New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-10-25

the feeling that they were now the last men IN tn
Jail. 40 worked upon and stimulated the Oesiegers.
that in an incredibly short space oiime they forced
the strong gate down below. whick formed OF
iron rods two inches square. drove the other
doors, as il they had been but deal partitions. and
stood at the end OF the gallery with only bar
TWO between them and the cells.
HaIoa." cried Hugh. who was the first to
look into the dusky passage: '' Dennis before Us
Well done, old BOY. Be quick. and open here, tor
We snail b, suiocs;ed in the smoke, going out
Go out at once, then, said Dennis. VIA; do
YOU want here
WHAT" echoed Hugh. The four men.
Four devils - cried the haagman. e Do 1T
YOU know they re left tor death on Thursday =
Don't -ou respect the la"-ihe con-titootion-no-
tang Let the four men be-.
Is this time for joking ?" cred Hugh. Do
YOU hear EN- Put away these sarS that have got
liked between the do.r ana The ground; and let
u in
Brother" said the hang;uaa in ,ow voice. a.
he stopped unde prcience Of doing what Hugh de-
sirei. but only looked up in h:s face. can; yeu
leave these here four men 70 ne If We the whm
You do what YOU like. and have what Won ike Of
every thing for Your share, give me M share. l
want these four men left alone. | tell you.
Pul the bars down, ~ stand cut Of the way,
was Hugh. reply
You can tuln ;he crowd If yoa like. YOU know
that well enough, brother said the hasgman,
slowly What Y.u .eiU come in, Will you -
Yes
You yvont let these men alone and leave en-
to NE You We respect for nothng-haven
YOU ?" said the hangman. retrrating the door
BY which he had entered, a1d regarding his COM
pauion with an ugly 7cowl. = You will come in.
viii YOU, brother =
l tell you, yos. What the devil ais Won =
Where YOU going 7
No matter where m going reoHed the
hangman, looking in again at the iron wi-kei.
which he had nearly >ha; upon hiaseit. and held
s sl'! remember "'e'f you Re coming H''
With tina, he shook his likenes. at Hugh. and
giving MIN grin. compared with which his usual
-mile amiable. disappeared. and shu; the
,!oor.
HugA paused no longer hut roadcd alike by the
cries OF the convc;. and by the iapali-nc. OF the
crowd. warned the man Immediate behind him
the way was only wide enough tor abreast
- stand back. and welded 4 sedge hammer with
such strength. that after few 81 Tvs the iron bent
and broke and gave them free adni'tanee.
1t the TWO sens OF these men, of whom mention
has been made. were i;rcu. IL their zeal before
'nev had now the wrath and visor of lions Cali
ing - the nan within each cell to keep back Tar
he could lest The crashing throggh the
door should wound him, party went to worA
upon each one, to beat in BY sheer strength. and
force the bolts and staples from their hold. Blu:
although these two lads had the weakest party
and the worst armed, and did not begin until after
the others, having stopped to whisper 10 him
through the CRATE that door was the arst epen,aud
"a. IN.
The gallery to knock of his irons. he fell down
among them, mere heap of chains. and was car
rcd out i'll that state on mems shoulders with no
sign OF life.
The rcle,se Of these four wretchsd creatures.
aud conveying them, astoundcd and bewildetcd
into the street full of e-a spectacle they had
never thought to again until they emerged
nom solitude and silence upon that las; Journey.
when the air should be heavy with the pent-up
breath Of Thousands and the streets and house,
should be built and rooted with human faces, not
with bricks and tiles and stones-was the crown
ing horror OF the scene Their pale and haggard
looks, and hollow eyes their staggering feet and
hand, stretched out as if t. sayc themselves from,
failing their wandering and uncertain air; the
way they heaved and gasped FOR breath as though
IN water, when they were fr,t plunged into the
crowd; all marked them for the men No need to
say - this one was doomed To die" there were
the words broadly s,amped and branded on his
face. The crowd fell of, Us ii they had been laid
out icr burial, and had risen in their .hrouds and
many were seen TO shudder. as though they had
been actually dead men, when they chn4ccd to
touch or brush against their garments
At the bidding of the mob, the houses were all
Illuminated thai nsht--lighied w from top 10 bot
tom as at II time OF public gaiety and Joy Many
years ntcrwerd old people who lived in their youth
near this part Of this city remembered being in
great glare of light, within doors and without and
~ they looked, tmd and frightened children, from
the windows, seeing face go By. Though the
whole great crowd and all its other tcrrors had
faded from their recollection. this one object re-
distinct, and wcll-remc
Even in the unpractised minds of infants one of
these doomed men darling by, and but an instant
seen, was an image OF force enough to dim the
whole concourse-to find Itself an all-absorbinc
place, and hold it ever after.
When this last task aad been achieved the
shouts and cries grew talntcr-ihe cl,nk OF letters
which had rssounded on all sides as the prisoners
escaped, wa. heard no more; all the noises of the
crowd subsidized into Il hoarse and sullen murmur
as it passed into the distance; and when the hu-
man tide had rolled away, n melancholy heap OF
smoking ruins marked the spot where j, mad lately
chaicd and roared.
CHAPTER LXvI.
Although he had 40 rest upon the previous night.
and had watched with little intermission for some
weeks past, sleeping only in the day by starts and
snatches. Mr.. HaredaIe from the dawn OF morning