Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-05-17

. the riverto get across barely IN tim
, TO escape, the storm. - 80
Amid the cracking Of the trees an
j tue bowling OF. the blasts, the unpit
, led gambler returned TO his sense:
II had been the sleep Of death bu
tf5r those very stings, which arouse
j the life within him to resist thei
horrid attacks.
The dash of. cold water upon hi
texposed wounds was grateful to th
Java that scorched his very vitals
and, still better, it drove away ttiy
mosquitoes. -, f...:sL..s. <,
4 he lynchers we're gone; that WI
sufficient evidence he had beer
whipped to death, as they, threatened
and now. could he but clear away
these cords, vengeance was in hi;
| grasp. 0, how that hope strength
ened bis sinews TO strain, and har
den those very teeth to gnaw away
at the very strong fbres that bound
him.
,Whata horrid laugh issued from
his lungs as the first band gave way.
With an exulting bound he sprang
from the holly tree, whose virgin
bark was now first stained by human
blood and with. his right hand extend
ed toward the Thunderer's throne,
vowed death to the four or death to
himself. -,., .
Butlittle did be, heed the torn. skin
OF gashed flesh upon bis back. Res
olutely fixing his eyes upon a star,
he dashed the cane aside, and, at a
run, reached the bank. A half mile
up the stream brought him to farm
house, and woodward, where a small
skiff, without oars, was fastened to
The bank by chain aud lock. Tear
ing off the fastenings, regardless of
oars, he pushed off, and by the aid
of a basin that lay in the bottom Of
the. skif,, propelled the boat across,
but at a point some miles below the
tOwn, ,ss..ta.f ,s.s H~sez .el
:, By noon the next day he was ~
ing, all unknown TO any one except
his wife, at bis own house, in a state
of high delirium. This continued
for more than a month, during which
time the strong minded woman hung
over his bed by day and night, fed
upon hopes of delicious revenge, nor
suffered living soul TO know that
her husband was tberee. A strong
constitution carried the gambler
and be was pronounced by
his nurse to be out of danger.
- There the twain sat for long hours
that ran far into the night ofimorn-
ING. and devised their projects of. re-
yenee. There was no difference sef
sentiment between them as TO 1.-The
amount ef the provocation, onone
as to the exteat2to which their ven
geance should 60. H t sea- id
Death! death! was the borrid sum
total; but the detallsLthese required
consideration, and who, of the doomed
four, should lead the way in the pro.
cessipn Of ghosts? And should all
die IN the same manner? And in
What manner death Should be meted
OUT 70 them? And when should the
tower ,5 aiof Sloan lfalR a.,I. g - -'.. I.
So carefully had the. heroine pre-
served the, secret Of her husband 9
return that her nearest eneighbor did
not suspect, it. The four lynchers
discovered that Damon had freed
himself, but. finding no evidence that
he had made bis escape from the
calebrake,; they agreed That he must
have died there, SO they concealed
the guilty cause Of his Disappearance pea rance
in ltheir, breasts. rea .elst -; IS Gfs 40
Mrs. Damon caused an advertise
ment. to be inserted in the town jour-
nal, Offering reward for the tdiscoy-
\
cry of her husbands body. supposed
to have, been drowned about the
ninth of July This step added to
their assurance, and il, a few weeks
they began 10 breathe freely agaln.
But the. avenger Was on; their
path. A tate'srwarrant was sworn
oot, against the four for assault and
battery. on the person Of Eugene Da-
mon. ssrs ,bas9 al Gsfs sffg -}9.321 2
asConfronted with their aceuser in
themagistrate's e's'court, they were iden-
tilted by bis plain, direct testimcny,as
as we'll as by various circumstantlal
evidences, and put under the heaviest
bail bonds to appear before the next
next Circuit Court. { 90 =.
= But the bar before which they