The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-31

SiohCuinb nls mdHdcleu uStb until the vein
rose like ropes on the back of his hands. CAV
vent to his excited feelings by exclaiming
"Who are you, and what in the name of h
are We arrested for?"
tom Brown, at your service, SAID Bonney
returning Longs gaze with equal steadiness
the man that was to meet you at Adrian 70
the Sou.h Bend Bank expedition, arrested 70
the murder Of Colonel Davenport at Roc
leland"
The face OF Long for an instant changed I,
an ashy paleness. and his broad full lips wer,
compressed until the blood seemed almost
starting from them, while q tremor causing
even bis manacles to shake qulvered through
the frame OF Dandy Birch. The exhibition OF
feeling was but momentary with both, and
Long, assuming an air of ignorance. said:
where's Rock Island? / don't know any
any such place, never was in it. Where are
you going to take us
ITO Rock Island" said Bonney.
TO hang us, suppose"
"Yes, If you are convicted"
by Cd you'll lose your own life first"
"I'll run the risk"
May speak with you alone Z SAID Long. al
tering his tone and giving Bonney to under
stand by his looks that he had some particular
information to give him.
Bonney consented and the room was soop
cleared of all except himself and the Two mur-
derers.
ANY amount OF money you want" said
Long abruptly to Bonney, ''you shall have if
you will only let us escape, the boys have plen-
ty, and it shall be forthcoming mthout stint,
II you give us chance, which you can easily do
without danger to yonrself''
'Lopg, if this s all you have TO say leave
you, ] am not to be bribed." answered
Bonney.
"You had better accept my offer" continued
Long. have lots OF friends along the road
who will avenga me-"
"let them try 1t as quick as they please" re-
turned Bonney, "Y You are arrested for commit
ting high crime. jury of your own coun-
rymen will determine your guilt or inno-
'ence. My duty is to take you to Rock Island,
Ind there | shall take YOU and Birch at all haz-
lrds, and deliver you up to the proper author
ties, l fear neither your threats or the re-
'eDge Of your friends"
"By - then you shall die." exclaimed Long. |
stamping his foot on the floor, and his face
urning livid with rage as he spoke.
1T is OF no use, Long to work yourself up
n fury" said Bonney. ''the hand OF Justice
} at last tight on both you and Birch it will
ot be relaxed, and you will have to stand the
rdeal OF its requirements good bye" and the
earful reflections which Bonney's communca-
ons had inspired.
All things having been prepared for their de-
arturo, Bonney and sheriff Thrift left Lower
andusky with their prisoners on the morning
the goth, and on the following day reached
etroit
1t was midnight, and the cell, or rather room
the jail OF Detroit, where Long and Birch
nd one other prisoner were confined, was
raped in darkness. This third prisoner was
the jail when Long and Birch first entered. ,
on their arrival at Detroit Long
lew him at glance as an old confederate in
lime, and had given and received from him
gn OF recognition. No words, however. bad
ssed between them until now in the dark
'ss OF midnight, and the most profound I
illness reigned through all the Jail, and the I
lsoners supposed that their keeper had re- L
ed to rest, Long suddenly aroused himself as Il
om stupor OF reflection and the smothered "
mes of his voice were heard whispering
rough the gloom OF the cell. u
''Old boy" said he, addressing the third pris- u
er. "Birch and are in a id fix but will get
t Of il yet They shall never take us to IL
ck Island to swing on gallows. III tell :. y
Il what we'll do. Wen get that Tom Browns II
Bonney's pistols and will kill him and his n n
npanion, mark my words" ..
success to you in your undertaking, came ;.
answer through the darkdess from the other !,
e of the cell, "but Long you will have to be !,
le awake, its no Bowling Green game you y,
re on your hands now." A.
Il know it" said Long, 'rts life or death, -
Ill throw the die." y.
Well then, throw it Long," answered the -
er. land let me go to sleep; besides, talking -
all when other ears may be listening, is not y,
y wise on the part Of an old boy like YOU"
iroh gave his handcuffs twist, and suggest -
the same thing. Long, having evidently -,
n betrayed into an imprudence by the vio- -
re Of his feelings, signifed his acquiescence F r
speaking no more, and silence and darkness v"
in regned in the cell, unbroken save by the no
king Of the manacles of the two murderers '''
hey threw their limbs about in the vain ef- "o
to bury their thoughts in sleep. The jail ,a' ,a
who according to the directions Of Bonney, -
been peculiarly vigilant, had heard all that 70 20
said, and retired from the door where he so'
been listening, with the satisfaction of ~"
ng that he could do Bonney and justice w. "o
ice. by putting the former on his guard. 20
q the morning Of the 22d, as Bonney and mo
IT, with the prisoners. we're preparing to 7 az
the cars for st. Joseph, Michigan, the jail nv
to Bonny the design of Long Fer
Birch, as he had heard Long communicate ders
prison to his old confederate. This in thor
d Bonney to adopt the extremes OF sever the
owards Long and Birch and taking the IL oc
or under his own immediate custody, he man
d the latter under that OF sheriff Thrift, in pr
thus the party entered the cars for st me {
'h. take
no aoon d;scovered nv The manner in which I did