Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-10-06
Murder BIZ Mistake.

T 1l'eoliSl uAd5dHiuOo' ~ HIUEtS- LID
! dreams are not always to be- disre
! garded, and shows that the re is some
times markably strong sympa
thetic connection be tween one
: sleeping ideas and the wakeful me
tives of Others:
Five and tw wenty years ago, as
was returning home one evening
from st. Cere, l was ove ertaken by
storm. was on horseback; and my
!, horse, alarmed at the hail and light
ming, became restive, and refused
to go a step in advance. / dismount,
ed, and taking the reins, attempted
to urge him forward, when fortunate.
ly ! perceived lights all cad. ] pro.
ceeded towards them, and at length
reached miserable bowel. Upon
raising the latch, l discovered a man
| and woman covering over wretched
fire, employed in weaving baskets
fGood evening to you, my friends, y
] said il the dialect of the country,
fbut sorry w@a ather this. T The wor-
thy denizens Of the ha I cast on me
looks anything but gracious; howev-
or, that caused me but little con-
dern. Ilasked them to make me a
little room by their fire, assuring
Them was willing to meet any ex-
Bense ] might incur, and I proceeded
10 throw a heap of faggots on the
4 mbers without the slightest cererno-
d y. 1"Do you take US for inn-keep-
Q drsY' inquired the female, in a shrill
angry ton ne. I took out my purse
d nd gave her a five franc piece.
The sight Of the coin Modified
Her. at once. ''Ah!'' said the horrid
old witch, Il see you are a good
gentle man and kind" and she re-
S ulned her task. The storm, how
eyer, Ragged with unabatd ID violence.
The gale threatened to darry away
the bovel, and my horse S TODD neigh
i4g ana pa wing the groun q under the
she'd W here | had fastene ID him. 1T
" as idle to think of entqring forth,
Yet cod Id scarcely re exon upon
fl hiding a sleeping apartme ent IN that
II miserable abode
"W4n, Eir," said the woman, "it
" ould be sad thing to go beyond
the do prs bn such night as this.
We are bu ! poor folks, and have no
bed VIC drthy Of such a fine gentleman;
but if yoa don't mind going up
there, (pot hitting to a ladder and a
kind of gafret, at any I'd te you will
be able to keep dry
Somehow the woman's look didn t.
please me at all. However, there
was no bel b forit; besides was fresh
from the army, and no M ilk-sop; and
so | climb ed up accordingly, and
gained my loft forthwith. / then
stretched my cloak on the worm
eaten boards that composed the floor,
and in spit L of storm and wind, was
soon fast a sleep.
Strange enough, but | had scarce
fallen asled p, when l mu ust needs set
about dre4 lining, 1 imagined myself
saugly sea led in this very chimney
corner, wi kh the girl Of my heart
at my side, when on a sudden per-
ceived SURFING high above her head
a face m9st grizzly to behold. 1t
was the sa ne, that graced my gentle
hostess of the howell. She had d
hatchet in her hand, and made out
as though to strike me. I strove to
rise and take flight, but ID vain-my
limbs refu| ed the office. On examin-
ing them i hore closely, | discovered
they were sevd red at the joint. The
change t bus suddenly wrought in
them, had the effect Of arousing me
from my stumbers, and dispelling the
fearful vi{ion. At any rate, wake
up did, and found myself still IN
the garred, with my head pillowed on
nv cloak. bent my head to lis
ten if l c build hear aught, but save
the howlidg Of the storm, all was sli
lent. So ohehow or other, / could
not rid myIself of the painful Impress
ion occadoned by my dream. 1T
struck nd e to indulge in a peep
through OF be Of the many chlnks OF the
rotten. wotm-eaten floor, and accord
ingly proc deeded to take an obsersa-
finn Of things that might be passing
bo1aw The man and his wife we're
st;Il bepdihg over the FIRE, but they
had discontinued their work, and were
copyersing IN Whispers