The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-03-04

/ loOddly enough totlle remembrance oil my
dream gavesme courage. ! had loaded
pistols in tho room, aud once out Of bed,
Should. be able to seize them in moment.
/ resolved, to leap out, and secure the
weapons before Lighting the gas, since |.
being, as presumed, better acquainted
with the arrangement of the furniture,
might manage in the dark 10 elude my
antagonist. These thoughts occupied but
few seconds. In as many more, the pis-
tolls were in my hand, and the gas light
ed. The intruder did not venture to ap.
pear, and the delay gave me courage
| boldly commanded that individual to
advance, aud take the chance Of bullet.
Something Immediately began to move,
and Isoon saw the cause of my alarm =
What was it think you? You cannot guess.
| will tell youj it was woman | see
you are all beginning to laugh; and l
suppose you think there is some long
story in the case; and that damsel, beau
tiful as HOuri, or heroine-whch is
all the same--whom I had wooed only to
bettay, had concealed herself there to
Ireproach me with my broken VOWS, &C.,
&c. l. Z -
All wrong. The deuce bit of ro-
nance is there in the whole affair. Had
fyod seen the coarse, sullen. ill-favored
wench who stood before me, wrapped in
a dingy plain shawl you would not sus-
pect such thing; especially as you have
seen a specimen of my taste in the lady
who bears my name.
After all, the scene was droll enough.
There stood l, shivering in my night has
biliments, pistol in hand, ready to inter-
rogate my visitor. She looked carving
knives in returnj but not seeming in the
least shocked at my scanty garments,
though evidently desirous Of turning her
back both on them and wearer. On look
ing, l thought her features seemed famil-
liar, and recollected she had lived, as
servant in the house; but my landlady,
suspecting her of dishonesty, discharged
her about week after my arrival
/ was about to question her, but think.
ing it advisable to have a witness, com.
manded her to remain where she was, and
insured her obedience by locking the
door. rousted the family, as l was re-
turning to my prisoner, heard my bed
room window hastily closed, 'Ah!
thought I, you are all right there for
staying where you are; for the window
is strongly barred On being interro-
gated, She said my landlady, Mrs. Win
gate, had forbidden her coming to the
house; but being friendly with the other
servant, she venlured to visit her secret
ly.
Whilst talking in the kitchen, she heard
the mistress approaching, and fearing dis
covery, stole up stairs, ,crept into my room,
and hid herself under the bed, intending to
leave the house when all was quiet. My
early entrance cut off her escape, and she
supposed she had fallen asleep, as she re-
membered nothing more till aroused by a
loud fit of laughter, This seemed plausi-
Bile enough, and but for the sequel, would
have passed off very well. But as we
were about to dismiss her, with a caution
not to repeat her visit, the door-bell rang,
and we found apoliCeman waiting for ad.
mission. He stated, that a shart time be-
fore, be obfersed one Of the front win
dows hastily opened. Something was
thrown out, and then il was as quickly
shut. After short search he found a
very large and sharp Spanish knife, which,
he presumed, was the article thrown from
the window. He also observed two pei.
sons of suspicious appearance, loirtering
about the place, and discovered them to
be father and son--men of bad character,
who got good lving--nobody knew
how. He had warned them away, and
returned to see fanything were amiss in
the house. r.rr-. ......
On being informed of my visitor, and |
her tale, he expressed a wish to see her,
and at once recognized her as the daugh-
ter of the elder and sister to the younger
man, he had dismissed.
Instead of lberating the woman, as we
thought of doing, we now deemed it pru-
dent to give her into custody. No one
present at her examination entertained the
slightest doubt that, during the short time
she was in Mrs. Wingate's house, after |
became an inmate of it, she had remarked
the materials | used, and that a regular
plan had been organized TO rob, and, per-
haps, murder me, ......
The other servant also deposed, on
oath, that her hiding in my room was
needless, as she had abundant time to
eave the house unperCeiyed, had she
chosen; and that the visit to her wgs
paid against her will; she having no d.
sire to continue any acquaintance with a .
person more Chan suspected of dishdh-
ssty. Still, we could charge her w4h /
nothing but the ooncealment, and af4r
being cautioned against Iplacipg hers@ft.
again in such q situation, SIC vas dir
charged.