The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-29

to save her life. Hugh waited a few mo-
ments and then fired. The moonshiner
gave n unearthly yell, threw his
hands in the air and pitched from his
horse dead. The other moonshiner,
seeing the fate of his comrade, halted
for a moment, then dashed fearlessly
forward.
"FOol!' hisssd Hugh.
Again he raised the rif9 and fired.
AS luck would have it, his aim was
bad, and instead Of hitting the man,
the horse received the ball directly be
tween the eyes, and dropped to the
ground dead, throwing the moonshiner
some distance, who shortly afterwards,
rose to his feet and limped eff in the
'opposite direction.
Hugh also rose to his feet and after
several vain attempts finally succeeded
in capturing the horse Of the dead
moonshiner, that was quietly grazing
near by. Shortly afterwards they
were again mounted, and in the course
of an hour or two the homo Of Rose
was reached.
Onthe way home Rose had told Hugh
Of her capture by Redmond, Of her
fathers present dangerous position,
and Of the treasure Redmond had
stolen. It was agreed that she was to
remain at home; that he was to ride
on to Brevard, collect a posse, return
as soon as possible, capture Redmond
and his band and set her father at
liberty.
After changing his horse, he departed
and about dusk returned, accompanied
by twelve strong, able bodied men.
With Rose, the brave, indefatigable
girl, As guide, they at once set out for
R4dmond's cabbin.
As luck would have it, the moon
sinners we're taken completely by sur
prise and offered little or no resistance.
In a very short space of time all were
securely hand cuf3d Or bound and on
their way to BrevaTd, where they
would be sent by rail to Asheville to be
lodged in Ill to await trial on various
charges.
Hugh and Rose were left alone in
the deserted moonshiner's cabin. To
the posse they had not made known
the imprisonment OF Has we'll, for rea-
son best known to themselves and the
rooTor Tb0 E~ooe71uo %Lov bod miohoI
to remain a secret, and for this reason
they had decided to free Haswell them
selves.
Hugh did not waste time in trying to
find the secret spring that worked the
trap door, but Selling en- axe that stood
in a corner, with one blow he burst the
door from it's hinges. With a torch to
light them on their way, they entered
the cave and were soon in the treasure
chamber.
John Haswells joy in again seeing
his daughter and Hugh Caravan can
better be immagined than described.
He was at once set at liberty, and with
out a moments loss of time, with the
assistance of r )se and Hugh, all the
gold that they thought they could con
venientlg C .rry, was gathered up and
put into a sack provided for that pur-
pose. The remainder was heaped into
e pile in one Garner Of the cave and
covered with loose stones and dirt,
TO be taken away on the morrow or al
a more convenient time.
On reaching the cabin above, the
trap door was again placed in position,
and locking the cabin door, they noun
ted their horses and departed for
home.
A week passed away at the end of
which Rose Has veil and Hugh Cara
van were united in marriage at the
home of the beautiful mountain girl,
and at once departed on their bridal
tour.
TO BE CONTINUED