Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-10-30

; t1'e faCt Nilopot.y consa1 that the
We're glad 4l1ssNas dead,s s otllerin
ther gratlticatio1l, however, unde
the DID CONT .rting maxim, s>lt wa
Weel " the pnipbody was relieved 4
i | his a' suffering " The night dayge
IN. Archie continued his amator
"reminiscences to tbs great aflt,ov
I anee ofaJ annie niptil the town clocl
f" strak the twal PIT was mid
! night.
Ihe candlerequ quired sn,nng, AM
Jamie reached forward his lIartt
for that purpose, bat aoune
FreacEl Il his ears from the room
Where tire corpse ,nas--a SCUM
like the ttl,,viing Of a bench, wlIieI
caused him, IN his trefault,usltess
ITO put out=the light. The darkness
was. total. TIE young men llele
their breath, each one cIfloIEed il b
Ftlie tllrobbing OF. his Heart
.a1f1ie, said Archie, M Il was
/ llaafl = lltlgna citing blst. the Hind
| s-1FSts tlt,t,ll an get aI!gat
Archie for the lave {, God
| tax hold q nle-iEs 3 Ia your voice
Yen ,t dunn speak il Jour ain
voice
+ The next moment the. brothers
were locked ii. eael1 others arms
and tel sg'erlng against the wall,
slud. er1ng iItthe extremity Of ter,
sa,r ]; for another sound REACHED
them, and one calculated to paraI
we thol,i.aYest hey heard with
=uiEl,Istakable distinc.nees, 81 the
tH.o !. half crown pieces drop on the
floor" S@
y hen the old blacksmith went
Mp stairs at. daylight, and saw his
sons crouclli1ig IN tAc corner Of tile
roo',a, he thought they had been.
drinking too much, and began Il,
chide them. But lie soon ! I,ssda,
for they rose up and came to.neet
him withsa wild expression ii i,v.
tul relief on their eonntenaneas !.
and pointed to the door at=tltsllpafI=
Of the ssairs. 1 hey were not able
to.speaEk. a word. Tie Old man,
without hesitation, pushed open tie |
aoor.and entered the room but=hej
came rushing back, ntteriag 4 cry
OF horror such ! cry astloIle but
an Old man can =give-sllriiIa, tremu ]
lous. They fed down stairs, ont
Of the house, and into the street.
Tie =1eighher5 were aroused. ti1e|
storystold and ils=lsss than half an !
honr there was a tu,riuIt: Thg-I
staIrease IN the blacksniltis's house
soon@1illed with peopls;butI !
'fpns had courage TO opentle door. /
The head of.tIle column stood |
upon the platform resisting the /
force from beItind increased To /
sueh violence, howe vi, hat resist /
nnee availed natI}iiflgg There was
1T impatient rush fro beItfW---tlle /
leorwas pushed open, anf,sin aItI
instant, t,sthe terrible rom was filed I
With visitors. Not word was
'poken--they could onlYlgok,
Here it was that Mrs.
,laeed her hand upon my sllpnlder,I
md whispered III my ller|
oteath throbbing painfully against
ny excited tY,npamlnl.
One OF the benches was slightly
moved, and fllel left foot of fthe corpse
ested upon the flor The eyes
gers ope1l-wide de,1p pen. and staring
t sotnetltin faE-far aaqssy iitH
If any change u the lines Of the
ace,.there WAS yet.an expression Of
uric. il ;.il,'i osity merging into
ear which, taken III connection
Fiifll#the disturbed position Of body
,rced the opinion upon the spec
ators chat the dead man suddenly
tarted Terror began to be III.
1Ilished into simple wonder The
,epple at length e.'nversed with=one]
BIT all they eonld do wasl
O. close the eyessd the deceased
nd replace the halt-crown pieces;
lit mp the leg and again enyelop it
\ the sheet, That day 10 work
7as done IN Haddington-no H one
te anything. But night came On
gain and others must take their
1rn at watching i'll the ante room.
'welve men volunteered-eleven
+ them citizens of Haddington,
ut the twelfth was an 1Epstart
tndent from St Andrews, who de-
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