Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
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io " ~ ONSA WIZ ASuooe bOo0os
But my horses were sufficient for all
Ordinary occasions, as we remained
over night in Mountain Creek, and
returned to New brunswick the next
afternoon. Three trips Of fifteen
miles and back each week were NOT
hard. unless the going was very bad
,r the loads were unusually heavy.
Several Of the payments OF thl
newly purchased land became due
, out the first of January, and ]
think Marston knew this About
the first of December stranger sud
denly appeared in town, and every
body at once became suspicious OF
him. He was rough looking fellow
deed. II geaeral appearances indi
Gated anything. He was only seer
three times In as many weeks: all
knew that his headquarters were not
far of, but no one could find out
where he stayed. 1 only saw him
once, yet 7 should have known him
again had l met him a THOUSAND
niles from New Brunswick
One night about the middle Of De
Gem ber, l was awakened from my
SLEEP by the bowling of old Bruce. ]
arose and dressed myself, and went
to the woodshed where he slept, and
found him In a dying condition. He
had been poisoned. He died few
minutes after reached him.
Kept perfectly still, and remaineL
In the dark watching for further de-
velopments In an hour or two az
ter his howl ng bad ceased heard
stealthy footsteps outside the shed,
and through a small knot-hole ! saw
| the form Of man. He crept close
to the small open window at the end
and apparently listened 1t flashed
to my mind that he was trying to
as .ertain whether or not the dog was
dead. My first impulse was to shoot
the dark, crouching form, for had
my trusty revolver ready for service
Then l concluded to watch the fel.
low when he went away, which I did,
He walked directly to the bach
1oor OF Edward Marston's house, and
somehow l conceived the IDEA that
he was the evil-eyed stranger There
was a dim light burning in Marston's
kitchen, and when the door opened
to admit the man l was sure l saw
the form of second man within
1t came to me very plainly tina,
something was about to occur, and
that might possibly figure in some
unpieasantness kept the fact o.
old Bruce's death a secret, and Pc
pared myself for any emerge ncy thai
might arise
On the 29th Of December / ha.
Two packages OF money to carry n
Mountain Creek and deposit in the
bank. One Of them contained {
thousand dollars, and the Othel
about six hundred. went, as wa
my custom, into the bank, and there
deposited the money in an inside
pocket; it was impossible to obtair
1t without removing my outer coat.
l was not much surprised, tina
day, to find Edward Marston upor
the hotel steps waiting to ride with
me to Mountain Creek. There wer
no other passengers, and the coact
was empty save for light trunl
that was carrying to a lumber mar
who had recently gone to Mountain
Creek to work
Marston asked the privilege Of rid
ing upon the drivers seat, as there
was no one inside the coach. con-
scnted, but told him it would bt
much more comfortable inside He
answered laughingly that he would
rather Stand the cold than the coz.
founded lonesomeness. Isaid moth.
ng more. and we proceeded at ono.
lpon our journey.
My companion talked constantly
1T was somewhat difficult for me tt
reply to his incesSant chatter, so e!
"a up the attempt and let hin
rattle on.
But somehow I did not enjoy hh
talk. l ielt sure the fellow wa.
nervous, In spite of his efforts to con-
ceal it. l caught him saying the
same things over and over again
Several times ! saw h III thrust hi,
hand In his pocket, and withdraw II
very suddenly. Once l was sure :
saw the gleam Of a revolver.
There arose in my mind the though,
that matters would soon come to a
crisis. and l began to watch the fel.
low more closely. l gathered the
reins in my left hand and slipped my
right into my overcoat pocket In
which 1 had placed my revolver.
told him my hand was cold. Only
one thing rather troubled me: I could
not imagine where l might be at.
tackled, as there was q score of wild,
lonely llaces were man might bs
murdered and his body hidden. There
were many long stretches Of wood
land, lonely marshes, and swamps,
and II nv companion meditated am
larm TO me, he would be safe from
obser' alton almost anywhere
Onward we went, ] constantly ou
he alert and Marston's tongue going
1t full speed. AS we were descend.
Ing steep hill where thick clumps
If hemlock bushes grew upon both
des OF the narrow road, Marston en-
1eavored to draw my attention TO a
point on the right by asking If OBJ.
served the bushes stirred as il by
some animal.
Instead OF looking in the direction
&c indicated, l glanced at the clump
upon the opposite side, and sa# q
man very distinctly. at once recog-
nized the evil looking stranger. He
held revolver, but as Marston sat
between me and him, It occurred to
no that he would not shoot.
Suddenly Marston seized the lines
from my left hand and dropped from
the high seat The horses stopped, and
hen heard a bullet whiz past my
lead. / had my revolver pointed TO-
ward the fellow, and l shot three
times rapidly in succession. l heard
. groan and saw his left arm fall, but
in his right hand he still held the
cleaning weapon. Marston was
the re1ns, and the horses
had come to complete stand still l
tapped the footboard sharply, and
they went up the opposite hill with
liphtninn 1iLe epeed hoord tho