The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-19

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dressing his companion more directly
"Npw, Tim, mind and have your handt
about you."
!; .Therel sure enough, was the smuggler
lie was coming steadily along at a brisk
trot, and had arrived within fifty yards
of the party, without apparently being
aware of the danger he was running
into.
lie reached the road branching off up
the river, into which he half turned his
horses, and then suddenly pulled up, as
he seemed earnestly to peer into the
dark shadows of the wharves and houses
before him.
There was deathlike pause, of in
tense interest, when the smuggler, as if
the uark outline of some indefinable OBJ
ject had caught his eye and awakened
his suspicious, moved on few PAGES
further up the road, until he was nearly
abreast OF the officer, when he again
brought his team to standstill.
AS he did so, the exciseman, fearing
his prey, which he now considered with
in his grasp, would get beyond his reach,
darted out OF his hiding place and made
dash at him, shouting at the same
time:
"After him, my men now's your time,
and we have him."
'More easily said than done," coolly
retorted the smuggler, as ne triumphant
ly cracked his whip over his gallant
grays, as il In defiance OF the threatened
danger, when they started of up the
lriver AT pace which, for some time at
least, kept his pursuers at a respectful
distance.
On they went, the law breaker and the
law defenders, and goodly race it was,
| MI Tar nnntIv ct..k tOo TTnnla at,rn
phrey's team was famed throughout all
that country side for speed ana bottom,
and the exciseman had taken pains to
secure for that express occasion the
sWiftest horse he could obtain in all
IP-.
| On they went at fiery gallop. The
smuggler and the cutter having dis
tancea the other sleighs, had the race all
to themselves; but after mile or SO the
weight of the smugglers load, or the su-
tperior bottom OF tue exciseman's horse,
began to tell, for the distance between
them was rapidly decreasing, and anon
the cutter got close up to the sleigh,
when the officer called upon Humphrey
to stop; but he only answered by apply
| ing the whip to his horses and giving
them an exclamation OF encouragement.
| Perceiving that 1t was the smuggler's
determination to persist to the last, the
officer urged his horse to the utmost
| speed and succeeded in getting abreast
OF the old man, but the latter even then,
| when his adversary was at his Side, did
not seem to take the slightest notice Of
him, but pushed on without once looking
around him.
.Now, TimW whispered the officer to
his companion; 'now's your timeP'
and tue man making a spring out OF the
cutter, threw himself on the loaded
sleigh behind the smuggler, shouting, as
lie did SO, ''Hurrah! now we have him."
But his triumph was short. Old Hum
phrey was reused at last. Now was the
time for action, and well did he use it.
Dropping his reins upon his load and
turning hall round, but without stopping
his horses or slackening their speed, as
the man sprang at him, he bent his head
without rising, and seizing him with
both arms round the legs, he jerked him
over the side OF the sleigh head foremost
upon the glare ice, with such violence as
to render him completely senseless.
4 Then raising his heavy whip he struck
Il the officers horse, which had fallen
slightly behind, such a blow on the head
as proEtrated him beside the discounted
FIN.
Il Almost frantic with the excitement oil
the chase, and enraged at his disap.
poinLment in thus losing his prey when
he had MIN all but within his grasp, the
Il exciseman got upon his horse as soon as
possible, and again started in pursuit OF
The smuggler, leaving his man to be
picked up by the other sleighs as they
came along after him. He soon over
took him, but having now obtained the
land wnere the road was narrow and the
snow deep, it was almost impossible to
| NJ &c pr Get ahrpHAt him.. and
old Humphry, being aware OF this, had
slackened his pace to good round trot.
II Again the officer hailed him to stop,
but no notice whatever was taken of the
Lsummons; and eXasperaJed by the per-
tinacty OF the smuggler, he, as a last re-
source, drew a pistol from his pocket
and told. him to stop or he would bring
him up with q vengeance. But Hum
phrey Jackman was not the man to be
intimidated by such threat.
, "You know me-" said he, turning
round at last to confront his pursuer,
"and if you shoot horse Of mine, why
am counted a pretty good shot out our
way; and if you want to speak to me,''
i he continued, 81 am going TO pull up at
the Corners five miles on, and no man
living shall stop me before that"
SO saying, he turned on his load, and
, did not even deign TO look at his antag-
| onist FOR moment to see IN what man.
ner his very sign ticant speech had been
, received.
Twice did the angry and batled officer
} raise the deadly weapon and cover the
, flank of one OF The smuggler's gallant
: grays, when he got fair signt of turn
in the road. But Humphrey Jackman
was well known to be daring and de-
, termined man; and now that The stake
was great and his blood was up, there
: was no saying to what length his, passion
, might carry him; SO, thinking 1t more
prudent to wait till they should reach
the Corners" he showed no further dis.
position to arrest his progress,
, By the time they arrived at the tavern.
the party mad increased by the coming
= up OF the two sleighs, which had been
, lelt lar behind at the headlons com.
Imencement OF the chase, but had over.
, taken them owing to the more moderate
pace at which, for the last five or six
, miles, they had been travelling.
The whole party simultaneously broke
out into loud and triumphant exclanla.
! ti0ns as they saw the heretofore indoin.
. liable smuggler give up the contest with.
, out another effort, ana drive quietly into