The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-06
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A TALE OF THE FRoNT-EAR.-RY CARP.
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Everkoop's Pictureskow Lancaster
and worry the lives out of the red
varmints by maxim elm guess what
| it is; and thirdly, we could make a
straight shoot fur Athens, take the
train for Logan and run chances Of
headin' off the pesky red niggers."
"I am inclined to the last proposi
tion. At Logan we can secure the
services of the officers who unravel-
ed the recent Pearl Bryan mystery
at that place. That was a splendid
piece Of detective work and anyone
who could solve such a mystery
with only an old shoe and chicken
head to go on, could find live wom-
an in the hands of horde of abort
gines. Let us move on to Athens"
"Them's my sentiments precisely"
said the old hunter. Il would rather
end their lives with old killnigger
here, than to make 'em suffer tort.
ures by tryin' to read Pictureskew
Lancaster. / hate The red varmints
like hate snakes, but 1 don't want
to make 'em suffer a fate worser nor
DEATH"
Acting upon this plan the old hun
ter struck out on his customary lope
for Athens, followed by our hero,
who sobbed and sighed as he travel
ed, like an asthmatic boat horse on
the Hooking canal, before the Sleep
er railroad was completed and the
old canal went into condition of
innocuous desuetude.
The long walk was ended at length
and the two hunters found them
selves at Athens. Like every body
else that find themselves at Athens,
our friends began to arrange to get
away as quickly as possible. A
commercial traveller once said that
he stayed two weeks in Athens one
day. The two hours that the two
hunters spent there seemed like
years. The Athens county COM
mittee was in session and was trying
to settle the contest between George
Falcon and Charley Cable for the
State Senatorship.
They know so little about politics
down there, and political scrap is
such rare occurrence, that the boys
can't get any enthusiasm in an affair
of that kind. Therefore time hangs
heavily upon any one who is accus-
toned to excitement and is compell-
ed to stay few hours in Athens.
The hunters wandered about town,
shooting few squirrels and foxes
and wolfe or two, just to put in the
time, and when the hour for the
train struck, they gladly fastened to
get away.
In due season, they arrived at Lo-
gan and took up their station in the
post-office lobby, where they waited
the expected arrival of the indians
with their fair captive. The hunters
felt reasonably sure that the indians
would travel where there would be
the least likelihood of meeting any
one, and of course would naturally
pass along Main street in Logan and
especially would seek the post-office,
where they could rest undisturbed
by the sight of man.
Unfortunately for the mission on
which the hunters were bent local
contest was on in Logan for post
master. The news had somehow
reached this primitive settlement
that a change of administration had
taken place and every male citizen
of the town was candidate for the
postmastershlp.
Never had there been such an ex-
citement before in the history of this
rural hamlet. One candidate was
particularly aggressive. At stated
intervals he would materalize and
swear. He was an old master in the
art and he made things howl when
ever the paroxysm seized him. This
seriously interfered with the rescue
of the unhappy maiden who was lam
in the tolls of the cruel red
men. 1t frightened the indians and
made it necessary for the hunters to
seek quieter locality.
Leaving the postoffice, the hunters
took up their line of march for Falls
mill, the scene of the late murder of
the innocent girl who had met her
death through the newspapers, and
the heated fancy ofsome remarkably
people who can readily
produce proof on demand. The falls
an easy and handy oppor-
tunity for the hunters to take their
annual bath, they took advantage of
the chance. This being such an un-
usual occurrence, we will leave them
10 them pleasure Of the bath and be-
gin another chapter.
CHAPTER
THE PURSUIT..
CgNSHEN they had completed
Gl( their bath the two hunters