The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06

1cllc" Otsiu o"i Aee w 'sAA AifahA
in moment. l would defy all the
officers in Christendom to discover
any mischief there"
Ay, Nature did us a good turn
when She contrived such Il place as
that. Who that saw hole in the
heath, filled with clear water, and
so small that the long grass meets
over the top of it, would suppose
that the depth is unfathomabie, and
that it conccals more than forty
people who have me, their deaths
there !-it sucks them in like aleech -
..How do you mean to dispatch
the lad in the next room! asked
the old woman in an under tonc.-
The elder son made her a sign to be
silent, and pointed towards the door
where their trembling auditor was
concealed; while the other, with an
expression OF brutal tcrocitv, passed .
his bloody knife across his throat. I
The pcdlar boy possessed bold (
and daring spirit, which was not /
rcrsed to desperation but in any /.
oupn resistance the odds werc 80
completely against him, that flight
seemed his best resource. lie gen
tly stole to the window. and having
bv one desperate effort broke the
rus,v bolt bv which the easement
had been fastened. NE let himself
down without noise or difficulty,
This bctokcns good thought he,
pau-ius an instant i'll dreadful hcsl-
ta,ion what direction TO take. Tins
momentary dclib:ration was tearinlly
INTERRUPTED by the hoarse voice of the
men calling aloud, The boy has
A,d-!et loose the bl"od-hound!'
These words sunk like death
knell on ms heart, for escape appear
. al now impossible, and his nerves
seemed to melt away like wax in
: furnace. Shall perish without Il
: struggle, thought he, rouSinS HIM
se!t'to exertion. and. helpless and
, terrified as u hare pursued by Its
: ruthless hunters he fled across the
/ heath. Soon the haying OF the blood
,. hound broke the stiffness Of the night
: and the voice of its masters sounded
' through the moor, as they endcav-
: orcd to accelerate its spc"d,-par
: ting and brcathlcss the boy pursued
t his hopeless career, but every mo
e rn-nt his pursucrs seemed ~ gam
t upon his failing steps. The hound
/ was uniiuprded by the darkness
s. wEich was TO him to ilnpcu'traole
d and its noise r,iu- :nu'lc, and deeper
e on hi.car-WhiIc the lanterns which
p. were carried by the men gIeane'
near and distinct upon his vision.
ii \, Ills fullest speed, the terrified
Is hov fell with violence over Il heap 4"
'e stones, and having nothing on hu
/" his SHIRT. hr was severely cut IN eve
lr ~ limb. With one wild cry Il
.e Heaven for assistance, lie continuc'
~ urostratc on thu earth, bleeding, AM
!e nearly inseusible The hoars. voice
,d of the. men. and the still louder hay
IN ING Of the dog, We're now 50 heal
H. that instant destruction seemed lnev
rs liable. Already he felt himself
he their tangs. and the bloody knife {
ht the assassin appeared to gieain beior
he hi, cvrs,-drspair renewed his ene'
ed ~, and once mor.. in an agony
cv alright that seemed verging tnwarc
IN madness. he rushed forward 50 raplC
re " that terror seemed to have Civ.
Wings Ia his feet. \ loud cry ne;
ip- thr spot he had left arose on Ii
to ears without Suspcnding his higl
an The hound had stopped at thu p!a
- where the P.dlar's wounds hlcd
ied protu-clv. and deemin= the cha
cw now over, it lay down there, ~
all could not be induced to proceed
llv in vain the ;ncn beat ii with trani
g violence, and tried again I" put
to hound on the sccnt.-thc sight
vas blood had satisfied the animal til
up its work was done, and with dogg
ea- resolution it resisted every ndu'
ide mcnt to pursue the same scent II
na- cond time. The ped!ar boy in t
lis meantime paused not in his flight
, at morning dawncd-and still as he I'll
II a the noise of steps seemed t. pure
ily him. and til" cry of his assas>
yor sounded in the distance. Ten mn
the off be reached Il village, and -prt
bis instant alarm throughout the nci
,h II Lorl,ood--the inhabitants wcr" arc
nm ed with one accord lut" Il t"in
itch o; ndignation-s"veral OF them |
one lost sons, brothers. or friends
the heath, and all united IN 7
hen ceeding to seize the old woman
roa: her sons, who were nearly torn
ng: pieces by their violence. Three :
bed bets were immediately raised on
an- moor. and the wretchcd eulpri's c
res f.ssed before their execution Ia
SIX destruction Of nearly fifty vict
.rot in the Murder Hole which they p
YOU ted ont. and near which they sui
who ed the penalty ot their CRIMES
oats bones OF several OF lie lnur"'iF''
ietly sons were with diitcuity ofouSh'
noise from the abyss into which they
-., .Lrn.t hut 50 narrnN, *