The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-08-08

fIrfvnr seemed para wed win ~
While / replied = coolly - possible un-
~ the circumstances. aa the fellow
rfood very near and the bore of the gun
Iooked uncomfortably large I'VE have
nothing but the mail.
AZ the same timeI was sWaying from
s;sIe to side trying to keep out Of range.
ssDoes she look look like a couple ot
cannonss said the fellow With an ugly /
grin.
AYes said I, recollecting an alma |
nae Joke / had read II can read ne -.
vertssanents Oh the wadding
xCon,e. no nonsense, groWied tne
cher sskick down those bags ana Things
IN there and keep your hands up, or
T9fI tIrop vou off o there
Accordingly. with my hands elevated
over INV head, kicked down the mai
| bags and other plunder in the boot and on
ton. In the meantime the professor ana
l.ke-otlier passenger were stahu.ns ~
the ground presenting most iuaisIoes
snTearance. as they stood with tnelr
81 aT1ns stretched up in the air ana tnelL
| ewes fixed upon the robber as though
Tsoraenfarily expecting TO be kliieu.
i Tha driver and / were now orueIe1 ~
=. ,o,rn and as / did 50, l managed %
ecf NV hand on small roll q Diils "
1 - e., ,.sst noeket. all ] had, and throwing
~ ~ hand. dropped it down behina
~, collar. The fellow holding tne
i bcrsss new came forward, and while ms
aon, aas.,,r ra1,ion stood guard, he cut open the
as;1 hags and baggage, but tailed %
/ e,sJ snytbinr of value. Dlsappolhtea
i.Asa 49,. he next proceeded to search Us ana
= M vent through our pockets ne Sc
a,,red from the professor a microscope
e,5 ! silver watch; from the other pass,
.n,-o, 80. seventy cents, pocket knife ana
e',sssa s;...,, of tobacco; while ], unfortun-
a4eI,. had only tooth-pick. on
~ sat of paupers.' exclaimed he with
~, -, !, disctlst. "you're hardly worth
sa;;,;s,r ssa "a veil trouble YOU TO strip on
a,hat yon have on. Say, Bill, don't you
tbink these innocents III make pretty
hahas u the woods trampin' round mere
i ! stare a natrr? Here's fun tor the
crowdI Come, old parson, pass around
tbat beaver to my pardner, COS ne
rood loelin' feller an likes style an
5ness nv feet II just mt IN them uooes
} with the purity tops, so just step out an
, rll try them on for luck.
AZ this appeal to the fellow in the
ebeckered shirt, he said, "Our clothes
won't be worth much to you, and u
: yo,l'u promise to let US go, III put YOU
IN the way of getting several hundred
aWby. Bill, this awdacious rascal
knows where the swag is an wants terms
Let's hist him up on limb an gucs'
he'll tell quick enough
aIset you alone for 1901 70 run rum g
good Job, when the sucSers wIi.in IN. :.
beach. If he lets US into goou lnlns
we'll let 'em 60. If he fools us Put
knife in i'm. Hangin's too much ootneF. =.
Our CONSERVATION at the turn anah'
had taken may well be imagined.
at being agreed then that we are ire
: to 90. If / am as good as my promise. |,
/ von will look in the lining Of that sill
: lat on your head you'll find some mo
: neyn s.u il,
. informer. but as he was no match 4
| nbvsicai strength with the other, TN
: latter only held him powerless wlthou
I trying to hurt him. n:
The robber snatched the hat from nj
] head and tearing out the lining, toun'
: tbe money secreted as the professor ha
! previously told us, and this so dellghte'
them that they told US we could get O
J board and drive along.
e The driver, professor and | lost p
5 time in taking our seats, but refuseo
: let fhe traitor proceed with us and drov
away without him. Luckily, the roI
! hers were busy counting the money D
the light of one of the candles they ma
5 taken down, and did not take furthe
e notice of us. so, we lost no time IN ge'
ting away from the lace.
= 4 little further on we met the otht
L staoe and upon hearing our adventur'
st thew turned about and we proceeae
re together to Alma, where. we arrlye
I about ten o'clock, too late for the Ea'
!, bound train. Consequently, we wei
a. obliged to lay over there until the nea
N day.
ct Late that evening, as the profess
:. and were sitting in the otlce OF u
hotel, to our surprise in walked the fe
g, low that had played the part OF traito
ly looking none the better for the loT
e. tramp we had obliged him to max
i COMING forward he begged us to gll
him a few minutes in private rr5Il
y he had something Of great importan
| To communicate. There was such
at impress yc earnestness in his mann
i that wo yielded a reluctant conser
= We went to my room, and after cal
er fully closing the door, he sat down az
On drew off a boot, out of which he took
In false sole and then produced a long, tn
40 package wrapped in oil-skin. Hei
. gentlemen, said he, fare five one thou
im and dollar bills and have the saT
ed number in the other boot. Had the
50. scoundrcls carried out their intention
strip us, would have been ruined, I
" low me to hand you two thousand d
es- lars for the eleven hundred you L
in through me, as well as, to compensa
%. YOU for the worry that you have sutiert
"a Under the circumstances, / do not blaI
A Won for the thirty mile walk you oblig
ed me to take. He then explained that
He was broker from Leadyille returni
ow East on visit, and had assumed Il
nd rough garb in order to divert attenti'
~ should he encounter robbers. Of coui
on we complimented him upon his preseT
$ Of mind and sagacity, and congratulate
Iic- each other upon escaping as fortunate
aS we did