The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

entrance 10 a tunnel that ran to the barn thirtx
or forty feet back from the hoube,
.ch srns. VII fims sh and t sSai1 I hays az t sss IL sTDS S%asss
barroom drinking -alo With follows whom /
E9iT Is SS Sgot @sn. Nat Ssad to tSS ss . ssss on soI ice
tho barn: ny gig was hiied up with three
ping the straps clear to one side I could easily
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como into the barroom whistlinR: That. was
n tbs. c %Ss % So STsf I would %s aG saSh atscS oSt a ta tho w bsa,
Once s% started i knew that no 9 Customs %SSt o fRSs;
and who had watched me ali the time q and had
that had Been Slufed out. Time and again /
worked that game and many q long, dark ride
1 ] hSSS t decided 10 to land Raa %Y a 's ee9t. SiSfG psysa + / s the
ssi3 %Ss f I saSs S SeS f %SSedd sp d %S S ssn s oT fi nG%S,
when two Of iihc% got after me- and my horse
was tired. out ! saw that ! was bound to DO
my straps and dropped the key, and then I
logged along waiting TO be, oyertaken. On
came tho two officers with their horse blowing
"'Hait. now. shouted one Of them, or we win
shoot. We've got you this time.
What do you meanf l answered, stopping
"The officers drew up alongside. examined
my gig and Iockets and then the spokesman
That's all right. You can go ahead. We
Il, told old them that they could &C, ahead and I
they drove swearing at themselves and at me,
Sae as picked SISa Us up ,I my Ees and landed Il Safely dyo''
Tho Government knew well enough that
there .s ws' %Si%Se g spec ESi'n sss Sa Up sg 81. Ssri 7; s sna
This fellow-his name was ,Dart-wcnt direct
a little trouble in the States, and no wanted
Dumas to take care Of him until it blew over.
took tSS' him hns' IN and 1q made ! much Hleies Of 4 inc Dart S.r % and
Dumas became great chums. They went duck
hunting together, they fshed and drank to;
him. and he wasn't slow in guessing what
brought me to see Dumas so regularly. Dart
sursing tho customs officers. / was only a boz,
but l wasn't 30 easily caught as all that.
s sms e the Da Sqs jSss w %Sn ' sis i sSps sso IN d
turned out, Dumas didn't give away bis tunnel.
quarters for slnpgslers, but he didn't commit
himself any further.
IT had made three successful trips while
my success had made me a bit careless, My
fourth trip was the last smuggling expedition
that tina me ! ever sr,sP Ps;H Is d, in as and It,, i came T. t 60 near be;
october. and d. i reached Dumas place abou. 8 J
joined him. We drank more than the Is
quantity of ale, and when Madore came in
whisItling to Indicate hat my keg was strapped
Wei. Dar,t.Im going Just as soon as Madoro
~ think I'll take q little horseback ride
myself he answered, and sec II I can't clear
nv head of this ale.'
This disturbed me. for I couldn't say any
thing for fear he might get on to the right track
and suspect my gig. Ihave since thought that
Dart suspected that / picked up my goods
somewhere along the road. and he expected to
detect me in the act. 1 hurried out of tho
barn and drove out just as Dart came out Of the
barroom to get his horse saddled. .
"Threo miles down the road and just after I
had crossed the limo / heard q horse Ralloping
behind me-. I knew 1t was Dart. and that he
would overhaul Inc unless ! could reach a fork
Q mile ahead and confuse him as to which road
l had taken. whipped up my mare and 70
flew. As l looked over her head into the dark
just about where the forks of the road were.
Dart had c%ornered me-. l knew 1t. As soon as
l saw that lantern I knew that revenue OIL
GERS were with 1t. l couldn't slip my keg be-
cause the straps were tangled up. In an in
slant l had made up my mind what to do.
There was a fairly level field on my left with
no fence on the road. Without stopping my
mares speed I turned into It. My gig bumped
clean off the ground. 1t vas rough riding, but
l realized that 1t was my only chance. The
noise that l made going across that field
warned Dart and the other officers what had
happened. and they yelled to me to stop. /
from their revolvers. The balls whistled over