The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-23
DIDN'T GET TERWIILIGER.
1r sUOT MS SWEETHEART BECAUSE
yyL srEMhD INDIFFERENT 10 HIN.
Oh. Thonvbt She was AS Good ms Dead. nnd
soDid Her Two stniwnrt Hrothers. md
They started out to Lynch Her AssniIant.

H1TIOS ~, lss uuue my Il "hh
among the mountains hero all day yesterday
and to-day. but the man knew the woodland
and escaped. Had they caught him. no would
nave been shot dead on the spot
Tho excitement is over now. and when they
catch the man he will go to prison. They are
all laughing about It now. 1t grew out OF the
love affair between an ill-favored man and
roupr girl who thought she knew more than
her mother
In the Dimock carpet works on the slope OF
the Waikiki Mountains. in tho township OF
Esorus. tho list Of employees included the
names of IHez Schoonmakcr and Joseph Ter
xllligcr None of the girls in the neighbour
hood EXCEPT Inez schoonmakcr liked Ter
viCrr He was cross-eyed aud bad-tem-
pcred yet Inez was unable to Withstand the
young man.
Mrs. Schoonmaker took n look at TerwlliGer
and Immediately conceived a dislike for him.
II may have been his manners. 1t may have
been his eyes. but size did not like him.
Incz told her mother that in affairs ofthe
heart daughters should choose for themselves.
md shc promised Terwilliger she would
marry hin. Her two brothers. who are feet
inch and 6 feet . inches in height respec-
ty"iy weren't much Interested in these pro-
cccdinGs except. as one of them said:
III Joe doesn't make Incy II good husband
I'll lick the stufling out Of him.
Hardly had TerwilIiGer secured the girls
heart and the promise of her hand when
no got drunk. and in wild moment
said things about Miss schoonmaker
which ho had no right to say.
Here among Tic Wnllk!ls when one person
says disparaginG things about another 1t
travels like electricity. Incas brothers heard
oft the next day Tc-willigcr heard that they
had heard Oft. and. knowing the ways OF tho
place, he Disappeared. Three days later Incz
remarked rhlosophically. We'll. never did
'Terwillirer worked somewhere else, for
three weeks. and no one saw him around Riff
back after dark and peered into the window
Of Mr.. sehoonmaker,s house He saw 1nez
surned her eetS to the wndow 10 hsz
Yesterday morning she started for the car
petworks while the dew was stu on the grass.
yond tho crossroads Ter,williEer snrang from
Hello. Joe" she said merriy. where have
yoa mRS S he oSt il ns
III DIDN'T know what you wanted"
Well I'm G4;nGto end your life and mine"
BE put his hand to his hir.
from him: II must 20 to re works"
he sse feSoer
caught IN 'ush and md she fsll; T Terry
q the top 81 ner voice. but lust as she reached
Terwllliger fred two more shots at her from
edistance; and she IMAGINED that both struck
e s s toe hs sns tn
iust as her brothers were leaving the break
is..table, and before their eyes she fell upon
Zoo Tsrwiiliser shot me nee down WIT the road"
Say: POP" said the younger brother; bet
'jokn Went to the dresser and took out two
pig revolyers. one OF which he handed to his
ae
who had heard the firing
d.rs5 On AND ior hin MUIR
A thrill Of indignation ran through the
group. and in a moment they we're on their
Kingston to notify the POLICE;
6s others wade straight for the Thick
williger must have gone. for he was born and
bred IN these wilds. Soon. they. met men who
e. h T s sp sars hs SSS ns nf The
sss!i t[hssy reached the wild land When they
They formed long LING, SO as to take in. as
much, territory as POSSIBLE; and then they
ping on bushes. splasl,ing through streams.
ant running wEeneyer they came to clear.
Ill., 1t not on d@y s1d eS ee
ton to mcte out mountain justice to n man
Who had killed a woman.
frequently thoy came to Il tiny village or
hamlet where they renewed their scent and
fixed tho fugitve's. destination as accurately
sheriff from Kingston trampline through the
pnderbrush in an, opposite direction. and at
A. they thought he was The sRpp9tsssd InuT:
announced bis identity and asked for q de-
scription Of Terwilligor.,
cling himself YEARLY UP the. road to little
settlement among tho mountains. when Ter:
s for an aenf the Su m G the s 4os add
schoonmaker quickly drew his revolver.
aimed, nred. but missed. and ,Terwllliger
he could o Ire thrd 1ne af tsoop 'e OF
children .o smerEed from a sch0olhouse and
SeTssn an nnf e
ting one of the children. Before he could pass
them th Ter, TerSwiser had once more PLUNGED into
not not SO familiar with the, footpaths and
trouble was an abundance OF scratches and
bruises. Ho returned to tho turnpike. and
S1Sed aIG1g hrrs thinking that some q the
woods
n nv w5s ev s he heard two shos Aired
Tee and drew his revolver. A moment later
s deputy sheriff red persnrng and breath
"af9HSh sq f Into fhs Of
1,wh,-where izzyf" he asked.
ii y.
solaugh at this ludicrous figure. The deputy
assure he had seen Tcrwilliger. but after
NO noll .dngs high and low together they could find
Like this it continued until the sun sank be.
low the mountain line. and then the tired pur-
suers met and turned in ut hotel for the
thh,s Gihrt "a. Early t thS morning they renewed
stream a dozen times. walked every bath and
covered miles and miles Of track less Wider
ness thty were not even rewarded with n
glimnse Of the man, So they gave it NM m,'a ana
'strnsgled homeward. Tho Schoonmaksr bows aWs
were half ashamed to enter the house "''i
To their surprise they beh~ld their sistor
whom they imagined dead by his time. sitting
contentedly on the porch reading an accemnii
OF her attempted murder in the local news.
Did you get him Z" she asked
John Schoonmaker looked at her calmly for n
moment and then said: O
. Say. sis. where were you shot 2"
on. one bullet lust passed through tho
nesh IN the back OF the neck and the other two
though" N '''''
John schoonmaker didn't like to nut the
loaded revolver into the dresser, so he went
down tho road and onpticd all the barrels
into tho butternut trce.