The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-20

lqnaintance, Zone thing more; you must
allow yourself to be blindFoIded. III you
submit TO il, this shall be yours and, at
the Same time, he showed him, by the dim
light Of q lantern, heavy purse full Of
gold. II
IN Jiienn replied the mechanic. con
sidering the poverty Of bis large family,
and thinking he was merely gratifying the
foolish but harmless whinl Of some rich
aristocrat; Fl accept your terms
Then, step in, sir, Z said the stranger.
Being scented, the mechanic was directly
ltblindiolded; wherenpon, Tie carriage
moved rapidly along, Full of anticipa.
zion Of what was to come, and while ab-
/ sorbFd inthc contemplation Of the strange
adventure, the outficr observed silence.
which his mysterious companion did not
deem proper to disturb. at last, after d
ride Of about two hours, during which
time they must have passed through q
tlahyrinth Of streets, The carriage suddenly
stopped on the wooden iloor Of some
Ebuildiug. IA. .,
Follow me- whispered the stranger;
land, helping the ottrfiieey out Or the car
Iriage, he conducted him through what
seemed to be 50 many passages. At last
they stopped, and the 1iauditge was re-
moved Gu castiug his eyes around, the
Imechanie found hiinself in q large gloomy
Hooking. apartment, which was 1imiy
lighted BY a Venetian lamp suspended
from The ceiling. q:
An air Of mystery aud; secrecy hung
about the whole; without, the faint wall.
ling Of the wild, rising at Intervals into a
brushing sound, as il something were
sweeping through the air round the room,
land pausing to sink into.aa hlshed and
Efnournfal sigh While TINS watching the
cherries scene, cold mist gathered
round the MUD Of the poor mechanic.
THE slow, monotoHous ticking from o
large, marble clock, struck his ear. Tick,
tick, TEX and his thought nncopsciousfy
fashioned the sound into d warning word
beware, beware, bewarel
| While titus haunted into chaos Of
gloomy reFeries, the low murmur OF wills.
pering voices fell suddenly on bis ear, All
the same time, a secret door opened, and
q number of men, their faces masked, en-.
tered, carrying a young and beautiful
female, her long, dark hair hanging loosely
over her shoulders. her face was deadly
pale. aud her eyes, as she looked at the
mechanic, were expressive OF the greatest
4 horror--she tried to speak, to produce
some sound; but, O God, she was gagged
4 !" nonSieay,r said the mysterious stran,
| ger, firmly, t'you see the niche at the west
1 end Of tbs. room; that you viii have Il
wall mp There is everything ready fol
yonr werk. 1. ID. s:. 7. .....3. &. !:
These words, lighting up d wide rang,
Of thoughts, revealed TO the oarrisf tin
truth atsoiice. a sense Of dreadful hor
ror swept upon him Ike q hideoas phan
i tasnaI shadow. His heart sank within
him, and II seemed as II he had touched /
| pntrid corpse. ..s.s:Ss=:s
"JIoasaart for Gods sake, Jet me be
i gone from here poor as / am, wonld
rather starFe than be guilty Of the horri
Bile crime of combining a human being to 1
living tomb;r and he dropped on his knee
4 at the fsetsof the stranger, invoking hi
tmercy in behalf Of the lovely victim. B
ID You have to choose either life o.
ldeathio replied the memorable stranger
ftif you refuse obeyiug me, you are dcat
/ man; but il. you do as / bid you, you shall
i be richly rewarded I" ...:.. S . Sc. s.. +
being aware Of. the imminent peril BIZ
i WAS H., and of. the entire impussibility o
rendering aid 10 the doomed female, tn
poor mechanic, resigned to his fate, aRt
+ with CHASTITY pallor spread over his face
and with hands clammy with the perspira
! ton Of unspeakable anguish, he CON
tmeneed his Patchwork, while the miserabE
victim was placed within the, niche, he
white hands laid together as if in suppl
cation. HI. r.. ,...::
= Language has no apt words, the ii
IteliGei no complete Imagination 10 describ
the reality of,that dreadful scene;
At last the fatal work was performed
a faint, broken sound, like the sigh Of
dying soul, was heard from within Il
twalled-up niche, and the 0arrtsr, oveycon
with horror, sank faiutihg on the iloor,.
Hours had waned away whoa the nj
[ehanic awoke, and found himself on Il
livery same spot on Which he had been q
: eosted by tic stranger on that fatal exc
ing. The snllen lights In tho stree
r burned like funeral lamps ppon son
!, Edusky road to death. He was bewildere,
{ amazed, hardly crcditivg the reality OH
5 dreadful experience, when, finding a heay
a purse full Of gold in his pocket, eyet
i doubt vanished from his mind. ...s..:.: :.
vi Hnrrying to the next poliee.station, !
!. gave information concerning his dreadf
Z adventure. As soon as the particulars /,
4 this horrible murder became KNOWN Il
: greatest excitement prevailed lhroughol
n the metropolis, By order Of the FIRST co
!, lsnl, Napoleon, the greatest exertions wei
q made by the police TO discover the perp
Q TRAITORS Of SO foul and heinous Q crime, b
6 no clue was found to solve the mystery.
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