Highwayman and the Stage Coach Driver.

Lake County Press, Issue 2114, 12 April 1906, Page 2

Highwayman and the Stage Coach Driver.

Hold Hush it) Calilor-i-i-d Uavcller Wil\ It KM! . A I drove lie < I iVIIK'IIIIkM' «"i m ,.„i. 11 was a inooii-liglu mgw and 1 was pushing ahead al a goii sp.THI, with a stage full of passer tvr.s mill a heavy t censure-box. .Just .•!-■ I g"l round n I-"''"' '" !l1 r I. I saw i!i«- figure '"' : < l "'" 1 " horseback. He >. 11.-« I out for us ' slop, and 1 saw a gun-barrel gleni speed, and I made up in.\ II '"' Lake the chance of getting lhrou«"h. I I saw Hie gun raised to tin." man - shoulder as we approached. I had made ;.i vicious si r happened, lull and as we dashed by the whip v. a . drawn taut. 1 was nearly pulled oil' my seal . lull I held on, and Ihe gue was dragged out of the robbers hand and fell to the. .-round. At Ilw same moment it was discharged by the shock. II rattled along the road for quit" a distance before (he whip-lash unwound itself. I don't know what the highwayman thought, but I rather think he was surprised.