Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-12-01
Tie Passenger with One Eye.

Tie Passenger Win one Eye.
There was an army officer, il suffer,
surveyor and two men who might have
been mine inspectors in the stage when it
drew up at Burt Hill to take ON another
passenger
"Howdy," said the new passenger, US
he crowded in.
As he stood for n moment in the light
OF the station lamp, all saw that his left
eye was gone. lie wore no shade or patch
10 conceal the loss, and those who gave
him second look felt that the fire in his
remaining eye was bright enough to am
sWcr tor two. Dark rs it was in the stage
he seemed to have "Sizcd up" every man
inside of Il minute, and, seeming to be
satisfied regarding the crowd, he settled
himself back in hs scat and had no re-
marks To make.
BY and 10y The army officer mentioned
something about road agents, and directly
the conversation became interesting.
Coaches had been stopped at various points
on the line within Il week, and it was
pretty generally believed that a bad gang
had descended on the route and were still
ripe for business. The man with one eye
hij nothing 10 say. Once or twice he
raised his head, and that siaglc eye blazeG
in Tie darkness like Il lone star, bat not Il
word escaped his mouth. The Captain
had said W hat lac would do in case the
coach was halted. and this brought ont
The others. IL was firmly decided to fight.
The passengers had money to fight for aud
weapons 10 fight with. The man with
one eye said nothing. At such time
aud under such circumstances there could
bc bat one Interpretation OF such conduct.
~ coward has no business travelling
hi, route said the Captain in Il voice
which every man could hear.
The stranger started up, and that eye of
his seemed 10 shower sparks of fire, but
altcr moment he fell back again without
having replied.
Ii hc wasn't chicken hearted, why did
me not show his colorS? If lac intended
To- fight, where were his weapons: He
had no Winchester, and SO far as any one
had seen rs he entered the coach he WAS
without rcyolvcrs. Everybody felt con-
tempt for Il man who calculated TO hold
up his hands at the order, and permit
himself to be quietly despoilcd.
Pop. pop. halt
The passengers We're doing as the S&-
luic OF The roa,i agents reached their ears.
The coach WIS halted in Il way to tumble
everybody together, and legs and bodies
were still tangled up when a voice ut the
door of the coach called out:
NO nonsense now! You gentlemen
climb right down here, and up with your
hands. The first man who kicks OH me
will get bullet through his head -
We had agreed TO fight. The Captain
agreed to lead Us. We were listening for
lis we'll OF defiance and the click of his
revolver, when he stepped down and out
Il, huubly us You please. The suller had
been aching 10 chew up Il dozen road
agents, and now he was the second man
out. The surveyor had intimated that lie
u,l or passed over the route without kill
iug at least three highwaymcn, but this
occasion WAS 10 be an exception. In three
minutes the five OF us were down and in
line and hands up, and the road agent had
said:
straight matter of business! First
one who drops his hands wont ever know
what hurt him.
Where was the man with one eye! The
robDcr appeared to believe that We were
all out, and Inc was just approaching the
head of The line to begin his work when 4
dark form dropped out of the coach, there
WIS "a we'll Il, il from wounded tiger, and
q revolver began 10 crack. The robbcr
went down at the first pop. His partner
waS Just coming around the rear of the
coach. lie was u game man. He knew
what had happened, but lie WAS coming
TO the rescue. Pop! pop! pop, went the
reviewers, their flashes lighting up the
night until we could sec the driver in his
seat.
1t didn't take twenty seconds. One of
inc lObbSlS lay uclu Ill front OF US-lHc
other under the coach, willie the man
with one eye had lock cut ircm his head
and the Craze OF = bullet across his cheek.
Not one of us had moved finger. We
were five fools in 4 row. There was
lull after thc last shot, and it lasted Il full
minute before the stranger turned 20 lis
and remarked in Il quiet, cutting manner:
Gentlemen, yc Kin drop yer hands,
We dropped. We undertook to thank
him, and We wanted to shake hands, and
somebody suggested a shakc-purSe for his
benefit, but Inc motioncd us into the coach,
banged the door after us, and climbed up
TO Il seat beside the driver. His contempt
for such Il crowd could not be measured.
M. QHdd
Indian Dept Washington, ID. c.
am anxious TO Introduce DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup among my Indians, having
used it myself ror several months, and
think it one of the finest remedies | ever
found. | assure you, it is the only thing
that ever relieved me of a protracted cough
brought on by exposure while on the Sioux
Commission last year. y. G.. BOONE,