The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-13
A BIG YARN.

in the afternoon. ! was travelling for a
wholesale grocery firm and was engaged
in working among the stores in this part
of the state. Spikers is little place. Only
| one local train q day stops there, ! got
| of the train and buried over to the store.
| As 1t was already dark, the place was
filled with loafers, rough looking fellows,
who stared In vacant way as unpacked
my sample cases and spread the goods up.
on the counter. / knew the storekeeper
and had no trouble in selling him BILL
SO that WHEN finished business with him
at the end of an hour felt amply repaid
for my trouble. Then I began to look
about for place to spend the. night
II found that the Pittsburg express
stopped at Schmucker's Junction, three
miles up the track, and that by good, brisk
walking would be able to catch 1t COM
fortably. made arrangements to have
my cases sent on by the local train next
day and then took my leave, after having
received explicit directions to follow the
beaten path along the railroad
las left the store noticed, but did not
heed, the sinister glances that three of the
loafers who wero sprawled along the coun-
ter cast upon me.
ut was clear night. The moon was
just rising above the mountains in the
east. Tho air was cold and crisp and the
ground frozen hard. In few moments
/ passed the last house, reached the rail-
road and was Keeling off rod after rod of
the hard white path that stretched before
me. l soon arrived at tho woods and was
plunging deep into their heart. had set
Tor myself a brisk, bracing pace, and at
first felt not the slightest uneasiness at
my lonely condition, dark and forbidding
though the woods seemed, but as l pro-
ceeded deeper and deeper, until looking
behind me could make out nothing down
in the woods, heard the sound of wheels.
/ stopped and listened. Ii became louder
and louder, us If the vehicle was approach
ing near me, and then began to die away
and soon was lost in the noise of leaves
and limbs.
when I had gone about u miles, I
found myself within few yards of what
appeared to be wood road that wound
out from among the trees, crossed the
track and then lost itself in the blackness
on the other side. had just passed this
road when l was startled by the sudden
sound of football behind me, and before
l could turn two horny hands had seized
my throat and hold me fast. / tried to cry
out, but my effort was stopped by firm
clutch of the strong fingers. Then two
mon appeared. and in another instant
lay helpless on the ground.
1.-The three ruilians were big, burly fell
lows, so heavily mutiled up that, beyond
few stray whskers, | could make ont
nothing Of their faces All nv efforts at
kicking md struggling nroved vain ono
eat on nv legs and coolly TIED NV feet nm
other bound INV arms. and then the clutcb
on nv throat was loosoned and WINS nj
lowed to breathe. In few momcnts thov
had taken everything of anv value that
had upon nv nerson-a wntoh and INV
money. not much only n few hundred
dollars.
"Tbis done. I tbourbt thot T would be
allowed to 90 h,,t recEonefl yronoly Ono
seized nv hands and another INV fret and
thew lnid mo across tho trock NV borr,r
knew no bounds when 7 rcalized what this
meant Orc of tbn hr,,tes tied NV foot
hard down to +ho rail T ho<,ooa 40
nleaded md evnostuiotod of.
fered them n reward for NV release and
dire vengeance if thoy lert maj there Int in
win They coollv wranned the ronn wound
and rourd NV xnklos and under tbo roil
and then, fastening NV arms at tho o.
bows thev nrocaeded to SECURE NV bo1v
"The tiahter felt tho ronn drawirs m
hold me until tbo exnross fraed mo fro,n
tha track and thn world tbo MONO T pl.od.
id The final answer ,yns a hlow on tho
mouth and the information thot thnv
wasn't goin to hovo mn tolli, t,las Thnn
thev left mo
III heard the rattle of WAGON ,rboo,s NO
they drove away. and then / was alone
twisted and torn and vrithod in ~, fran+io
Efforts to free myself until nvIonstcd
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wing in riccos o1on, tho +r.ol
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