The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-05-12

than once In lifetime After satiating
his vengeance. he handed back tile whip,
thanking the owner for its use, dragged
his victim to the door, ,disarmed him and
kicked him into the street.. -,
Under no other circum stances would
Morgan have treated fellow creature in
that manner, but he felt one beloved
had been the same as insulted by the feI.
lows audacity; and, moreover, the nc.
tions Of the crowd told him that this
brute was universally feared, so he de-
termined to oisoundly thrash him, and lie
did. }l.t rF-.1 i.-a .a9, ta-5 &. +.
The rough but good-natured miners
did not limit their praises at his courage,
as displayed in boarding the "terror of
the continent in his snger. Thus, Fred g
maine first rose to eminence, and in less
than two weeks every miner in the colo,
nies had heard of him,as they had heard
of Burly Joe before him, but with differ.
ent feelings. 7aai .t3e @
That night Joe disappeared from the
city, and never aferward appeared there
again. Three days thereafter, the FIRST
outrages of the worst band of robbers
that had sprung up in those wlds were
committed. The "rerror" was the name
of their chief, and though they were OF
ten hcdged in by troops, and police sent
after them, they always managed to es.
cape by the most rash and terrible fight
ing. se7ru ..
Often and often they cut their way
through bodies of men that outnumber
ed them two and three to one. Especial
ly did their leader display great prowess
and courage, and indeed he seemed to
lead charmed life. Large rewards were
offered to the one who would kill him,
and even in the hottest fights many sim
ged him out in. particular as target for
their shots. At last it became definitely
known that the "Terror" and Burly Joe
were one and the same person, and just
about the same time our ranch WAS t8ice
attacked at dead of night by them. :.
Two years had flown by with things
in this condition. Fred, myself and my
protege had opened new mines, bought
out otherpersons, invested in land, and
added to oar force Of .workmen until We
were reputed to be immensely rich And
so, in truth, we were. Faster than we
had dreamed of had our wealth been &C
cumulated, until we had decided to leave
trusty agents in Australia to superintend
our mines, and We ourselves return to
the United States. .,ri.
We were making arrangements to this
end when something happened to delay
us several weeks. One day we received
tidings that two Of our mines had been
attacked, taken,i and blown up by the
"Terror." !" We at once set out with a
force to see about it. Our company was
small, on account of the pressure of work
at that season, and we felt rather inse.
cure; but go we must, and Inez insisted
on going, too. When we reached Oul
destination we had to set up tents and
camp for the night; Inez had small
tent for herself and maid, next to the
one occupied by us and we felt that every
thing was fixed the best it could be-
Double guards having been posted, and
the hour for retiring having arrived, we
all '"turned in" and were soon wrapped
in the arms of Morpheus ..4l
Al two o'clock in the morning I awoke
and missed Fred from his place, so
arose and left the tent, thinking the mus
ketoes had caused him to go out and in
dulge in smoke-a thing by no means
unfrequent with him.
l asked several sentineIs if they had
seen him, but received negative answer,
and began to be alarmed, when I was
surprised to see him dashing into Camp
on horseback, The moon had just risen
and could easily recognize him. HI
came straight to me-. zsry a-1..s..,It
81 had dream tonight that the Ter
ror' was crossing the ridge at certain
place." he exclaimed "and on waking
went to see what there was in it,and fine
it true. l took my horse and went to
the spot, and sure enough found the
robber hand coming. They are in full
force, and crossing the ford half mile
from here They outnumber US little
but we can do no more than stand q
fight l will neuer turn my back on ha
,oretch, Burly Joe!'
In two minutes the camp was aroused
and Inez conveyed to small and secret
cave, little back of us in the mountain
For full FIVE minutes after we were pre-
pared for their reception, we lay in am
bush, awaiting their attack, and theni,
came. Like prairie whirlwind they bore
down on us, expecting to find US unpre-
pared. We let them come on until they
were right in the camp, and then We
poured in whitening fire, which stagger
ed them and broke their order. Before
they recovered their wits we were or
them, and such afight ensued as has sci
dom been my lot to witness. Knives
were buried to the hilt in the breasts o.
the fierce combatants; pistols flashed ir
the very faces of poor victims, singeins
hair and beard, and sending men into eter
nifty in an instant.
The fight was just at its hight, and the
robber chieftain had not been seen, ,wher
a shrill whistle sounded on the outskirts
of our camp In a single Instant every
one of our antagonists broke from thu
melee, and were off like lightning. W.
were masters of the field, but what tc
make of it we. could not tell .aaa
Fred set out at once to bring the don
na back to camp. In another minute h,
came galloping back, with face pale al
death. .H}=d g..
"She's gomez he cried, breathlessly
and not waiting to say more dashed OF
after the retreating band.
l comprehended all in the twinkling o
an eye, and hastily detailing a guard fo
our camp, ordered chase at once On W,
went, tearing after the fugitives, pistol
in hand, bound to recover the mistres;
and guiding star of our camp, or perisl
in the attempt For two long hours W
followed them, until it seemed as thougl
our horses would drop beneath us. OF
ten we would catch sight Of the robbie
band couple or three miles ahead of us
as they dashed over 9 hill, but,try as W
would, we could not gain an inch
At last the prints of hoofs in the sof
sand of the road turned suddenly 10 on
side, and. after going short distanc
stopped short directly in front o. pree
mice. which rose fnll two hundred fec,