The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

monds Can Won tell n real sparkle when
Won coo ~ 7 should say they were worth
| in the market, between So o 0 and $40, OOU.n
The old man kent up this kind of pat,cr
standing there in his old calico wrapper, Bill
Ke,chnm watching him with one eve and
wonderinr whether he was insane or iust the
smartcs, man he'd ever met. He hadan idea
Tint il was ius, the easiest thing to knock him
over as he Stood there and walk off with the
thunder. But that hint about the telegraph
S,onnrd him. Then the old mau showed him
ont and when he got into the hall Ne said
" You're the first pedler ever saw that car.
RED n revolver IN his brcas,-pocket"
Bill started little, for he had an idea that
| Colco,t must have seen it.
{" 10 bol" saws the old man; go ybu hare
got ones"
. The Iast Thing he SAID 10 HIM AS he WAS 90.
inc down the steps was: You re nd smart
enonph for this lob, nv man"
Ketchum told his fellows that he was ne yer
an cI.an.winded IN his life. II felt s, mean
when was coming away," says he, "hat I'D
half q mind TO reform and cut the protes
s'on "
We'll not to make the story too lO,g. the
unsbot of il was that Keichum, a felDw by
The name of Weller. and Jack Frost ,ut up
the lob to crack the old m an's place. Ketch.
nm and Frost. think, went into the blsiness
from kind OF bride. They considered they
had been challenged and 1t was pint Of
honor to take the old man at his word
They got up there one dark night u May
and laid by till long after midnight Then
thew got over the fence and sneaked u, to the
house. They were all heavily armed, and,
forgot TO saw, were delayed some time look.
ing for the telegraph wire, which they
could mt find, of course, there not beirg any
Fancy their surprise when, after cHwling
round the Mace. looking for soft not to
break IN. thew found that the front dor was
unlocked and the hail dark. 1t had been
agreed that old Calcott should be shot Il sight
# he inierfered
There was a good deal of anxietylin the
head .ousrters of the gang that night, br this
iob had been talked about a good whie, and
| Ko,chum had siaked his reputation ON #
Dutch Morley was to be at point in tie road
ahout two miles north of the house witt a fast
team TO carry of the "swag," and arrange
,nen,s had been made ut Dobbs Ferry II div.
Nv and cut
'Dn,ch Morley waited till dav beam to
brest and Than onlv two of his men nrned
mn Thev were covered with blood, and one
ot ,bam had his arm broken. Welttr had
been left behind disabled. They had lot an
onnce of The nIunder The story thg told
uss crrinns one The whole gaIv cot
ronnd ,han when ,hcv reached t6ei,ediye
and nm, tho questions TO them fast andth,ck
Rut ven tixed the old fellows fin. any.
bow o. cod snmaho6v
ave didn't see him at ALL" answered
Ketcnum, dolefully. mo, d-n it, we were
in the dark. Why lamp wouldn't bun any
nore'n q stone. We liked tc suffocate.'
didn't YOU 90 out in the arY'
Because we co,.ldn get out; wewere
fastened in like rats. Every winder ant door
closed no with a steel shutter on the inside
az TIGHT as a rich mans pocket. Then was
only one way out-down back staircae out.
side, about twelve inches wide; only De of
us could 90 AT a time. and when we resched
III, bottom something tell ON US in turn
That was Ketchu.n's account OF it. Frost
was the only plucky one or the lot He didn't
believe in witchcraft, and he vowed he would
get SQUARE on old Calcou.
With that he sets out to find Calico Char
lev, who was the best man in the business
where there were iron shutters concerned.
The very next day but one after this attempt
on Calcotl's house the Glen Spring HeraH Il
think it was the Herdkd) had another notice
like this:
The attempt to rob ny house on Thursday
night, which failed so completely, should not
Ifrirhten other thieves from making the trial
For the next thirty days there will be more
gold and silver on the premises than ever be-
fore. JOHN CAICoTT
r.oo. mn, hold Of c.l,oo Cbar,ev and ex-
,,,a,and ,ho n,ho,e ,h;ng tohim None NJ the
p pan% knew Char,ev's r1cht name md don,t
,h'nIl hn was told The name of the man thew
rnro - I roh Frost exnlained that # was the
s,oaI shrt,ers tba, g kpocked them y and he
,hon Oh, non, ,how tre,v tho trick nne of them
'uS ,a nJm , ,J and Soan Tho ex;t nnan
u ,n%iIa ,ho e,her sacured the nroner,v Al nil
on m,u 'n Inc ,wn men cook OF nm ney ioh snd
e,e na ,no , ,%o, ,hav ,Unrid bau ths yhnie
,'i1n su ,.o sn Char,ev win, was corefnl
PUT as W. 49,, ,ha ~, ~ v.,e,no,,ca,Iu aot
M & "on d' ." son, E.ns, 9F 10 rocnnSn;i1e
LIS 'o "I,soJ aay I;,,e Tbev wore ohnu, ,wo
an anu .a'n.u ,,,n Wy roadv Tn Sr;te Of all heir
me.M' =, tnap :, dayr the ran, cot wind ot
ihn ofs;r ond os comrse thew were aI, verv
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