Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-11-08

ctrand. lie kept as much as possible IN
the shadow Of the houses, and had nearly
reached the quay, when suddenly he
thought he heard footsteps behind him.
He stopped 10 listen it was no vain i'm
agnalon they came along TO the pave
ment, tramp, tramp! and every step grew
louder and nearer. Martin Franc tried to
quicken his pace--but in vain; his knees
smote together, and he staggered against
the wall. His hand relaxed ts grasp, and
the monk slid from his back and stood
ghastlv and straight beside him, supported
by chance against the shoulder of his bear
er. At that moment a man came round
the corner, tottpring beneath the weight of
a huge sack. As his head was bent down
wards, he did sot perceive Martin Franc
till he was close upon him and when, on
looking up, he saw two figures standing
motioness in the shadow of the wall, he
thought himself waylaid, and without wait
ing to be assaulted, dropped the sack from
his shoulders and ran of at full speed. The
sack fell heavily on the pavement, and di-
reclIy at the feet OF Martin Franc. In the
iaII the string was broken; and out came
lhe bloody head, not OF dead monk, as it
nrSt seemed to the excited Imagination OF
MartIn franc, bot OF a dead hog When
'oe terror and surprise caused by this SIM
gnIar event had little subsidized, an idea
came into The mind Of Martin Franc, very
similar to what would have come into the
mind OF almost any person in similar cir
cumsiances. He took the hog out OF the
sack, and, putting the body of the monk in
IT'S place, secured it well with the remnants
OF the broken strlnlE, and then hurried
ro'l'TN"ro ,,'l,y Win ne animal upon ms
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NOW 1t happened that the city oi Rouen
was al 'nat time infested 5y three street
FoooerS, VINO walked IN HafkneSS IKE the
pestirhce, and always carried the pIunder
p' inelr midnight mdFaudihg to the etc
nt-hpnI' ''t'ie tavern IN one OF lhe dark
'S' ana harro"'St lanes OF 'he Guy. Inc
nos! oI tte ie'r-Hr-b". was P'I'y 10 an
'neir schemes ana haa an 'quai snare IN
'h' PfolhS o' 'h'iF hIIh'iy excursions lie
EaVr h''PL''s han'' 100 by the I'hg'h oi
MS "'''%' ahu oy piuno'fIh9 the pockets OF
any Chahce traveller that was: IucEiess
enough TO S'''p under ms Ioo'.
On the night Of The disastrous adventure
Of Friar Gui, this little nafauding party
had been prowling about the city until
late hour without finding anything 10 re-
ward their Iabor$. At length, however,
they Glanced to spy hog, hanging under
a shed in butchers yard, IN readiness for
the next days market; aud as they we're
not very tastidious in selecting their plum
der, bIi, CD the contrary, rather addicted
Ito taking whatever they could lay their
hands on. thn hog was siraightway pur-
oinc3, thrust into large sack, and sent to
the i,te-de-b~ut on the shoulders of one
of the party, while the other two continued
their nocturnal excursion. 1t was this per-
son who had been so terrified at the ap-
prarance Of Martin Franc and the dead
monk and as tnIS encounter had interrupt
ed any further operations OF the party, the
dawn Of day being now near at hand, they
all repaired TO their gloomy den in the
Tete.de Bnnt. The host was impatiently
waiting thy'r Fr'nrn an', asking what
P'nndrr 'n'N haa Drought "ith them, pro-
c''"'u without a'iay to remove II from
Inc SACK ne hL'' ih!ng that presented
,'s'I,' Oh uh'yiNE me s'Elns' was the monks
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hoe. " ~, l,'.l - ',''' ,i.., t''u '','
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,.Tbn r,or a'rI r.. 'D L,o"., ",".s a I,, Io"'
with The world and turned monk -, s7id Ls
who held the Eght. a little sornrjsed at See
iag The head covered with coarse grey
cloth.
"So'e enough ne has" exclaimed an
other, starting 6ack IN dismay, as the slia-
w" ,t'"' ',,I g' Si'SI5> '"Gt ~ 'ne Ir.aF aE-