Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-10

III pat'lt. on. struggles for s..'.I 80,
To support her baby ana several year.
farm. Then the South ai'e carry ON the
| and her husband comes ~, 10 It, dcao
II rebel prison. This boy. Pc hsr IRON
goes To The district school Wrre .I1 ,. ~
me Wood an mas adventures md an.
family names Jules" PIN whicn th'
grow ~ toseiher. insanar. ana Jule'
one night while ramblin. n,.snie chuins
they see some LIQUOR SIN eylers I'LL 4,
me notorious riatfoot' ORE shoe,
"fs' ", ~ hidin, threatened 10 tell III,
olhcers me rluIhs place of tho;r con,r,
| band. Six Years PASS ana nneir c"i''ia
One night oGrien wounds SAL No..
neid wh" captures a load of the smIrnic,
rotor Inc sherin and his daI.hter
might The huTl for the outIar, ~. ~ ~, y.
gins in earnest and Il reward ;s -, '.a'
CHATTER FIVE. y
! aHod Dopeiieid with his broken wrist
t,1re M in spiints was driving his
Efdstest colt along the Dumpty Stbtion
.ssroad. He was not feeling fr;.ndfv "a
fthe smugslers' There Mere thoss.in
Iaffe who said that the.sheriff Of tits
c6hnty sometimes was rather too
fafniliar with the liquor dealers. b,t1
SINCE Flatfoot o'Brien had broken his
wrist for Selling LIQUOR on the Crotea,t
road he had chased the smugylers re-
lent&ssly. Truth was he honed To
catch F'latfoot in some Of the raids.
There was warrant ont charging him
notwithstanding murder. and Flatfoot
llnewit This evening Dopefield had
his daughter with him. She drove.
and the evening stars looking down
upon the carriage as the young colt
flew over The road saw that there was n
flush in her cheeks that showed she
was entering into the adventure her
father Was on with more than the
usual amount Of interest.
Hope that there will be a chase.
and that we can show them that we
have as good a horse as there is in the
county," said Hod.
And that we know how to drive and
and fight. too" added Bessie as she
felt in her pocket for the cold butt of
a revolver she had taken from the
arm chest in the county sheriffs office
before she started.
No" said her father, Il don't want
any shooting While you are here. You
might get hit. And you haven't any
gun. either"
Bessie said nothing. but gripped the
pistol in her pocket with her steady
hand in determined manner.
They We're fast approaching the
lonely station Ona cross country rail-
road where the smugglers had been in
the habit of Unloading contraband
liquor. An "agent'' had given the
sheriff tip that small cargo was eX
pected on the midnight train. 1t was
now a little after eleven. and as they
came in sight Of the station down the
road the colt was drawn into walk
and the officer talked with his daugh
ter in whispers.
There are wheels coming behind
| us. papa" said Bessie. excitedly.
Then turn into the wood road Just
beyond the old elm yonder and stop in
the shade. They will not see us. and
we must leaveSo our horse behind, any
way
| Bessie drove into the deep shadows
her young heart humping noisily as
| she did So and a minute after She
was out and standing ankle deep in the
| dewy moss with her hand on the
| bride rein. There was rumble ol
wheels and a light express wager
drawn by two loY-legged. fleet Hook
ing horses passed W at trot..
y That is Sandy Kedusky, and Joe
i Mmockey said the sheriff. They
are the ones. Wish Flatfoot was: will
them
The smugglets had TO drive around
farm to reach the station. wniies TN
sheriff and Bessie could reach ii by
cross cut over the fields. So II cam
about that when the smugBler
reached the lonely station a young. girl
q. evidently waiting for the midHEh
train: was walkingup and down m
4 platform. And they did not see IN
form of A man lying off in the sras
and waiting the sgnal he had gree
on with his dauglter.
The smugglers had sort OF under
standing with therailroad by whicl
they could do thins that other citizen
could not Tonigh, for instance. cthe'
did not know With of tm thre
freight cars contaiIed the beer oarrei
they were after. % they deiioeta,e'
broke the seals Of all. and eXaf'iiile'
the contents. -
In the last car they found the stun
and had loaded one keg when Bessie
pacing up and down the platform wa
seenito suddenly take her white nahu
kerchief from her pocket ana urop !
conspicuously.
There was a rush Of. feet across IN
tracks and a man bounded upon III
platform with revolver, \" vi
hand the other hand i'm a sing.
Kedusky and Mnockey saw hlii' II
season to spring into their wagon am
hash the horses into: run. Al III
same time Bessie surprised hel .a.''e'
, by suddenly coming forward WI
revolver in her white right hahe an
her eyes flashing fire.
'St}p." she yelled in me-" 81
: pranG stop or will shoot!
But the wagOf was down the roa
and making the little stones ny as
morse; raced away with one OF 'ne neg $
IN The wagon. the other left oh III
platform. Bessie fred. but we sno
Went wild over the heads OF thet men
Quick, father, the carriage! s'l
called. and gathering up her sh,r'
she I'D the way across the he'u l
wher they had left their horse III III
shadow of the trees.
JUS as they sprang into the ""ss
the cypress wagon Dashed by ~ ~
| read ind che ba, "a ona of the IIic