East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-04-15
ADYENTURE LIN HUNGARY.

On the third night after his departure
from Vienna, householder alightcd at
an Inn situated at the entrance of u
little town, which, to all appearance,
was respectable anl quiet lie recon
monded his horse To- the care of the host,
dried his clothes at the fire, and, as soon
as supper Was ready, sat down to the
table with the host and hiS family, who
appeared to Ice 10 cnt people
During supper the traveller was askel
where he came from, aud on his answer.
ing from Vienna, they were all anxious
The horso.dcalcr told them all he knew.
The landlord then asked him what bust.
ness had taken him TO Vienna, to which
nc replied that he had been there to sell
some of the very finest horses that had
ever appeared in that market.
At these words the landlord looked
very significantly at u young man who
sat opposite to him, and who appeared
TO be his son. His expressive glance
did not escape the observation of the
traveller, who, however, took no notice
of it, yet he very soon afterwards had
cause to regret his want of caution
Being in want Of rcpose, he begged tho
landlord, as soon as the supper was fin
iohcL, to show him to his room The
landlord tool; lamp and conducted the
traveller across the yarint detached
building, which contained two tolerably
neat rooms.
a bed was prepared at the further
end of the second
As soon as tic landlord had retired,
the traveller undrcsScd himself, un.
hucklcd a noncybclt containing con
,idcrablo SUN in gold, and took out his
pocket.book, which was full of bank
notes. Having convinced himself that
the money was right, he placed both
undcr his pillow, eXtinguished the light,
and soon fell asleep, thanking God and
all the saints for the success of his
journey. He had slept but an hour or
two when he was suddenly awakened by
the opening of a window, and immcdi,
atcly felt the night air blow on him
Startled, at this unforeseen circum.
stance, the traveller raised himself up il
bod, and perceived the head and shoul
doris of man who was struggling &c
get in the room; at the Same time he
heard the voices Of several persons
standing near the window. A dreadful
terror seized our traveller, who CAV,
himself up for lost; and scarcely know
ing what he did, he crcpt undcr tho bee
as quickly as possible. A moment after
wards man sprang heavily into tn,
room and staggered to the bed, sup
porting himself against the wall.
COniUun1ed as the horse dealer was
he nevertheless perceived that the in
trudcr was incbrated; this circum.
stance, however, gave him little hope,
for he had probably got intoxicated in
order to summon up courage for the
contemplated crime; besides this, the
traveller had heard the voice of persons
outside, so that the murderer, in case oil
resistance, could be assisted by his com.
radcs.
But how great was his establishment
when he saw the unknown person throw
his coat upon the floor. and stretch hin
self upon the bed which he had just
quilted! A few moments afterwards he
heard the intruder snore, and his terror
began gradually to give way to rcAec
ton, although the whole affair was quit,
incomprehensible to him. He was jus
preparing to quit his hiding place it
order to wake the inmates of the house
and ask another bed in place of tina
from which he had been so unccremoni
ously expelled, when row incident. oc
Cured. He heard the outer door care
fully opened, and, on listening, tn
sound of cautious footsteps reached hi
ear. In few moments the door of hi
room opened, and two figures, those {
the landlord and his son, stood on IL
threshold.
keep the lamp backl' muttcred I'll
father in low voice.
"What have we to fear ~ said tb
young man---"we are two against one
besides, be has only small knife wit
him, and is sleeping soundly-hear hil
snorc"
"Do What tell you." said the fathc
angrly-"do you wish TO awaken hin
would you have him alarm the neig