The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-26


reach road, and IL don't reach you by
1 mdn te ,h keep on and the road will take axe
night. Wait for me there: As you so keep
the cabin between you and those wretches."
An instant later Julia was on her way
The crowd came on, shouting and yelling
like flends.
The detective thrust repeating rifle out
OF his cabin window and began firing. The
mob bolted aud then returned the fire. A
shower Of balls struck the trail cabin.
he tooK Ion weapon on a ine snd owe s of
the woodchoppers dropped at the report:
They. came on like wolves after their
yards of the cabin
Then the detective thought of a clever
and they saw nothing but the barrel of
MS rlne he had two weapons, repeaters,
and putting one to each shoulder sent
dozen shots at the foe.
This gave the impression that Julia was
still in the cabin and. behind one Of the
guns.
THE girls a-shooting" they cried.
Three men fell in their tracks. This only
paused when hundred yards from the
cabin, where a couple more fell. The &C
curacy of the fire from the cabin had been
700 much Tor them, and they realized That
II would be dangerous to advance. SO they
fell back, screening themselves behind the
loss and brush while they waited for re-
These were not slow in coming. and
presently they gathered behind convenient
anu DCSdh a ANbNaoA
The balls were coming into the structure
arm. He felt the fringe of the bullet and
the flow of warm blood Besides this he
saw men stealing through the brush TO
ing twilight he retreated 70 the raVlne
with his belt full Of cartridges. two six
shooters and one repeating rifle eulptying
the other on his foes and smashing the
lock before he left. He retreated rapidly
down the rocky ravine, and as soon as the
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the cabin they swarmed after him in full
cry, for they knew that after he passed
into the brush he would be lost 10 them.
The sides of the glen were flashing fire
all the way. but the detective covered his
retreat with a constantly barking rlne
Tor which his enemies had conslderab Die re-
spect. AS the darkness settled down he
was unable to fire with accuracy, and his
wounded arm was getting stih so ne re-
treated more rapidly down the ravine and
FASTENED along the bride path. firing oc-
casionally as he went TO warn Julia of his
from his cabin, and was Obliged to give
his three whoops as signal before he
could make her notice that he was not one
under cover of the darkness for several
hours. Arriving at an old corral ne
wrapped his charge up in his great coat,
sleep. Next day they reached the wayside
inn, and from there reached Melbourne by
stage.
The story told by the detective of the hor-
rible practices in the logging camps
caused a widespread interest at the time,
and the details of the rescue Of Julia was
a great newspaper sensation. The govern
camp, but on arriving there they found it
deserted. The men had simply broken
camp, scattered and allied themselves with
other camps. On its way back the posse
arrested one man, but no case could De
made out, and for lack Of evidence he was
discharged.
The authorities finally found the pro-
curess who had enticed Julia from Mel
hOIrnn and she CnPnf q term IN the neni-
tertiary.
The newspaper accounts. of the. affair
means that Mrs Mary Spencer, the
mother of Julia. learned of her daughters
whereabouts
she received in reply inclosed a check for
her passage money TO Australia. The
mother found a very pleasant surprise
The detective had married Julia. He
claimed her by double right, having won
her at cards and rescued her from an I'M
The history Of Thermometer between the
detective and the loggers Is still a tradition
of the bush and the cabin from which he
poured his deadly IRE on that memorable
occasion stood there as landmark for
many years and was always known as the
cumbe6 to the clements but a photo
graph Of it hangs in John Homesteads
parlor and is still picture full OF interest
to his children. After Mrs. Spencer ar
rived she proved to be more of an acquisi-
ton to the family than most mother-in-
laws. for she brought information Of the
legacy which had brought her husband to
Australia. The detective took the clews
and soon found solicitor who knew all
about it, He established the identity of the
legatee, who was then his wife, and after
a couple of years of the usual court de-
lays his wife received nearly 100000 as her
legal due.
After the matter wars settled she said
one day to her husband:
81 suppose it is customary to pay a de-
tective percentage for his services In re-
covering money"
About per cent. is the customary fee
IN this country"
"But back in San Francisco where
came FROM" answered Julia, " the lawyers
and detectives take 1t all, and / am only
following out the established customs OF
nv nal i've land by giving you 100 per cent.
At least my mother says that's the Gus
tom. and IL must be So"
And so the matter was settled on true
Californian basis.-Sam Davis in San Fran
cisco Examiner