The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-03-18

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the man came in, took singles bar
relied rifle from under the other
bed, aud after O few hurried words
with the woman outside, jumped
ashore and disappeared. When be
had gone the woman entered. light
ed o pipe, and, sending tho boy
ontside to watch, she sat down iu
his place with the cooked revolver
on her lap. She had q face which
betrayed the mind Of boast.
"Well, What are you going to do
with mo > | asked after q while.
Feed you to the alligators,' she
replied.
Where has your husband goueT
TO kill the other two meo."
"What DO you want to murder us
forf We have iu no way injured
you"
We was whipped and druv ont
OF the settlements. aud we want re-
yeuge." she growled.
but we had nothing to do With
it," | protested, in a firm tone.
Cant help that. You come
poaching on our claim,' she an
swered
But we'll go away
~ guess you won't. We never
let any one git away to tell on ms y
said nothing further but by no
means looked upon myself rs n dead
man. II worst came to worst ! would
give them II fight. could not move
then, with knife and bullet ready
for me, and deemed IL wiser to settle
back and bide my time.
The man had been gone about half
an hour when the faint report OF q
rifle came TO us through the trees.
The woman had been listening for II,
and as IL came she gave start and
cried out
There goes one OF EN-
"Who ~ asked.
"One Of your partners. Dan has
dropped him sure"
There was such fiendish, blood
thirsty look on her face that was
Appalled,, and the same expression,
to n certain degree, rested on the
faces OF the children. Like dogs,
they licked their chops in anticipa.
ton of bloody feast. In about hall
an hour the man appeared. He had
II bundle of clothing in one hand and
;wo rifles and 6. -aroiv-r ia tn. nth--
"Gt one 7" the woman asked as he
came aboard the ungainly craft.
Yes"
Didn't git them both ?"
NO. The other got away. I'll
git him Tomorrow he replied.
"Git much :"
Lots"
He had in his hand tho suit OF
clothes, rife, aud revolver belonging
to one Of the men-George Sheen,
of Mobile, There were blood stains
on the clothing, aud as he unrolled
the bundle saw bullet hole thro
tae vest. lie bad killed the mon
and then stripped him stark naked
Yes, he had boots socks, hat, every
thing. The other man wac Rober,
jackson. OF Chicago, who had work
ed with me for years, lie had moi
got him.
Whyi Jackson was we'll armed and
brave man. IL bo had been pres
ent at the shooting OF Sheen, he
would not have run awav. Sheer
had an old>fashioned rife Jackson
had o Winchester. He would il
turn have killed the outlaw. The
two men must have been separated
and the outlaw must have ambushe,
Sheen.
Leaving the children to watch me
the man and woman now cast th
ecow loose and poled her out abou
800 feet from shore. The sun wa
getting we'll down, and our side q
the lako was in deep shade" "
When the scow bad been anchore'
by a stones the pair inspected th
, personal property aud couuted th
: money taken from the victim. Th
, outlaw then washed the blood fror
his hands.
l When they entered the cabin, {
4 house, the women produced som
/. cold meat and boecake and thrs'
o hunks to each one, including mysel
!, 1t was only after the provisions ha
y disappeared, l eating mine with th
8 rest, that tho man addressed me.
= "See yere, stranger, he sai'
n "wbat brought you up yere!'
Z "Looking over lands replied.
r "Um Who be your
= / told him.