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Show HE EVtt KNEW HIS XAJIE. A STIUSOB AND TRAGIC STORV. II , . Itayuor'A Creek, Pa., Nov. 23. An olJ man, n, blaczsmith, who went by the namaof llasea r,imbert,dicl hero a fqw days ago. lie camo hcru in lb3L after Ihtvlng lost his fortune for-tune in. oil speculation. Lambert was nqt hit right! name, but neither he nor any auc else he ever heard of knew, what his name was or where hecamrfmmorlginall). The name he-Went byand his fortune wereboth,rvceiTedasa result of an old-timojjriystciicus tragedy of the Pcunsyl van ia. backwoods. Stotllei'aWas one of the lew scat-teriutettlemenlsbf scat-teriutettlemenlsbf tho Mud that lay along thelifle of the roaJ that paj.-ed throOgli' the wilderness of southern IV'tlwyiranla, between l'iillvJeJphiv"aiid thu headwaters of the Ohla tt:ver"Vvejt' or Chambers-burg, Chambers-burg, iu-lSIS. 'Thernwas a tacrn there and a blarksniHh shop. Thu blacksmith; Was Ho'ca Lambert, who had been a noted Indian fighter. fight-er. Toward evening' one day In March, 1612, an elderly man, mounted oil 'a wlfito lior5o and holding x -lilt'e child on the sad 11b in front .of him, accompanied accom-panied by two young men, rede up to Stottler'n' tavern and took quarters for the nisht. They were travillngjntnTJil. The, men "Vfrc French, a'ad'OOly the elderly man. who wis'a'ilistiuguishcd looking person, jpi'J&Jgltnr.-The chlfd was aipCs.nij- tdut three years old, aud seemed to ttand la rear of the men, although the eldtrly man treated it with great- kindness, r.lstksmlth Iiimbert, nfter tho stranger had gono to bed, said that tlie to young men looked to him ill e cutthroats', an J that If lie was traveling along that road with them ho would keep then ahead of him. After breakfast next morning the strangers resumed their Journey. No ono had learned their names or their destination. Two hours after the hilo liorm thb rJJerly Frenchman French-man and child lia 1 ridden came galloping back to tho tavern. Its avidel was olT, aud there were Mrcaks of blood on IU side. The VcoJ came from no wound on the horse. Blacksmitii lambert declared de-clared at once that tho horse's rider Lai been shot In his saddle sad-dle and murdered by his two com-panUn. com-panUn. Lambert collected as many men as lie could indabout the tettlc-meut, tettlc-meut, and led him in pursuit of the raurd-rcrs. Five miles from tho tavern they found blood at tho roadside road-side and signs or a struggle. Borne dbtanrc in thewooJs they dicov-ered dicov-ered the dead body of tho elderly Frenchman tietweca two old logs. He had been shot-twice inUiebreast anl scabbed several times with n knife. Ills fcaddle bags lay near. Thev had been ripped oin nnd rifled. Two men were sent back with tlio murdered -man's body to rave it from the wolves. Lambert and the rest started in search of tlie murderere. They failed In getting any trace of tl.em, anil toward night all but Lambert abandoned thu chase. Ho declared that ho would follow until he found some duo that would lead to their hiding place. tjjmo miles nortli oCUioroad they ha J been following was a still more ancient and fnnuented' Ihorough-faie, Ihorough-faie, tho iint thateyir croaicd the State. Lambert taped tiU coune through the wood townnl.Ujat road. Ills destination was a wsjslde log cabin whero a naltoreeil nameJ Hayir lived. It Was,In a wjld nnd i-ola'xnl spot, near, fhoVccood road. He readied therd somoUmo after dark. The old woiuau'j cabin furu-lihed furu-lihed shelter at tlnii- to travelers, anJ Lambert wad aJmltled. A brisht fire wai burning In the big fireplace, making thu small room very bright. He stood his rifle In a corner, and was advancing to speak to Mother Hagar. when from another room snJdenly Issued a blinding Hash and aloud report. A bullet grazed Lambert's temple and barled Itself In the wollbehlcd him. The ex-InJIan fighter drew bis tomahawk nnd sprang into the room. A man holding a gun confronted con-fronted him, nnd went down ivforo tho woodman's blow. Anotherman ru'hed out of tho room ly a back door. A rillo lay on the tsble In tho roam. Lambert seized it and ran to tlie door. The man was flying toward thewoods. his form nlMnlyVAltTined iu the moonlight, Lambert fired nod the man fell. Theinsn Lambert had knocked down had regained his feet, but the blacksmith died him again and bound him with rois Uagar brought him. He recognized In his prisoner one of the murderers of tho old Frenchman. Lambert went out and foundthat tho man he had shot was dead, ilo was Uie other of tho two men, who had been of the FrencnmauM partyy, In possession pos-session of tho man1 Lambert found 533 Jn English bank notes. The child was in Uagar's.bed.g v H Next morning Lamoertplaced tlie dead assassin and UunUftonpn hi hone, aud carrying. the child In his arms started for StallTer's settlement. settle-ment. The child was unable to tell IU name, and tho pHHaertefuscd to open his lips. Lmb.rriIeU at the tavern at tflfclMUl, 3sn minutes afterwardMtSeUa flJMU of tlio woodmen I'rajeoW110?.0 er was taken toa trrefeftontetjUje tavern auJ hingeJ.',srhatnanur. dcrers wow Juried Whsafli lh;" Their vislim as Jjurled oriLanfJ berfs farm. Tito 0fiiU3WBS liken In charge by tha h Uc iK Xota thlugcouU bofonniUhBlBive tho slightest cluato Tlr Identity. Tho mjstery was never-cleared op. Lambert adopted thechUd andaro oW In trust for the boy,rlan J when the latlr becameiorf age the J)ld blacksmith gave him S',5; result or tho Inve.taeWt Theibay learned the btaaimifh's tradft Lambert died when ills adoP?;? was 21, leaving him an estate worth I23.00J. This lhetfc!rlnfe tortuncof $1W,OJO, wblc was 1 th fortune he lost in oU peculaUonr In Uwoarly dy.,ofJtat . He worked at hU oldrade ot bBek-smlthing bBek-smlthing In th lumber- region un- I Ul a few day before iheidled. 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