Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-05-27
pear. NJ Oil agitaled. We 90 now 10 see
yoar WiIe and little boy" n lAassi
Reed began g weep. @Hs .ef

neFa began % weep. @i8za .ef
s This y cough said be. .sssffs
ct a. z haid ssbut skrre i 90 help
81 Il, 4 will now iake the bell and put
i O.. Leave il where you are and move
kwentg feet further down the bill; then
sit down and dry y0pr eyes. Cor the sun
ig eOt half aa houl high, and wesmust
% 10 your house. r.sE
Reed did as directed. ard when the
elt was IL place and had given hirn
Mme to compose his feaszres. ! ordered
hina % Get up and move on-
My vile wsll think i strange 70 see
Tpu carving ny gun. wiz ysp trust
II have boaght your guAs ron know.
When leave your home ] shall carry
Il away with me- 81
Reed said no more. As We drew
near The house | told Reed to fall back
bygmy eide. .aj -ssftf eer ae.f hna
"Now." " said ], ''pay attenhon, !
am an old friend Of yours, man you
knew many years ago ln--where are
you from Z" Fe rm-,
''Near Cold Water, Michigan"
Every well; i am from Cold Water,
Michigan; you knew me there; / have
come home with you to see your place.
and your boy. Now 60 o.. | am your
old friend. MF. Waldow; remember the
namely aldow. - - t,s -
So we went 20 the house. Reeds
wife met us at The door. I was intro
ducsd as Mr.. Waldow, and at once be-
gan to play the part Of an old acanaint-
ance. bae e.t.,F $ Fea 81
Mrs. Reed was woman about twen-
ty-eight years ofage and quite hand
some. She spoke with q slight accent
that caused me TO ask il she were not
OF German parentage. She was. She
told me the name Of he's father-Jacob
Schroeder. 8 sd sesr4s-s 4. ,s.s
''Jacob Schroederl" cried /. From
what place in Germany J"
"FFom Danizig," said She. lag
"From Dan.zigl'' cried /. Good !
] also am from Dsntzig. II is my ma
tive town and ] knew your father we'll, I"
which in truth did. Ny heart went
out toward her, and said to myself as
/ looked at her honest face: "Daugh-
ter ofJacob Schroeder, you are married
TO q weak, bad man and q robber, but I
will do you all the good / can"
As for Reed, he said nothing, but sat
looking quite siupefed. Even when
his wife said: s'sIs 1t net Wonderful,
Thomas, that Mr.. WaIdow should be
Dantziger and should know my father
--he who is also an old friend and ac-
quaintance Of yours 7" Reed muttered
something about there being strange
meetings in California. a5s
paid no attention to Reeds distress,
but went on and told his wife many
things that | remembered about her
father and her uncles, Of not few Of
which she had heard her parents speak,
for her mother was also Dantzig wo-
man 9erl-.sa 81, e..istt t...lf -9b8r
4 was soon on good terms with the
boy, sang little songs 70 him, and, in
deed, made myself so much at home and
the friend Of The family that Reed cast
al me stolen glances of establishment.
He seemed to be saying 10 himself:
sis this the man ! tried 70 rob few
hours, ago. but who captured me and
marched me to my own house culprit
and q prisoner - s}f fs--a 49, 81
But / gave heed only to become more
merry and talkatiye than ever with the
boy and bis mother. Also with Reed /
talked about bis ranch and told him We
would take look over the whole place
in the morning. g,@.4f - r,s,
As soon as | found that he had actu-
ally conducted me to his home, and
once had seen his wife and child, / had
no fear. Iknew il was safe-that Reed
would do no murder there had he score
Of guns and pistols. IS y,e.,t.,.s,
Alter was shown TO my room for the
night 1 took of my belt, and carried il
to The room / had Just left, and telling
Mrs. Reed what it contained, asked her
if she had . sale place TO keep il Till
morning. ~ t-r.1
She begged me to keep it 10 my own
room, there was. no knowing what might
happen, and she did not like to take any
responsibility. e,,re-.
Reed looked astounded. He also
begged me to take the gold to my room,
and said: ...t..s-ss
TAKE your gun 10 your rnorn-take
care of The gold yourself" J"
'sThe gun !" said !. .You think, then,
there mar be danger Of robbers 7
"0h, no--I don know. Take away
the gold. J viii take no chances with
IT." r
Seeing q wood-box in a corner Of The
room, / threw the belt into it and laid
over ii two or three sticks ol wood.
and saying: There is . better and
safer place for il than in my bedroom, |"
turned about and lelt the couple, Mrs.
Reed gazing alter me in astonishment.
The next morning Mrs. Reed handed
me my gOld-Reed did not seem to
want to touch it. | had given him 3
dose OF il, By letting him sleep 10 the
same room with it. | told her TO stow
Il away somewhere, as Reed and were
going 10 look about the ranch little
before breakfast.
] marched Reed Of and we looked
about The place.
saw that be had excellent land
three hundred acres oft in aIl--but that
il was poorly cultivated. Signs Of shift
Iessness were seen in every direction.
The fences we're not what they should
have been, The barn was dilapidated,
the animals were lean and hungry Hook
ing. and sooa was satisfied that Reed
did not much relish hard work. His
house was large unpainted structure
that stood n an open Geld, with not .