saddle-ropes

Updated: June 19, 2025

The herculean ruffian coolly proceeded to prepare some saddle-ropes to tie his victim before him on his horse. He was interrupted by a woman: "Come and see your work, Joe Johnson!" Following up the short cupboard stairs, the kidnapper was pointed to an object on the bed, with peaked face and sharpened feet, as it lay white as lime, with eyelashes folded and the arms drawn to its sides.

George Alfred Townsend - The Entailed Hat: Or, Patty Cannon's Times