The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
Another FrOntiersman on the Trail.

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Sanderson, gloomily, Though he d acted
queerly for some time"
"What did he do?" asked one of the
party.
1.-The first intimation we had of it was
finding stores secreted about the house, I"
continued Mr.. Sanderson. "He plugged
up all the rat-holes with lemons, and L d
find salt stuffed away i'll my clean socks.
[ didn't pay much attention to it at first,
but when | found the piano full of
cheese, and tried to play the Maiden 3
Prayer through bushel of limburger
and bareback, | demonstrated with
him."
"Did he say anything?"
eyes, he did. He Just Kissed through
his teeth: Beware the 10Th of Julyn
But | didn't think anything of it. That
afternoon we found him roasting himself
at the stake down cellar, and yelling:
Back, We cOwardly tiends of redskins;
I. Sanderson never squealsn We put
him out with some water and | forgot
all about it. You see, thought it was
only boyish freak, like when he used
to imagine himself whaler he harpooned
the laundress once"
"What was your first intimation, that
he was going to fight Indians?"
"What originally excited my suspi-
cions was seeing him eating baked dog
in the back yard. 1 thought there might
be something wrong and watched, and
saw him seal p the seat of 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. I
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
girl. He had her tied to door-knob,
and was crawling all around the kitchen
floor on his stomach with acarving-knife
in his mouth, watching his opportunity
to cut the bonds. The meat was burned
to crisp, the tea-kettle was boiling
over, and the vegetables were hanging
over the side of Il pot to see why some
body didn't come and take 'em OUT
"Did he give you any explanation?"
go. no; nothing satisfactory. | I'M
tied the servant girl, who was nearly
dead of fright, and he made lunge at
me with a knife that nearly hamstrung
me. But [ didn't take any notice until
| heard him muttering: Beware of the
baslisk eye Then I turned on him
and demanded an explanation"
sect it?''
"No. That was the strangest part of
it. He seized the girl and ran out into
the yard and up stepladder to the top
of the fence. Then he drew the ladder
up and dropped it in the next yard. I
had to 60 around and get it before l
could take the girl down | told him sup
per was ready, but he waved his knife
in the air and howled The Avenger is
downed, but not beaten | am on your
track, and you will find, ere yonder sun
shall crimson the death of the morrow's
day that the pet wrestler of the pale
face shall grace the wigwam of the Pride
Of the Prairien l suppose that was his
or three. l didn't say much. What's
the use? He ran along the fence and
jumped into the alley. Then he pointed
a gun through knothole in the fence
and snapped the lock at me until bed
time. That night took stick from
under his pillow with over 200 notches
on it. 1 guess they represented the
number of times he killed me through
the fence"
"When did he pO?n
Thursday morning. He told some
boys that he was going all the way by
water, because it saved walking. and [
think he must have got row-boat some
where. He's got Il notion that the In
dians are somewhere in the vicinity of
of Albany, and l reckon I'll find
him there. o he's on the trail, because
he went to the grocer and scared him
out of string of onions told him to
Put m up, thou slave of law, or, by
yon star, the Avenger of the Mononga-
hela will mount his trusty steed, and fol-
lowing thee to thy mountain fastness,
will Stay thee while thy faithless wife
crawls at thy knees and thy beggared
brats beseech thee for breadn The
grocer gave him the onions, and paid
him yesterday. I'm going to police
headquarters to see if anybody has seen
a loose Avenger around, advertising for
blood! So gr'-Brooklyn Eagle.