The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-10-22

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ter the other, and ! heard the balls
whiz over my head. If had been or
nv seat, one of those balls, If not two
ofthem, must have gone through me
| popped up my head again and gave
q veil and then a ~deepgroan, and then
said, %, a V mel Pm a dead man!
Then / made a shutting noise as
though | were a falling OIL, and hnally
settled down again on the foot-board'
Inow 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 he got
70 reply he made some tremendous et'
forts to break the door open, and as
this failed him he made several at.
tempts upon the top. But | had no
fears OF his doing anything there, Tor
the top of my cart is framed in with
dove-tails 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
it up until he became hoarse. All this
time kept perfectly quiet, holding the
reins firmly and poking the beast With
the whip.
eve wasn't an hour in going that
dozen miles-not a bit of it. hadn't
much fear-perhaps | might tell the
truth and say that | had none, for
had a 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 | hauled up in front OF the tav-
ern and found a couple OF men in the
barn cleaning down some stage horses.
"'Well, old ~feller,' says |, as | got
down and went round to the back Of
the wagon, you've had a good ride,
haven't ye?'
"'Who are your he cried, and his
voice trembIed q little, too, as he ask
ed the question.
al am the man you triedto shoot
l told him.
"'Where am 1? Let me OUT he
yelled.
"Look here said I, we've come
to a safe stopping place, and mind ye,
I've got a revolver ready for We the
moment ye show yourself, Now lay
quiet
by this time the two 'ostlers had
come to see what vas 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
light were just coming up, and in half
an hourit would be broad daylight. In
less than that time the sheriff came
and two other men with him. I
told him the whole story in a
few words-exhibited the handbills |
had for him-and then he made for
the cart. He told the chap inside who
he was, and that if he made the least
resistance he'd be a 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 him by the
ankle and he came down on his face,
and in a few momets more the officers
had him. 1t was now daylight, and
the moment | saw the chap | recogniz-
ed him. He was the very man | had
suspected, and his fine black clothes
were pretty we'll covered with lint and
dirt. He was marched off to 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 il
| would remain until the next morning
| should have the reward of two hun.
dred dollars which had been offered.
/ found my goods all safe, paid the
express agent for bringing them from
Indianapolis, and then went down to
work to stow them away in my cart.
/ found the bullet-holes in the top O
my vehicle just as / expected. They
were in q ] line, about five inches apart
and had | been where / usually sit
two OF them would have hit me about
the small OF the back and passed
upward, for they were sent with q
heavy charge of powder, and his pisto
was a heavy one.
"OE the next morning the sheriff
called upon me and paid me two hun
dred dollars in gold, for he had mad,
himself sure that he had got the vii
lain. After an early dinner ! set out
and here / am. I've sold my load al
out, and am now ready to lay up 10,
the winter. found a letter in the oil
fee ct Portsmouth for me, from tn
sheriff of Hancock county, and he in
formed me that Mr.. Hardhead is nov
in prison for life"
So ended hepeddler's story. In til
morning ] had the curiosity olook a
his cart, and / found the four bullet
holes just as he had told us, thougl
they were now plugged up with phia
corks. Whey came out while | wa
looking. and showed the prints of th
williams feet upon the cart. The
were plain and must have been givel