The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07

me passengers were getting out to dine at
Inis station, and some of those from our car
were already on the platform. The long
man was stepping off the car, when the
IHn-boy, who had heard all the old mans
story, pulled him by the sleeve and said
u. u. mats that you say, sonny? Him as was
&" Yes, ';said the boy, ct noticed under his
fSy ~ ,sas scar reaching right back from
= The old man said no more, nor waited to
d daf any more, but made straight for the
uoor OF the car. The same impuslse that
moved one moved all four Of our party; for,
selzingi our hand sachels, we all sprang
rom our seats and followed the old from
uersman, or rather three of them did; for,
seeing quicker way, / turned and got out
Oh the door at the other end Of the car, out
slde OF which the car platform was clear.
by TINS means reached the station platform
ss the old man stepped upon it. / saw him
look hurriedly round, as l did myself, in
search OF lifelong passenger with the green
shade, over his eye; but he did not at first
see him. =" He had left the car hardly a min.
ute before us, but he was not in the small
crowd OF passengers on the platform. Per-
maps he had gone into the dining room; be-
fore the door Of which the waiter was strik-
ing gong, while the proprietor was yell
ing, This way for dinner twenty minutes
Tor dlnnerW The old man moved excitedy
about, looking first at one passenger and
then at another, when the idea
evidently struck him that the ] man
ne was seeking had gone to dinner. He had
turned. to go there, and was nearing the
door where the waiter was still hammering
tne gong when he saw, as | too saw, for
was following closely, the other passenger
moving quickly across an open space at the
back of the station, in the direction of
small board house that stood away out by
itself. He looked over his shoulder Just as
the old Indian trader had leaped from the
platform in pursuit, and on the impulse
quickened his pace to kind of run. But
the old man was running hard, and the 9TH
er, seeing apparently that he could not gain
the sbanty before being oyertaken, resumed
his fCmer STEP, and quickly moderated That to
leiilrely walk. AS his pursuer neared him
he stopped, and then turned around, at the
sametime, as l noticed, quietly slipping his
righthand behind him. ''''i
g"Sopp shouted the old man. 6 Lift that
roofpff of your eye.n ...,....,,. ....a
"4y shade" said the other. Excuse me,
L hat, sore eye" ~ .AsN.s' }ul
" IFS his voice." said the old man to him
I" What do you want with me?" asked the
other, fs.'.. al -1 .....,.,-.... s......
want! you wof-souled theft I'll show
you What 1 want! want my daughters
life, want what you can't give. / want
your back heart out of you! IN show you
what lwant;" and as he spoke he pulled the
heavy revolver from beneath his leather
dress.
Butshe other was too quick to be thus
dealt with, and his hand, now grasping re-
volver, was round in second, and as the in
tentioi of his enemy was beyond doubt, he
levelee his pistol and fred. The bullet hit
the ole man, but was not fatal, for he raised
his pisol and fired, and then rushed on the
other, who had. been brought by the shot up
on hisknees. Two more shots rang out al
most simultaneously, and the old man stag
gered Forward and fell dead upon the corpse
of the 5windler.
al number of people, attracted by the pis.
toll shos, were hurrying to the spot, and
among them were the two Englishmen and
the baik manager. The latter, as he reached
the bodies, stopped and lifted the shade from
the eye of the dead man, and after a mo-
ment'sll examination replaced it, and re-
marked: r5al. 44ff ls.- l.t t..u-
"Tha's my granger, sure enough. Well,
he'll do no more swindling now. Pm stop
ping over here until tomorrow, and III see
them decently buried. "-London Society.