St Nicholas [serial] . the culprits back to thed, and brandished his whip over Jacob, whoSd, white and trembling, for he had overheardit was said. Thought you could take my team and ask a,v of boys to ride, did ye ? If you did nt havei of my mules, I d slash ye ! 1 You d better not slash me till you know the:h about it, said Jacob, as calmly as he could.: Whose whip is that snarled up in the wheel ? •gan demanded.| Its no whip that I ever saw, till I saw it in afoot from Jackson to Chillicothe. My bag is therein the wagon. I had come into the grove, and satdown to rest, when they asked me to r
St Nicholas [serial] . the culprits back to thed, and brandished his whip over Jacob, whoSd, white and trembling, for he had overheardit was said. Thought you could take my team and ask a,v of boys to ride, did ye ? If you did nt havei of my mules, I d slash ye ! 1 You d better not slash me till you know the:h about it, said Jacob, as calmly as he could.: Whose whip is that snarled up in the wheel ? •gan demanded.| Its no whip that I ever saw, till I saw it in afoot from Jackson to Chillicothe. My bag is therein the wagon. I had come into the grove, and satdown to rest, when they asked me to ride. Theydid get me to sit on the front seat and hold thereins, while they were backing the team aroundand that fellow with a sore eye pretended to bssearching his pockets for driving-gloves. But [believe now it was all a trick, to have the blamelaid on me if they got caught. The rogues tried to interrupt Jacobs story, andvehemently charged him with falsehood; but theold man silenced them with a flourish of his OLD DORGAN S PURSUIT. fellows hands. replied Jacob. They pre-ed that it was his team, and asked me to ride.;d to stop the mules for him, after he got hispletrees clear of the wagon ; and I did turn1 into the fence. Then, when all the rest ran,yed to hold the team. Where do you think: would be now if I had run, too ?lere was something in Jacobs honest, ener-? face more convincing than the united voicesle lying rogues. What is your name ? Dorgan name is Jacob Fortune. I am traveling Without expressing any opinion on the matter, hetold them if they valued their skins not to attemptrunning away again, but to help him get his mulesand wagon out of the fence. They took hold and helped accordingly. ButJacob was the only one who rendered any veryefficient service. He found the lost whippletreebolt, and assisted in tying up the broken harnesswith the rope-halters. Now get in, every one of said the old man, when he thought it saf
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