Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, February 21, 1849, Image 1

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er, pins, 'tape and raggeitabitlletsi indsevlacestLa
common shingle' flhil , vittli ii"rithettra4tatifer
head. This he rpiiitly drntitlntO, the IMO 0 4
sapling near by, and inerearettisig..the heariviathe
nail, mama/ iturith atentsdhpieneof whittry-brawn
paper from his jacket. Thirty pool& were then
My story is not one of those strange tales oflove l counted- 7 °--14 id he su n, anda lE:plaer
murder and suicide irlident to the life of a city del ed upon the )ignite of the place allotted tolbanialks.
pizen : it is rather a narrative of bold, unsarripn- men- In ten minutes fronzthe- , timea-saa , 47marre t
lota villainy, incited to a consummation of darirg h ad begun, Simon VaneuiallwanneetHbet Verna
.it l i ons as completed. ,
deeds by a love of. the horrible and mysterious.
Ttiere boyis" said he;.e you have-bolls'
a history of oneamong scores of like adventu
rers which formerly haunted our frontier line, hut . °Pim Your hadra, and•a good glare upon , sa e
sapling. Look out for chances; take a steady' aim;
which are now fast travelling to the very outskirts
..and pull with a clear conscience for the bit of white,,
ot barbarous life. Thank God, my experience
it ~warrant you'll neither whip,'
them is nearly at an end, my knowledge of their
occurrence fast dwindling, away. The thoughts of The excitement was now intense. Both were
blorsi, shed by wholesale for months , nay. years, capital marksmen, and bad 'brought down - their
zorcing, of of one seemingly trifling quarrel, is • quantity of game each , season _ fat exee,eding.aby
others in the region.- The men were. in laoksrap
terrible—the prostration of Gears image by am.
bashed wretches. who stealthily creep out of day.? pearance and manners perfectly aatagonistioal r ard
111 , 11 to (wren their murderous appetite., is ht rrille hart long Teen Pined' egainat each other 'in every
in the extreme, and may I never aPirl !auk upon manly sport. Wade was, a very . large, P9Waent
ale palpable. demonstration of " infititi;rity built fellow, with a breaslth'ofahaulderapnricapa
to man, makes countless thousands mourn." ci'y of chest unequalled by any 'among as. He
In the year when I was neatly buoy years was in strength a perlact 'Sampson, end vaftted
N . canger than now. I resided in the western part o f himself highly upon his superiority to
i.;,1 Virginia, near the head waters of the Great Ea- folk'ss in these arts whichlwe ion - OwI:4CM allot
asahi. so called in contradistinction to the Little der settler. Possessing physical strength rauhefsaaa
to warnint him in seeking each adventure; °Which
Kanawha. The whole region of Western Virginia
' savored of siolence and danger, he Was, 'nit in
was then an almost unbroken forest, with here and
there a log cabin and clearing faintly denoting that t tents and Parr:was, a dosrat,ight, Lhomitglaired,but.
adization kif the rough hunter is a fit represents - ly, and yet, unlike most civilized bullies, Ilb was
no coward—no thought of fear,-no hope of (tangling
tire of civilized life) was making some progress
into the stunting grounds of the Indians. Th ere danger and trouble ever occupied "his mind: He
were perhaps some sixty families living within I coveted rather than ar*led the Perils of P0 141 ; 13. . 11
twenty miles of rne, and as a five mile neighbor rencontms, and Was never so happy as when he
was considered near enmigh to be a ipcaking ne . could invoke a quarrel and mix op his tremendors
i,naintance, we were all on !ernes of chise intimacy Powers with-the others
and trieitilship. lam told that now a person can • Am'y Powell was hisivery antipodes,. Slight
in
travel horn Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Ka frame and small in mats, he looked the very int
nawha, to Charleston (the head of steamboat navi personation of an . effeminate Nimrod. His light
71a•..t0n.) and find the Kanawha, vale; alive with curly hair and beautiful expressive features dew*.
tnen, women anti children—that even the county ed more of feminine grare anti beauty than manly
around it, barren and desolate as it is, boasts its vit. courage and strength; and yet no man among the
I,, ;es an d f ar m houses, an d th a t th e trac k o f the dozen assembled there
. could boast of being his
hunter is seldom seen on the very spots I had once master in peraonal pro'wess. lucapable of ea
-,yposed incapable of raising other food than will citement to anger, and ever ready with a pleasant
but ,b 0 it is es:erywhere. A few year, smile and word for his literte, be was a universal
mire. and even the mountains of roc k.which bound favorite, a n d to use a common expression of our,
our Western Territories. w io stand as ~ent i ur l s war loved neatly as much as Steve White was
over the interests of a densely populated c ‘ outitiy. hated." Our sympathies and hopes were all with
Among the families in my immediate vicinity Andy, our fears with his opponent.
arte the Tracy.. the Whites, the Trowel!.. the liar. ,The toss-up of, a pistareeu gave Steve the first
•11,Vatightts. and the Masons. All these it shot at time trail, and steppingquickly forward te hii
iii.;zee contained numerous sons and daughters, of stand, he with a quick movement, denoting 'perfect
ma: lament ages. most of them as Rood sPecrtmemroi confidence in his own powers, drew hiarifle to his
the back words- growth as could gvtierally be found shoulder, and seemingly without taking anti, f ra
w, the homier. With some of the juvenile mourn led the trigger.. The bat nut the loose edge of the
t -as of these families the greater pail of my tale Patter close to the rim; and buried itself deep ir. the
,it bee I
.-A Russ A miss l" cried a half f dozen voiceain
On a tine morning in September, ten or twelve
young men, of from eighteen to twenty years PI
age, gathered by appointment on a tine plain at th-
TOWANDA:
tOrbncsdan ittarninn, lebritarp 21, MO.
Stephen Whitt. the Outlaw.
base of a high niouniain which overshadowed a
small take. and seemed to go up and into the ,1.
like a dim cloud Neen in the distance. We were
all what is technically calle. , _0..1 stints. mil arm n . " l 1"r.Y , • ,,
e.l with rifles as hoe to the Ina , li.as any' in these . .. :VII!. Powell during this sh. rt conference had
nements. %Ve hail gathered that mornima for a' t siwkeii not a want But now has chest heaved : hi,.
otivie of deer that abon•nied in iluit ergs oi. and were eye" ' 1,1 " eel. att‘k tits lace bushed with sodden el
!len Inv, out of the lirni:t n` a_sivo.ne- •eo-;cio , , eitement We all ' , air that he would drive hisbal-
At aihium R
.0 - a. , o , fje , „. 1 ,,, ip r ., :mi1i31 , 3 ,,,, f , ~,,) am , tot ~..,, tru •a- to rule %A-mild :Alba-, and ivatehed
n erd. an 1 we ro-ily sealed ourselve..o,,,h4 a h ag r. ' his ti.e iv h eilonie-ri
t=ee for a slight ilduh , erice ere we started out.. • Sn'i'l" g. "" "1"ulY and elo'HY to hi*lxwalinn 1 41
•• I was at the Blue Lick no tatter thin fester- I t'ion:.;.” atsgit to ,draw upon a squirrel, he towered
Aix. - said Andy Poweil. •• and him• me with a 1 hi.- rid.' ',10"13. to its Placer stopped and examined
c*4itte ask wa t tling, if I didn't wart th r ee dress and a, his priming carefully. again brought the piece to
bear upon the mark, and utter aiming steadily fir
tile a bock al ever lapped the water from the
t•treani. Of course Sue was up and at 'em in a 1 about a milime, fired The . paper on Theimstant
mutate. hut blame my soul, if she dinner miss tire 1' i aiiriea"-tir and %Le pelt 1110:.181$111 a gild, I f il t rilth . , 3 ,
fie the firs time in six months:" ' . shout:rein toe air like the war•whoop of the lath -
"Ani you 6iive 'ern up r said Hiram Tracy, in. I an• Andy Pnaettwasiteetared the victor! - Every
4thrin.ilS.. i l hand bat one was extended to greet the victorious
"G i ve ' e rn rip, dui vort f.I V - retorted And i ; 1 youth, eeci) face but one tv iv, lit up tvi* a ,tailk: of
4, al. I zive 'em chase, and had got I:trim:ion 'en' . Joy al"lit , ' u•lex? . 'lled sui-c-..... hat one exception
ii ~.1i as beautiful a sight'as I ever tn,,k in m% life. I ‘ 111 ." *Ste'!' I 'Vhi'• . e. - .
wi l e, ' all at once , rti y font went , i „I, ~ a ,::„. ep i nr, i Amt no nue wondered at the terrible change in
s-, is and rwa. lionre,!, - . . . : countenance •I'lin• was his first defeat—his-his
• Ts,,, „,,,,, f,„,i > „ u ,-- , ~a . i ., 1 5i.e, ,,, e „ wi t i, e. .. 1 „ 4 Irets .I', a romplem triumph orer ari adrersary—..
.'l.l-e a buck. Am'y Powell :cal an andereil bock He spoke no' a word , he uttered no remPleiett be
i rin n , 2: a race—tier'haps you Il.t , e 1 ...!" 1, 10 ex/ ter I breathed no oath, but upon his face there A s-earned
t'le set;tetnent- r' 1 ,he demoniac fury that raged within, betokened
anything but good to his riehorimis•arirersary.
"Andy. my boy," said .Simon ,Vaughn with a
cordial gasp of the hand. as Steve White slowly
wa'ked awitylmm the ;soup, " Yotere'gooctbtood
and 1 ant glad to see that you know e,..ongti:lo en
.y .4k,;it a kind of ttanuph=„youtais without =5k
i...v.7./Ith a luss about it Smite of thelimim,VOlrs
iier,-. is 'Alla nes er 10 their - tikii,"•hbuits heal, the last
.0f41,w.1uc..1,,-cleilentl,upou,it,ja,:=,..=o long up, the
- mast kind uf polity,. klikeits -see. Riellerlave at
4ittle innodetity. bit Ws thyrfehrt *rum/ Wile , If all=
itoad and brat , Wm . ! 'bit e*Of ilj,4*t. :05„,:i$ tii'm
7 1 4 1 7 0 . 24 r7-o#an Yee , * liee.* POP *mk' efl *age
t tin V'
•• tf I ha , Kaid Andy. •• I hdotioltt mut-h
of my In-IL L :tit the narur . of the heat Perhar*-t.
S eve. White. when I want I,s Rei , ..l - linteAl v.
the w.tys of the er . etur 1 - 11 rorre anti -Pe J pw're
at hatile:' •
Anti if ye do." at..w.-e.l C,nt r, • two H 1.0 3 • n
mrtre- than %cm Pier tteTt-, , t , ..c., , e A, .1 14,i
rev -rl rt . I mn 11 , 0 t. t•- 1 , r 1". .... •
1 , !oa h•.,, to -1),h4.
•• dee.. Nuuliiv bear •
ing the boils-eye " said Andy. I riou'i eve in-to
any chap that owns a rifle west of thii setrlemelits;
and as for you. Steve I can oil a
black •bians head where you can't rime the 'tail
yen can .--
teathers, I skat't,otten brag, but you *now 'littstor
I
(o it."
" rn lay you a silver dollr to a pistareetijr.ii!u
can borrow one." retorted Steve, with* flushed
face. 14 that I can drive a • shingle-nail home the
nr,t lime trying, at sixty yards, where you ean't do
it in half an hour."'
Double the bet aid I will change. placer with
none! Done!" was echoed siatultaneonily
fm m 6 4 1 sides. end OW WWI , patty, as with one
acconl. - spranu to their feet. All was.eonfrisioo for
an instant. bat the voice of Simon Vaughn rang
dear above the din as he cried out in hoarse tone,
- Down the whole of fe. There shawl be.anything
here but fair play and a-elear field." • ' '
I an ins:aut we obeyed our reco g nized i ader.
The aloney was soon fonhcotoirg" in t he
firms pm:wed by Steve ilrhpo iuutiatieeirintio the
hands of Simon VatightaAs :tlefeoce. ,Aeother of
the party then dear from ,the bottofhis rifle a mow
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(, What can you expect whet a man sprawls 1 ij
paper over the whole tree like a sheet upon aline
g.owted Steve —But no matter, lie can't more
than cover niit,e. anti the nest tune h.de the
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iii Ste, ntlaelf. - sim A na. . 4 !
dreadfoi hard id hit ottaAghti hat atanwhew is caber
my nerve' *ere kinder onateady and Liras afraid
I s' no1;1 mites the tree entirely; bet inek.wes with
mr though, and if hare' beat Sieve White, why,
I am going to lit it-se at that. But Sena, I will
Suddenly the sharp, quiet iontt peculiturto the
tine was heard from: thicket meat! us, and rime].
taneowdy- with the ererk Andy Poirell diopped.to
the ground !:lead hulk, Iti,„aftelhntsT l 6 ' 6
blood wee gushiset km:maw eleetefof Itishoetirg•
_shirt to the go:midis-a. torrent, and biaelniek new.
blanched toe perfect white:— snit).
gte moment: teemed tWinkinifeilbi:4leAtt%Oful ft=
etmmee 9 , ,
bat . Atice‘hi:.ibrett 4 . 1
were aimed attbe o s poi•trom whence the mote
fret**l' wild
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nwripietes,'witelks'aileorisrtberghincre ,
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if yoe esn,l4oribis ald•weitv4sseillst'fonlitnits; bout
Itaists, tb6fit' hitirdotra,:tike User. '4* 'with
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-flaw of "our tem tanhefitwerwt inetantlrenethe
track. pionit'sjydr a toii)erciff, b& iclifliketopete
the Gif00m.4,44.4 pxito
speed, so,owindickiwaiira Adomilboomob., ;at er4.
Stephen White, the weeld.to Warder/Cr in lull
tit a for the valley of thet.riveiP ". *,
Poor Atttli Wee Pioke4 up 11'2 4 1 ,44 44 1 . 1 0 4 i''
erect with blood, and seeming im o o l it4 than.a
dead man. An esominnioo proved, however, that
with' the excetton, ora pretty seiere fioundln, the
fleshy part °Mil, If3frarni,.lse testis odt , Aenoussyda- ±
manhed. The Iz.fillet, n44..th 'Was ,• a ,Tatrifil.
and imetidefi for abetter spot than a left mat,= bad
spared the life of nurifavositer gar sthntilt vit'some
future time. The.
.fri ofVriffilVanilin ;
eazimed etelleU;ll fraßl/he :aftY4,r.4l44 l B.Afte
butt, soonveatoted him,so=thakhccould salt alit
tie nsaiitance tmuriged to crawl trove:Stem to 4fte
&Ate iiio r ti', lB4 9 l. 4.4 l3 eneter telPit 4 rod
0 1 1 0 k, and thu d : recut sit the teeirktiWitojell fir 4
thigaleki, • - •
way over bill end dale liew the "enraged ittitt-1
( iers like
,f , i,gerk 'seil;Ch orPris,Z; iffettel tint*"
ear despsiong,of at keel comity ,130 the hail ol die
wield, who Would rieldrerafely , moonier• hie boaom
friend'in cold blood,,they ketiVitti, bmir after hour,
the titiceitit'S 116 i 1 0 1 -, thek es‘vs oq eT
ery side, they mere Amami .4A:wee-Ana foxes. gel
rabbits which fled before thorn. -rThoagitideer and
doe, and beet creased -their P ershort interials,
it was ever with the most perfect impunity.
Reckless of the loos of the choicest game which
tantalizingly stood, as it were, ready to be taken,
they sped tutionaly ofivrani, seetify, for the game
whe,e `heart's bleoa should be shed upon !Itethar
of their own ievengefal passions; whose veins
shook! be dried up and left to wither and blacken
la the sun. Their imaginations conjured up some
new, some diabolical method 4 1 idow—oot aumma
ry—puntshment, whose pain, while chastening,
shoold teach the steety of oltintate theatitfement
front offended hondr, of reatiffifrelitielion'froitt
the hands of those Who showed_po mercy, ,Ilap
py would have teen the•fate of the unnderons La
than upon. whose trail they. Itt:duld' wiel, to CME I3-
parison w'ith the terrific tonsettitences of 'an en•
counter with.d.e Wretch •wbose very name •they
loathed; sestet toy bmwookthave been the we've
of a feeble lawn when under the very sight oftheir
uttertiegriftea* u the advancement one step h from
them ofthe outlaw whom they hunted like the wild
beast from hill top to valley. ' But when night Came
they had no trail of him, no definite idea of pursuit
on the •morrow.• And who they returned borne,
after the dew had long fallen upon the leaves and
left its imprint: upon the lofty pines a. 4 Kell as stuun•
zed alders. they took to themsetres the meagre con
solation that one life bad been spared that• would
hare otherwise .been sacrificed. and that Stephen
White, the ietiegAtiefitmter, oriee the:bosenf friend
of all.'but now the blsit,itud detested inelair, had
es aped their vengeance. .
Tire` r! years form Something, of an epoch in a
man's Life. But I must pass over that slummy with
nut any reference to the events contained in them,
proceeding,' at a bonmd to the remainder of this
most eve.ttful narrative. Soon after the occurrence
of the above events, I bad notaii the ii ready of
-enters upoi our before quiet lands, and , with pain
foresaw the srilmtitution of plow shares for bunting
- knives, and pitch forks f u r the sltitdi ..6id rif/es'of
*pier day& Of -course I . deeirhal upon moving
my habitation as soon as possible, and as my bas.
gane'wris easily carried, 1,-eirtly one, bright spring
meriting, moved into . ttruather, State. The eli:rplogs
of the squirrel and cry of the islhip-poor-will had
become to-novettub favorite aim that I in vain tried
to milicioderhe moreciviliced tones. of a woman's
tongue, and settle . dofn into a 41114, home-like,
family man. . . Perhaps I was wrongi—toy judgment
never was infallible-but 1 ornraintY left home with
a vague idea of vitnethif4r which alas in my breast
no farther defined tits as a, des* to avoid alt so.
eiety, especially of females and eitiPreu. A ayes.
1 phony of.human voices Val. my-Whir abomination,
' and a coneonlef harrednions threat music my de
light.. Is it itiaitge:ripilie .the latter the decided
• Andy Powell, theltercrof the first partafiarbis
' tory; alterlths`4tiat i * with . SfeVe liyyktiti beeikiiilan
ak t OidrfsV eri ., g 0; 3 ilea i ial i i - 141 4 ?
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and 'favorite joke ever paSse`ditialips . aulleni.mo•
-mar and tilettear,; her - seldom excleeqputli4rord
-Sikh Ft/ %Pm*? liertijianionsiirdtifea ilithts
.;• e i .ia4Ti lArge•l os 4. A e.: ; • t3A tr t Ja i 4 xf41. 0 . ;(4,3.
ampinaisobatbialvaissiLlbiapfoperliias leeilact.
..Theipect whispereiliotifithsricouestaing
#git e"- A3o o l lll tr il t 7 . l ! e, Ilksi t i
tfa:r.MC l - 1 1k,* " 4 54 F 0' I :trllWAß___ ... , , Ar 4 . i r
:mid tionotiodookatist , Ati;dlE AM . ingawmY
bliodi--bsobad-masitedlocit mitt lora cearsaandtae.
*et interval Trom it ' M bat biie lemlieiketiliy;
61,011, irlif*the*b.AtrisAisi 4 ioittiboi . e.llool .
menwil viriiii Willi 04 fabaiia di -be Tao,.
EMI
ed of do ors as candy as tbongb golig lobed,
•on d in - theiginani." Flinn ttatt - day An. I
dy Pima; :retei • lii,tic),/4.lkleei. 1 ;4 1 - -
Thia...iras bat. azilant befoul-P7 *nditruia
Oink led noe• fank to tondo will, the world. : •
71rs yye flier Old ea* dufing7witiebri.
14clit44r1Mir.linitPaMeitibroogh lack*94,
oto foondtinre Vied" 'IRMO
*WO lookiffeloulbonf tite4M lin*, rater tad
home. I woig-then t eel -inn*-fay; in the mime of
4 , Y4 0 4 4 - ( 47" 2 1 2: 4. 0 aiz e i s
Ot - ir . - • ' IP•dr
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etiiheourodkla t isittersi:lntlientiOximYlSNl6'
intiroillie
,1,1",. rslo;1143C0 t`ti
Or r- ' • frf -74i4-Itur.fl. w•r z
,4.* li " *Abuiaorfsoma,lightAgYgti.inrOr.-
ingriistailtsaiddeanast*eitterit les baplitn 10atiou
0. 1 40444 - 70i -rte
if.3lloltlmersittticei.gflPKlPONAKllTlA
heeler likes an .occasional tbaeatitrj*astily.U* -
iifhltdlora'intMhkkt'fiotfrttt
: ;v4- lizimi
1 -mt?logning parly,whuoAgauxasis
catiity 0110 commencirwthedatiewitibe
"triiti the f . ipott of talifkietiiiiWyahtit
Tiara .it'rq c rat:
eitirtileclimit , sea °mummy * pgvat.iiklica
Voce ? end Ignietly examining my . tisimeetenedle
the ~is~ehoK eXii‘e istsot. t Warmed
a 11 . t 4 1 4 40
.El y 3 pe f,ng,gny, stay =on o r
twigs ce ith Leoaccinumess AWL mxiatety,4lepenit
ed iiomewhai upon my discretion. Reface I luirl
ivaciseri ririlbT, fool autiposer! interveile4,
tsti 1 I tm#t tO" by,oggm voices bieh
esekninte4,in yonei of , iti*POPfs- the ~reys&ic word
oiStand. irtid stand slat , astonisinnent, atil t sad
I , s,lgektip,sot Aitfitirl-ards tif .me; owl"(
the leisietputt Tocliciiiiinciatiaitifreitkii
eti my Oath. bemliOgasti4eastt atP O ll4/1. 3 4:
I,sthe.ebarted coal of my arJ
Ashile,hiehOr b.utv,•dctst hie ehouldent like. the
.tateitt of 13. w ikl base- -11e,wttit ekttttekt inumhetel
to - foot In.skiina, no . portioneof his boar shocring•ta
tetnitant of littheF.'""letilluFs'beatt Atte:a
F L YIg:t .4"htkr44ll(.slirit3P,TztAe. skip of a
I t cith-thrit tail b,loa:ttig , - , $ 9411. , beltitit4- end ltis
anatsaanclieus vrere.euement iirsaiiappoiteot.bag of
untl tossed buffalo.altiis 7 . gtving !Am theittlienr,"C* 4 .
'tif a'bit.on .Ov er: ,
sticnilder4 ktinga t'bopg
of the buffalo, to which wust,attaclied a Riad post-
der born and bullet-pnieit. Taken akagethet.A
hart never seem a'more retaarkabfe looking persoit
ne l arta thciugti on,awire.or colon , 1141046 .; ‘ Z r
eyed humanity, I determined to speak 4o him. 41,
et heistina the hint amp rifle in token of subasis
sien, for his iiliiglst" was trporrine c Paskeil in a
10114 VDkre, , . •
" Are you friend or - , foe „
• lam s friend 'nithady," . he answered very
windy Whether I'm a foe depeads upon cumin-
st'aircert."'
. • Aa he' iowered him tide whilespeaklnglveutur
ed4to approach him cautiously. • - • •
'its the nature 01 tutu to be unfriendly,'! said I
he, "and. I Sleeps like takeei ray eye firrigia far
a light; utayhap, though,l do you wrong,-for you
do look as if you mighturean well. Pit - sentare to
shake your hand, Vico: arie io Clow quarters' Tknow
I'm more than your match."
So sayirg this singular specimen of the human
lace shook me warmly by the hand. .
"May I ask," said 1, ra what you are doirg as
far hem the rettlements as thisr
"In carom you may," answered he, a and 111
do the same with you. As for me I live nigh here,
amigo our own
. in a while to pick up a gray dem
or SO
IlOw long bave you lived in these partsrsaidl.
t' Four or five months; more Or loss," araiii . ered
he. a I generally camp down in one spot shout
that time. I shall move nest week bather south."
" May t ask what is your object in moving so
often from one place to another." . .
"Of course you may. Vas hunting alter a •chap
'rho lisp somewhere nut here if he's alive, - (which
l pray to God is the case,) and I've been all above
here without finding him. May hap youknow hira.
His mune is Stephen White. 1 Gall him, !probed,
Stave White:"
Hail a tiger dropped from a branch above at -say
reet 1'041 . 110t hake screamed oat loader than I
And _your:sante is Andy ,-Powell
Quieter than the flash of my own rifle wee his
primed and vfitfied td rity breail, but standing' as I
djd a ithiq thieviiiraNin, it rasa° easy task to
grow its and the contents -,passed,lientileatly • into
theiur.4-Befote I could move airiock - however, I
wee in his terrible *brace and botite to die przqd.
flow rtheniarsed Myselttor die' oraddress-
Mg a ;Wotan—of incitiag.the pastime of a fiend.
Theme" a•very powerful man, sod afraid of no one
Icing in a " tough audit:loo' l lof, t was a mere
lain: in his
. powerfid sins. Expecting nothing
bat instant death, I was murmuring a silent Prayer,
when hishold relaxed, and be said, :slowly and
cattily; end in Ms sminbul way, "'You're not Ste - ye .
- Vtilett l shoultiknowlim among ten thousand
ria,fesumesolicerjt they we - end and abated
to allOUliteller earoldn't deceive me.• Yon
tixtoivt e ;;Oit up, min, gii Ffp,fitd diagh
:Plot Leck Abet Lioeitediato year lice bane I cut
• ycneheert•to pieees". • • - - 3•••
''Patine tinile - eiertfallea,":TOO* ConelasTmg 'that
', . l *s*ilt. • llil"Aoli'444P.11014ll I 4.a -
I,ed_for..lgherabadiold hisoloyeameand • . •
~tehis•taind vonieipittioniwbisipand y
te.rt",3,tif!skibil.lTi°6(4llll7lteet ti
4.0 3 41 . 0; *gm t ( 4. I,4#t
beirlitteese, ge m your-hat. .ILealy ray, 40 ?
- torteinfripartitadartylood of company"
°remise flinched him to share the !Atli:vital - aim
4 ifiF# Wm*: 0474. ,c (l 4 l l4 u p #i"•,• re!
which hisAille shothad•Wad ) wet mil lar, -mg
'After dinner.' desemtined - to 'inquire into the
came oftili long nbeeneettati home, and evident
delcniitinatk;ato Wiwi 4 a Chase *bleb ciautsioil
be .very twelliziultin _ ' 2 fAillAY
tie m
ecroadan of etriedrrauL medd
onrrieno-mysetfdiat 4 it smell* one* handsoete,
7,l6ca,ViTnitO Arid Poahetl't6ep ids bf.vorll 1e
Aiiiroeili 2 ol o **o444glAßri
tbc-hmered., -heni-festivetitsuramsfilterimodi.
4 iliaremtati Ohleterioceredareelliciefiovverralis.
Ac.44e4:t:Witig:.4 l .4,l"al*oiratmitill
11 11 firllolloo6.l. 1:5-4; eryr-v Lintillo Ira
' v:s34 CA" 4,lk4a*
r4 - 1A4::
44:40; 3 :3'00044..id., LA.figovioubitttr*o
ittitere;enyor tiny kitttEnteseitt thewooty, , whete
matt latiewteke47elitetWe ,t'ti'f,iiik;i:46-
iflifilai4lrisipaiiiiiWzi - iii4f,:fltc#. l *.irtlie
lothele#loo4.-t,ntit 81406
-I;eitig
bkin rciasia-iitfiru ,
itt*iiksoir• lirtt4o4thir kideiffilll B atftM 6l 4o
11 !Y 1 ,4 i 9v,t! lo W t * R . 4 !" elrrr d bt#
anet the oqty-ftAiiia3i wittieneetentaxl to be
4i4ur laa;A4.
position of tile ctiuot to seo that be 4veutilter LiciT
for 'aCkOnlingli set eiriight ;out
kirdie - weextibied' regitibersrbetio, tbe - beck
nfei*liidistne, I `hoped to Btid hititi ,
fitiir Ytiis iftiaritobtlit be find'
*riactiolittnit — iest 4atiaffell ttriiiv where +bevooiii
iestileisfitidiaikeiltiiii'l knew .that• biro eonscieekt,
tkinrdeifr bat. item* 'corisciitocbibitti• hnlf
kvelli wile itte.ii4e thoviigh• tile 'work=
wouldn't let him sleep where be mishit chant* th.
Vukf tirp a. - noug -some brfluct frieniiii Oltheintircier-
r ed time; end tio:I vet dal •foribiwitil iroodein grid
him: hate.traveW in& ttamietVironVedst - to
sreit" frifm Ws* fir' Edith, souttikoAft birlAwn
litmters'inkreilyinfe'neiotrgltte : 11144 kir iiiodie
itiyderkrievlinniefirtitee atiNeeseeilifwereldgrefs
getettettelitreketire;:, 4 Its • arn4P- nee feb •
birtput-ituir4 thini-men4y, say,' horelhaieltly Mith,
in dark nonkcindee6ter., tout en tadliate
lU44'M.t:•BiiicrAmpibtif bitri
berciielotte„Atteek'hinvottt and Oadolikllo4ll2o den,
yiticl tiros only hive tei ask tit the higaßtif the
Grim' Itintit, the only bocout oak fotitheliittylifit
toil and hardship* rsteled thisfthani*the ip
itortirhity;Of rdeetittiti fires to'aceitetebolyititifoh
earth to whom t Orr? sort l orirr' tleW lEtreee
Mire dry-owe son 'retttin g; ( n it I evt4 ties; bit
pith settleflm in luU all marietrod - ,give
him •ftwriCir bniteti;
of of theitr — l halm Sept ti aloe t 4 Vmo‘—itisnow
Oboist- Rosa iiiftooth;though 'once il'errs some
shatii cfrrierk. as T can sweat most
. ,So sayinikbe aremr - fronaa . unseen poelie/ an
dka bullet,, showing some laden tnr.,
evidently - 'the work of years before, and 'l.elJ it u 1
drniringly , before me. After gazing pleasantly
'von it for fora few. moments fie placed ',ll,a . way as
though afraid its san'ainination with common , air
might in some degree fleet
purity.,
. _
I knus,r 4 lot what, to thiuk.of 4 ink luiw. crazy_ lo
toiento vats not; or he cauvensed irathmally, up
on ereryatibia4ceced, thou* is idi the Mr of
a man who had but one object in view, ;.4.d. ~,i.h.
ed other matters to assume is. secondati interest.
-.l9Scoe !lad - Plica. be certain ly , WaS,aol4benh ob.
stipaiely ieveugedul,,and T at last concluded that bit
Evan rabgaaiAlPea ansgbie4 "vo 3 Olt of i'lvetei"
ate pursuit RI his 41,and bitter eneuy,...! . _
At last even:Agee= and, =
found AAA paver
singßver a bright fire of the, knots of , pitch pine.
We needed no other:liOn, tor the brillianOyignsun
etl thrtao the room, and tent an air of comfort to
the apirlment,mrythingAtut clicerlerspdiantileas
atitudifently; &Ulna a Jause ..in..i the convema
thin, which up - tetifirtiine had been incessant, a
' knceit was litard at the door,` w load and - startling
that cie r both.involuntarVy r:* . IO our red. and es
' amined the priming of our rifles simultaneously r
such an event as a call at my door I had never
known; even= n the daytime ; and 1.1104 to be aroused
in the night wis
,sornething 'for wykh'favirr*pre
pared. Bud these thoughts did eiddkaliT 'ale too;.
I opened taidoor, end belo4 mesiti&ilieriii - par,i-
• tioirof an armed man as it 'seirited,''So ClOtheit ced
covered Waste with weapons ithitilicitil AO' Ott.
Ms antis was the comil*iigiriid . theit . day, list
so encurnisired liy . 'ei ff ensive• hititenteitts'thel. I _
could scarce distinguish the Ittmtingshic4 en
comassed hiS broad che i st. Itr Inshani - Was a
' ci
g nnamon ilfie,iriridentli44 tousle
o& 63 - re the arias of ataiy a itaiitiiPr;:ind "cen-.
diet, walk fivp 144%4:butt*" 4e . ~:.,reii, .. ed a broad
belt literal ly filled with p itiZ an crag knifes.
1 had nevus hofereseen.socompletestiimpersona
lien of irarfare; mid hardly knew whether to give
I bun toieleornit irtilititihe 464 inisif tic*. The
"former alwriliett llittelPired, KAT iniitctiiiim in
. Without speaking syllable. Ire strode juin the
a •
'
mom andsmolty took the seittnearact the ate, pia,
ein his rifle oulhe Boor - beside - him: '
"Ail friends hen, or inclined * a fight I" , he
saked.aftera moment's Tomei- en& in: allidlying
i tone I did not much - relish ; "Talwdysißitittiktiow'
!ter . P ll3 ,lr s' s !, :':;,," vl
! ~45 I am at PA e : to either," answered Andy
pimply, fr bususltiotikseususyfeeedAtf Awfues,"
F spora,vra INT frivealtelt - • -, '•: • ' ' - --- 7 , -
• 'a Good!" said them:tuner_ .r f*t:l . ,l;e,:ttierus.
,get; !Viz, ,'_ liFilr .. ..iciStrgir r•SCPtUlaeli. ,
_.:...,Mit gut of
my playthings here, and antxsc
`shell inofisolisme l yetOteuerosl ,steTitt bark, but
whentbensaalsoed Alan bite. lleve-yea a bit of
'arty' :thirii IWO tisetti a ltiluirs stohl# ftoirisup;
POW ' k° ' ‘ s ? ciiiii #ll a- i 7l: ':.- ' ':-'
•As r.:icei wintost, 2 4aw ... ani a / 1 111 1 MY eye.
d
involuntarily turned to And talaeo.;audtteosaled
with a sore sdortspruktia i m ly"
t aeoulil 'not es- !
phmin.4 , ,learnariulnyt life , I look upon such a
'pietureofinaligiutar hate; spied ,it i4iy,
r
Ala paidea - brltsiOryirr :, ",'**llll4eir pia.
vented trt my - t e . et st...*ii in though
starting ;m e rit - 41s, gick i Li:clanks appeared
At Pit*" ptaCte of,. oU:ttio. ~Atopiyaf b* -Pima' ha
hadiAiiiiialebli 1 - 11041smargyibornark•
ed-thelieess drhikr his
1 1 4 0 13 .00 1 4 4 00 10 0 4 1 0 44 : !0 10 /
tegriiis 'arCe 4, 3 .41 Soix' iliiiistiltt**** 4o,tir! -
trot and deluge . us lorisirile'poirer. Ms retry scial
' - seesnaiihiaing: lier . itiO'S' tiiiikinciiao.
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IV- 3 A9.99M4. 1 0 1 5"1 -140 **n: 0g..*9. or,
rimaintrilis
low loikplikly piercCilbitvoiati.,
'" -vat . i : . : r ' , le , TAtfit.lii , - M:3'4 _g•iroiattAK . :; ,
li gnip
, . (4'l . iliitf,Wi T . F:.....V4 t ' ts-vt.l el.irit.7c,,tl ti -
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set gawk ty•• 'Wilt -
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the Great Kielawhit tintie;e4tititt,
known .
bpt policiog !n*-.loruis- .
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t 4 geWhrei!elPetFrl 4fit illeillF4Fan, t 4 6 3 1: -.Ali Aril*
I ing mind - -- 7 U.eto now traniforatad into 0.1.1.-.4*-
ieP 1 , 41 04 011 4 4 4,11q1 1
.P4c . . :Pf le, !I'll%
;.$1
1 ,*.! - littlyottpyese, thieytt I tpritettitis
• backin . I s4u!Boar-aliJihilikplaieti fkrl4 l -laWit
fret Y-tr 1 :044-14t.4 03 hr ate
worms that creep laq eattht , -PtzikeftMiltiLerYoPtr
hour 13 come? Twesty.ye:switirstvoltutto. tsetiti
my, bane f tirtasl, ia,bcpits,pf.Atteetiag,,ofvehtspitig
yccn. 3WE:111 vats off pagfitnnerfor. fereair •
ks4 v o tOd the lure"ts tralKtOr!rval
ouwastdiviug,.e e lthing i gkethlgOsttenieg , en the
thre4lttkpf this blthssed,bour. My - food bJ j B 3",
and any sleep by night, have hrew-Aaartiftetlta qtR
by the,hopezollOs commutation, .vett , ellw I • mat
repaid-9yes fiety Bated over--for Abe blank ,is,itsy
exir.reage>yeat rased hand marked voLe I had
not hoped for such.: eneeting,tihopais., isabld ram
-even &mato hope that kxttold ateelrloit_ mogul'
ty, *Win wfairsinrr e 4ltteatyontirearkfrast ,year
body Throw aside-yowilie Pow, iiintk.botek to
,none to toolestoss, we l :tenet, the
snuggles-of oar.young days, with-suore Ofitineraabs
,and aleadly lama than ever you. klt whew you
stociperithan net mewl:roll:T*l,M 'urban."
During his epeech die outlaw epoke.nota
lifted not hes head, and save a deadly *mew
which covered his faze, showed no sip of emo
tion. Bpi tfritettaTn*; ralgid with. the
auddenneas of thought, and- ere the trigger :each'
be pulled, it lay in ;Learner of the roomovbentlho
soul Mu of Andy 'Powell had lambed
other moment, and the strong onm. grappled
Without au .oath, without. a:words Without a
thought of other than deadly strife,..they 'dent so
each other like ferocious tigers.- Both went, bier
=dam Su strength end - &nattier- fir trro;stistioas;
whichinclined the victory • fee while is iititaTher
eibs... : Butailastsho-Uensendouszterre an limes. -
hanstible stretmthot Andy ccittputted, said. with a
crash like the fait of siAleed nee of the forest, White
WI to the giound beneath the. body O( his• antago-
HSI spoke aes word, be - asked - 1W teVer,ve
firm his lite, butlay powerbuOiand madras meet
his doom.: There ryas s triumph iothheyeirrin
4, wjfich-stqure.4 0 0 - 1 7 1 33Pik,:na. hop :,r
wretched =sr, Vola/amp( fpre—t:iit hre'Whh
linseeds unto death.:were written on7Fri;-iinier,
I tamed my - Ilia I
beard asli; , , , ht
- cooqUerroesomht with bitkhand for the fhtriiteed
knife, a violent roll-dins hod); for the ascendrutCy,
and their with firfilucea through' thedeadrorob-bur
pouch and-the 41e4h of gt:irrnenwlifW4loll•
strumentof death' toti drebeart of the yfs*r!: The
knife was(trot rained fur the seramd
had done ithrlitY.i , t••• •
Not a syllable'urai ;Paso by either it ti drat
eight IV„tlirto 217 ..1/ bOk
with the ocineiction that justice had tam ate* out
with *Una-
When !'arose the nest morning, -the Dead WY
of a map, pier ced to ihe heart, tayon - oor he
rae: The toga the tloor was perfot:Aed an
inch by.the blade of the knife. am elided gore
bad mu dowtkond covered the . . &math...1416i with
;its ntelly hue. Death ao tbaolati* `hid ,71it10
afew:booraleenbucy - in theittahorw.•
On the diair. thO oahiemisa•- ievielen .thesit
arords—winviiethei . usi - Trt 1,4 Ars
one / karCcoritiitt. 'll i aikkiAiieriend—Fareseti/ !"
Andy Pttn + cli Vkbekolging to him had wan.
isiiecl.• y.
lellet-taishtpome4ittie beer tal cr.A--v
~, , , , ..TlPbritkt!tlll M lF sokimkivrt
40;3 kali . the thlit ts f q t r. ,
.4 ;tilt. 41";. i
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,
r-grier *-4 wtotrAwsi.
1 - t. IR& battirioige 1612140 f it**4 —
I,3lchreelloierniittoruf.-lar%.*"
Of an the paserne, leaealy A thyt,
lets iniiideienniiice, c aaipaiell;etagest Wa.
igne f fer IM leonine law vireelr tierinithalet
enemy, and imerraermilm nare-ccal
; 4 .! it:. ir.o.f,m-aclatßatftl that I
16114 t o coompoti pq
- Th,
trodnenOs ismerieWesdiNOmee .senenable
tMenSdetitt aye do' Wort
sowed excellencies end ealdoirMenb of the loom
kind. )
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auvatiOti ilvlbe ifiv a oiswr bar=if beveri,
est beaesii - he int
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