The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-14
PACK PEDDLER'S STORIES.
~ Aba E-,TI Al N IHE HuJ7sE uF BkSnEE
THE SOTED EAN>sS NTEIlEEE-R

IhE &8IED hAA~ - Nj EIiEt.E-E
have beeI . pack I-eidler for more
than twenty years,- ssid the old nlAn, q
BE- whitfield away al his IsI~ 10 ~ i III.
and you NAY s1sPose / have mel with
ssue stirring advenfur@- / have travel
Il graf deal n Missouri. hznss4>. NJ
braskz and Minnes1ts- and f1r weeks.
ani months have been on the aier1- noi
only "a preserve The contents Il my Esack
bui 10 defend lny life Ny line 4 trade
hzs been Yankee notions. with lewelry
added ! have had with M az one time
- much - 5000 worth i gold and IL
yer WaIche>. earring, tneer--Iuss. d.
have ~ on lrg BESIDE highway IN
ka1,S, ana sold S4G9 worth of stock To-
three or fsuT men and have disposed q
s5,s worth i ladies' jezelry Il : g.ioIss-er
cabin which had neither aoors nor Tar-
rifions
can two different o.rcz-5oz.s ate din
ner Il the cabin = odd Bender, th. kaIi-
~ aeni. on the fir>1 o.es2sion the old
Ran Nzs aEay. and ] sAW 0nly two Eo-
men about the place TX months later,
when ! called agzin. i va about i
o'clock in the forenoon- Then ! saw old
Bender fsr the trs7 tlTne- ] have heard
him d--rii,e3z - 3 plesgsaIIf-1acs-d Old man
whom d. one sozili suspect. but tel you
the very firs1 look :, hiEl put ne On 1ly
eylzri Tor the -rs1 time IL . year felt
that NY lie Nas II dAnser- The same
two siatfer1llv women Eere a1slf the
hou-s-. and there Wa Z Young man whom
took o. - old Bender's Son This yolIng
man disappeared soon affeT J arrived, bat
whether De hid n the ho1~e cr rode ctf
atru-s- thr prairie 7 never knew Ben
der's women Fs1rylla--d about = worth 4
no-lous- and fne old Ran dicser-1 with
me for Al Aour over q gold watch i
SENS thai tr had bu; q small stock 81
czsil. bat he offerei Ille personal l,ryIr=r-
u in exchange. De bad three or four
silver watches. al u which HAD beea
carried. 1vo or thrse revolyers. tEo DO
ssm pin,. made 4 lunI> u purr gold
and three or four gair- u valuable
cuf buttons We had nearly effected
az exch4nse, when he suddenly decided
o. le4ve the nasl1er oIen ulril after
dinner
Months afierEzrd. u hen the di~roy-
eTi-s q III crimes eame oul, ihough1
the matter oTer. and could 1enleHlf,erjn-t
how nicely he Ilayei E,e- Without seen
ing T. Iu,errecsite me fsT inforIIlzilon- he
asked how long a trlp had made, NhA1
suty'es- had 1nei with who Wa, wheTe
lived. and whom ! knew IL thar locali-
II. The old Murderer Wa figuring mp
The cilanoes 4 NV beng missed il tz.se
hs pui al end u ne, and be had cum
l-lty l-f1r-izId - knOE Whs1 the L4--
xes1 would b. While I told you thst !
did n,f Ike hi- lcok>. and thai ! had a
creepy feeling II III I'rs--Hlce, ! had no
i8e.i u AL a-temp5 L. mursier by day
light and IL the n1snner he Sa> plSn-
ning f0r. ] bad truszy revolver, and /
had the crlrage 10 defend ua--z=lf Had
met ilim c1f On the Eirzirie. - had ~
been is,..Ein- tpgt7her along some lonely
highway. ] should have been EgyTar-
10 pull ny Iitol zt his frs move
usert
Dinner "a, announced 4oon after y
0'clock took NY pack with me into
tii, ,iinlng-r.oIl- where found The table
~ fsr oze. There Nere lhree ry.oBls in
the htu-s The front rcom Ma 3 sener-
81 sitti;e-rooIa and ef.ice cul14 isine-d- Ben
der keI,' . ~ig1 i tavern yo1 kn0E- and
t-aytlers had shis fnJE- rz,osn- Tbe nexl
room iszrk a. the dining roon and fam
ilv r,.o1n coIniin.-l- Taere N2s bad
r,aui leading OF on the walls 81 Jhi-
family room were few oli-1ashi0n+-i
print, ia old-fa-hionesl frames q shelf On
which stood cleck, and feN seani ev-
i5erice> 4 The y,re--Ice Il women The
hack room Eas the kitchen
had NY eye WIDE open when ] tn
tered THE dining r,-sn. and the very frs
ihine ] Noticed s-as that the table wzs -
lene1hNise & the rusns, and thai HIy
char and plate had isaen ~ placed that
ny fcsck would l-e t0Kzri the kitchen
door. HhicA Nzs Rot over tA.e " ssx feei
zEay- Had i i.een 81 tl5e other end Hly
hack would have beer i0wsni the Office
door. The frsz move ] Iazae zAs Il
turn ihe chair around io the -lie and n
down. ] NV faex-i the be.i-sam dom,
and bad the a7her dours 10 ny right and
lsft. while fhe7e va NJ EindaE behind
mt. The y.uE.sef Woman vas n the
roaz.l, and she looked a mt II que=r.
strange way A. ] uEeei the arrangements +
Size had perfected Bender did Ra Jock
izie the RON fgr fWo 81 fh-sS minutes. 4
and then retired without speaking j
minute lSlszr LIE ysas--d Srsund the house
and entered the kifchen by the bsck .
door. While ] could not ~ him. heard
him and the woanzn whispering together,
and caught the word> 8 spoken by
her
al tel you be did il himself
I could noz catch a word from him,
and directly he went Ous and she came
IL with tbe NJ, 0.f fsae eiii,les- Her face
Wa flushed. and her manner very ner-
v0us. she IaIi on plzse ef bread and