Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-10

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in my professional atten dance, u
extremity of terror on the part of
condemnRd man, struck me SO mourn
fhlly rs the infatuated hope vii
! which Thomas Street pat AWAY fr5 IN
himself the sober certainty of hi
fate.
4 "The death bell tolled shdly over
head, and in spite Of IA stbut lresFs
tance, at two minutes before twelve
the prisoner waP brought forward pr
the scaflold Even then his ey e:
strained up theIl london road, and be
declared firnlly,,that ''he saw hor4e.
man galloping oy yer the crest Of t be
Leighton Hill, an eminence of abo ut
a mile and a half from where I've
stood. He went furth her, that be
heard the tramping of t he hoofs, hd
that it must be a reprieve, becaus
the horse had lost a shoe, and no
man would gallop horse ill that co a.
dltion, except on an errand Of life
and death.
$50 great was his confidence lat
even my brother hesitated He de
layed the execution so me ten MIN
utes, but no reprieve Appeared The
executidner was ordered to proceed,
and Thomas Street abalp pddned hope,
He shook hands with the other Off
cials first, and then held ont his hand
to me.
doctor" said he, 81 shake hands
with you now because all hope is
over; but you are tho eau So of nay
standing where ] must 500 d fall. .
"IIow so, my dear sir?'l | asked.
"What under heaven have I to say
to your comm < back 70 C4eltenham
to your stealing the elot thes?"
Il did not steal the clothes, reit-
Grated Street, "alid that will be known
when too late; but is well for you
that shall be hung; it W is "a game
for your life CT mine, aud you have
won came back to kill you!'
TO kill mel l exclaiI med: My
God, sir! what reason have YOU 70
wish to injure ne! neve + saw you
till you We're arrested for sheep steal
ing this time twelve months
Precisely" sale Street; "you re-
member, then, Il Hat | pretended in
sanity as a bar to opunishmGnt. You
we're called to give an opinion and
visited me III my cell Y on asked
me qlestio us, and finally struck me
With cane on the shouldd dr, and de- |
clared that | was no more mad than
Yourself You were right, ] was not
mad, but | Never forgaye that blow
and, worse than the blow; the laugh
ing sneer which turled your lip as
YOU spoke! j vowed revenge, and
hope of it became the obpct Of my
life. ] conducted myself well in the
hulks, and at last took advantage Of
the OPPORTUNITY of escape aflor led
me by my jailor 5 carele ssness. i
came back TO Cheltcnham to take
your life to ret urn the blow viii.
interest-to see how your features
looked when they could neither
smile hor sneerV
Re ally, sir. y pu possess a vivid
recollection, | answered, I'll is impos-
sible that | could have struck you; it.
is contrary to my rank, to my expe-i
rience, to my breeding >
"Contmry TO whatever it may bel
You did strike me II not hard, b mere
touch, in flct; bit | never fbrgaye'
IL; | die with ono regret; it is that
the blow must remain an unsettled
dccount between ps. | was never
struck before | was never himi
hal, till the starvation Of my nj 4oth-
DR. led me totakethe sheep; ! Fever
Stole the clothes for which am
about to die, and if l were repri hved
this momenf, you should repeat that
l,low with volnr latest Siub I"
"Well, sin continued DR.. Hd mer,
'fafter such i declaration | could not
be expected to feel any violent re
gret at the execution ofso determined
I'm enemy. I.even explained b my
brother the sheriff, that he incurred
serioas penalties by any longer neg
Iecling to fulfil the sentence.
"Street was blindlolded, pinionedi
placed on the drop, and at a signal
from the sheriff Gt was now thirteen
minutes after twelve,) the bolt was
Withdrawal, and Thomas Street dam
gled in the air.
"Just then cry was heard from
the far end Of the market place. 1t