The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
but 70 obey his order, and walked for.

but 70 obey his order, andJ walked for
ward, HaI a HltH
81" Go into the. woods" he said, as l
lie motionsdw witli his hand for me to
| leave the Trail. j never saw more
| ugly face inniy Me- \ knew he meant
to murder me, and stood foran instant
and, hcsitated whether Ishould sud-
denly assault him, or obey. The revol-
yers were held steadily nj my breast,
his fingers on the triggers. and / left
the road. ilu follower close behind me
chuck ling to,himself, and as we walked
through the woods, ,yhe said:
= You remember said Iwould come
for You. J ou got the advantage of
brother Tom, but don't think you'll get
much ahead Of me. Go more to the left. 1"
Aftera walkofabout twenty minutes
he said: = q oi kssu breH a.I
s Stop, now, and back up against that
reeand put your hands behind you.'
What was the use Of asking him If he
meant to murder me! Ofcourse he did |
I.could read &c In his looks and actions,
and i wondered that lIe did not shoot
me as we walked through the woods. 1
backed up TO the tree, put my hands be-
hind me, and he came around and drew
them behind the tree and made them
fast. was sorry then that had not
made some effort to save my life, though
any struggle of mine must have resulted
in my receiving bullet. rs
| "Therei Nowr he said, as he fin
ished tying, and came in front of me.
Now I'm going to have my fun.
You've raised - among the boys,
hanging and shooting, but you won't
bother us any morel I'm going to
scalp you the lirst thing, and tben we'll
do something elsem
You can't be such an inhuman fieno
as that!" l exclaimed, twisting at my
bonds.
81 can't, ehp" he laughed, producing
a bowie-knife and strapping ii on his
bootleg.
If you want to kill me, why don't
you shoot meP" asked,
Because that wouldn't hurt Won
enough!'" he replied, rising up. ~
snail twist your seal p off as neatly rs an
Indian could do it, and then I'll slice
oil your earsw
drew in my breath to shout, nut he
seized my throat and choked me until
sparks of fire danced before my eyes.
None o. ihatw he growled, as he let
go; lust give one yell and I'll open
your thrUat from ear to earl"
He threw off my hat, seized handful
OF hair, and said: Here goes TO revenge
poor Toni" At .
The last words were yet on his lips
when ne staggered back. raised his arm,
and felt pain in my shonlder. After
what seemed u whole minute / heard
the report of n shotgun. and Red Jack
sank down. There was boyish yell,
and little Dan bounded past me. waving
the dubbed gun, and he struck the
dying outlaw over the head until the
stock was broken and the barrel bent,
though the man was dead when the first
blow fell.
. In searching for the horse, Dan had
discovered Red Jack proving through
the woods. The hoy found the pony,
made long circuit home, and reached
there soon after left. He knew Jack
was waiting for me, and without saying
q word to any one, he shouldered the
gun and took my trail, and came upon
us just at the right moment. In firing
the shot he buried few of them in nv
shoulder, and the rest in the outlaws
iugular, but the wound got was of NO
account. H
When the villagers went out for the
body, and heard the story they made up
q purse Of $500 for Dan, and aided him
TO get The county rewards. / was made
his guardian. and to-day he is one of
the most successful business men along
the Southern sea-board, all the credit for
which belong gs to himself