, 1877-10-06

whlea hymn was sung to Osiris, tl'o Judge Of
the Dead.
CURRENT GOSSIP.
"WA1TISG."
ntcatting, only waiting, TIL tho shadows longer
Waiting, only wp!ting, for tho sunshine to break
through;
Waiting, only waiting, for Gods message from
On High;
Waiting, oniy waiting. 10 be summoned to tho
sky.
Waiting. onty waiting, for sorrows 10 be ocr;
Waiting. only waiting. iii VIC reach tho Golden
slsore;
Waiting only whiting, for our trials to bc through:
Waiting, dear Lord' wa!tIng-it 10 Ill thai We can
do.
Waiting, only waIttng-llfo Ii merely one ion
wait;
Waiting. only waiting, for our pleasures and 0uF
fato:
Waiting. dear Lordi wat!ng-O how mneh some
hayo 10 whit;
Waiting. ant yes, waiting, It'll perhaps It Is too
late.
LEE cEsrRs, III. a. L. e.
III COOK, THE TRA1N-noHDE1t.
Correspondence Ctactnnan Enquirer
DETn01T, Ocl. 1.-Although have no direct
proofs to advance, verify t,olcyo that one OF
tho two traln.rohbcrs killed In Kansas the other
day was man named III Cook. The acscrlp-
tlun is almost perfect. 1to was stealing horses
nnl robbng stores in Missouri mud Kansas wien
last hcar1l Of him, nr1 1t was the dream Of his
| life to cut SONIC such dash and ret away with n
| fortune.
My frat meeting with Cook occurred under
such circumstances as did not grcatlv prejudice
mo in his fayor. In tho winter of ls05-'} had
| charge Of tho Government Printing OiIicc ut
Fort Lcavcnworth, having been detailed from
my command before II started across tho rlatns.
! There wcro SCORES Of lcsertera and other
| hard cnscs hanging around tho fort and
the city, and about mIlwlnter these
chaps began robhing every man who
Travelled tic highway between tho fort and
the city, distance Of two miles. The road waa
1rtnged with trree aal bushes. md. being Gov
| erurnerk rOatl, there ~erD 1lu houses ncar II.
After half dozen s0ldicrs had been found dead
! OIL the rosd, d patrul was established. The rub.
bers wero not quite 60 bold after that, but yet
Meet wss dow e. 1s n ocs a', ons afternoon.
for a sct Of press-rollcrs, antl WAS delayed thcro
until 0 o'clock In tic evening. Thero hail been
no robbcrlcs IN tue road fur a week, and, the
night being STARLIGHT took tho cfa,!ccs Of get
tin9 through, having horse belonging 70 the
Post Quarternaster. Midway betwecn city uru
fort Is stone bridge arclng small creek. Aa
reached III sF3Se hgrse %a,sa On the Taiop
suddenly tlat I slR,ost went over his heal. 4
blg navy revolver wls pushed under 1ny uosc NJ
l settlel back In the saddle, and . rolcc called
out: .CoMe down here and shell out; como
Acknowledgements on-livety, nowe'
| caIne. was calrrylng roller In either
| hand, NY revolver VIVA III lts holster. and thu
robher had all the adyantage. lle seized one u
1le knew what 1t WIS the minute lIe touched tho
culA composition.
as gut down.
"Wly, d-u It, I'm o printer uyself." ho
satd, as he reachctl out his hand, u never 70
ba.k VI tho craft wlcn | know 'cm; slake!"
"Trath Il, I'm awful hard up" lie npelo-
"Whtlc know that ani fully qualtatd to edit
psgssk psk In a the .an't,s Ifn 10 pax. s
poetry, local. marine. alul State news, but
can't eet the Glance. wroto Aarotr's tho
other day TINT ia cl1t their magazine for 80
her week, nnl wh!l0 waiting for an answer, |
Thought ia pull few 'nore pFoof'sleets At this
"You would hayo secured but tuat 81 from
- II cur make fair living II get 50 cents from
each victim, ,"hc remarked. "llowcveE, 20 along
},n.,lc uni forgive me- for having detained ynu.
. think i'll call OH YOU to-tnorrow and hsvs a
long cllat.h
thought lo wouldn't, hut he did
Before the breaking nut Ut tlte War, Cook,
who wxs then about ~ years Of aye, crosse.l
fruln Kansas into Missouri to bettcr Ills for
tuncs. lie hal been working In iEery-stab1es
aud bar-roon.s, and mad the reputation ot Erca-
} less, gool-heartcd boy. liz was employed BY .
. farmer near Weston for mouth, but quit worl;
because hc could not get hts pay. To get even
| with his d4btor Cook set the barn on fge, ttule
aMule, and malo the crossing Ut the Missouri
River opposite Fort Leavenwurth whtlo dozcn
! men wCrc shooting ut lin frpm the Missouri
. bank. The mula was killed while swlIunllng,
but Cook esraped Without a seEutch. To ri
! even hSain he 5eturucd to Missouri within tcu
houss, stole two hosscs. aud safely crossed
them.
was one Of tho Co1oncl's stan. lie knew ever,
man along tho border for niles up and dowl
! from Weston, Rnd hs furnished the jsyhawker,
! VIII lht Ct men who ought to oe put untel
: ground; They followed hi list to \ man, and
. over talrty border residents were hung aud sho
= on that raid. Before rccrossing into Kansas
Coax gobbie4 up eight ane hosscs and q eousil
q esahlo sum OF money. Jcnutson'S mcn lu turf
Q rubbed hisll. aud when hI male threats OF ven
9 Gcancc they shaved his head aud run hllu out d
: next thing known Of him ho bad loined gueE
j sila band whleh waa eventually led by the n
I NOUS Quantrell. 1t wu Cook Who euteret
T. Lawrence as spy, returned aud reported, AMI
\ then led the guerrt1lak to their bloody work
n When met him after tho War, IL hayo re
9 latct. he was keeping rather shady, not know
!. ing but tho Government lnight vant to inyesti
I, gate hts doiugs during the War. ue callrd u
. INC as be said he would, md promptly olcrc
/, us tho bait VI fourteen dollars be hal takr
r. from soldier sooA after ssoGping ms. Whe
business, and realtze it as fercahly ~ you ca1
y II was rlrh should spend my time Nhtin
J. Suuday school books, anI taking czre Ut orpha