Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-10-29

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States nd Canada Lzs hes1 .he s.ene q
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% TIE g-rrni-s50et.Eez with results
tlss are IL. % pleasant his vas ,he
case with th= oEsceY -hose SIZE: Al
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Gle Sans farm linz il occurred need cc:
IL tod The =s-! STATS upoa TIE Ca
raiiao EIDE q, secluded $40. IN tie
vocds, whe-e nA, hc-= sled with
AZ ercruc1sly big box up1a Il. god
horss and c-1nx filed with vaiuabie
articles make t.xak .c- ,he American
:.is If the iire- In some var al ofscsr
has gos Wild &: the attempted E-nrs-
gl.ry, and with Sill te:.er ho-se he
s.a-rs 2. fill E-sed atce- he uyEte-iols
trunk AID the d-iTe- Il the h1rse sled
I,wA= nos Until soue distance ac1nss
sae line upoa .hs American side that the
driver Il re h1-se sIei discovered TIA.
DC was pursued
Far tack n distant kill be say= a
tam co-aing q. fill sYssd- md knew
liz r1saainE. e gos Up steam On his
Owu craft Immediately, and the cid sled
E.id into and CT. Ct thank ye na-ns"
IL way 70 make ones hair -ise, 10.
the driver knew very well fhz. b. c9uid
MT escape Le;ng oTe-ta2en- lie only de-
gi-ed 10 60. ever the Ee1, hilltop and
ca. ot sigh: tor mcuent- When ovr
the h,o-T Il tie Hill. ha suddenly pulled
Up tock the trunk up in lis gru=,
climbed u TIP = tEse enomo1= b11 q
.he SID, and holding the trunk as high
a. be cozld over the side drpTEsd it in
70 Zig s-owd-.t., where j, sank c9rn-
plesely cut Ct sight Then she race IT,
gan again
Back .. tne summit II the last hill
appeared the customs cfncer in hos pu--
suit, and no-v he relied TO the man
ahea1 20 stcp, b1t tina: individual ap-
pcased sing1la-!y deaf and IN gEeas
hurry as well h kep. his hosse Z, ,op
sgd, and looEed rei.aer q the right
roy LEFT.
a half Iciie more aid TIE c!-.cer had
drawn up cinss behind, when r-e,e1se
Of not hearing his prufane calls co1ld
no longer be made TIE driver Il tee
sied gazed backward eTeT his shoulder.
and than. in APPARENTLY great surpr;ss,
he puiied ur-so suddenly thai the Off
Gers flaming horse nsaxiy plunged
bead foremost into the big box
Tha-wha-whac &c wans?' drawlesi
the man ahead
The rcpiy # the cfscer Is totally u.
suited for publication Il s~'ar to -.
/ hain't got a thing here" said tbs
driver # the hazse sled
Then I should like to know wha. in
hades you were trying 10 get away from
re for.'' said the officer.
Git away from yer Ea:d the ether.
W., gosh mighty. / q. ter gi. hnms
n milk eigh. cea.Es afore dark, 90
hain't got 10 time ,er Be- a-ioAdn On the
road"
We'll. you Just haul Up. replied ths
collector q Uncle Sans Guties, "and
I'll have Ios3k ! know well enough
Just what you've GO, there- ~
Tell re I hahn. 60. thing hare bu,
this cid sled n bo1,' protested the 9th.
er; bu. the more he protested the more
certain became his rursuer that he had
contraband god. concealed il the big
box. the only orening to which was a
little door az the end, the normal use q
the box being for the conveyance of live
pigs
The two teams came 70 a standstiil,
and the officer got Gu. and investigated
the turnout ahead He opened the little
dof1r In the rear and looked in With his
eyes blinded b. the glare Of the bright
snorT, he could see nothing but Stygian
blackness. He looked about for pole or
stick with which TO probe the inky in.
terror. Stone walls were beside the road
and nothing else.
The suppressor Ct smuggling was a
man Il action. There was nothing else
% do, 50 he would crawl in the box and
explore the interior. he did 50, when,
quick as fash, the docr few to, the
button TUNED, and the horse in front Of
the old sled broke into run that threat
ened demolition to the whole outfit.
Over the uneven Rad went the team at
the top Of its speed. the sled ssFaying
fearfully and jumping Into the air at ev-
ery leap Of the b1rse. The man inside
vas shaken about like peas in a bladder,
the man outside all The while plying the
whip and shouting: "Whoa." Quit
your running away" Hi, thar"
stop" and various other remarks tend
ing 20 acquaint the unfortunate gentle
man inside with the fact that the horse,
suddenly becoming startled, had run
away.
The cid came when the driver at last
got his horse under control and a sorry
looking object crawled cut Of the little
dor.
Gosh mighty" said the driver Of
the horse sled, "is wuz tew bad the hoss
should take it intew his head TO run
away jest W en- you wuz in thar
Bur the minion Of the law was too
ehagrined for utterance, and he hmrrd
slowly back mile to where his team
vas standing. That night the trunk
was lifted from its bed Of SNOW by the
light Of the moon and carried safely