The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-14

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Miles.
He hurried upstairs to their rooms.
John and Ben answered his calls.
"Where is Water?' he asked, as
John appeared at the door of his room,
rubbing his eyes rather sieepily.
''In his bed" said John.
"Hurry up you fellows; there's been
a robbery down the road, and almost a
murder. I've got wounded man in
the wagon, you must all come out and
help carry him in. "
As Walter Brownfeld still did not
answer, he entered his room and APP
preached his bed and found it unoc-
cupied.
"Walter is not here, where is hep"
asked Mr.. Niles.
"He went to bed there" said John,
who being now thoroughly awake, was
dressing rapidly.
Eyes, but he got up two hours ago
and went out, said Ben; "he's not
been back since"
The farmer staggered as if he had re-
ceived blow. "Dave Black must be
right and Walter is one of the robbers
who attacked the stranger on the
Bushville road.
He said nothing, however, but hur-
ried out with John and Ben to carry in
the wounded man. When Mr.. Brown
had been placed in bed and made as
comfortable as possible, Ben Miles was
sent to put away the horses and John
TO- Bushville to inform the sheriff and
bring a doctor
Upon examining Mr.. Brown inju-
ries, Mr. Miles discovered that he had
several bruises about the head and
shoulders, and his left arm was broken.
John had been gone nearly an hour
when the door opened and Walter
Brownfeld entered the sitting-room,
his face flushed and paled by turns,
and to Mr.. Miles appeared decidedly
guilty. His astonishment knew no
bounds at the sight of the wounded
man.
"Where have you been, Walterp"
asked the farmer.
II did not feel well, and arose from
my bed to take a walk in the night
air"
THAT settles it, thought the farm.
er, though he said nothing. He is q
robber, and to think that ! have been
harboring him."
The farmer no longer doubted Wal
ter's guilt, but his great desire was t.
bring the entire gang to justice
Should he have Walter arrested thu
others would leave the country; there
fore he must bide his time.
Ben told Walter ali he knew abou
the attack on Mr. Brown, and how, j
his father had not charged down to tn,
rescue in two-horsc wagon, he would
have been killed. Walter listened il
real, though Mr. Miles construed it t,
be only feigned, wofler. The doc
tor came, as did the sheriff. The form
er set the arm and dressed the wounds
and the latter had long conversation
with Mr.. Miles and departed. Fo
three or four days the sheriff with
posse of men rode about the country
but found no clue to the would-be roE
bers and assassins.
The next day Mr.. Miles met Hawk
ms, his thrftless neighbor, and CAV
him an amusing account of how he ha
frightened dozen brigands, and ru
them from an intended victim.
, "Who were they?" aske= Hawkins
y 81 have no idea"
Couldn't you see emp"
, "See them? no; it was dark as
stack of black cats | couldn't see m
hand before me, but | heard ther
knocking and swearing. | heard
pistol shot, and hnew that business {
, a serious nature was going on.
9 And have you no idea who the
! were?" asked Jack Hawkins, with
+ look of intense interest.
I mo, l have not was the answC
< of the farmer, after few moment
reflection.
He thought to himself: Il bette
e not tell Jack, because he'll be sure I
I tell that trifing Bill Martin, and it
1 be sure to be all over the country"
as the stranger bad hurtP"
! Eyes, but not dangerous; he has
= broken arm and some bruises of tt
q head"
"Does he know who the robbel
were?n
=, mo; he's a stranger here, ar
knows no one but Mr.. Smallweed, Il
. banker. His name is Brown, and
g has just returned from California. I
4 is immensely rich, think, but has 9
his gold in Smallweed's bank
Bushville.n -
r As they were on the point of separ
ton, Mr.. Miles inquired as to Il
= whereabouts of Bill Martin, and W
informed that he had received
Y slight injury in the shoulder by beir
thrown from a horse, and would pro
ably be confined to his bed for sever
days.
Pinkey Miles was the nurse of Il
d wounded man. He dictated a lett
d. which she wrote Mr.. Smallweed In T
gard to business affairs; by it 81
~ learned that he was expecting "
v more boxes of gold coin, on the e
N press, and he wished him to 90
r Queenstown and receive it, suggestir
" that he had better have a strong qua