THE ADVENTURES OF 



have it;- He looked at nie for a moment as 

 if amazed, and finally said, -You have guess- 

 ed well. I am in trouble and in the way you 

 say, but I am net guilty of v/ilful murder, yet 

 I oread the consequences of being apprehended. 

 At Fort Scott, Mo., I traded horses with a 

 jockey, and the next day he came to me and 

 said f should trade back, as I had cheated him 

 by lying abouc my horse. I told him that I 

 •,iever traded back ; when I traded and found 

 .nvself che ted I had to stand to my bargain, 

 :mcl if I happened to make a good trade I 

 mean: to keep It. He then grew furious and 

 said he would make me trade back, but I told 

 :iim he would do nothing of the kind, when 

 ;ie new at me with his raw-hide whip and 

 ;>egan whipping me over the head and face 

 Avith it. This was more than I could stand, 

 :;nd, as he was a large bully, I drew my knife 

 :uid'used it with fatal effect. I fled imme- 

 diately, not because I was afraid of being 

 iianged, but 1 knew it would cause me a great 

 vleal of trouble and cost me a large amount ot 

 money to vindicate myself, as I had no friends 



