The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-14
LUCK WAS WITH BOTH
A HOG SELLERS PLuCKY BLUFF AND
ITS SINGULAR SEQUEL.

Transaction Was Satisfied.
We had finished our game of whist on
the train when one of the players, a red
headed man, said: "Your speaking Of |
narrow escapes reminds me of one had |
years ago in the Sierras. Buckeye
House." he continued, sis public tav-
ern amid the mountains of southern
Plumas county and is> lonely spot,
being surrounded by dense forests of
spruce and pine. On the night of June
4, 1877, stopped there and was told by
the proprietor that highway robbery
had been committed in the vicinity dur
ing the preceding day. This made me
exceedingly uneasy, for | was carrying
S12, 500 in greenpacks into the mountains
to invest in quartz mine. The money
was wrapped up i'll my horse blankets
and slowed away under the seat of the
buggy. while had about S100 in gold
and silver in my pockets.
Shortly after leaving Buckeye the
road ascends deep declivity and then
crosses narrow, rocky, brush covered
plateau. Three miles farther on passed
Palmetto ranch, an abandoned stopping
place, where | again entered the dense
forest that grew close to the highway.
Iexamined my revolver carefully, placed
fresh caps on it and laid it on the seat
beside me ready for instant use. Moth
ing occurred until | reached French
mans hill, when as / was climbing one
Of the steepest parts | was suddenly
stopped-so suddenly, in fact, that had
4
sprang into the road and caught my
horses by the brides, while second
robber appeared from behind tree,
holding in his hands shotgun at full
cock. The man with the gun was tall
fellow with squint eye and q red
-mustache, while the other man was short
and stout.
Throw up your handsr cried the
squint eyed man in q harsh voice.
glanced at the muzzle of the gun and
then at the revolver ON my seat. up
with your hands, or I'll give it to you!
and the look ON the robbers face indi-
Gated that he meant what he said, SO
reluctantly gave up all my ideas of de-
fense and slowly and mechanically raised
my hands above my head, at the same
time cursing my i'll luck, for robbery al
that time meant ruin to me. Git out
and keep your hands up cried the tai
man. till Jim takes yer money and yel
popgun.' / got out and walked to thu
head of the horses as commanded ant
the short robber deftly examined my
pockets and took what gold and silver
had. saying as he ratified the coins. Il
pays to drive hogs
"'Hogsr exclaimed. What do 20,
mean by hogsT
"'Oh, that's all right. He told us yol
were coming, and we laid in the brusl
for you,' was the response.
81 glanced up at that second and saw
"a murderous look on the squint eyec
mans face, while his finger was ON tn
trigger of the gun. AS was standin,
CLOSE to the small robber, the weapon
.of course, covered as both. gave al
involuntary start, which caused the shor
man to look up. His face blanched whit
as he exclaimed, Take care there or yo1
will shoot us BOTH at the same tim
stepping back so as to bring my hors
between himself and his scompanion' gun
81 involuntarily followed his example
when the short man said i'm a low tone
4 believe that rascal meant to kill u
both. Now he continued in a lou
voice, at the same time taking my pisto
from the seat, You pile right in and be off
.'I had supposed, of course, that the
wouldNsearch my buggy, and now that
was about to escape with my preciou
greenbacks my heart beat furiously an
the blood rushed to my face as though
had just undergone great exertion.
hastily obeyed the inJunctions of th
robbers to drive on and keep a-going
and as soon as was out of gunshot
| whipped up and drove at full speed unit
In overlook little old man, shabbil
dressed, driving lot of fat hogs wit
the aid of a small dog.
.The old man looked at me with som
astonishment as drove rapidly up an
cried, Say, did some fellers stop yer bac
thar
Yes was my reply. Did they ro
I your
Il '.Ths old man laughed and slappe
his leg and then laughed again ere h
IN replied. Kinder curious how it turne
I'm ont, he said, but hanged If knew an
one was a-comin in a two hoss buggy
IN What do you meanY I asked, for
saw nothing funny in the whole matter
III Why, You see, them fellows steppe
out in the road, right in front of my hogs
and cried for me to stop. This scare
the hogs, and they broke Quit in the brush
pretended not to understand what the
meant, and sending Boze out on one sid
n took the other, at the same time arcuss
ing them chaps right lively for scarin
my hogs. When got 'em all back agar
turned around and said. Now, wha
hi do yon wantY'
Money. cried the tall fellow. "A
you've got
HI Money! and roared SO yon coul
III have heard me half way back to Bucl
eye. You don't reckon that chap q
has got to go afoot and drive hogs for
living has any money! Hyou want tina
Isl just stop the boss, who is coming alon
in two hdss buggy, and you will q