The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-26

BE lfid up bic lantern and strHgh into
fDu hf aublng run. ! kent cl0aa No bic
heels and the dog ran yolping belize we
econ came 10 The main drniu--dctl eHdnl 81
togc quarter Of mile, then entered Hn arch
90 lho right, % traverse which ue bod 20
FirOU % d sitting posture. After f1uHr "
more Than half nn hour 40 the best fpatf We
could make, ny guide stopped ~ o lpW Put
lea not mnre than twenty inches lu ulHuflCr,
and di'efting himself Of bis various hurdfus,
logan 10 crawl up the Drfcr, telling me- not
10 follow him, but % wait his TetyrH ltiess
thau a minute be- hnWiod 0ut '.lt's all right"
uud tbs moment Ehrf, 90 my indlRrrihablt
fatisiaCt0Ut heard him talking HlJ. alme
one above ground, ] waited With Whaf pa
iicrfo ] could, bot thought tbe rtr1tfuco
Is auld never haze an end, AVenaf ll.mr de-
lhprCr came sliding back again, hals fore
meet lis Temperance was iglIRtd by
fhC sound n blows and the claug Of 4 afnW-
har on the grating above. My TIhIt nov
held out his hand for the promised rnHrd,
"Nill you not also escape this palW ]
asked,
NOT said be, "couldnt III ms iBps out.
'1irtides, the old CONAN ~ be- lorliH Dot f1r
me NJ The riverside. an ahell be tgHdrriU
where the donss I'm got TO- fputt an right
low, just crawl up the drain, sni lloIp sou
ure there's enough on 'cm, ] reckon, up
there 10 fab yer out"
ilnNing recompenscd ms drlirefer hn,nnd
lhs expectations, ! followed his directions,
more in dream than with any real conscious
ntfs ~ what ! Wns doing. ] was hauled out
more dead than alive, ~ the corner Of mar
ROW lane, among u crowd of people assembled
90 VilErsA my resurrection. ! bad barely
sense enough len % make known tho address
At my landlord, 90 whose house was con-
Vryed, ! believe, In . cart, upon bed Of
straw, after several drivers ofcabs aud hack
ney-coHchcs had declined the honor Of my
custom,
II was night before reached home and
from that hour until full two month, aiicr,
the day and the night were all alike ~ nc,
for | was raging IN the delirum Of fever, and
dcrlaimng horrible narratives Of murder, and
darkness, and skeleton victims. and rats, aud
pra,y-fpoons. My poor old mother had IN
CONT. up from Suffolk 10 take possession Of
nae. Hut 30 last | got well again, in spite OF
the doctor who doscd me Nix times day, and
ul the nurse who craWmod my mother With
The notion that, because In nay dIrium
talked Of rats, Was doomed 10 DEATH
The first Thing ! did when rccbittTed WA
10 hunt up the rulaus who had thOught to
murder me, got officers from ilgk sarccL
md invaded Field Lane with thN Ullhprily
II tho law. II was all TO no purpn4d Not
only could not find the Williams themselves,
hpt ! could not identify even the scene If
their ntrocity, A perfect stranger 70 the
place, could only guess at is precise locpli-
", Of course could not swear ton, There
WAs no such inner apartment ~ have de
sc1ibcd To be iound-no trap.doaf a. Nv dis.
covered in any Of the floors IN fact the
whole scene which my terror had indeliby
Imprinted on my memory had all vanished
together and the search had to be given
zap,
The explanation Of the seeming mystery
must be- referred 10 the time | had lnn on q
sick btd, during which the story OF tny cscapc
may have reached my intending inurd0rers
md IL is likely enough that my dollvtrcf may
have talked OF his adventure aud 30 nut the
assossins on their guard. Thus they had
time and 10 spare. to effect the metam0rpho-
sis of their premises, which deceived the Off.
GERS Of justice, aud thus facilitating their cs-
cape from the gulloWs they 50 richly dcscr-
we'd.
Since then the doubt has often crossed my
y"iud whether ths police 80 n lev ~t,,,t .s.lls
believed the strange story told them. BE
that as il may, the reader may rely upon lis
accuracy so far MS my memory SERVES mc ut
This distance of time and hc viii hardly
wonder that do not regret the inul erasure
ofIield Lane from the list of metropolitan
lions. iii.