Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-03-16
a'ne feeling as she lef her daughters

same feeling as she leit her daughter 5
house.
On the way home she called on neigh.
Dor. who lived in the last house before
she reached her own. Here she again
made known her continued apprehens,ons
which had nearly ,ipensd into aar, and
tic,n The lady Of the mansion she received
answers similar to those OF her daughter:
You have harmed no one in your whole
liietime-snrely no one will disturb or
moles, you. Here Rover, tsatd she to a
stout watch dog HAT lay on the floor J
here River, 20 home with nrs Mozhrr
aud take care OF her. Rover did as was
,oA!; she went hone MIXED her COW
toox care of everything out of doors, aud
went to bed as usual. Rover dad not
left her Tor an instant. When she was
fairly in bed. he laid himself down upon
the outside of the bed; and as the widow
relied upon his fidelity, and perhaps chld
herself for needless fear, she fell asleep
Sometime in the night she awoke, beng
startled, probably, by slight noise out
side the house. 1t Was So slight, howev-
er. tbs, she was not aware Of being star.l-
ed at all, but heard, as soon as she awuke,
asound like the raising OF a window near
her bed, which was in a room on the
ground hoor.-The dog neither barked
NOR moved, Next there was another
sound, as If some one was in the room
aud stepped cautiously on the floor
The woman saw nothing; but now for
the first time felt the dog move, as he
made violent spring from the bed; and
at the same instant something fell Gn the
4 ~r, sounding like the fall OF heavy
log Then followed other noises, like
the paving OF the dogs feet; bu. soon
all was sui again, and the dog resumed
hls place on the bed wiihou, having bark
ed or gr"sed at ALL
THIS tine the widow did Mt 60 to
sleep lmmedia,ely-but lay awake won.
der'ne. yet no, deemlng ii hes, TO &c, up.
But at las, she dropped asleep, aud when
she awoke tie sun was shn,,g. She
has'll, stepped out OF bed-and there lay
the body OF man extended on the floor,
dead, with d large knife in his hand.
which was even now extended. The dog
had seized him by the throat with the
grasp OF death !; and neither mau nor
dog could utter sound ill all was over
The man was the WIDOWS sun.in. 'aw,
the husband of her only daughter. Re
coveted her little store of wealth, her
house, her cattle and her land. Aud in
stigsted by this sordid impotence, he
could rot wal, for The decay of nature to
give her property up TO hin and his. as
the only heirs apparens-but made this
s,eai,hy visit to do deed OF darkness in
the gloom OF the night. a fearful rttr-
button waited for him. The widows ap-
prehenslons, communicated to her mind
and Impressed upon her nerves by what
unseen power we know not-the sympa-
MY OF the other woman who loaned her
the dog-the silent ba, certain watch OF
the dog him>eli-formed a chain OF e
vents which 6:uss, the murderer blood
vpon his own head, ami winch are diff.
cult to be explained, withou. reference TO
that Providence or oyerrulins power
which numbs,s the hairs oil our heads,
watches the sparrow's fall, and shapes
our ends. rough hew them as we will"
This i. one OF Uncle To5y's stories
and - derived. IS In all lis facts, from
must respectable Quaker family. whose
veraci,y he cannot coub..- Por,sruess
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