Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-10-06
TAYETTEVI LID, TENN, THURSDAY, OCTODE

teu yOu, tttI0 more COIN III
that purse than you could earn during
the rest of your lifetime, said the
female.
"Well, what then?'' said the man.
/ "What then? Why, take it, to
be sure! Catch tight hold on his
legs, and mind the rest of him fol-
lows them; then pitch him down the
hole, and leave the rest to me" "
showing mason s malIet in her
hand.
"And when that's done; what's to
be done with him next?" inquired
her husband.
"We'll lay him down somewhere
on the road, and folks will think that
he was killed by fall from his horse;"
and as she spoke, she extinguished
a sort of nondescript lamp used by
the peasantry in those parts.
The fire was long since out, so
that | could see nothing They
continued to whisper, but in such low
tones as to be utterly inaudible. L
trust | am not a greater coward
than my neighbors; still | ownI felt
very much th reverse of comforta-
BILE, for be it rd membered that | had
not a single often sive weapon about
me. For horn rent l considered. !.
the notion of jumping down the trap
door, and cled rim g the ladder at
single spring but said ladder was
very ricketty, Ind had l missed my
footing, Heaven alone can tell what
would have been the result. More
over, I had but brief time for relec-
ton, for l suddenly felt a slight vi #
bration at the trap-door, which
made me shudder from head to foot. I
The man was 5 climbing the ladder,
and each round, as he mounted,
creaked benea th his weight, BY
this time | had succeeded in raising
myself noiseles sly on my knees ht
the edge of th b trap-door. WithHa
thick beating heaf 1t, and eye, a4d
limbs to their utrn nost tension, theFe
waited in AMI agony of appreheh+
sion. Suddenly, amid the darkness,
4 form appeared before me, and | tdlt
is hands in con 1taet with my person.
sprang to my feet, clutQhed the il7
lividual by tho throat, and hurled
lim backwards His foot slipped,
ind he fell heav fly from the ladder
81 have him safer' exclaimed the
foman; and at the same time | heard t
sound of b eayy blow, and then t
taught save lie bowling blast and !,
sattering rain. With her own hands. t
The had slain her husbandl I
l hadn't nerve enough to descend ,
Ihe ladder. What with the Womah /
md the body of t he murf flered man /
was fairly taken aback. 1t occurrel t
10 me that perhaps | might be able
10 work my way out through the I
Foof, and SO l did ] found my hors E ;
It the place where / had made hin
asst, and proceeded forthwith to tel .
ny story to the authorities. The t
emale was brought to trial and sen
.enced to death; and as in those days
here was no such things as clrc UNI /
stances in extenuation she was duly
executed. |
Nan and Woman. Man is the
creature of interest and ambition. ,,
His nature leads him forth into the
and hustle of the world :
Love is but the EN- bellishment of his
early life or a song piped in the / T. /
teryals of acts. He seeks for fam F, S
Tor a place in the world thought dP- 5
ninion over his fellow men. Bot a
life is the his tory of the af-
rections. The heart is her world; it ,
IS there her ambition strives for en- b t
Dire; it is there her avarlce seeks f pr I
b d d en- treasures. She SENDS {
forth her sympathie es on adv$nture E;
she embarks her whole soul lin Il ?
traffic Of affection, and if shipwreck K
I'd, the case is hopeless--for it is /
bankruptcy Of the heart
The National Era, the abolition or
gan published at Washington Cit y,
says -"Barnum should cage t be
fellow and exhibit him, who is silly
enough to suppose that the present
administration is leaning to freesol IL
Ism." E
The height of the Washington
Monument is now a hun.
dred and forty feet, and another
course will be commenced III lev /
days.