Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-10

before had time to- act upon ~, sne
match was found, and holding tine eanuie
in oaehaads the match IN. the. .otaef ana
the knife between has long. woiisn teeth,
he came oyertoward the bed. Even tnen
might have attempted to escape b rush
ing at him, wrenching the knife from
between his teeth, and SO getnng sne
advantage; but even that was nos ga
pable OF, so overcome was I by the sur
prise and horror of my situation and,
through all, such an insatiabie curiosity
possessed me to know what ne was sl s. about ,e
to do, for as yet l could only conJeetnre
that his purpose was to murder me. !,
y He struck the match against the wall
and lighted the candle, and then took tns
knife from between his teeth. and too5
firm hold OF the candle in his hand.
felt faint and slcks when = reg ii1eu E.e
that ny last.chanee Ct escape wss Y. gons; s;
He bent over me, flashed the aignt 1uli .'
upon my eyes, and perceiylng that ! was
awake, exclaimed, with Wild tang
aHa! ha! Awake, chr Hal nal Glad i'
Oft, sir; 1 meant TO awake you, you
hadn't done 1t yourself l consider y
cowardfy to kill sleeping man. ).
And he laughed at me agaln, ana
burning eyes. s..g,iss. i
! could see At once that ne vas maa,
and saw that the horror ls ar3 OF my sltuaIi9n
was increased At hrst, had tnougnt
him robber, or--I hardly know what
thought-but nov, y knew that NO was
mailman From his own WORDS, Soo, =
knew that II was ms intention 70 MURDER
me, and felt that little shertiof 4 mira
Gle could save me.
After ne had taken a good look as me,
he sat down upon the bed, and 70 my m
tense horror began slowly running hls
finger, with great care along the edge OF
the knife-eyldently ne mad NO mten.lon sal.
of suffering by the EXPERIMENT. ,.eif And
then ne said i,
Il don : intend 70 klh you luss noW--
perhaps not Tor half an hourTEpu. ! guess
tnats ABOUT = the longest yon a, haXe y i've
First, 1 mean 70 nave a tax aasl WIN q. you.
Do you know where came ffomI
| q did moi, indeed, and l told h!m SO,
wishing within myself, with ali my heart, Gag.
that he would take It into his crazy brain
Ito fnd his way back there, and leave me
to sleep inpeaces @ q 50
r ssYor don know, eh2 Well, 1 don 7
mind telling you. Don't yea see that
Church spire away to the leftf'A s., /
Z. No, didn't see the church spire, nor
anything else s s,s. Y the world g e - mat mo-
ISo I told him I didn't see the object he
sIspoke @ Of T7a5 i slssssa s.sS
i iaa Donst seeit. eh2 Howblindl WHY,
see thereg' And .olaid me II n.aliiseerning
z|this imaginary obiees srose and went
toward tow s lie . window and iooped the blind
Ilstill farther, back. Thers--see 1t now?'f'
gNo. . / said. 81 don i seeiit YETI. and
i hoped he would try to pull the curtain
lstu further back or pull i down, or
something anything 70 divert his atten-
ton from me moment lgersthst
might leap from the bed and bolt out Of
wy s;t.;,, a,,,.,, -, and ~ al;de
down upon. me sneof sine !, ,MerkseIzan
instant; but e that moment the mailman
annoyed that 4 eouldnt see s'ne, ehurc 2 |,
lsplre, dropped tne phna, Iqrned doung !, !,
l4uleklly, mutterl9gg, 'ilnd, schna anp !
'stantiy compIeneaulag my .!,os .nssn.l9n :
esca. e Doanoea eoMaio me WIN l, Pring
Il;ke ~ oa a I oasss ..A,.aa 10y 5. .as
with his bo. nanu. ~assu 49,. als 70 m,n !.
En;Ge over me S, sacn eioss Plohim'y :
a,,ll = fsee as to be ysnins u me ~oflo
hst nlessa,it IL j saaa@ss-.e ~. $: =,
ssflb Won will, wiaiyouf s,,s uss - ~, poN
.bs,,a--.st;--new--still, = MI I - :
thesas4 even ever, tile half hour il d p, hlt
, {sowhf6ls f6ls' ] ~ !
I ssnd with hercnlean strength he
q "a ,ip with his one hand I
tliitsa A.sa her in weight I can, tell you,
was ne lles. .-st,'d ne down With & force that
land bounded IL LIZ bed bed. 3 elssIss
shook .ns W. 49, 4 seeing that I was
dld he ooME, 80, ia directed my at
finehnea ~ goea - aga l, 10, by inqaift
ftenuon 70 sne S sssS 81 s5s
ing .,.gl.xs.!. =. .s,,,;Ye stp,aM??'' ]
4pe yol see .hp saa a,ssrer tban before,
didn sss = saS - no church
IT oeing sllsnsly =. Poss, & Tut Isaw
Espire existed wlthlh tsn ass,sst L. .;ta,i,d al
that the maniac s;i;.s w ssa sassss xhat diS
imy want OF eapas.asS ps,na,,t 4. 81 m;.ht he Il
mot exist 50 taougn is,aa = mlgns oS lin 4
lWell to keep sPoh gGoa ~ ~. g ;;g,s - I All
and as to bus aqasssoa Or siss Ans ! =
mitted l'did see the spun. IS IL, IL,
"Ah, good, good: wet aaael .ne ehnrel 'rl
spire Is cnurcn, a., anu afpunu -, al
graveyard = nele = nss aana = ~, &,
came rom = seay loasso,as = nv =
In 'ns aanP, ,g - easI them crsen;nss alons
Il wolns st;n.asso sl;m5yy and i si;nn,1esr-y ,1s-
/ fossf snJ iii. hanonst;na nnon the Warn warn
anu anu ssyeu' ae IL s deadr Thai say the. dea,
sfhesn VI -,