St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-05-23

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IL mere glance atth dizzy height A gain
1.-The summons came :o.i laa bug p9..ao,
b I. q ..sOpen or We Will brcak !downthe door!
b turned the key, and saw tie chief Of
fpJ}ihce,..< . i ~ '1"''''I''% ~'''' Il
! II arrest you," he said, and rr,aadc q
1fien to two men,. who seized me sby the
POLAR, while the others rummasee my: gar
fet. "Marehl| was the next order, and.I
descended the staircase, supported under
1cach arm; IKE q consumptivc ID bis third
|stagc of illness: IAl 3!n ;T'il 1n9St?o II Il .
|b, They put me into q hackney coach! i'd
asked what I had done, but they only gex-
changed significant smiles. Soon a deep
shadow' tenveloped. is, the step Of the
horses resounded under a vault: We had
entered the prison. as: The jailori shat Inc
qp;ir. a,cell as, tranquility as If he had been
putting 2 pair Of stockings ira drawer,
1 thinking all the time of something else
looked around my CELL It hat been
now y whitewashed; and there was nothing
.H4pon the wall but IL rough sketch ofa glib
bet, drawn by my Predecessor: The. light
canie from an aperture nine: OF. ten feet
from the aoor, and tie fu niture consisted
ofsa heap Of straw: r sat down upon the
straw, with my hands around my knees.
apd. gaye myself up to despairr2, i had
killed Rapp. He had denounced me be-
fUrc dying. I should be hung as his MUIR
derer: Istarted up. coughing, as If: the
hempen terayat' already pressed my threat:
Again: the jailor appeared, and ordered
me to, follow him. =, He conducted me
through long galleries to sombre hail,
with benchcs arranged in semi-circlc
opposite which, ION an elevated seat, were
two persons, With their backs to athe light
and their faces in shadow; but, as one Of
them tur-ed to his companion, | rccog-,
the adlalihe proyle of Van SprecKdal-
!! Beneath them at a. lev table, was seated a
clerk, tickling the tip ct his ear with the
feather .ef his3 qual,yv ,s,d, :, 49, .,:-'~
christian Nenius,"' said Van Spreck-
da, where did you get this sketch ?"
showing me my nocturnal work, Of which
they had taken possession at the time Of
my arrest v g., H.. - . :.-::, T.. J..
II am the author Of it,
There was a long silence 6 THE clerk
took my answer; and as listened to the
scratching Of his pen, 1 wondered what
; thathad to do with the kick lvhad giscn
to1Kapps.tj AZ! 1.!3A4 - rc=:::s.f'." T.: @."4
."Y,Qu are the author, Of it ?" said Van
Sprcckdal; "wherc did you get the sub
ject?" "''
"4t is a fancy sketch" '.: ~ =: Il.
4 "You have not copied the details any.
Where g.; p.t-@@J IL. Il ,isj>' .A..,; p.
! mo, sir; 1 haye Imagined them ALL,
| "And this woman,"' pursued the judge,
+ " ho is m urdcrcd on the edge Of the we'll !;
have you imagined her also ?"
"Undoubtcdly." :
| .'You have never seen her ~ :.,...-s =
I "Neyer."'' f. ....: ,.>
! Van spreckdal aros,, as if indignant,
i then Seating himself, he appeared tto con
suit his colleague in a low voice. Sud.
denly he said to the jailor:t !
".Takc theprisorerto the carriage, We
are going to the! Metzerstrasse. So. -,
was placed in carriage with two po-
), licehcn. One of them on the way, offer
ed a pinch Of snuff to his conradc: l ex.
: tended my fingers mechanically TO- the box.
He drew it quickly back. The blood
mounted into my face, and turned away
my head to conceal my emotion.
u "If you look out of the windows said
= the man Of the snuff.box, eve shall BE-
obliged to put manacles on you" n,< j..
! When the carriage stopped, one Of them
alightcd, while the other held me by the
J. collar then seeing his comrade ready to
! receive me, he pushed me out rudely.-
We entered a narrow alley, with broken,
) irregular; pavement IA yellowishl mos
ture stood on the walls, exhaling fetid
, odor. | walked in total darkness, with
two men behind me- Farther on appeared
: kthc light Of an interior court. .,
:. As advanced, a feeling of terror took
) possession ot me, like the unnatural hor-
, ror of nightmare. I recoilcd instinc.
tively., .i~... ,.;; 49,. : !:
"Go on" cried. one of the policemen
behind me, quitting his hand on MY shoul-
, der "march." -" |"> -
My; terror was no longer instructive
when saw before nae the court which
had sketched TIE night before; its walls
garnished with hooks, the wood-pilc, the
ladder, the rabbit hut, the hen coop, etc.
} Not sky light, great or small, or low, not
a cracked window pane, not a single detail
} had been omitted. ]. was thunderstruck
at this strange revelation. ,. ..;y ..
Near the we'll were two judges AT
} their feet was the old wo,nln, lying on her
) back, her long gray. hair: struggling over
her form, her face liyid, her eyes unnatur-
ally wide, her. tongue between her teeth.
F It was horrible spectacle!