The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-08-05

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esfiing up iFoa aPssrsDtly bssvssa ~
rocks further Up ~ gulsh.
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and ussasy. md propessd rseusn.
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iug thsss hills end rookA Besides you
cannot ~ any farther up that vay u 4
loo roush.
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Tor ~ hsss Or q tbe loot Of TIE guloh. ]
said. an sasily Ct along further up.
and turned and stsstsd.
Hold On. said NJ. Wsthsriy. bstssy-
Ing some szcitsmsnt; u il folly for you
10 attsmpt 70 90 further up there Lst'a
rs1urn.
mol said dstsrminsdly. have taken
notion 70 60, and ! Am going. snd again
Il started.
But you shall mot sol said Mr. WsAh-
srly with look Of determination IN biz
iscs which convinced mo that something
lay beyond which u Was mot desired that !
should see.
And Why mott said /.
Because --bscsuse, he answered in an
embarrassed way, do not desire IT,
This il my property, and l have right TO
forbid your going whore do not want
yeu 70.
That may al bs true. l said. resolutsly;
but am determined 70 60 further with or
without your pernission.
An angry Aush mounted tho brow Of
Mr.. Wetherly. and look Of grim dstsrm-
ination showed itself in his tightly com
pressed lips y hs planted himself direct.
y II my path.
And ! say, cir. you shall not 60. and
you sttsmpt II d your peril.
Essing ny only courss was ono Of forcs
I whipped ont . revolver and ordered him
70 put up bis hands. Taken by surprise,
he reluctantly and sullenly complied.
when l stepped up and snapped pair Of
handouts on his wrists and ordered him
70 preceds me on up the sulch.
About 800 yards farther up The ravine
" ssms upon inst What ! expsctsd 10
nnd--a ''crooksd" distillsry. Between
two large rocks, which formed almost
complete rock house. wss large distillery
which had not yet fully cooled OF from
recent work. II wAs fitted up with all
and oonvenisnces, and Il
was 20 hidden away that 1t il no wonder
it bad for long time remained undiscov.
cred.
II had been 1t work the night before,
but Was now deserted. and was at loss
70 decide what 70 do. TO stay thsrs and
wait for the Others 70 return wss ont Of
Tho question, for they would have over
powered mo or killed mo and released tho
prisoner / had. Finally I decided 10 take
ny prisoner on 70 W, get : posse and
return that night and caplurs the remain
der Of them. So Of I started With my
prisoner. and reached W about 2P.
Z. There plscsd M. WstherIy in jail
Ind got aposss and returned 10 the haunt-
N hollow that night rsacbing thsrs about
u O'Clock. Weoscramblsd along TO tho
It'll, where We found Wethsrly's two sons
md two other men with the still IN fall
blast. We took them by surprise, but
hey discovered ~ in time 70 get their
irsArns. The exchange OF one volley. 10
which one Of their men received slight |
round in the Left armI vss sufficient TO
,ring them to terms, when W approach.
"a and secured oil four OF them, hand |
'uasd them and placed them uader guard
i one Of my men. while the others
,rocseded 70 demolish the still aud oil ap.
,urtenancss
This done. We again sst out for W
vhich We reached in safety early The next
morning. and il was with some degree Of
stisiaction and pride that marched
~ prisoner to The Jail. for ! bad discov.
nd and destroyed still thst had bsfisd
hs skili Of every man Of nots In The dis
riot.
Aud thus Va cleared up. not only tho
aystsry oftbs shsuntsd hollos, but also o.
hs whereabouts Of that pss1bsfous con-
raband still. And no complaint has bean
Ieard from either since.
Tbs revelation svss quite : surprise 70
IT, Wslherly's nsighbors, vho hold him
. too high regard 70 even suspect him Of
ny connection with tho illegal trsfac.
Y r. Sxa.
Ssttllng Ola 8ssrss.
Smith = Robinsoo was looking for you
o-dsy. Brown. He leaves Tor The West
p-nosrow morning. where be intends 70
smsin. md b wanted " collect that
vsnty Ave dollars you owe him. /,