Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-12
plan he could follow to secure himself

corpse to some distance. Accordingly
he returned, lifted the body on hi
shoulders-after first wiping the blood
from the forehead-carried it some dis
lance, and placing it upright agains
the first door he came to, hasteneC
away. But he strove in vain to quie
the tumult of his mind; and apprehend
ing that his guilt would be discovered
he quilted the town.
1t 50 CHANGED that the house agains
which the student had placed tn,
corpse, belonged to al old captain, one
of the most captious and quarrelsomC
inhabitants of the city. He was in the
habit of sitting up late, and happening
to go to the window just before he re
tired to the bed, he saw by the light O.
the moon, which was then just risen, {;
man leaning against the door. "Wha
are you doing there z" cried he, in al
authoritative tone. The other, of course
made no answer The captain repeated
his question; and incensed at receiving
no reply, he swore a round oath that ii
the intruder did not instantly quit hi.
door he would give him a good drub
bing.
Finding his threat Intellectual, he
hastily descended TO put it into execu
ton. No sooner had he opened the door
than the corpse lost It's balance and fell
upon him. Conceiving himself about to
be attacked, the sturdy old veteran seiz,
ed the supposed assassin by the throat,
threw him down, and began to belabor
him with all his might. At last, seeing
that the otherlay still, and neither strug-
gled nor spoke, he became alarmed,
tried to raise the man, and soon per-
ceived that he was dead.
His alright and horror were increas-
ed ON finding that it was the usurcr to
whom lie owed a large sum of money.
For some moments he gave himself up
as lost; but the possibility Of concealing
his crime presently occurred to him.
He took the unfortunate uSurer upon
his shoulders, crossed two or three
streets, and placed him against a column
under the gateway of u magnificent
mansion belonging to a young noble
man. He then made off as fast as he
could, and returned, hoping that he had
secured himself from discovery. lie
tried TO comfort himself for what had
happened, by rejecting that it was the
mans OWN fault, and that the crime of
murder could not with justice be impu-
ted TO him, since he had no intention of
committing it; but all his endcavorS
could not stitie his terror and his remorse.
Soon after the captain had placed the
usurer against the column, the noble
man returned home, aud seeing Brandini
standing between him and his door, or
dered him to get out of his way. The
other not replying, continuing motion
less, the nobleman seized him by the
collar, gave him a violent shake, and
suddenly loosing his hold, the %unfortu-
nate usurer fell, of course, to the
ground. The nobleman p~erceiving that
he did not move, concluded that he was
drunk. He first tried to assist him to
rise. In STOPPING for that purpose, he
perceived that Brandini was dead, and
naturally concluded that it was either
the shake or the fall that had killed
him.
On examining the corpse, he found,
with grief and surprise, that it was that
of the usurer, with whom he was pub
known to be at enmity, in conse-
quence of some judicial proceedings
that Brandini had instituted against