The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-12-26
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HOW HE SAVED HIS GOLD.


stages in one continuous perform
ance.
Dusenberry lost only sixty cents,
but on his person when the highway
man searched him were ten twenty
dollar gold pieces and gold watch
and chain.
Dusenberry had left the stage
shortly before 1t reached the bandits
ambush. He was following slowly
behind, gathering wild flowers and
intending to take a cross country
path later on and head Off the stage,
which was obliged to follow the tor
tuous road.
The highway man stopped the five
stages one after the other. AS he
stopped one he ordered the driver to
pull Off the road in such way as to
conceal the coach and horses from
the stage following. The passengers
he lined up behind clump of trees.
Dusenberry, ignorant of the excite
ment ahead, was dawdling along en-
joying the beauties of nature and
adding blossom by blossom to the
bunch of wild flowers in his hand.
He turned sharp bend in the
road and found himself looking into
the barrel of rifle. Behind the rife
was tall, STOPPING figure with head,
face and neck swathed in cloth.
Through one Of the crevices in the
face covering cleaned an eye.
Hands up!" came in a quiet tone
of voice from another crevice.
Now, stand at the head of that
line," continued the voice.
The highwayman then resumed
the operation Of stripping the pas
sengers Of their wealth which Dusen-
berry's unexpected appearance had
interrupted.
Instead Of standing at the head of
the line, however, relates the San
Francisco Chronicle, Dusenberry
sauntered down to the other end and
Joined those who already had been
robbed. Behind the friendly shelter
of an old lady's parasol Dusenberry
made rearrangement of his per-
sonal property. The 5000, part of
which belonged to a fellow traveller,
and the watch and chain he dropped
inside the waistband of his panta-
| looms and sudden chill around the
ankles told him Of the safe arrival
in his socks of his valuables.
1t was not until all the passengers
had been ordered back into the
stages that the bandit remembered
Dusenberry. He found the passen-
F., ger agent and demanded his money.
Dusenberry gave up the sixty cents
and knife.
Better let me keep the knife"
said Dusenberry. "If you take 1t II
might cut friendship"
The knife was returned, and after
sounding the outside of Dusenberry' e
pockets for more coin, the highway.
man told him to chase himself"
While standing in line many oi
the passengers, says Dusenberry
threw their valuables into the brush
They returned later to find then
them gone. They had been picked
up, however, by the detectives who
took the bandits trail, and were re
stored subsequently to the owners.
The highwayman opened the Wells
Fargo box, but refrained from taking
the $50 he discovered there. Hi.
modesty, he explained, was due to {
dislike to interesting the express com
pany in his capture for so small ;
sum. He borrowed Dusenberry'
linen duster, spread 1t on the grounC
and on it laid all the loot he did no
want. He turned this bundle owe
to one of the passengers for distribu
tion later to the owners.
He was very COOL" said Dusen
berry, "but took no chances, eithe
Of surprise or subsequent identified
ton. The mask he wore hid evel
his hair and disguised the shape o
his head. He wore q loose-fittin
suit and his feet were swathed il
gunnysacks. Tho detectives foun
that after we had left the fellow ha
discarded his mask and the loose
fitting clothes and burned them. H
was a tall man, but maintained
crouching position, and l do not sur
pose any who saw him could CUES
his height within a couple of inches
In the valley nobody seems to thin
there is much chance of capturin
him."
BATTLES WITH RHINOCEROSEs
Mr.. William Cotton Oswell, VIII
made his second expedition into tn
Interior of Southern Africa in 1874
had two terrible experiences wit
rhinoceroses. His son, in the latel
published biography of his distiI
guished father, records these adveI
lures.
He had one pre-eminently GOO
horse. Stael. the very pick of all b
!. ever had in Africa. fast and mo-
sweet-tempered, and so fearless tn,
|. be would. without whip or spur {
any urging. carry his master right U
to lion and stand perfectly m,
tionless within few feet Of IL
brute while Mr.. Oswell fired.
Returning to camp one evening c