The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-09-25
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THE ROAD AGENT.

w route. winch was tho only road
1een tho towns OF Ireton aud
ster, lay for thirty miles through
almost unbroken vii lorness.
track had been billy cut TO
es by recent rains. AMI my pro
IS was much slower than was
Der safe or pleasant. Sunset
lnl me still many miles away from
destination, aud l began tj ro-
{, Oh the probability Of II night s
ling in the woods in no comfort
iwn, OF mind.
Ny horse stumbled 80 constantly
.bc increasing darkness that / 80
rsl at length TO allow him To
* bis way ut n slow walk. hs |
lge at the toughest part of the
| |al, and halted to make sure that,
ptflll lay hidden in the oh 'curi-
beyond, when u form sprap , on.
tue bushes and stood bcsldo me
tue duh light ! could perceive
! at it WAS a small. slightly built
10, clad i'll shabby garments with
| |b.oal slouched hat conc,alin, his
zee, and that he held a pi-,,l IN a
|pEashat unpleasant proximity to
BY head.
~ hat DC you want ?" / asked,
|il what cJmposare l could mus.
Is.
Your money" was the answer
'F.n5 it down in the road an1 rid.
H.
The voice was sinSularly sweet
|r a man--a ruiiian ut that and
lre was q tremor i'll it that belied
i; threatening air.
''rho man is a coward ] said t,
myself then alond, Suppose l re
ase to comply with your very rea
'laable REQUEST, what tkeu ~
Il shall blow your brains out
Fas the reply. Throw me YOU
llrse, aud DO quick about it,"
| raised my hand from my sile a
Ito comply with his demand bu
istead OF doing 80 | lifted MY rid
az whip aud brought it down uror
0e temple Of my robber. Th'
'lOw was aposerfSl ono. and h
oiled under my horses feet with
", a sound.
Sprinsing from the saddle &
maple with him, found him pros
ata aud inseRsible, with the bloo'
loulng copiously from an ugl!
sound in the forehead.
la tho net OF lifting his hcad upo'
ay arm, his hat fell of, aud coil o
aIuriant brown hair foil over II.
I'm. Much nstonished at this,
'cnt over tho lifeloss boing ani be-
ieId Pilo bc,utiiul f'co, Will
mall. delicate features, whose OK
'tcsslon, oven in unconsciou usn oss
'as that Of mingled sadness and do
rar. My nssailant was n WON, ~
Ionug and bearing traces Of rohn,
nent about hor. despite hor rougI
aalc attire
After n little search | DISCOVERIES
be weapon with which shc h.,
threatened mo. 10 was an old pislo
'rokou aud unloadcd. With au i'm
pulse that / did not atop to qoost'o
thrust IL In my pocket, Then
,Iaminoi tho wound I had inl,cto,
Il was n slight QUO. but wonld loaV
HE long soar upon her tomple'
What should nuch n woman L
ia'ng in thia deaalate region 7 VIII
'r'Ss Of fortune had driven her ,
N sc, 80 dangerous aud uuNoma'
y There was nat time ~ relies
nFen tho matter for aha at,rre
ani n faint moan of pal
same through her pale lIpa'
With n seuae NJ deep remosae Il
'ae violence I had done The po'
spH ! bound ap her wound with "
handsetchief aud slIpped = eoo
lNN,sen of tho money ! had ahe'
ee 'ato tho pocket VI her coat, ! u
'eA, her naea ~ II maat I've desrp
ale indeed,
Nner n moment kev e,es opeN'
ast she leolei wildly apaant
What has happeaet ~ she aai
"oe,essllM fWha,s Ia NY rather
>Se sAss ! NJ ina wentA,taalp
0a ! seMemhsfat, sba a'iet
aes'ueAiIHa vesent ',,M air
yNs sssw WY | dii ~ iset wa
my M,het pray, lel MA ~ "
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