The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-01-18

at any rate, we were stared at most out
rageously on all sides as we went along
More than that, the people were suspl-
clous Of us; they would apparently lock
up everything when we came around;
didn't seem to give us credit for honesty
or anything else.
Well, we crossed the White River,
which is sort of boundary line be-
tween Missouri and Arkansas, and took
bee line as near as we could make it
for Little Rock. The country is very
sparsely settled in that portion of the
State, and rugged is no name for it,
Once In great while there Is frame
house to be seen, but majority of the
houses are of logs, and altogether un-
slightly afIairs.''
C Did ye hear that a man war killed
night afore las up on the rlverp" was
the question put to us the second night
after we had crossed the Missouri line
by an old fellow in whose cabin we had
stopped to pass the night.
GO No, we hadn't heard of it, 1 re-
piled.
Wal, it's SO head cut cl'ar Off; man
as dead AS a stone. Hev ye any idere
whar the chaps are what did it p
at struck me as 1 replied to this, of
course negatively that there was trouble
ahead for Jack and me; we might be
taken for the IN urderers. Why not
We got out next morning with the
rising sun, and for the next three days
scarcely stopped to sleep. We were
anxious to get out of that awful country.
Our clothes gave us away the people
weren't used to so much style. We
hurried on.
"Finally one day in the early evening
we heard behind us the clattering of
horses hoofs we halted, and; standing
by the roadside, waited to see who the
horsemen might be. They rode up, two
desperate.looking fellows, and with
drawn pistols ordered us to surrender
1t was about the best thing we could do
under the circumstances, and we there
fore complied at once. Then they
searched us, after which one Of them
said, as lie examined a razors he had
taken from Jacks pocket:
Ye killed him with this, did YEP
"Killed whop what do you mean 7
asked Jack.
"The Williams only laughed, and or
dered US to turn about and move on.
Where are you going to take us L
asked.
"Back to White River was the reply
'you'uns are wanted thar fer killin'
feller. Move on
" 1t was all plain as day now. But
what could we do? We were quite sure
they would kill us before we were half
way there. They claimed to be officers
of the law, and showed us papers to
prove it. But had they any right to ar
rest usp 1t doesn't matter; might
make right in some places, and there is
where they had us. But one thing we
could demand. We requested hearing
before Justice of the Peace, and that
too, at once.
GO Wal there's Squire Jackson over
thar said native whom we had ap-
pealed to. L reckon he can fix ye.'
"We were taken there at once, and
found the Squire at home, and very
comfortable home it was, too. 1t was
not house built of logs, but large
stone structure, long and rambling, with
pretty vines in front, and general air
of wealth and refinement prevailing the
place. The door of the house was closed
but as we came up, it opened suddenly
and young lady of sixteen or seven
teen summers looked out. Involuntary
lifted my hat couldn't help 1t, she
looked so pretty and innocent we step
ped in, and then our wants were made
known. The young lady did not leave
the room, and 1 soon discovered that
she was daughter of the Squire before
whom we were to appear.
Well, the examination commenced,
and Jack and 1 were questioned closely,
and the situations were all against u.s.
The old Squire wasn't particularly full
of legal lore, and, like his neighbors, had
an idea that we deserved punishment on
general principles. All the while we
were being examined the young girl
stayed in the room, half the time bend
ing over her fathers shoulder, and
watching us very closely; once
thought she gave me a smile, and there
upon it rushed through my mind that
maybe she would influence her father to