Telegram-herald., 1891-03-28
TALKS BY THE WAY.

LfEas VIZ sAA1 = ~4AS"A - A1r aS&A
he turns CT, and II that piece OF saas-
age nasn't lusl come from the hands OF
Charley Waters, then u new artist nas
last come - town" Sure enough. the
cgse little corner VI the nsan's swollen
lace that ba1 not completely lost rs
nioolilty was piece OF his mouth, and
slth iltue fragment be managed u
nGnlols thai he wanted warrant Tor
tie arrest OF CnaFley Matters. "Nilst
ca 1 teil yOur' sad tAe Ollesa4i
Charley a4Nays does L just that wsy.
No man ever came into tins court Win
one back eye from that stable.
man Is never turaed OF. when That
nl4n goes TOT n-m untll nc Is completely
done UP JUS that Nay" Ine inJ0red
man 49, s.gat - excite tie pltf Of a
Blue Beard. lis tacc lad beer pounded
oatil botA eyes were - closed that the
victim could st Tie gnt of day INTO
t1em only uy the most PAINFUL muscu-
lar effect, au1 the nose and cheeks
we're scratched and denuitd OF skin
ln many patches The man beng told
tnaL nc mast see the prosecuting attor-
I ney, telt Als way 10 the door and
disappeared Ia tue dazcd way IN which
1
case" said All officer, "Ihat ought 10 be
trled a. once, before the lapse OF time
and quart OF aTnica eliminate the
awful evidence of the mans treatment.
Those blackeued eyes and that bruised
face are a part OF the evidence IN the
case. But ten chances TO one Walters
wall get adjournment after adjourn
| ment until the tactics become tants-
| mount 10 judicial decision that a
mansled body III case OF assault Is
| incompetent, irrelevant aud lmmater-
isl. Then when the victim comes into
| court with smooth face aud twinkhDg
I eyes, the jury Will conclude that there
lias not teen much OF q shower, after
all. IL the court don't bring this mat
| ter to immediate trial, II will deserve To
| be brandcd as court OF injustice.
| That mans face leads me 10 think that
! Charley Walters has done THIS thing
! luss one time too many" Late last
| evening, Walters had not been arrested.
| fRIGHrESED.--W.F +. Dlckerson, then
! q lad OF 10, shouldered ! musket AT the
| opening OF the War of the Rebellion
| and went 10 the front To eat hard-tack
and wrestle with graybacks. The gun
was taken from HIM and he was gwen
| command OF bugle IN cavalry
regiment. He served three months
forcing his wind through the shrlll-
/ toned instrument, when he was APP
/ pointed a messenger ON the staff OF the
| general commanding. In this post ne
WAS constantly exposed 10 dangers, and
several times escaped by Il narrow mar
4 gin the missiles from the rifles of john
| ME sharpshooters. Here's q story he
tells of one of his trips: "One stormy
night was called to headquarters and
| handed message. 1t was TO be de-
| hvered to an officer fifteen miles away.
| mounted my horse and began the
| journey, trusting to the animal 10 carry
me safely over the perlls of the route.
| Soon | reached the picket line. The
/ darkness was 80 intense that n feeling
of supernatural fear crept through my
veins rlyetIng me TO the saddle.
] Through the darkness l signalled
the sergeant and III moment he
was guiding me down the line.
had passed from picket to picket
IN this manner and nearly had reached
my destination when an incident oc-
CURED that shall never forget. | had
stopped close 10 the base of tall pine
to await the approach OF the picket and
| give the countersign. While seated
there the black clouds above parted
and a few rain drops fell striking the
leaves with weird and gruesome
thuds. TO the right the sharp crack of
rifles told me that the sklrnlshers mad
met; TO the lett and rear other detona-
! tIOns Indicated sImuilar movement.
was between the two tirInGs, and as |
| turned and attempted TO pierce the
! darkness IN my rear, | thought | saw
the bushes, near by me, move. | fixed
! my eve Oh the spot and whether 1t was
! my disturbed ina Sination | cannot say,
! but again saw the bushes move. The
! silence was SO deep and profound that
| the beat of my heart could be dis
/ tinctly heard. Halt" | commanded, :,
| bringing my revolver into line with the
| supposed object III the bushes. The
| sound OF my voice was hollow and
| sepulchral and echoed away in the
| darkness IN dismal cadences. pulled
! the trigger. "BlH" went the bullet
| Not a thing stirred. Tncn from the
| top OF the pine came the ominous boot
/ OF an owl: "WoOhoot, woohoot." The
| cold sweat started from every pore in
/ my body while each individual hair
| stood dlstent and erect. | was trans
| fixed with fright and for moment my
! heart palpitated with furious vIgor.
/ Before | could regain my senses the
| owl tapped his wings and sailed away
into the night. My saddle was decided
| ly uncomfortable for the balance of the
| ride and il was more than week before
got over the fright from that uncanny
/ hOot."
EPIDENIcs-Speaking of the epidem-
/ Ics, diphtneTia and typhOId fever. yes
i tplIaV Il monument citizen said tnp