New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-16


rocksand trees on each side Of the valley,
soon disappeared from our, sight IN the
surrounding darkness Further pursuit
would have been fruit less. 3. 5s.ss. ttxs.
.s..We now turned our attention to the
brand kegs lying scattered as the men.
had dropped them. Dismounting from
our horses, we gathered the tubs together
and counted them = There we two score
in all. u. ~ l.s.i..3 SIG l3s9iEEilt
& s y ack,'' Il said. you'll remain here by
these, and III back and. see about get
ting a cart sent along for them. ). ELL be
back again as, quick as I can, forts Just
possible that some Of these fellows NAV
be lurking around still, and if they find.
out that there's only one man here, they
might attempt arecapture.' ,5esf8a
t.sAll right said Bayliss. Hurry on
as fast as you CAM
II rode back to the guard house and re-
ported the result of our nights work SO
far. lust waited long enough to see
that the cart was being got ready, and
then set out again to return to my mate.
''Ithad just reached the entrance Of the
valley. At this point a low stone wall
ran along. for short distance close to the
road. It, formed the boundry. to. the
property Of one Of the principal land
owners in the neighborhood. s.tSs z t.25l35
sAs rode along skirting the walls,
,peering ahead OF me on each side, I saw
something lying close under the wall that
looked like man, though, in the dark
ness, | could not be certain, of it. As I.
passed, bent oyer and, touched the OBJ
ject with my riding whip The next mo-
.ment, tall figure rose suddenly, sprang
at ME, seized me by the throat, and en-
deavored to drag me from my horse. -
II tried'to get my pistols, but in vain.
But L did not Tor anlnstant lose my pres
ence. Of mind min Ny head was. now Gloss,
down upon the mares neck, and I whis-
perei in her ear ~
'"sSqueeze him, Fidget, old girl!' go
s'She' knew we'll what I meal t, and the
next moment she had: my antagonist jam
med tightly up against the wall. S The
fellow fairly. hallooed. aH Ya
S'i'Hold her!' he, roared;i hold her, or
she'll crush me to death,p -, ...sais II.
!, T, "..And mean she shall said, coolly,
unless. you, let go your grip and surren-
der at once.!' g" e3tsi''f5 s4''tt' a3'JiiA ~
+ I''The man took his hands from nv
throat and dropped them BY his side,
and 1 moved Fidget away from the wall.
But no sooner did the rogue find himself
once more free than he again turned upon
me- this time graspeA me around the
waist. - ..s~..Sz-f,...-; is1if..
1T was a short and desperate struggle
on my part, but he Succeeded in dragging
me to the ground. f''-sl',.} III a.tfs'i@0
i II have, told you, long ago, what sort
OF nature Fidget had Faithful, high
spirited and afectonate; she was at the
same time very sensitive, nervous and
easily startled. She was very intelligent,
as you have SEEN; But on this occasion.
when was pulled off her back, she sud
denly took fright, turned and galloped of.
leaving her master in the, grasp OF his
foe. TaGi5 srG.}a nj -t9@ bra .a97
3 sHe9was much stronger and heavier
man than !, but / was hardy wrestler
in these days, and not afraid. to match
myself for fall with man because he
was an inch " two taller. But he had
the advantage Of me in having got the
first grip. and the most could do was to
wind my arms about his neck aid tug at
him. 4{f + ,s7tsefi .r 2,,g|'=' a.
''We wrestled, struggled, and twisted,
in each Others grasp, swaying this way
and that, each striving to get the other
undermost. Once more tried to get at
the pistols in my belt, but in vain. I
very soon felt that my opponent was 60
ing to prove to much for me. Il His b1lk
and weight was bearing me down. ~
"At length I stumbled and fell, the
smuggler on top Of me- When I was
fairly on my fback,he set his knees on nv
chest and pinned me down. T was be
ginning now to feel pretty uncomf Portable.
1 can tell you, for I was ,breatbless, spent
and faint.iHf I,9Eta1 s9aei t31afG1 ~
i s'Smutg,gglers in those, days were some-i
times desperate enough fellows who
had few scruples when hard pushed, in
leaving an officer Of His Majesty's Prevent
i've Service with the breath knocked out
of his body, if not done for outright.
There were various degrees among them,
of course, but / could not be certain
what sort of character had now to ido
with was, therefore, not a little reliet-i
ed when the fellow said. IL, IL, f,4st8
!" sLook'ee here, mister, dunno want
TO harm you much. But .ye mum keep
quiet an peaceable; for if yye'--'s 's'i'''.
'sHe got no further, for at hat moment
he was pulled suddenly and violently