Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-07-06
Turning the Tables

bern, N. G
One Saturday evening l had
wandered off half mile or SO
above the city when l heard from
the thiokly tangled woods at my
left a faint cry. [ was at once on
the alert, in readiness for a move.
ments in case the sound was re-
peated. I did not wait long for
in an ilsant a shrek, wild and
piercing, rang out on the silent
air.
I was not long in passing over
the swamp that separated me
from the forest, and ia a still
shorter time l pushed through
the tangled brush to the scene of
struggle. found two stout men
dragging away with them a maid.
en-, whom recognized at once as
the daughter of a neighboring
planter. l made for the scene Of
action, determined to rescue the
girl at all hazards Neither my
arm or my cane was brought into
use, however, for the fellows,
like cowardly wolves, unhanded
their Frey and dashed into the
thicket l don't fattsr myself
that the mere sight Of my humble
form frightened them; but / do
Haaer myself that / was looked
upon by a gushing young girl as
her deliverer, and had the mex
pressible pleasure Of seeing her
safe TO the villa Of the planter.
It was some weeks after that /
was padding up the river in a
light canoe, when I was startled
BY a sudden splash in the bushes
near me. The next instant skiff
emerged from the bush, and in it
we're two brawny men. who were
rowing with desperate strokes
directly toward me. At first ]
thought 1 had seen them before.
for their faces looked very fsmiliar;
but as they twisted their faces
around to me / had good chance
Of observation. and recognized
the two villains that had fed so
precipitately in the forest. three
weeks before. / Immediately
struck my paddle deep into the
water, and did what I could to
widen the dintancs between us
II reckon you're having yer
last paddlel" shouted the bow
oar.
Reckon So" responded the
other.
"Say, you sinner. you might
Jest as we'll deliver yourself up,
save yer head a little lead. You've
got some more gale to rescue. /
reckonl'
With a hoarse laugh from both
Of the men, the bow oar followed
his remarks by the production of
q pistol. Determined neither to
be shot nor ovsrtaken by the ras-
Gals. I padded away, and for a
time / held my own and increased
the distance between us. 1t was
not long before I found myself
losing ground. l might have
put IN for the shore and taken to
the brush; but / reflected that /
was stranger in these parts, and
these men were acquainted with
every by path aud could soon cut
me off; SO pulled away like
good fellow. l shouted once or
twice for help. This did no good,
as I was far up the river. aud /
presume there was not man with
in a mile Of the scene.
At one time the stern oar got
mad at something the bow said to
him, and turning npon the other
with fierce oath, he babe him
hold his tongue. This was a
good thing for me. While he
turned he still kept his oar agoing;
and in his excitement he caught
an unusually large crab, lost his
balance. and pitched backward,
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