The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-14

V Wuah ~ req ulTeu VI MIN
CIV, which is sometimes
a tiance with the prompt
pand conscience. / have
W the difficult task inn
harley Tatman when he
Clermont county. Tat
! a q good friend of mine
a Is. When he was elected
{ sheriff he asked me to
! During the first year
b,term nothing of impor-
lied. But along in the
di our service, just at the
l1atman began to lay his
election, we struck a
y. rs in the southern part
"a gave tbe alarm. For
.n they complained, they
a ,ring from tho depreda-
petty robber or band of
ie5st Of the thefts were
lcay were continuous and
The luckless farmers had
d selves together for the
% the cnlprit and the pro-
y. !. + meat and potatoes, but
pa "a 10 progress in running
IL. Once or twice, indeed,
W, fall Of snow they had
d, tracing footsteps from
NJ houses whose cellars
.oted to a place about a
, D mile distant from the
ler, but at that distance
iorsuddenly disappeared.
IT. lers' suspicious were
vrised against a family
un. The Leaches had al
5 sidered the most worth
y h in the neighborhood.
. o%l " y, they were uncleanly,
%, ignorant. 1t was a we'll
N 1t Hiram Leach had not
'ork in two years. Yet
protracted leisure the
81, nued to shift along in
,.I ohazard manner instead
70 d off to the poorhouse,
S ge, as would have been
lay other family in similar
Of Finally the farmers
oat Tatman to help fix the
'ataesponse to this entreaty
e lie down into the south
'he to see if / could find
'A' IN, rascaIs. Already the
''' stir up political gossip
o be bruited about over
at Tatman was totally
allInd that he did not earn
Ha good dog catcher, much
oSLlm paid the sheriff of
.'nanty. Judging by these
,,, quite plain that if Tat
,nJ ION redeem himself in
, he voters he might as
IS his political hopes for
Th nd save the money he
rily have to spend in
Own ba!fied when trying to
r j,urloiner of hams and
.e 10 Three robberies were
I'd is many weeks after l
ectsn hand. At last / de-
roseget out a warrant and
llles house. Before taking
Il,e' Up to Batavia and con-
. jur
e. be said, doubtfully,
only thing we can do.
something to make a
.jn J self or I'll be as bad
he this Leach is, l guess
anJu. My presence will,
n Ii, the maneuver more eff
on rye rs political timber
lie
Is Id, snowy day in March
and i left Batavia to
on Leach's house. 1t
D0 from our town to the
ier The roads were rough
u . d, places well-nigh i'm
.,n" ..,. although we set out
,,rning it was late in the
n th,a we turned into the
and hat led from the high
This lane was
ng, and the inwicacies
faster, but after having
oft Ot a barnyard, which was
Ia I'M ess thnn a dozen differ.
SIS many sets of bars, we
lOi on the crest of a steep
'ere OF which, according to
girls | the boy who was feed
-lg animals in the sheep
y Mi'ld find Leach's house.
d lofgot put of the buggy
oil uWn the hill. We kept
u ls sharply as we went,
''' 2 came almost to the
didwe see any signs
Then suddenly a lit
BILE wood smoke was seen
old hrough the denuded
8 uAe trees to our right.
led INV steps farther, and
the was in sight. 1t was
ard Use d frame and logs,
What's 50 very drab and dis
[ you. had we not had the
plair u that Leach lived
/ be q have been in doubt
ther Leuch's house were
ants of . stable, notwith-
iii Z gidence of the chimney
But y
9 wh our horse to n cherry
Il be into the yard. The
!. ~ and Wheels had aroused
the house. and hafora
deor q small colony OF
tuna qoW came troopinp
'ekly Iof1nqn corner of the
/ thl1ood 10 king at us won
who chiIdren were clad
one y were about the ugli.
the ever saw in my life.
gOoRht Ii0ht hair mud d;,4,