The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06

scufhe-a single pfunge-and the
fellows deed and buried to your hand
in a moment. l would defy all the.
officers in Christendom to discover
any mischief there"
Av, Nature did us good turn
when she contrived such place as
that. Who that saw n hole in the
heath, filed with clear water, and
SO small that the long grass meets
over the top of it, would suppose
that the depth is unfat homable, and
that it conceals more than forty
people who have met their deaths
there lit sucks them in like aleecll I"
"How do You mean to dispatch
the lad in the next roomE' asked
the old woman in an under tonc.-
The elder son made her Il sign to be
silent, aud pointed toward. the door
where their trembling auditor was
concealed; while the other, with an
expression of brutal ferocity, passed
his bloody knife across his throat.
III. pcdlar boy possessed a bold
and daring spirit, which was not
reused to desperation but in any
open resistance the odds were so
completely against him, that fight
seemed his best resource. he gen
tly stole to the window. and having
by one desperate effort broke the
rusty bolt by which the casemcn,
had been fastened, he let himself
down without noise or difficulty,
This betokcns good thought hc.
pausing an instant III dreadful hest
tatlon what direction to take. This
mom.ntary deiibcration wa, teartuiiv
interrupted by the hoarse voice of the
men calling aloud, The boy has
ticd-let loose the hlood-houndr'
These words sunk like death
knell on his heart. for escape appear
-! now impossible, and his nerves
seemed TO melt away like wax in
furnace. Shall l perish without Il
struggle! thought he, rousing HIM
selfto exertion. and. helpless and
terrified as u hare pursued by its
ruthless hunters he He'd across the
heath. Soon the baying OF the blood
hound broke the stiffness Of the night
and the voice Of its masters sounded
through the moor. As they .ndeav-
orcd to accelerate its spcrd,-p:u-
ting and GREATNESS the boy pursued
his hopeless career. but every mo-
Uncut his pursurrs seemed to gain
upon his failing steps. The hound
was uniinprIrd by the darkness
which was to him to itnpeuetrabic,
and its noise run- !ou,ivi and deeper
on his car-W hilc the lanterns which
were carried by the men gicamcd
uear and distinct upon his vision.
=, his: fullest speed, the terrified
boy tell with violence over a heap of
stones. and having nothing on but
his shirt. he vas severely cut III eve
nv limb. With one wild cry 10
Heaven for assistance, he continued
PROSTATE on tha earth, bleeding. and
nearly insensibl-. Tho hoarsc voices
of the men. and the still louder bay
ing of the dog, Were now So near,
that instant destruction seemed incv-
table. Already Il. felt himself in
their tiaugS, and the bloody knife OF
the assassin appeared to CLEAN before
his cyes,-despair renewed his cncr-
~. and once more. in an agony of
alright that seemed verying towards
madness, he rushed forward So rapid
/ " that terror seemed to have given
wings 20 his feet. y loud cry near
! The spot he had lett arose on his
ears without suspending his Hight.
The hound had stopped at the place
where the Pedlar's wounds bled 80
prntu~rlv. and deeming the chase
now over. it lay down there, and
could no, lee induced to proceed ;
! in vain the men beat il with frantic
violence. and tried again to put the
hound ON the Scrut,-thc sight OF
! blood had satisfied the animal that
its work was done, and with d"~g.d
resolution il resisted every induce
mcnt to pursue the same scent a Sc
coni tin". The pcdlnr boy in the
meantime paused not in his t!i-h; till
morning dawncd-and still a- he fled,
the noise of steps se"rncd t. pursue
him. AID the cry Of his assa>siu-
sounded in the distance. Ten miles
of BE reached village, and spread
instant alarm throughout the neith-
. borAood--the inhabitants We're arous-
ed With one accord tut" Il tuinuIt
o; igna,ion-srveral of them had
lost sons, brothers, or friends on
the heath, and all united in pro-
cecding TO seize the old woman and
her sons, who were nearly torn 10
pieces by their violence. Three Glib
bets were immediately raised on the
moor, and Ike wretchcd euipr!ts CON
/ fcssed before their execution Ia the
destruction Of nearly fifty victims
in the Murder Hole which they poin-
ted out, and near which they suffer
I'd the penalty o! their crirscs- The
bones of several of the murdered per