The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-16
Another Frontiersman on the Trail.

Another Fr0ntiersmaD on the Trail
II didn't think he'd CO." said Mr.
Sanderson, gloomily. Though he'd acted
uueerly for some time"
sWhat did he do?'' asked one-of the
party.
1.-The first intimation we had of it was
finding stores secreted about the house,
continued Mr.. Sanderson. HE plugged
| mn all the rat-holes with lemons, and I'd
ind salt stuffed away in my clean socks.
| didn't paw much attention to it at first,
but when | found the piano full OF
cheese. and tried to play the 'Maiden's
PRAYER through bushel of limburger
and bareback, / demonstrated with
him."
sDid he say anythingr'
Eyes, he did. He just Kissed through
his teeth: Beware the 18th of July?
But 1 didn't think anything of it. That
afternoon we found him roasting himself
at the stake down cellar. and yelling;
Back, We cowardly fiends OF redskins;
P. Sanderson never squeals! We put
him out with some water and l forgot
all about it. You see. l thought it was
only a boyish freak, like when he used
to imagine himself whaler he harpooned
the laundress once"
ssWhat was your first intimation, that
he was going to fight Indians?"
s.What originally excited my suspi-
cions was seeing him eating baked dog
in the back ward. / thought there might
be something wrong and watched. and
saw him scalp the seat of a hair-cloth
chair. what are you doing? | asked
him. Get thee gone, thou pale-faced
father said he, I'm the Horned Aven-
ger of the Monongahela! See me take
to the bush with the scalp OF my enemy
and he crawled under the woodshed.
: didn't you do anything?"
eyes. took the chair in the house. !
} Thought there was no use in wasting it,
because the frame was good. But what
', struck me as the strangest thing was
when caught him saving the servant
, cirl. He had her tied to a door-knob,
and was crawling all around the kitchen
| floor on his stomach with acarying-knife
; in his mouth, watching his opportunity
to cut the bonds. The meat was burned
to a crisp, the tea-kettle was boiling
over, and the vegetables were hanging
, over the side of pot to see why some
body didn't come and take 'em out. :
.sDid he give you any explanation?
y 20, no; nothing satisfactory. l un
! tied the servant girl, who was nearly
, dead of fright, and he made lnnge a
!, me with a knife that nearly hamstruns
= me. But l didn't any notice unit
9 heard him muttering: Beware OF TIL
: basilisk eye.' Then turned on hin
: and demanded an explanation"
II SECT itg'
a mo. That was the strangest part o
= it.. He seized the girl and ran out int
2 the yard and up stepladder to the to-
of the fence. Then he drew the ladde
ND and dropped it in the next yard
had to 90 around and get it before
T. could take the girl down told him sup
70 per was ready, but he waved his knii
"a in the air and howled: The Avenger
. downed, hut not beaten! / am on you
! track, and you viii find, ere yonder su
shall crimson the death of the morrow
lay that the pet. wrestler of the pal
face shall grace the wigwam Of the Prid
of the Prairie,' ! suppose that was HI
IN other name. They generally have tw
v, or three. 1 didn't say much. What
TO the use? He ran along the fence an
$. jumped into the alley. Then he pointe
se a cum through knothole in the fene
Y; and. snapped the lock at me until be-
is time. That night I took stick frol
III under his pillow with over 200 notch'
e. on it. I guess they represented Il
o. number of times he killed me throu2
lie the sfence.rse snf 1a1z
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