| Show THE reminiscences of au an outlaw once famous la III fennessee and on the ohio river isher on the alth lost last we left fort hunting tort ton tenn fur for the southwestern anuth western portion or of thi tah county fora row few dantil daiy bird und and hunt while fil 1 it 11 rocky brunch known nil as the old gin branch we come to where it iff lu iraln of n hill our setter letter cearley twide inide a u ilah kit at it rabbit and both rabbit nod and Cri charley arley in the hill the en ell trance was wan what we Pup to be it a crevice in ili the rocke it in it a inocent ino tho hats caine pour inic out by the he hun hundreds dredd the weather being buenk chilly they hey ml fell to the ahe ground in it nil soon boon us its the air struck them tapir ra bid bad been disturbed by the dog doe we were enjoying tile the fun when to our several large hum horn owls came flapping lupp ln natline out nut one line jive gave it 11 dis alsin il hoot iii hi though he had add not lot seen daylight fur for you ears or wished to lo ui hway br V coming ut pit ay fur for tour four out our do doe coil could I 1 not gilr luu lee went to lo the eol rAnce or of we ine cave taking it pole anti and prot log mime sli six fout tie lia faid it iiii alitt ili lit an all buglo to aho right the ha will ads barly bar ly fur for it a common gizea inan to enter anter he his ay iy until it bachino so au dar I 1 hit h it ho h d and sald mid ihil it opened out into wh wlm whit it im he believed oell bell eved tu to bo be a iorge haiie arid and that tie he could heur hear Charley running if around sad and whining its id though hy he was lout lost and could nut not and bl way out wu wa aunt abent to liia it neighboring houie kind pro aured it lantern determined to rescue rearm charley at till all hazards hu with lantion lant irn in fit hand blind we both entered compelled to crawl oft on hands art und knees for fir some linnca bedfor 0 w we e rould could walk erect the entrance en turned first to the right rl glit thou then to be left lo in a zigzag form firm finally F hoilly wo met charley anti ami his bark bick as it echoed nod and ro re echoed astonished a us ui u i to u such tin an extent that we raised our cantera over our heads endi ti which throw threw ot a bright light around we wera alita III a large larae room celled en an nil allies aidea art overhead oye with rude haford bofors us sat a large table with a mutilated pack of edrus cards in the centre hevy wooden chair roual the he auble it a couple of larg laren and rough olude knives on 00 on ono 0 corner As assoun solin na as ne e could col collect elect lect our neuses and calm out our staggered brain we found we were la in a secret cave that flint hall had once been occupied by it band t fou laws but when ats the question in mirve ving the room winch waith us ai wu wo faund ili ID corner a blink hold IOE ing the light close our blood was chilled chil leil it WAS a larke largo black man bli skin and us as dry as aa those who lu ill ancient days were given passage over A anrce urge end rough mado chain wai vin lucked locked around his hl tinkle ankle sod and fastened to it a staple in the ilia floor II 11 lori in ili the opposite corn erlay the dried fr prattles attles of two wo huge blood coundi in an old heavy wooden box found two wo old fashioned horse pistols with flint locks they bade had done service la ju the be ution there were alio al io several pairs of handcuffs we began to wo worn la in the region of the damned when looking on tho the rough walls walla there we pawl uw the handwriting it was john A murrell 1828 11 we were in that areat outlaws deu wo we could then see hue that the man law chained had been stolen ty oy the old bandit brought hare and chained until they ihly could run him south and sell him the Is that when the cavo cave wa was i deserted he be was alive the he doom was aa sure but what agony he be under went chained and alline his lice face like Mil tons devil grinned harrl alya bly a ghastly the blood hounds had heart kept for the pur of recapturing capturing tiny any move glavo that asmie As ai we were about mosi clog our exit our ur companion L la called our to knottier another object we turned around and he wei the lantern trembling in ill kilo ills handee pointed under tinder the h a table and there lily lay the forin finn and dried frame or another hilin hunein ill being bp In ex ingham aull ning close it proved improved to be that of it A fe remain lusle she too was ebal tied she had died a horrible death starved starve to death iler her long yellow hair still clung to the dr dry y akin on oil her head her lips were I 1 parted ted so as to dle close a bet ael of P pearly early al teeth low elow came she la in a robbers dent sho she could not have been a victim it tn cupidi cupids dart it so why chian her she dihe hill ila been kidnapped and held fur for drainoni rai noni john A murrell wali wai born bora in mor BU giau bounty tenn when it a boy he was a spry arid and wg lad after a few love scrape he became rec reckless klems and wandered rut out into the mountains of north aad Town tennessee essee stealing bagging biKel iii negroes nes roe i throat droit cutting ind if a aloni ionic allue in the he peril int lary anti and preached to tile the coll coil evicts j johns johnd voice c uld always be nearis in prayer at a blit alir camp meet the deacon iU acona rod elders often bud bid b id to lo wilk home the little hume in ili h bied Is 13 still in Pi keville igent oi 0 i hai I 1 tin he wanted td ili mike jt t wj was gagged and dby by frienda fri fid who ex cini nied great god jaitin dont diw diw ui nil hll away 11 john johnn bno ani s t iv w rest at world |
