The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

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then about equal. the Pro- Slavery fellow
quietly withdrew. not without thressentns
however. To give us flts some other t.mS
). Il = Vol enough hage % state. ana =
do Il as . matter Of fact. that tina: yer,
came bowie knife was the death OF Jamc
Lyle less than one year Afterwards an,
ffum the hands of the owner thereof. III
gritty little Halter
The evening Of the same day we had Ii
00culty with James Lyle. our landlor,,
Mr.. Eseeaand, appeared Ia be rather am
ious that Ne should not STAY q his hot~
that night. giving US - . reason that b.
was poweriesa TO protect Us ~ his suest
n he had u from . Trustworthy sourcs
that plans were being asymGoA 10 take u,
out and give US either . bafh = the Ms.
soun river. O. Goat q tar - fcather.
We informed hi0 that he need have no IN
eeainsss oa that scors. = theUs OF on,
frssads ,John and Hanv Nc. end
Ihca- Shoemaksr.) I'D aereoa 70 ssay
wkh - and sce thc th1Ag out I'D that 4
~ vUHld only e9ulHh . IN . room,
with suitable accommodations for al -four
81 us. We would try and manage IA protsc,
ourselves. To this he consented q nrss
but clevcriy after dark. he showec svmp-
toms Of . -shaky- NATURE. and urscd us Il
hunt some private place. He claimed Ia
have fears that the class of men who were
working up the demonstrsiion would do
his house some damage. and posalbly him.
self personal injury for shc,terinx US. We
conferred With our isjssds about tho mat,
ter and Alter . ahogt consuDnnesou. Shoe
naker psOposeA - should e 70 and ssav
II hAs house. No sopaer said than aGresd
b. and a. his wifs was ~ about the
premises. no nghts vags s1z1ck. and ve
four biankcted down O IL oonr. That
night. SURE enough. the hotel was vtsitSd
by crowd % drunken rovdiss. demand
Inx peep II the -hos~i-r abolitaooiss
The landlord Informed them that We we're
not about tho premises. They would not
take his word Toe Il. but bulxed open the
door. made . Thorough search In every
RON. not negiectine 10 overhaul the pr
vAte apartment q the family. After be-
coming fully convinced We were not In the
hotel. the thought stru,k some u the
crowd that possibly No might BE- II odd
CncIe 0eosg. ksllers, who run kind os q
Free state rAncA " boarding houss. whers
the Mansion house now stAnsis On thctr
arrival. Uncle Genrxc told them he knew
nothing of Us. was not at his house. and
that II We were Il would al DO the same
and for them Ia travel. ~ M search could
be- made. and an attempt Ia do the same
would result In good psppsrine for soms
OF them. Uncle George was plain 500
Ken. hunt kind II . man. and generally
meant what he said and the crowd know
ing he had courage md detsrminassnu.
policy prompted them Ia leave. which they
did without any further liz az and. about
II.
The next day wc continued In town
closely guarded by our frisnda No dem
onstration WAS made. but plenty % ugly
looks. A good Colts revolver bal it, In
fiuenes In commanding due respect ws
were bounded Throughout the dsy. To ascer-
tain possible our second nights stay
At that time. Nelson McCrncken was run
ming . grOcery establishment on the Lsvc~.
not far from where the depot nov stands.
The houss vas two story frame. store
below. with his family up stairs Uncle
Jos Ravens. IL O~kala-Dsa, hal lust come
into the Territory. and at tho .Ame time.
he A.sd his family were stopping with Nc
Cracker. How IL came about We just nov
but prssums spoa the sus-
Restion 81 Mr.. AcCrsckcn himself Henry
Mckee and our~eK Aiso lodged over the
store. We were rather thick for comfort
beds all over the floor. The women Didn't
like tho kiea of cur remaining. - they
had dreadful fear % the Pro Slavery fol
lows. Uncle Jes says to this day. that the
women covered us up under feather bed.
~ ~ IN elude search n any was made.
Possibly this In ~. but for tho lfe ~ W
ne can't recollect anythia9 shout II juss
Dow. Our impression h thss ~ lay down
'ioss u the outdoor stairway. with pistol
o hand. ready u dlspots any in9ress into
Re building from that quarter. We we're
,ndisturbed. and had . quiet nights rest
Il H. NcC1cken vas up bright and early
md anxious Ne should BE- mi.in9 before
he Law md order fellows began 10 stir
'round. claiming that u they knew hs had
,art,or.d Us. his house would 10 in blaze
,efors . week
Towards noon Ne came ~ The oonoIusioa
o leave town. We vsrs bother o. our
ricnds. and m annoya nos 10 our eD~mlss.
nd 10 get cut u SIGHT might b . plsasln9
atisfsction all aruupd. We lad formed
% acquaintance with . cArpsnter by the
ame q Lane. who acoomponi~d us e
n - the foot u tho f'lDnt kboe. when he
stunned 10 the city. and ve through the
rush % cur claim
This thing u FOREVER belns On tbs look
ut. pistol night and day bsssAd around
'ou. and watching With saspscioa every
trangcr you met. hogan 90 get Q p,ts
soaotoooua- We didn't ais1x~thef fancy
och continual dread and fear The en-
nifty Of the Pro- Slavery fellows had been
nGcndsesd. thsts feelings asvos>f. ard Q
ev atnospksrs would ssI,t our taste tes-
Pr. To this oo0ciuston Ne come %. and
o informed cur fnepds. aod that n th~v
ossid bear ri any person wanting 20 par
hass ciaa1. tua ssad thsa out. and vs
Iouid skip the ns&shb~hond.
Aissgt this time y q. Adams. psss~at
- H. ~
y. arrived 10 Leavenvath city Ixhs
verybndy - comins into - ferf.ogy.
Q Thought 3 Q pretty eued k:ss 10 set
nad a dom Ths hsyuin LssveavoSsA
snt hin out vifh vtpV - psrehAae osrs
ve vsss 0s own oapsa1ss, snd The day
his en0AaR b Sc -. - v-rs aloas
stfing the weather -ksasds "a cur hoYss
W DID not notsoe hh sppsuach until b.
- within sev yards "a u He kAe
ood sAsed htokory foe . valhin9 ssleh
'ur arss impr~sssoo vss. her- oous>s a.
thss fellow to Rfse us . whaling We
ID taksa "a on plstai nd I'D n inslde Of
" hossss. % vs want s,tA9seA>s pre-
Md fos such n snssgsocy. sed isstssd
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