Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

INTO the mud. and as the cart S., ~en -.
ah Senind It and examined ~
nasp The door Of thecart' lets S A. ..e
ana Is fastened by a hash VIII, ! 49,. :,
over staple, and Is then ss.r,,-. s'i -
: y ps'aaock. The paddock was zone
- 49, ne ~. hssp was secured in its place
- ) eIe % PINE stlck-so that a slicht
Psi rom within could break n NJ
Mnesa wrench hung in a leather bncle,
on ne side Of the cart, and i opiS.lHSv
ZOOS u out and slipped il ;rto ~
stsple. ths' iron handle lust sl;d;ne
Now had him. Nv tart w.s :,
most new, with q stout fran,s ~ 49,; a.,
OAK and made en- purpose for har.s
USAGE heavy loads, and serv;c e :
u'a net pei,eve that any ortl;narv
s'is1h could break cut. Ieot on to NV
cart az noaseiess as cot Of and 49,,
urged my horse on, still k.enirr m,
pistol hardy. | knew that AZ a.
us stance OF half a nile s,rth.r
s - come 70 a hard. good road.
a..u : showed my horse 20 pick his
~ way through tins mud. Ii was
aoooS Ten minutes after this that +
neafd a motion in the cart. followed
ps a grinding noise as though some
5easy iorce were being applied to the
ooor- This continued some s,o.ma,sts
ana then a heavy thunp. as thongb
me sole O 4 boot were applied to tSe
oocr: 4 said nothing. kut the iaaa
struck me that the villain ,n;gbt 80
TO Judge about where l sat and Shoot
up throush the top Of the cart at me
so sat down on the footboard.
VI course knew now that my ps..
expected passenger Was a villain for
he must have bscn awake ever sinne I
started, and nothing else in the worl5
but absolute villainy would have
ea1sed him To remain quiet SO hong.
ana tnen start up 10 this particsIlar
place The humping and pushing
grew louder and louder, and pretty
soon heard a human voice.
Iet me ont Of this,' he cried, and
be Yelled pretty loud.
lifted my head up so as 10 make
nm think that ! was sitting in INV
usual place, aud thin asked him whai
he vas doing in there.
Let me out and I'll tell We. b, re.
I said. i 'o''
got in here TO sleep on your
rags, he answered.
How'd ye get ins' ] asked,
Let me get out, or I'm shoot We
through the head, he yelled.
just st that moment my horses
Ices struck the hard road and knew
That the rest OF the road 70 Jackson
would be good going. The distance
WAS twelve miles IsIipped back up-
on the footboad and took the wilma.
Rad the same horse then I've rot
nova tan, stout, powerful bay mare
and you may bslieve there's some
90 IN her- At any rate, she struck a
gait then that even astonished me.
Che had had good mess OF oats. the
night air was cool, and she felt ike
going. In fifteen minutes we cleared
the wood and away We went.
at great pace. The chap inside
Kept yelling to he let out. and
threatening to shoot # didn't let
him out Finally be stopped, and in
4 lew moments came the reports of a
pistol-one-two-three-fonr-one af-
ter the other, and / heard the balls
wiltz over nay head. If | had been on
nay seat. one of those balls, IL not two
OF them. must have gone through me.
popped up my head again and gave
a yell and then deep eroan, and then
SAID, %, save me I'm dead man.
Tken made a shutting noise as
though | were falling og, and finally
settled down again on the toot-board.
now urged up the old mare by giving
her an occasional poke with the butt
OF the whip. and she went along faster
than ever.
The man called to me twice more
pretty soon after this, and as lie got
no reply he made some tremendous ef-
forts TO break the door open, and as
this failed him he made several at
tempts upon the top. But | Mad no
Tears OF his doing anything there, for
the top OF my cert is framed IN with
doye-iails and each sleeper bolted TO
the posts with an iron bolt. had 1t
made so that could carry heavy
loads there. BY and by, after all else
had failed, the scamp commenced TO
holler whoa to the horse, and kept
ii up until ne became hoarse- All this
time kept perfectly quiet, holding the
reins firmly and poking the beast with
the whip.
ave wasn't an bour in going that
dozen n1iles-not bit of il. hada't
much fear-perhaps ! rnight tell the
truth and say that / had none, for |
had good pistol. and more than that,
my passenger was safe-yet did feel
glad when came TO the old -four bar
rel factory that stands at the edge OF
Jackson's village, and in ten minutes
more j hauled up in front OF the tav-
ern and found couple of men in the
barn cleaning down some stage horses.
".Well, old feller,' says j, as got
down and went round to the back OF
the wagon, you've had good ride,
haven't yer
"Who are you,' he cried, and his
voice trembled little, too, as he ask
ell the question.
81 am the man you triedto shoot,
j told him.
"Where am /? Let me OUT he
yelled.
.eLook here said ], we've come
to safe stopping place, and mind ye.
I've got a revolver ready for We the
moment We show yourself Now lay
quiet.
aeBy this time the two 'ostlers had
come TO see what was the matter, and
/ explained it all TO them. After this
/ got one OF them TO run and find the
sheriff and tell him what believed I'd
got for him. The first streaks OF day
lieht were inst coming up. and III hal
an hour il would be broad daylight. In
less than that time the sheriff came
and two other men with him.
told him the whole story IN
few words-exhibited the handbilis
had for him-and then he made Tor
the cart. He told the chap inside who
be was. and that If be made the least
resistance he'd be dead man. But,
mind YOU. the sheriff didn't tell him
the suspicious we had about HIM.
Then slipped the iron wrench out,
and as let the door open the fellow
made a spring. caught hIn1 BY the
ankle and he came down on his lace,
ard in a few mornets more the officers
had him. It was now daylight. and
the moment / saw the chap recogriz-
ed him. He was the very man I had
suspected, and his fine black clothes
were pretty well co9ered with lint ana
dirt. He was marched of 10 the lock
up, and told the sheriff ! should re-
main in town all day.
AFTER breakfast the sheriff came
down to the tavern and told me
had caught the very bird. and that II
N,ould remain until the next morning