The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-04
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nau Deen Trained TO Just this KIND OF
work. Like horses I had read of in
Arabia, he would take his course for his
MASTER haoitation, let it be where it
would. The man with whom / had
traded was one of the gang, and there
must have been another at the
stable of the inn at Clayville who
had given my horse something to make
him sick. These thoughts only passed
through my mind with lightning like
rapiditY, but they were Systematically
| arranged as they came, and / knew that
had been trapped, and that the animal
was bearing me to the haunt of the rob-
bers. For a moment there was de-
| sire to 90 on and meet the rascals, but
that would only be madness. 7 must
get out of the saddle somehow.
Ha! the opportunity presented itself.
Ahead / saw a stream of water. I
withdrew my feet from the stirrups and
| placed my hand upon the pommel One
more leap and the horses feet touched
the pebbly shore. With a sudden spring
lifted myself clear of the saddle, and
as the beast flew from beneath me /
dropped into the brook without hurt of
any kind. AS quickly as possible 1
scrambled up the bank, and when +
reached the wood / stopped to consider.
The horse had stopped on the opposite
side of the stream as though looking for
his rider, and for a moment | thought
Of firing a pistol-ball at him. However,
did not waste my powder, and9in a
little while the animal turned and trot-
ted off and was soon out Of sight.
Now, what should do? Or course I
must get out of the wood; and to do
that safely must go back by the way
we had come. / looked to my pistols
and started. The sun gave me my di-
rection, so / could make no mistake
| By-and-by heard the tread of horse
ahead, and as quickly as possible /
found shelter behind huge pine tree.
The horse came along within hum
dred yards of me. The horseman was
my honest countryman who feared
might be a robber, and the horse was
the one had owned an hour before
The animal still foamed at the mouth,
but cantered along without apparent
trouble. So the ''pison'' had not been
SO very deadly; and, moreover, the
punching in the gallet had not been
without its effect. Surely the plan had
been q cute one, and the game had
been adroitly played-only I had
CHANGED to gain one effective play be-
fore their game couldbe finished.
u remained behind the tree until the
horseman disappeared and then moved
on again. Had I been nearer to the
rascal | might have intercepted him.
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be deae. | hurried forward with all
possible speed, and in little while
after | reached the highway I lad the
good fortune to be overtaken by man
in wagon. When / first hailed him
he drew a pistol, and seemed disin-
clined to stop; but in a moment more
he recognized me as one whom he had
seen on the road beyond Clayville the
day before, and finally pulled UP and
addressed me. | soon convinced him
that ! was an honest man, and he took
me in. He was bound to Booneton,
and was glad that he had found safe
company; but did not tell him what I
had discovered. / explained the fact Of
my being afoot by telling how nv
horse had failed me by the wayside.
reached Booneton by the middle Of
the forenoon, where | found two
shrewd, intelhgent-looking officers, to
whom | communicated my secret, and
together we laid a plan for finding the
ROBBERS. On the following day wesdis-
guised ourselves and proceeded to that
point in the road where the trained
horse had turned off into the wood, but
we found nothing On the next day we
went again, and this time we had The
good fortune to meet my honest look
ing horse-trader astride of the very an
imal that had carried me to the brook. 4
He did not recognize me, and readily
stopped when my companions halted
him; and, as may be supposed, we
captured him without much trouble.
At first he expressed much surprise, but
when he came to recognize me he
ceased his railing and protested q will
ingness to 60 with us where we pleased.
We carried him to Booneton, and while
tho officers were taking him into the
tavern took good care that his horse
was safely housed in the stable. The
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