The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-07-04

mo; nor nothing to show tina
you are prospector. They thinl
, that, f you were, you would hav
certain instruments. / watched AM
overheard them. They suspect yol
are a detective, because they are con
vineed that you are not a prospector
as you said. Now. whether yon ar,
q detective or not you are equally il
danger, because they think you are
You are in great danger | havt
warned you for your own sake. YoU
won't betray me asasss - :
/ certainly not, and thank yon
but perhaps the danger is not SC
great as you think ''.''t 7-.I Il
@'''I assure you that 1 am not mis-
taken. and | beg you not to proceed
on this road
What do you know of these
men ? asked.
y" L don't know anything Of them
I only suspect what they are. a.51s
:" Does your father know anything
| about them?' ?'s.ae. s4.f a..s.....l' ffs :
1.-THE landlord is not my father
| am only employed at the hotel.
was raised in Knoxville tiH1' ~
"'Well, do you think the land
lord knows anything about them 2
I'll don't believe he is in league
with them. If he knows or suspects
their business, he would not dare to
say anything; they would murder
him. Now / have warned you, and
beg you to be careful. Il must
hurry back, as it is getting light. You
will never let them know that warn
ed you" '''.''
" Certainly not, my girl, and
repeat my thanks, will be careful.
Have no fear that there will be any.
thing like murder, Good-by.''
'Good-by,' she responded /; and
| gliding into the bushes she disap-
peared. 7i $50 &Ai~f -=s4e .5siE-5l
p A nervous shudder ran over me
as 1 found myself once more alone
on the quiet mountain road, and I
looked keenly on all sides, with a
feeling that danger was near me.
All was very quiet, not even the foot
steps of the retreating girl being
audible. 9s8~q ha. ynse
g I stood motionless and undecid-
ed for. a full minute. then moved
slowly on, carefully watching the
bushes on eitber9side, to see il any
thing like path left the road--forsI /
felt confident the counterfeiters' den
was somewhere between the Half
way House and CampbelFs tavern,
four miles eastward. Hs7 afiA
'sThe road was dry and dusty. and
the light of the morning soon en-.
abled me to discern fresh tracks of
human feet. | had gone three
quarters of mile, with the towering
Hill still on my right and the deep
gorge on my left, when was struck
by the discovery of fresh tracks
directly across the road 81 .sa
I" Examining the lower edge of the
road. I found. not a path exactly,
for the declivity at that point was
hard and stony, but / saw unmis-
taxable signs that persons had often
descended at this point for the
bushes showed that they had many
times been thrust aside, right and
left, while some of the smaller ones
were trampled down aadt broken. 81
" While I was carefully noting
these facts, was startled by low,
harsh voice. which said in my ear:
"'Well, sir, what are you looking
for? , 1ts4 ~ 1as4a1s oil fEu H.f
e-I turned about quickly, and
found myself face-to-face with the
tall man who paid the fifty-cent note
at the Halfway House.
"He scowIed savagely. and with
long hunting.rifie in his hands, he
reminded me of Giant Despair CALL
ing Christian and his companion to
account for encroaching on his do
main.
'tMy mind took in the situation
in an instant. 1t was useless to at
tempt to conceal my true character,
and there was nothing left me but a
struggle with that powerful and des-.
perate man. I must not allow him
to escape, or It would defeat my OBJ
ject; and moreover. I could see. by
a savage glance in his eye, that he
did not intend to allow me to escape
if he could help it. Plainly he In,
tended to murder me. a3 91i ssa
q "These thought passed through
my mind like q flash. and summon.
ing all my GOODNESS and tact, / some
what surprised him by calmly reply
ing to his question: i.a'' =
aOh. was just looking for YOU
q she had expected that would be
startled and confu ed. and my COM
plaeence surprised him and threw
him off his guard.
"Quick as thought T dropped my.
sachel and snatched his rife, intend
ing to knock him senselesss but his
hold upon it was frmer than i had
thought, and instead Of getting pos.
session of it in a twinkling, as +
had hoped. now had dnto struggle,
for it. essans 5tasl asaa1 10 (
t.It was struggle for life with
me; with him, for liberty. He. was
much larger and some stronger than
myself, but I was more used 60 hand
ling men than he. With my skill
against his strength, it was an equal
match. need not described, how
we went swaying to and fro in that
fearful contest how we went down
to the dusty earth together how we
rose, still struggling for theaa.iae !,
how we staggered to the edge ofathe
road and nearly tnmbled down the
declivity. ..e. - .itf..s..gsa p
1.-THE contest lasted fully i've
minutes. and I began to feel my
strength falling. when by a desper-
ate effort. I seized a slight advant-
age. and tripped him, throwing him
heavily on the earth. He released