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that he had for a time been making his home in 

 a small deserted house in the neighborhood, and 

 the fact having become known to his enemies, one 

 night when he had gone there to rest and had 

 tak^n his, or somebody else's good horse into 

 the house with him, it was surrounded by those' 

 enemies, who pounded on the door and de- 

 manded his surrender. Fitz cocked his trusty 

 pistols, opened the door, and mounting his saddled 

 and bridled hofse rode boldly through the fright- 

 ened men, and bidding them good evening was off 

 and away unharmed and uncaptured. The dark 

 hint has been given that the crowd contained fnore 

 friends than enemies of this bad man. Another 

 instance is told of his courage and daring, and this 

 took place at one of the old taverns on the road to 

 West Chester. A heavy reward price for those 

 days was offered for his capture, and the neighbor- 

 hood was aroused and men banded together to 

 hunt and secure him, and thus it was that on a 

 certain day one of these parties, corhposed of sev- 

 eral men, after scouring the country, had stopped 

 at the tavern to refresh themselves, leaving their 

 horses hitched on the outside, and feeling secure 

 in numbers they had stacked their guns in a cor- 

 ner of the bar room and were making merry over 

 the landlord's good cheer, and were boasting of 

 how they would capture Fitz when they found 



