The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-04-11

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tsox OH iIs lariat ITom n1acy.s cra7hpeu
joints, and flung it into an open trRnk
IsIindeT his pine table. 80 rrrs-y- e -. 40
s'There, hoss ~ he cried as the Yankeo
Sf6se to Plank lfna ! = Make yourself nc
ihaae. in hard euss's a uarters. III go
shares with You ON them yares. ~
+ aSayfng this, he9 divided Afacy's ciQafs
/ 6e2osiEipgY his own share i'm the pocket
/ with bis revolver and the note. s&
Keep the case, sir! It's yoaFs,n said
Macy. TiagiL s 8 Iiiw s8eseQassU eff..
! when i bring, your wife's answer, y
said the man. And, III another moment,
Macy was locke d into the apartment, and
sat down, with another cigar in his hand.
AN odd genius,n was the dOwn-eastet's
thought. II don't like those little eyea
of his; but q man can't help his eyes
| There's GENE good about the hard cuss,s
Then, as Saul Macy blew cloud, and
began to mediate, he spoke another
SWsiI, / suppose there's good IN every
Is And then Saul Macy settled himself On
the low bed, and pursued that train of
thought, while his Confederate postEnan
was travelling toward Saul's peaceful home,
to take his part III the dramatic scene we
narrated In cur last chapter ztf sza8
The - tYank''. had given no parole OF
honor" to his jaiier, either in regard to
mouth or eye; but Macy held, himself
bound to silence; so that, when q heavy
knock came TO the door, about an hour
after, he made no response, .although q
voice, like the growl Of dog followed,
"ffow are you off for red-eye p" g 10
Then came louder knock, accompanied
with rattling of the dOor-knobsf and an
"a % y,o,, 90. IL = r -. cL.9 1i ~.
yer pIctert I've drawed a quart ration for
you and me. Open the door r' -9aiW
And theaWeight Of a ponderous kick gave
such emphasis to this last order that tho
door flew open, and an under-sized indiyid-
ual was precipitated into the room so abb
ruptly that he sprawled upon the floor a
sealed bottle rolling in one direction, and
a navy revolver falling from his pocket in
another. ssaE E 81 M veIi-y s
Before he could rise TO his feet, Saul
Macy's quick hand had clutched the revolv-
er, at the very instant his quick eye recog-
nized the small man who had disabled him
in the coach.
''You make ready use of those short legs
of yours, said the armed prisoner, quietly
when he recognized another thing-his own
revolver and he then pointed its muzzle az
the man who had taken it from bis water
proof coat pocket
The under-siLed rufian was bolder as
sailant in the dark coach than be now
appeared to be under gas.jet. He was
likewise unsteady in those heavy boots;
owing to an apparent ightness of his head,
the effect, doubtless, Of whiskey rati0ns.
When he got up on his feet, he nodded, in q
drunken way, and Observed
"Who'n thunder-y-yOG :"
"IIl let you know who / am, siP.n re-
piled Saul Macy-interposing between the
newcomer and the door e.had bursS
open, and closing the latter, quickly.
W-wh-where's Lone Star r interro-
gated the dismayed intruder EEaA}
$50 to that bed, sir, J" commanded Macy.
And, as the man hesitated, Saul stretched
out his left arm, and grasped his neck-cloth
with so fierce hold, that 1t almost lifted
the short body, which it bore backward
upon the bedstead. .s frrf H9ta5a
Now if you utter cry, ] II empty this
pistol down your throatl" was Saurs next
intimation, as he pressed the muzzle against
row OF ehatteFing teeth. liz 8d& wn
"Y--ye-yes; i wen't { holIer !" :" respond
ed the little man, foundering loosely upon
the bed. ts''s t+.fn'gr
.5''I Lie there,'' roioined Macy, in a savage
tone. And stepping back to the table,, he
quickly snatehed that leather rope from
the open trunk into which his late jailer
had hung it.. Then, renewing his grip of
the others throat, he rolled him up like
had been his own sWathing that night;
not omitting to stuff the mummy's mouth
with the bandanna handkerchief he had
himself dispensed with. o al al 81
tIrussing up was thus finished, i'm style
more elaborate because of the under
sized " bird in hand Atl@4 At4
When all was complete, Saul Macy look
ed at the nipples of his recovered revolver,
and saw that they were all capped. Then
he ixnited another cigar, and sat down,
with his eye ON the prisoner f-.7efga
Certainly, circumstances had altered
cases, materially, during q few minutes of
rapid business In that upper room Saul
Macy was now, so far as he could surmise,
master of his way out Of the tenement
house ,as well as out of the broken door. But
there was another guard on that Yankee
prisoner-his own good faith glladi hasa
No word of promise, except that he would
not give an alarE, had Saul passed to the
man called "Lone Star; - that confederate,
whose snakey eyes shot such bafeful
glance, when their owner threatened 10
fslit his 'sjugular." But the New Eng
lander came of family who valued their
good faith as their good name; and Macy
felt that he bad tacitly pledged his ..parole
Of honor, when q prisoner, and he would
not forfeit that unspoken pledge--eycn
though escape was now in his power
tsvs sf--..e, CONTINUED.