Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-07-21

ton was arranged In a moment. had
worn wig for several years, on account
of loosing my hair by fever. ] deter
mined to make it of more use than it had
ever been before, lifted myself from the
bed, and. felt about in the dark, until l /
found one of the pumpkins had seen. Il
Over this drew my wig, and it happen
ed to be an excellent fit. Having dressed
it ON my pillow, in the exact spot which
my head had occupied. When it was
thus adjusted it was in juxtaposition with
the long crevice, through which l now
took another look. Heavens the tiends |
were loading brace of pistols with the
same internal slugs
can't say but felt little dry about
the throat then. looked towards old
Lion. could see his great eyes through
the darkness. He was still upon the
alert. The perspiration began to run
down my face in great drops, not that l
felt absolutely afraid-for fiatter myself
was no ccward-but 1 did not like the
idea of taking human life, was confident
that I could defend myself, yet even that
confidence was not enough to make me
feel altogether comfortable.
Taking my pistol in my hands, bent
over the bed, and commenced snoring
again, at the same time watching the
movements of the man and his amiable
spouse. Every explosion from my nose
seemed to give her infinite satisfaction
They looked at each other, nodded and
smiled grimly. He took the gun, and in
his stocking feet approached the crevice
opposite my bed, followed by the bag,
with the pistols and carving knife; Stoop-
ping, he peered into the room, and brought
his ferocious looking eyes to bear upon
my wig, knew it would be dangerous to
see more. raised my head out of harms
way, and emitted now and then snore.
distinctly heard him fix the muzzle of
his gun against the fssure opposite the
wig, and then with tremor of indigna-
ton, and kind of creeping sensation all
} over me, drew back and awaited the re-
suit. 1t was moment of awful suspense
to me. What if he should discover the
cheat and elevate his piece? A thousand
such thoughts rushed through my mind
in an instant. The cold sweat ran down
my face in stream. Thank Heaven l
was not long kept in suspense.
A terrible explosion followed the fear
full pause. A storm of slugs poured into
my bed, perforating my wig, and scatter
ing the pumpkin in every direction.
: HE won't never tell no story = heard
the assassin say, as he dropped the breach
of the gun heavily to the floor. CHOW
for the dog"
: During these operations Lion had pla-
ced himself by my side, with his fore feet
upon the bed, while to keep him still put
my hand over his mouth. He knew what
l meant, for l had kept him quiet before
At the moment of the discharge, he gave
u low growl Ipointed to the door, He
understood my meaning we'll. His eyes
flashed like balls of fire, while he waited
the moment to wreak his vengeance on the
: assassins.
81 will open the door little, and when
: the cretur sticks out his head, shoot
: him." said the she wolf
The door was opened, but "the cretur''
didn't stick his head out. Lion knew bet
ter than that. and waited his chance
Embroidered by not hearing any thing, the
door was gradually opened. Now was
the time. With a terrific howl, lion lea
r ped over the head of the woman and sci
r zed the rufian by the throat, dragged
: him in an instant to the floor, where a
great struggle took place. In another mo-
ment the bag was writhing in my nervous
grasp ; her surprise was SO great that she
made but little resistance-and | quickly
bound her hand and foot with cord she
had procured for another use-perhaps
to drag my body away into the neighbor-
ing woods.
The next thing to attend to was the
man and lion. The struggle was still
going on but tho latter had set his sharp
teeth into the throat of the wretch, and
rendered all his efforts abortive, although
} he was man of powerful frame. He
was already reeking with blood, and l
fastened to save what little life was left
in him.
The dog was 10th to quit his hold,
and when he did he left one victim to
punish another for before could pre-
vent it, he had his teeth quite through
the hag's arm, who shrieked like luna
| tic.
The fellow looked ghastly enough when
released him his neck was frightful-
ly torn, but he got no pity from me. 1
bound him as had his companion in in
Equity, while she heaped curses upon the
dog, bound her apron about his neck,
which was all the surgical aid he could
get from me. Lion seemed very we'll
satisfied with the arrangements, and laid
down in the corner and watched them
with tn much calm philosophy,
we remained with them until morning,
cannot say but | enjoyed our triumph
as much as lion did, as they were old Of
lenders as he was proved afterwards in
court ofJustice. AS good fortune would
nave It, man passed the next morning
oy whom sent word to the nearest set
tlement of what had occurred.
Before ton 0SO1ooI, tlo I'll