The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02

been peculiarly marked with white legs and
face, and found these sticky with white
wash. What then? Simply my trappings
had been transferred to another animal, got
ten UP to exactly represent mine IN tie
evening This discovery brought an appall-
inc Interpretation of the oncoming horse
man. | gave the horse the whip as soon as
his unsteady legs were under him, and sent
him securing on ahead, while ran OH 10
the right, making for little hollow, dry |
ravine. Here to my profound astonish-
ment discovered lone cabin, or hut,
about the dimensions of an ordinary conn-
try loghouse and impulsively dashed up to
this | gave rapid succession OF knocks. |
A shr. hiking, pale and covering woman
opened it.
..What isit?" was her first question, no
ticiug my breathless haste.
is there any chance to hide here-my
horse has thrown me and l believe a party
of desperadoes are close upon me-
"No, no, there is no place." she gasped,
her Quick ear catching the sound OF the
oncoming horsemen. ''This is all the room
there is-and there is neither cellar nor
attic
..But this," | exclaimed rushing for a
dark object in the corner.
"It's o coHin,'' was the quick response;
..but there's no other chance-they are
turning up to the door-get In"
had barely time to place myself IN this
| receptacle for the dead, when hoarse
voice-one that l knew by the description
which had of it-called out:
"Here you. Dick"
The woman threw her apron over her
head and opened the door.
where's Dick?''
ale hasn't come back yet" returned the
women.
ooh. he arn't-Jen hav you hurda nerse
90 by to night?' N
"Ye.. only a little while age small
mani"
"Yes-driving like the devil"
| ~ guess" she said, then pauslng, "you
can here the horse now" felgning to II: ten
| After o moments glance inside the house
they were off again. a.,
| "What shall | do! what shall ; do!"
pasned the woman; 'they will he back IN
twenty minutes, for l believe that your
horse is in sight, not more than three-quar
ters of a mile off, and my husband is liable
TO come At any moment"
with him!"-she emphasized 1t IN des-
pairipg tones "he's Bill VOLTS brother
was out of the coffin in q thrice then,
you may well believe
1T is death to you any way, she moan
ed. efor hear the rattle of Dicks axles al
ready"
.Stay. there's the rain BARREL said | in
desperation; they've tried that once they
may not again"
And before you would be able to speak a
sentence. the water was dashed out Of the
cask and stealing down into the arid soil,
and was in the barrel, and the women
droppcd tub half filled with water IN at
the top as cover.
She had barely time to enter the house,
the door of which, fortunately opened on
ON the side away from the moon, when .
rafting vehicle drew mp at the door, and
heard a hoarse voice raving and swearing
at the woman for something done or undone,
and then from the bunghole, the plug hay
inc been dislodged in the upsetting OF the
cask saw the return Of the three rene
gades. ..,.;
] and explanations, and oaths, and stirring
, mn of hot nectar and rough remarks aoou
tho c;st.rn in the corner, but both Dick AM
tho woman seemed sore about that matter
and the man peremptorily refused to Joil
that hunt because of the cofnin-
.Well, you're going our way piece
said Wolf likely enough You'll have tn
fun Of seeing us wing the tuuney' Tn
conversation was dis,rssingly personal
7 made acutely so by Dick asking;
lis there water enough out there Jen
/ to drink my horse. II,
..I,rsee" she returned, moving slow.
. over the door sill, and then, leaping TO In
cask. she lifted out the tub, and tippeo M
. nrison over little so that l could spr'ni
out | was behind the cask when Dc
: came to the door and chirruped his beast u
+, to the tub to drink. !,
..I,u 90 with you as far the forks, ne said
;, astwo Of them came ont with the cofhn An
sliped i. into the body ofthe wagon. The
then stepped back, probably to call IN
n others.
Al that moment wild and desperate pia
entered nv brain, but feeling for my KNIFE
I found that il was missing. along with IN
| hel, to which it was attached 1t was SUI
y eide to attempt seizing one of them but
n the woman, with some purpose In her mine
u san out to the men 10 come back and g
e tho last dipper-full of liquor which she ha
u mixed | seised the only alternative
q spranr lightly into the wagon, lifted II
e coffin lid, and again crawied INTO the ionl
narrow prison
The three ruffians were mounted, and
:. were abou, to start, when the women "a
: ON, with some sort of blanket, and mu
: tered something about covering the coin
- he man yelled out to her to mind her oS
business and let the things alone
:, She retreated with the cloth, but sne d,
=, accomplished her purpose In It's folds 81
= had concealed bowie knife; under
! cover she had raised the lid and dropp
;, tho weapon inside. it giving me cut as
al fell upon me; but in the momentary moi
~ and confusion had got the weapon IN
maud. ami vita as point raised the hea
or lid of the rough box the fraction OF an inc nc
n so that breathing was easy II my pisiti
Al was cramped-
The three horsemen spread out, remar
n, ing TO each other: Beat up on the ga'
Ily nov speedily before. By any miracle,
re gels into the wooded belt By buiof'
-se Springs"
pf ~ sb.ra wss a shout Oh TO I