The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-12-11
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~ shall only answer ciyh Dies,
eo1s,P replied tbs girl, T"
Where Ia he :" cried tha rahber,
With q, oxtk Have yvn murderod
him !. Then cdnsnend your soui 70
| God - " ~
y have hsipsr below, mr. A,herris i
wolLdog. who haA fought yitA hlhi, !,
and ~ you hear. the dog 10 the sid,
tqt; More than THE I know nothing
Of him"
.oreh tho door shoa, .Aa. I Ray
,5.i,,g Zee a'tSy tS,S h8eNN,eo y ny stoshsf 9
"rhss may bc." replied TIE III /:
the dog then will serve you u i,s
did Sohr. brother. "
"Bahw cried tho roSbeti .sny
double .b,t,feha gun has two, buiieta
-one for you, ihe other Tor the dog.
Open Quickly !"
Tic sifi loaned back. seised hsE
wearan, saa took aim, at tue ihoinsnt
whom y blow froln the robber inada
The door iromble.
'BacsI' a4aoa sha. "ar iitlll shoot
you down r. -
lie itmpca hack n few steps, ahd
qiiickly pointed hia gun up toward
the window; but nj The sanic mo
lnent there was ti,ls', md a report
from above, nnl the r6hbcr first
sprung up, and tlieu fell bachward IN
the SNOW, u stream OF blo4d potring
from wound IN liis brotst. :
Kate's courage now gat6 piasu to
anguish and sorrow os hor heart.
Her eyes were fixed on that terrible
! sisht of the dead body. Her ban had
killed him '''
What niaidon's heart could beat
such q thought as ths.
In her dispair, she hrod the othcr
barrel OF the gun out OF the window,
af,d then 10th Lirrels Of the sicohd
gun. tstic!sly she loaded THEM al
sgsis, aud Aired tleth OF one after
the other. This SHE did 1--WE times.
Then abs preceivea, with disflaS.
that ersiiEpl5 ofpowler was gettitiS
low; and she was not siite that Tho
robbcr che had wounded would not
collect his comrades.
Bat her distress lhste1 only 4
short time. Two mounted poles
men we're riding up the road from
Wilhelm, having heard the day befot4
from, peasant, that liz had seen threg
suqpie.iops looking mon lurking about
tharo.
If the policemen had not met the
well known forester and his faihily at
the gate at wilhelm, they might hava
heard a hundred shots fired III site
oessiop, aud taken iiohotlce Of theih,
for they would have thought that tb6
forester was chasing wolves through
tile deep SNOW; but now IL struck
theil that there might be an attack
aud danger W tho fprestef's house.
So they Mt once ti,fhsd from tho road
asi hastene1 thithst
When kate saw tie tw6 policemen
hew terror seized her, as she toos
them ut first for robbers in Disguise
bgt wheh they esMa i.earsr, she rec
oghised the two men, whUn she lad
often seen before
"hate I" criet one % her, ''yonfs
was mastefshot. and good decd,
too for this is one OF the worst fas!
calls among tho fnUuntqins-a robber
whom we have long been pursuing,
hut never allie 60 catch. IL is all
over With him now, for you have shot
him thro' the lcartl1
A shiver passed through the bravo
girl at these words.
ooh God bs thanked and praised
that you have come. otherwise I
should have died ql terror for In
ths room below, Ibays another. with
whom our Sultan has been fighting"
Come, then aud open tho door
quicsly!" exclaimed both.
Kate moved her barricado Of wood
from the door and opened It. "
The dog bsrked f6r Joy whoa ha
heard the girls voice.
Scarcely was tho room. door open.
ed when he jumped out TO caress
Kate. but she pushed him back, fillei
With horror, when she saw that his
mouth and throat were stained with
blood. There was not sound in
the room.
One Of the police went ip and
opened the shutter. Then they be-
held dreadful sight On the ground
lay q man, with his clothes hanging
in tatters upon him, while his faro
and throat bora tsrrriblo marks Of
the dogs teeth
The aoor Was covered with blood,
and everything showed that these
must have been fierce struggle be-
tween the man aud the dog.
The latter WAS uuhurt for the rob
ber had not been able. in tho dark
ness, tofind the knife which hay upon
the table, aud was dead
Kate had now to tell all the cir.
cumstances to the police
Before noon they arrested tho
wounded roeber at an inn, where
rouges aud thieves frsaeensiy found
refuge,
Hates fama was spread abroad
throughout tho whole country bat
II was soma time before she recover
cd the sehoek qi Ibis dreadfql event.
Kate aftsrvara married brave
soraster who ha.sama bsr father'a