The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

| and chattering teeth that he brought to
his shoulders a doublL .barreled fusee.
| Now / will swear by the pure ripping
waters OF Dog Creek thatI will arouse
the camp and perhaps capture him with
the aid of my friends. don't want
| that feLLOlO to have any hand in it. He
isa courageous cstsS, and might get
| acme of the girls praise for heroism.
POUNDS and DEATH that would not do;
must manage to have them all heaped
upon myself-none to him. 1t would
DO worse than scalding water to nv al
ready too jealous feelings" Every vein
aud every artery in his body seemed to
throb with the agony of his heart. Now
he chances over his double barrel, but
can only hear, as the extreme darkness
would not admit of seeing. He blaZes
away, and as quick as he could raise
himself from his disordered couch, for
the over charge of powder had sent his
bead thug against his pillow, heshouted,
Halt! Halt! you thief! you robber! or
pll give you-hail Columbis!' All was
excitement. Halter reins snapped, men
and horses scampered around, women
screamed, children cried, and Prim's
Springs was place of much excitement
and confusion. Lanterns were brought !
into active service, and could be seen |
swinging around as thick as lightning |
bugs on a midsummer evening. All |
puSuou lOTWdFu 10 the Scen6 OF action 10 |
find opr lOOuId be hero, who had just |
summoned courage enough to peep out |
OF the door: "Just by my win dow, |
friends, You will find a man, a thief, |
who | have this minute sent tumbling /
down to the waters edge. He was APP /
preaching cautiously, as he thought,
our unarmed and unprotected shelter.
Gisliked very much the necessity of
shooting the man, but he might have
murdered us all to accomplish a theft"
The search was made without any fur~
ther delay, all Mortified to think there
could any such character in old Hick-
man, and to think of finding a man in
camp wounded, perhaps dead. 1t was
to tbinE of. "BIood! here is |
blOOdl' was the cry from our herO's ri
val. 81 find blood but no man. Come,
boys, let's follow this branch; he seems
to have chosen this for his way of es-
cape" The party hastily gathered
around the pool of blood, and all agreed
that it must have been quite a severe
wound. OF they moved down stream,
with hero No. in the lead, and No. !
up the rear. He is beginning
to feel somewhat sick about the waist
band of his breaches, and would hunt
his hole, but No. . is taking such a
lively interest, he must see the end of
he whole affair. No. 2 halts in front,
hears something moving down the
pEdnCus uo duNduC6S Will CduLlOu, anu |
Jy holding his lantern high above his
mead, he is able to see the object of their
pursuit. A loud ring of laughter greet
ID the ears of those in the rear. No 2
lfter some seconds rolling and tumb
ing about over rocks and in the water,
out, or halt laughed out, cts
COW, it's a cow" While the party |
iughed and laughed until the tears ran
Town their cheeks, our hero No. l was I
making his way back to his cabin on t
he hillside, glad to get out OF reach OF /
he merry crowd whose fun was all at ,
lis expense. The COW was not serious
y hurt, but was sore enough about her
lind legs to come UP missing the next a..
morning at the calf pen. Our young :
zero had business of such Importance at !
Ome on the big Bigby" the following a
morning, that he dep trted before the s
dawn of day" A party of young gen~ !
Iemen and ladies, of whom the much v
dmired young belle was one, were tax
lg horseback ride up the creek a few !
venings ago, and heard the we'll known ;
dice of blacksmith's wife mot the viii
ige smith's,) crying, 'Oh where, Oh
here is my cOw!'
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