The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-20
Number Ten BrOgans.

He had bought and fattened three
or four hundr,,l h"g> and driven
them to Cincinnati alb nj the middle
Of December soil them al the pack.
ing house then an Deer creek. AMI
taken cheek tor several thulisand
dollars on the Lafayette bank. 1t WIS
late in the at ernoon whrI he pre-
sented the check. As the ieil-r
handed Il e money over tie coulter
he casual, asked Mr.. Gallon il he
intended /" leave the city that sitter.
noon. "N"t to-day answered Mr..
Gallon, ''l.ut l shall start i.cfore day.
light in tie morning. SO rs To reach
Chiviot for breakfast
The next morning, an hour before
day, he started i'm his two horse Dear
born wagon, and soon found himself
slowly climbing Mill Greek hill. then
the longest and steepest hill between
Cincinnati and indianapolis. From
the top Of the hill there was a gentle
descent for nearly half a mile, lead
ing through the darkest and gloomiest
forest then remaining near the city,
and in which tradition located many
highway robberies. Day was Just
breaking As he reached the summit. and
it Was light enou, h 20 discover W, m n
carrying basket and going in the
same direction. She looked up, and
in beseeching tone asked Mr.. Gallon
to allow her to ride a mile or SO, as
she was very tired. He was not the
man to refuse SD reasonable request,
and he stopped and permitted her to
climb into the back seat. She set
her basket on the front seat by the
side of Mr.. Gallon. and finding the
space between the seats too mar
row for comfort, stretched her legs
under the seat occupied by Mr.. Gal
lion.
Looking down. in the gray of the
Mr.. q. discovered, instead
Of delicate foot of a lady, a pair of
No. ten brogans protruding from un-
Ter the female attire of his new pas
senger. He took in the situation in a
and recognized in the fea-
lures of the passenger a man who
stood near him when he drew his
money from the bank the day before,
md those huge boots bespoke the pre-.
'ence of a desperate in his wagon. |
The early hour, the dismal woods Just |
ahead. the well-authenticated stories
# robberies and murder at that very
pot, and those heavy boots, all com. |
,ined to make things uncomfortable.
He was just beginning the descent of
he hill, and there was but q moment
or decision. In an instant he struck |
me of the horses sharp cut with his
whip, which set him to prancing, and
hen, as if by accident, he dropped
he whip. Stopping his horses with
udden jerk which seemed less manage
bile. he requested the passenger to
ret out and pick up the whip, by this
ime some ten feet In the rear of the
arriage. This she proceeded to do,
tut as soon as she had passed behind
he carriage Mr.. Gallon struck his
,orses with the lines, and they went
down the hill at a rapid
,ait. AS he passed point some half
way down the hill he discovered two
nen moving out of the bushes at the
ide of the road, but they were either
LACED by his rapid travelling. or were
waiting the concerted signal from
heil accomplice in the wagon, and
lid not modest him. 1t was a lucky
.scape. The basket left in the wagon /
vas found to contain an old-fashioned /
lint-lock navy pistol, with ropes and
,ags.