The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-23

door, and between them was a tall, fair
ma1s With hreseyes ssnd ucnr1inxi hair,
and wearing the most daredevil Bex.
preston ! ever Witnessed t'wasqthe
Sheriff pose taking d prisoner to Santa
Fe- And Just at that moment the New
foundland de)Cohe spring h6M the
roof of the coach ito the plaza, ,naRd a
ringing voice shouted: sitlYhy, that is
my Jackr and my little woman made
one flying leap to the groand, with
gladlike cry that I shall never forget
to my dying day and then Z saw Sey-
mour struggling with his guards, heard
mqfHed oaths, saw him sYtaneh . re
vofver from the belt of one of them.
Stand Oft he shouted. Stand; of.
msn, OorcF :wilr chave Some ones
hearts bloodl Stand of, I sayrL LThen-
I saw the barly Sheriff advance toward
hl% GssaS1 ssa ssSaais s 3 SIs ey%SGr Rsea
But the Sheriff had dedged-and-as-my
little woman had been trying all the
time to reach his side the cruel bullet
strusk her full in the breast. and she
tan Prward just as Seymour sprang and
caught her in his arms, Then We rHlli
gathered aronnd them asshe lay there
with, her little white arms around his
0AACCn1 b@AAALk " nm III nCA SWCCI 1llbAO
voice, while She anguish en- Segmeur's
Cursed and imprecated his captors and
Ipett9d and soothed the dying woman,
and swore By all the heavens thasyhe
awouh makes lhaakindj pay dearly FOR
that moment And she-the dear little
angel-oh, shall ever forget it?-she
stalkHd of nothing-but Jack- Never
mind my darling, she whispered, it
swas hot your fault; you couldn't help
yit, ydn see, and am so sorry that you
lare baking it s92 h4M ySdlsd Never
mind sweethearts it viii soon be
coyer And, Jack,'-here she
Lpnlleh his head down to hers and whis-
pered with heH last hreathf hfftafter / am
gone Hook kinmy little satchel and you viii
find the money. 1t was to be all yours,
Any way, you know; and am so glad /
Reached fe4 in ztfme,1 1rahdg ithe pureS
faithful little heart had ceased to beat
4 could stand it no longer, Cap, and
with tears streaming from my eyes, /
sprang back On theabex, iahds dreYemy
beam the next twenty miles at a dead
qanop. What became of SEYMOUR
OH he swung just the same. He had
alscofe of mpFdersa againstI him, ryoul
lknoW besiies this, the last and worst
Of all. And speaking of murders, let
me tell You of something that happened
to md in Utah in 49," But theHkh mS.
driver galloped away all night with his
everlasting adventures, / heard nothing
but tie last words of Seymour's little
wife, Ind for the next week lived over
"a msmory the thrilling story of how
she met him
y
81 A month later, while lunching at
Menger's in San Antonio, with General
Armsfong, the then efficient chief of
Ill tha stage lines north of the Brazos,
lhapHened to think of my quandom
ffiendl the driver.
"a Aueer character, General" re-
markell, 'sthat driver of yours at Santa
Fe. johnson think is his name, Ben
lifohns9n. A most remarkable fellow.
Seemeh to have picked up deal of in
fprmation for a man Of his sphere.
,Vses good language you know; has
many original ideas; rude sort of elo-
4nenca pathos, and all that sort of
3hing, you know. And besides, he is a
most wonderful raconteur
f'Yes," said the General, musingly,
land the biggest liar this side of the
KDeky Mountains. If johnson ever told
Sou an tthing for fact, you can bet ten
dollarsIto a cent that it isn't so. Why,
that uhprincipled scamp lays awake
bzghts studying ont yarns to beguile
fraFelefs on the box. Do you know,
Cad, be once told me q cold-blooded
4edon about a woman and dog
Pass the wine, General" faltered;
''neversmind the woman and the dog;
dare say have heard it before. What
time id we leave for Conchop-Wash-
iagton Capital.