The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-14

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Ezrnse ule-I-nl s1r77. .fae said- =
showed hack to keep the hot hquid fFola
dripping GA nv leg
Never mInd-no harm done, ! ~
plie4
Il E4s = czreles> 4 ne You had
better change your sal - the end Nhile
] sop i up
oh, don't mind I'm nos hungry.
and shall ez1 bui 3 feN usoufhfuls- any
KAy- forgot 70 tel y0u that ! f,referr-1
wzier 10 co;fee
Bul yoB-you-
In al right
>he gave rne one q tile qlrersss5 iook-
] ever -, irz flushing up and then
turning Eaie. >IdIling thai coffee wae q
put-np 5ob 10 ~ my haek 70 the kitchen
door. ] SUSPECTED Il then a f,-w months
affer hzi plenty q horrible proof Be
fore the meal was finished odd Bender
looked ia from the kitchen iogE and
drew back and sh,n showed away and
entered tie o1fire he Nas H5i there aad
did noi ,h8w up for ave MINUTES When
EvHi IL dinner G0.atle-tssrTeis-i shot
-un stood IL . corner - the oEi5ce- When
/ came oui i 49, g0ne- The I'D ul1ln
cauie IN after awhile and Il VA easy u
- that he had l. force himself L. con
verse pail him for tire meal and Wa
rsady to - II w4- lonely rad had
70 travel. with DO other hur-e f1r ulIies
and i -u.ldenly -trurk nae thai the
. younger man had gone ou a. be IN ann
fl-h aIi -b.,.s Ilr iu ca ! e--,aE--i -
.4s-in4IioH a. The hoa~e. For q minute
quite l.,-s Ily slnd- and yau can Jli-yr
Whal . relief il VIZ 10 ne IL 49, a Team
drive ap Eiih 1hree men ia the vehicle
and nom for one more. They stopped to
water the ho--s- and cilats g f.-w moments
and readily gave me- = lift on LAY Way-
did not imEarz uly suspicious io Ihelu-
and il sas noi until the horriiIe s1orle>
came oui iha5 ! fell sure IN my oNn
mind what q exee--iingly cio~r call had
had
DO ! know via; became 4 old Ben
der and III family Gou 7ellelt.rr thai
they ted the country. ~ Iil4r the }iaEer-
- reported, and fo- months ve a-ed t.
hear from one locality and another %
the f1siIive- Je1ng sen az captured I
have reason "a t--lieve Ih-v never sJ1 cut
q the STATE. nor VI hundred aile-
frJln that lone tavern on the prs,irie with
i, horrible ceIlzr underneath and IL
graveyard IN the re4r- Bands q laen
Rere riding IN tl4i> o- tilat direction. bean
on yengeAnoe and cue q these oyerilaul- .
Il the Far7y. ! have been told lii- ga
the t.t,s1 authority. A. Bender bad shown
IL ulercy toward The un>llsI-ertins travel- .
ers who were shoi In the hack from ihz1
kitchen door - they atr Il his table.
none VA shown to him or his- They .
were WiPai ous- and planted where their
bodje, wiI never be turned up 10 the
light q day
have also been . pack preadlar for
=
limp in hi. s4it. and Who -s-eHsei 10 Ie .
al,ozf - wears old. and have I'D my
falr share - adventures Wi1h -he r~1 q
the frzternify. For year ] lilve trsvelei T..
II Tennes@ee, the Caro.ifz- and tTesr-
9ia- and my HBe Z goods ia> b-esn clt-
le-y. ] have sometimes earned pins
nee5ie>. and thread ',u; uorr - an ze- .
commo6z;ion than from any hope 4 .
profit Nj line iuelu6e- r4zors- ~ht-ars. +
Scissors pocket knives tatle knive-- and .
fork. Sometimes ] add a fes sheath
knives. whieh are bought ly l4Nles>
characters and sometimes usHif iheIn.
ac,oriins - thu route have laid
out
-on tNo ~ three oszaSion- my life
hzs bg-en ~; ia perl by the ruTidify q
others. f,ui the cio~e>t shave ever hsd .
va, II the ull.uutain- i Tellue-~-e. ai,5u1 f.
- miles from Knoxville ! had sold
nv stock pretty veH doEn- and had
about sSo5 with nse, when. one afternoon .
an hour before sln-,1. the apI.roach of a
terrific thunderstorm drove me 10 seek
1he shelter 4 q rJadsile eaiiH. l. -.
lonely place. or lonely mountain raad-
and the 151ne Wa ID $50 While the
Kar had long been over - q coarse you
know there ga, d good deal u bitter
nese among the nouniaineersS uf Ten
ne----e. and there wzs great ulsny men
who had not yt1 settled down 10 any
thing Ike work A. va not IN the
war on either SIDE, and am English born
81 along ye.ry EyeIl si1h the tire-rz1er-,
t.l the Eac1 N4> eye-y day before nie
that there Were plenty of l4Wles- oilar-
arters. both Union and rebel uho
usuIdn, hs,,itatit 10 pu Ilse oui ii the
way for whs1 uly pack contained, no
nlat1er uha1 principle upheld But tsr
the coming ,tor1u ] should have cun1in-
ped Oh Tor . c.upie Il hour ] did noi
Ike the io.o.- 4 the place. i wse q So
n and q half lo- ho1Se. situated ~eve-af
rod Of fhe mad, and there Wa SoHe-
thing IN the h0g~- aRd Il Surroundings
which INSIDE u8e hesitate 20 S-k 1er hu--
,,itaIify. However July Thunderstorm
WAs creeping NJ. covering The whole
wss7 with darkness. and the 1huBder N4-
rolling and reyer3,rz1ins from hill 10 hill
= ! knocked 0u the casing x the open
door The voice of a EuulaH tade ne
enter She Wss p<rssu 81 lesSs forty
veArs CID large ana muscular. and her
goanienanoe VA ANYTHING bui gateF.1s----
sing Il wore q sulien. sUIky exEsresr5on-
and the gray eye- which sized me ~ hsd
no gleam q vonlznly kindness n them.
explained lhsi ! Wa tr4reler who
crave-d shelter from the storm. and slse
sullenly replied;
- Noa are Reic5lne 10 III duEn-
Five minults la.er the ram EAs falling
IL torrents, and i grew - dzrk that the
woman had 10 light candle. Tie eslin
had is1i one roo1a below. IL 1tis wa-
he'd, burez1, and other furniture, and the
cooking w-ss done IN fireplace. Al one
end Il the fireplace a regzh ladder he'd 70
tht ioft above. The interior u the boEl-e
was neither inviting nor rel-lling. bui ]
certainly did not Ike the zonlsn- i
Wa all oftEeIIfy minutes after ] ss1 down
i.sfere she spoke smother Konl, and then
il wAs 70 ask WHIST my Iaek coutsiIls-d. /