Would that I had done so; but I was a fool; I thought I could be of
service to Sarah by remaining near her; might see her next day; I
might even be able to get her out of the house, and then we could
once more elope together and go back again to Goshen where we had
been so happy. So I went to a public house three miles above
Scheimer's, and remained there quietly during the rest of the day,
revolving plans for the deliverance of Sarah. I thought only of her.
It is strange that I did not once realize what a perilous position I
was in myself--that, firmly as I believed myself to be wedded to
Sarah, I was in fact amenable to the law, and liable to arrest and
punishment. All this never occurred to me. I saw one or two of the
gang who were at Scheimer's about the hotel, but they did not offer
to molest me, and I paid no particular attention to them. I did not
know then that they were spies and were watching my movements. At
nine o'clock I went to bed. At midnight, or thereabouts, I was
roughly awakened and told to get up. Without waiting for me, to
comply, five men who had entered my room pulled me out of bed, and
almost before I could huddle on my clothes I was handcuffed. Then
one of them, who said he was a constable from Easton, showed a
warrant for my arrest. What the arrest was for I was not informed. I
was taken down stairs, put into a wagon, the men followed, and the
horses started in the direction of Easton. By Scheimer's on the way,
and I could see a light in Sarah's window.
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