The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-11-17

pie plan. The outside door opened into
q small halldown stairs, and at the fur
ther end of the hall were two bed rooms.
1 A staircase commenced near the door and
led to the second story in which there
were what might be called an ante-room,
and the large apartment where the body
of Andrew A lien lay. A'door opened in
to this chamber from narrow platform
at the head Of the stairs. Any one des-
cending the stairs from the ante-room,
must pass in contact with this door.
| Evening came on and the blacksmiths
two sons, cousins of the deceased, were
/ appointed to sit up the first night. They
were to occupy the ante-room. It was
too warm for fire; so they were provided
with q couple of taIlow candles jug of
4 mountain dew and some tobacco and
pipes. Jamie was just twenty fine
looking lad of quiet demeanor, and indus
trious habits. Archie, however, twenty
two years of age, was far more sprightly.
He took great delight in being involved
in love scrapes. In fact, he was what
they call in the Highlands, the vera diel
amaug the lassics.' Hour after hour he
entertained jamie with his conquests, un-
til the latter began to show sympatoms of
doubt -3 Di9 "-"''@
.An' are We sure, Archie he asked,
you're, ma telling me pack O. lees?' =,
They had not given their cousin in the ad-
joining room a single thought. They
could not disguise the fact (nobody couid)
that they were glad he was dead; smoth-
ering their qualification. however, under
the old comforting maxim. 1T was weel
| the puir body was relieved O. his sufferin.
The night dragged on. Archie continued
his .amatory "reminiscences to the great
annoy ance Of Jamie, until the town clock
'strak the twal'--it was midnight. 81
The candle required, snuffing, and Ja-
mie reached forward bis hand for that
purpose; but noise reaching his ears
from the room where the corpse was--a
sound like the moving Of a bench caused
him in his tremuloasness, to put out the
light. The darkness was tota' The
young men held theit breath each:
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ny .,HS,A Aeut = .'3z9lr ''o' n''oo''''Ds u Mo
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LAME saia Archier rM was neathing ,g
I--neath'ng opt the WIN .nGae doom an
get a llght,,1y,D.e3 ?, ey'n Z .ba.u,J -
H.. Oh, Archie, for the 1--we o, God take
hoid O. met Is nae your Yoice77-Iyooul ~
i dinaae speak IN your ain voice! ,aT
!, l,iT The ripexti moment the brothers were
Locked " each Jotaers arms. and fetl COW
tering against the wall, ,shndderrlpg IN the
extremely Of terror; for another, sound
i reached them and ena calculated to- par
! jalyze tie cbrayest They heard, with mn.
n,istakablel dis. s.ipctpess thetsoo haJ ero,0t
I PIECES drePI upon Ae Jgoorii 7of niB,S !,
4 When the Old blacksmith went upstairs
at daylight, he saw his. sons, eonehjing II
the corner of the room, he he thsugst. s lhsy 3
had been drinking too much. and began tt
feh'de them. But "a he soon stopped To- T.,
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