The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14

on the board. calculating that the sight would
both away again, having a scsbbard for the
knife and holster. Tor the pistol He had no
y In H ona
greatly how he could tax matters 80 coolly.
having, no suspicion OF what had happened te
his brain he grew Jolly and began to sing:, /
d"oE sshsd SSs WY
beyond that There was reason to believe that
t Wo iqSor would finally nI him. and
For tSs space o. half an hour tho robber was
Jolly tight Then no b.san to sober up and
to pull the straw ticks oil Il . beds and empty
them, and then to divide The gold into two
osn nna At tie s. %Se Gr ae WS s He
ordered me to drag them to the he front door:
Dc, to move one aIcne the floor. As was
r man Ing. for TIP second portion tho
in d"ss and G ssa eon o ha S
left in there. and as it ratified about no bent
owe to feel for It. As | told you before. it was
caught sight Of him with head and shoulders
and both arms In tho barrel. and his left foot
@ the sWnsss y Of ns I'll
forward ri and seized his right leg and oNertcd
Si my strength and l. was sn.ici.nt to land
tom. while his feet stuck UP 10 the air. end 10
r9bber was ever In a worse box. His struG-
hays Vens. E"Fsa hn St
no trou6lei1 avoiding them: i own that was
me il he got loose but still still had dq no thoushts
o. ns Ewing up: In our struggles Te moved the
keep it on end all the time.
,hn, ht AZ feared for tho first nys minutes was
we struggled around saw that the weapon
wa damned fast against the size Q! the barrel
over ten minutes before the man borano per-
trctly uniot. overcome by the rush " blood to
MS head. slowed the barrel against the foot
OF uncl"'s Iedstead. got down the clothes line
from its pcg. and i've minutes later ! had man
and barrel and bedsteud SO. firmly dashed to-
work, had only been acgomr If YI when 7
heard Uncle. Ben's signal at the door / had
Learned s caution. as YOU may suppose. and
ehiieu TO Know who was thore. AS no answer
Was nude refused to open. The signal was
repeated again and again. anu when kept
They were, Tho two men with the wagon: '''
orc 1ohh: John, Are you IN there I" shouted
lIe must be-" heard the other observe.
door, i he didn't succeed in fS"iinr T tie boy Roy
He pounded on the door with a stone and
ms mae e noise enough to awaken the dead but
LN?f h nee c EN- sa1 the bS, te9 2a as he
III he has. weil hunt him to his death II
ne got In. how happens the door to be lock edT'
Dunno. but there's som ct hing wrong. Let's
bust tn. cussed thing Off it's hinges"
The two flung themselves against tho door
with full force. hut 1t was TOO strong for them
Then they hunted around for n log to use as a
battering ram. but conld find nothing in the
darkness. Finally. puzzled what to make Of
tho situation, they called out to me:
Boyl boyl Open tho door. II you do. we
promise not to hurt you. II We havo to blow it
down with torpedo. we'll Kill You for sure."
felt that silence was my strongest weapon.
alarmed and made Off and | hoard nothing
more from them. All this time had kept an
eye on the man. in the barrel. hut he had
not moved or cried out. It was about midnight
when the two men left. They went back to tn 9
shanty. held n whispered consultation with
the sentry. and alter a few minutes the trio
rode off toward town. Uncle Ben was bound
and gagged, and. Rs soon as he was alone, he
began the work Of freeing himself. This lie
ccompishcd after q while. ana belrvin Z
that he had been robbed he Il so made for town
to report his loss. Three officers started for
home with him. and il WAS daylight when they
arrived. When the llshin!s were cast of and
my prisoner was pulled out Of the barrel no
the first ha hour In the fingers OF his right
hand was clutrhcd n endollar gold piece tho
coin which had lured him to his death. No
ono could identity the man. nor was either %.
the others ever arrested. Everybody called me-
IL brave. cvol-hCa!ed lad. and plenty OF people
came TO look at mo ami pat me on the back,
but didn t deserve word Of praise. | simply
acted on impulse. and l was scared half to
death most Of tho time.