The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-11-07

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and II rsTsr ec1ezsrs-5 sEd BIDS eterzsl
dezznee = his foe.
A. - f9Il0zaz the gzzslnz STREAM.
and carefully Pseke1 oEF ny orer Gag
and stoze. the HesT rzzraaF u IL ws-
fer seezzed 20 zsrz 4. ~ . p-eaee5-
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leEce. zna Te quickly eKeeated hz8 or-
F der. We kzd rezehed IT, end = re
rzFir> ard al fhezght that tie sfiIE sFzs
rear ~ Land. Tke kf,enes uzs fearful
sot dr. tuig rs snapped. not 4 sto1e
szs fHzz5led 1ozz Re r2eHntzzz s55e
1t wzs TIE silenee Of dssta- Careful
{ II and gently tke Interesting flag.
vss pzrted With CIR hznds. We gard
into fhe interior q The swamp i COX
e dissp poistEaezt SETTLED cser tke fzee
II The party. II stiI sss not there
Our INSTRUCTIONS hzd been followed. sz1t
the game had not been heated.
Up tne steep EaDuafz5a aide zs
climbed car So and asen The rad
9ss reaehe5 We 81 5osEn upcr The aeg
. rre4. We we're exhausted fron he
day. rezreh szt The eosI brrezs sas
refreshing and PHEASANT. "a pe rested
ne watched the SIN sink cut e SIT,
ard the fading rcHectt1z 1ss n. By
he shadows Of ~ gathering twilight
7 The twilight rapidly grew frto night
arad TIE nBountz5ns faded fruz Ezew
until The whole landscape vas Ehst cut
By TIE rel Of dzrkness-
We weFe IL dilemma. Night lad
oserfzksn rs ard possibly a hos. Of
InOo1xalnerz. hssiEg seeE - during tie
Afternoon. were eren Thea mzrsaefiIg
their forces for 2 attack
Tine uss slipping past Action seas
Decesszrg and delay meant illeresssd
danger The situation was diseased.
Across the vzlley q familiar s0n1d
Sas waited Oh tie eTening air. IN
stanily re were upon or fee and lis
fening for = repetition Of tie souad-
II , moment again IL came. md this
time msr@ distinct and certain. The
offers exchanged significant giznees.
Again and again sounded the az IS
zach blo% was giFen b. TIE woo.dsnian-
Down IN the rzvine sc saw . little
blaze and presently fsle dim outline Of
smoke euFled Up through the tFees-
We knew the meaning. ard tn sounds
II the AZ were - significant q tie
officers - the click Of Ire insfrauzs N
Is 10 the telegraph operator. u Wv
conversa ton the raid wzs planned. I'D
Ike stezIthy redskins we Crypt dgzu
the mountain faint Iight was eaEt
in front Of us ard presently the tum
u voices reached our ezrz. We ? ere
eager With excitement and cur whole
beings thrilled With expectancy. re
membered that .e were IN d danger
Gus locality and fancied that the hum
Of bullets would soo1 break the moHot-
ony. / shuddered. and COD, chilly
sensation crept over me
The fire increased and The men sent
about their work. TheY YER unsuz-
pecting and laughed loudly - q IKE
that sts being told. watched the iol
" crowd intenfly. Suddenly q nan
leaped from the opposite side and With
dfawn revolver that CLEANED murder
oBsly under the glow Of the fire, de-
rnsnded that hands go up. Ny beart
ieaped 70 my mouth. but TO 10y drip
pointment no resistance Wss made.
Serer have I seen such a surprised *
preston on the face Of human he
ing. CONSERVATION was written in
every line. The echo Of their merry
laughter had hardly ceased before
low cry Of establishment escaped from
the mountaineer's white lips He was
helpless and in despair.
The scene was one Of wildDess. ard
the glare Of the fire threw grim, long
shadows from out the group. On the
mountain sides tho shadows BOXED ike
hob-goblins and giants.
Where is your ax?" asked an officer
Of the captain. Not word was spofen
in reply. The question was repeated,
but evoked no ouswer. The captain
was resoluie. He knew only too well
for what purpose the Ak was wanted.
Not only his liberty. but his property
was TO be destroyed. and he vas deter
mined that he would not lend help
ing hand by giving the desired informa-
ton.
The officers searched the place for
the AK. and when it was found the work
II destroying the still was quickly done.
The sharp blade descended into the
worm and In a few moments the dis
tillery lay in a heap Of ruinz. Stand
ing close at hand was large vat, in
which many gallons Of whisky wss
stored. As the officers approached the
vat saw look Of anger plainly out
lined upon the moonshineri faces.
They had watched the progress Of de-
struction with almost look Of resigra>
lion, but when the valuable liquid that
represented many days Of toll and
years crop was about TO be destroyed
their old accustomed spirit was swak-
ened in their breasts and their eyes
CLEANED murderously.
With a mighty stroke the AK descend
ed upon the vat, and when the keen
blade was withdrawn the mountain
whisky gurgled ont. A match was
struck 10 the heap and like q fash The
flames shot up through the funnel
shaped vat. The whisky had saturated
the wood and burned like Wild fire
II was a bonfire on a gorge us scale
ard high toward the heavens the flames
leaped. The mountain sides, coyerfd
with ferns and honeysuekle, looked like
. vast panorama OF some ancient ruin.
The birds were awakened from their
sleep and darted toward the roaring
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