, 1859-05-23
THE AVENGER.
Il THR1LL1NG NARRAT1v1

n THR1LL1NG EARHAT1v1
By Thomas DeQutncey.
Autlor Of Confessions Of o;Aun Eater" &C.. Il.
[Centaued!
Rarely did any case occur without some pc
culiarity more or less Interesting. In that
j which happened On the following night, making
the fifth in the series, an Impressive inciden
yaried the monutony Of horrors. In this case
tue parties ainea vi were two elderly lalies,
who conducted Il fen1ale boarding-school. None
. Of the pupils had Us yet rctorned1o school from
their vacation; but Two Sisters. young girls OF
thirteen and sixteen, coming froin distance,
hud staid at school throughout the Christmas
holidays, II was the youngest Of these 'Hho
gave tue only evidence Of any value, and one
! which added new feature Of alarm to the ex-
/ isting panic Thus it was that her testimony
was given: On the day before the murder, she
and her sister were sitting with the old ladies' in
: room fronting to the street; the elder ladies'
! we're reading, the younger ones drawing
=, Louisa, the youngest, never had her ear
/; inatscntive to the slightest sound, and
i; once it struck her that she heard the
; creakins Of fpot upon the stairs. She said no.
thing, bur, slipping out Of the room, she ascer-
tained that the two fcmale servants were in the
I kitchen, and could not hare been absent that
! ell the doors and windows, By which ingress
was possible, were not only locked, but boited
ind barred-u fact which exclu led all possibil-
+ i:y Of invasion by means of false KEYS. Still
she felt persuaded TINT she had heard the sound
{: Of hcaEr foot upon The stairs. 1t was, how
, ever, daylight and this gave her confidence; SO
/, tllat, without communic 4ting her alarm to any,
!; body, she found courage to traverse the house
in crcry direction; aud, rs nothing WIS either
! teen or heard, she concluded that her ears had
she lay in bed, dim terrors assai1ed her, cspcc-
tally because she considered 1hat, in su largc Il
! llousc, some CLOSET or other might have been
! overlooked, and, in part,euta ~, she did
hot remember to have examined ons or
i Two chests, III which d man could hare l:.. cvu-
! she lay nwake; but as one Of the town clocks
! struck four, sue dismissed her anxie1ieS. and
t fell asleep. The next dny, weasied with this
| unusual watching, she proposed to hcr sister
/ that they should 70 TO bed earlier than usual.
| This they did; aud. on their way up stairs, Lou
! cluak, which Would improve tir coverings Of
! her bed against the severity Of the night, Tue
cloak WIS hanging up in closet within closet,
! 10th leading oil from Il large room nsed as the
Young ladies dancing schouL. These closets she
had cxanllncd on the previous day, aud therefore
she felt no particular alarm ut this moment The
acloak was the first article which lnct ller sight
| it was suspended from hook in the wall, and
| close to the door. She took it down, but, in
| doing so exposed part of the wall and Of tho
Aoor, which its folds had previously concealed
Turning away, hastily, the chances were that
3he "ao Eohc "Huout n'aAtns a1s aisc9seIt,
N tne aet o. turning, no"eser, neF sght 1e!l
ot'sntss on man 1907 ana ies' aMencss
been hutnuliug au air, she continued to do 50,
But now came thc trial; her sister was bcndiuE
| her steps 10 the sanle closet. II she suffered
ner 70 ~ 50, 14o'tGaeA "oala slutnole on ti'e
s's .iJ a'seg' aa eAi'te " tIis.'' . ~ ."e
"."st ''1, 'tu ~ ~. uel ni''' Ao.s9.a
Sun.a ,! enet aa'' ~ unoei s'a!u hel, W; ealnit
~ e'l"Pse VI oe' 4"sv1oui's: ouio silly"
aouu, " =, Soti1e eleIt'1 ueeIsre eAtt es1!uu -,
Ioees t'e 4e.' he" " ~ "sasH enA1 ~ iie se
oeen u!sc"'eteu. III ta's 'oF!uf!ns 4HeHt4"a
1ear Psomplea an eapea'ent' ~hlcn 10 tottcne'l
appeafeo h1oness, ano ~ LOUIS netsen ane aet
| VI xlps! instinct WIN oilna lhsplra!!ioh.
tteFc, saso sue, II Soar dahcansroo'u. ~ He,i
shall VIC W meet aud dance aga'n toEether:'
SAYING Which, she commenced wild lance
~hlrling her candlc round tier heau until the
motion extinssulsiled 1t; then, eddylng round
her sister ~ narrowing circles. Sue seized Lott
chen candle also, blew It out. anu then inter
Tal1ea her 9"h s'nsshs 70 asen'W ,augh'
bnt Tie laugh WAS hSSteraea,. t9e oarkness'
! however, favored her; ana, Se'z'hg her s's-
!er arm, she 1ofcea her alonG, whisper,
NY t"ift; eoa'e, Gohie! l."5scneh epa'a
not pe 50 uul As entl1e!t 10 n31suhaeFs!ana nsr.
o1e suusfea ".lsen & ~ ~ !ea u '.e @ nfs' nasn,
H., ~ t tue .r"at " 'i WHY. ~ %as ths. o"1a ro"
tu"n .J luz .,..., e. a. ''s H. 1 hna'e ~
n"'e 6aneo ~ ~, .u"' ~ ."e uo9l ".a
st.'I's oo'i nut as ants Hsse w. l!le ~. stss
'ns iat'1E' u'e3 eoute nsat tue talu piIa.'
t's +io ""- st'iac5 ~ A4'e 1t"ioeic4 pe""o
! tlleI9. He ''au "a1clleu .neiI' 'htoush efe'es'
a9q n'l:l oesi satlsIeu ~ tAe ~ els1'eaa Mufn
| ol Louisa .hM s'le laa seen ht!h. IN darkhsss =.
ioea1ics, u''li NJ louno n'nisen "pen 'nc stairs
Loalsa arat'f? heI sis'er a,on-; lt!t slsoi'g as
WIN tue stfchssh "t ilihacS, out aostehen lans
IKE "esnt ot 'sau upon hcf. Que rushed INTO
Us .n soo!l'' pu' w tns tsrs ettanee Lo.!enes
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ti,,>:n ~ ise 49, 49, tn',,,et ,i.u.i.
Ast"auy ne WIS on 'nc eopn'os. Ssa..; arehay &
ne Mas 1n,rmns % n''ssIt ans1 sne aoGs' WIEN
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.an; -, ,~;,s, H., ,,a,,,1in Tho, fr,,n ~ ,.
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un,~ Inn. thu, inr in th;s statt rctie1 iI ercr
tne,r RI. w., ,,l i,,i;.s Ind r,,hcd IN sto;rs
-, ho,-ra H.. t,r.,1t f1thnr nsrsan. Ia haa.,
onna,.;a' m ~ nth.r ,,,rtx If H. ,,nnsa r.. r..
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ss., an.s 'u"''u ~. a.'esi''sa ~ M saau !oeAHu ~
~! ns;c J. s3flt ~ nt nuu. Ti Ggisl1 '1
td Mdcn 'gi'eu nt .h, gu 0~. ,a ~ 49,. t u.a
NUTS Huu i"Sneu' soe s.ae, iu'o ", tue
Te1s centre o. lnose Mno were seeA'ns tnsn'.
Ae1reM wy inlposs''ie' t"o pe.scns u ieas'
w$'e ncafa iJ9%,ins .ucsn uP :a.lFs. oonae'
.u.ns hAe as@1eAis e4poston .'. ana ep,t't, "!
! eet,e1los'"lstlHl! VII 'il oss"t." .nc !au'es
'''e '','.i S ,uaus. .t
tn'a o'!e te' ~. @ s sH.'sA, ~ tuen .n'tn'
.I. 'en ~" Asiu ~ S.. s.gnse
oH.,'s astc! "4sus Has .sa'u ~ uts' Gtassi'n.
.'e doo! ~ ~ a'ou paS ~ ntur
nAa -. atuA ~ 49, I'll a - un ~ ~
s,";e ~ ,,"r .s ..,I1;,,ad ~ ~; T,
;,.a4I,, a ~ ,1 ac +h,, ha .oesaa a.i'; ,sou
ao" ~ tas ,.',. io", "su r,se'ea ~ ~ aa
!o'''ns nouse tecen"s 's't smets anu neie. ~
~ o:ted sas:s, "" - ~ p.oo1 t'oM ~ pe"l''t
a., IL 'as MUS " s''o, 1'e s to'.ssGns Eauus u,
lenio'c oansetst 'oossAsl 'oose "h'eh n'e VI
sions. ,-..-.,
Ahc retga, o. telfot' IL may DC s9pPoSeo' nat
no" Geacneo lis a'7nt. 1Ae TWO o'a iha'es "er'
lying dcaa III t"o o'Ierent po!nts on 1he sta!r
case ai,o' rs nsoaf, 10 eoh1eseufe GOWN d
taae ~ III Tue na.u'ep VI tne olense "n1eA 'net
oao gwen pu1 t"al we usutoe' 'c1' ''nale
ti'e one, the usuai cF'aehce renamed oehind
! IN the proofs tnat no 1oopcly nao ocea atte14pt
ed Two new features, however, were nov
brought forward IN tl's systeu, o. horrors: on'
o. wh'cn 1Nteu 'he SENSE ol l1elF insecurity Il
alt iamlI1es Occupying e4tens,se houses, ant
the otiie' ra.seu u, oioou Jew een tEe Guy ant
tne M unlsetsl's' suen Us 9equlreo years u aisas
lhe nrst aIose pua u 'ne e1re'ls"cc, ng" nss
optnneo, eaa1 .4ese aSsassans ph:saca sne lha'
OF secTetlnS tneulse'scs "on'a inc nous
"hefe thcs meonaleo muiaer. Al "a
care thcfelo!e, P'e'lo"s'! olsee'ea 10 IN
securing OF dooFs ann "inao"s after night
brought IL hight on this occasion "as Souehe
for BY one Of the servants, who declared thai
the moment Ietorc the door OF the Kitchen wa
| fastened upon herself and teItow-servant, sh