
By the time Bud returned his arm 4
was very painful, and the next day he Z
went under DR.. Small's treatment to '
reduce the fracture. Whatever suspi- t
:ions Bud might have of Pete Jones, U
ne was not afflicted with Rslph's {
Tread Of the silent young doctor. And b
{ there was anything Small admired, b
{ Was physical strength and courage. I
Small wanted Bud on his side, and q
east Of all did he want him to be q
Ralph's champion. So that the silent,
'ool, and skillful doctor went to work o
o make an impression on Bud Means. II
Other Influences were at work upon l
him also. Mrs. Means volleyed and n
hundred In her usual style about his II
'takin' up with one-legged thief. Il
md runnin' arter that master that a
ras mighty suspicious kind of q Gus a
omer, akordin' to her tell. Shed al t
ers said so. Efshe' been consulted 81
70 wouldn't been hired. He warn't G.
It company fer nobody" b
And old Jack Means lowed Bud I
must want to have their barns burnt y
ike some other folks' had been. Fer b
'is part, he had sense enough to know .
hey was some people ~ II wouldn't Il
70 to set body's self agin. Aud as b
Or him. he didn't butt bis brains out K
gin buckeye tree. Not when he y
vas sober. Aud 90 they managed, d
Turing Buds confinement to the house il
0 keep him we'll supplied with all ii
be ordinary discomforts Of life. v
But one visit from Martha Hawk u