The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-03-07

men climbed in again and we bowled
along lively for quite patch. Driver
slowed the horses up around a bend
where bunch of willows or alders or
chapparal or something grew close to
the road, an just az. we turned the
corner we came bang up against a
man with a double e-barreled cannon
up against his shoulder.
The man looked at us over the
sight and says:
"Stop her. Throw up your hands
and climb down."
Well, ! never climbed down with
my hands up in the ali before, but it
comes easy when you get used to it.
We came down without waiting to
discuss any tariff questions. The
folks in the coach came spillng out
like peas running out of gourd-
couldn't get out fast enough.
When I got on the ground l no.
ticed out of the corners of my eyes a
queer machine by the side of the
road, like tricycle. or something.
say the corners of my eyes. because I
was using the middle of them to see
that Mr.. Highwayman didn't think |
was hostile. Don't pay to be hostile
when you're "held up''-just be calm
and generous an undeceiving-don'
try to keep anything back, ybut your
feelings.
When we were all out and down
with our hands DIP, Mr.. Man lined us
up an says:
Ladies' and gentlemen, you will
confer a great favor upon me by NOV
ing over out of the road. to that ma
chine which you will observe neal
by"
We all went because the request
was so reasonable and polite. ] al
ways do like highwayman to be a
gentleman. polite gentleman.
When we were near the machine
the gentleman desired us, in lovely
language. to take hold Of the long
iron bar on top of the tricycle.. Nc
sooner did we all have, hold of that
thing than Mr.. Road Agent just
turned jolt of electricity into II
that nearly lifted us off our feet. By
terry affair. see? The womer
screamed and the men yelled--al
but me and the driver. but we didn'r
let go--no. we didn't let go-wt
couldn't.
We just hung on for dear life, ant
that nice. gentlemanly fellow dispas
sionately laid down his cannon an
went through our pockets for him
elf--systematically. too. Oh, he hat
great system. He found one or TIVE
pistols. which he unloaded an funt
out lin the brush, but he was careful
to keep all the watches and money.
noticed that. He gave me back thre,
ST. Louis beer checks, though, whicl
was square; no use to him. anyhow
After our pockets were cleaned out
| the gentleman climbed onto the stag,
| and got down the treasure box him
self. not troublin' anybody to hell
| him.
Course, we were hangin' on all thi
time and feelin' numb and paralyze.
with the bloomin' electricity.
By'mby he got everything in tn,
crowd which was worth havin', re
sumed his cannon an turned of tn,
current of electricity. Some of tn
passengers just slumped right dow
done up--felt little queer myself
not very much. but still little
Driver couldn't climb on the box TO
half an hour.
Mr.. Robber just moved us ava.
from that machine, jumped onto her
turned on his everlasting powerful
electricity an away he sailed on tn
| thing, like train of cars. Gosh
| How he did go! Taken . streak O
chain lightning to have caught him
No use talking, boys. this here elec
tricity Is getting into everything
going to supplant everything, cam
stop her, can't stop these modern i'm
provements-that's what.