The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-16

(, trembling broken petitions, in a whispere
It but earnest voice. We rose strengthene
e and encouraged.
Is Better, said to call up poor Susar
1t If it comes to last struggle, three togeth
s or might do something; you'll not be afrai
y to stay here if slip down to herr?
II No, DEAR she answered; you know h
y has no idea that we suspect anything, an
s he'll be quiet for awhile
a | stole softly out and down the stairs {
It the basement; the room which the house
maid occupied, aud the cook with her whel
t she was at home was in a remote part O
o the house, off a passage at the othersside o
] the kitchen; while the mans apartment wa
S at the opposite extreme end of the lowe
a story. passed quickly on, and opening
the door, called out in low tone, Susan
] Susan There was no reply. Going up t.
the bed, She has covered herself up in the
quilt muttered poor thing, she was 81
tired and sleepy; how tossed, though, al
the clothes arep drew down the csverIet
Useless to try and describe the sight that
J met me, the icy chill l felt; she had beer
, barbaronsly murdered! A handkerchief
or string of some kind was tied so tightly
round the throat that it cut the skin, the
eyes were protruding with CLASSY stare,
J and a frothy mucus covered the parted lips;
both. hands were cenched as in the last
) agony. That there had been fierce strug-
gle was evident, as well from the disor-
dered state of the bedclothes, as that of the
closed hands which contained woolly curl
that knew must have been torn, in the
conflict, from the murderers head. The
GOODNESS and rigidity of death were already
creeping over the frame
Poor unfortunate grill groaned out,
as staggered against the wall, this was
the cry we heard In some strange way
the sight of that dsfgured corpse impaired
a sudden and almost unnatural courage
God helping me, Ill thwart this ruhian
yet, said and there's no time to be lost;
my poor kind-hearte9 Susan! leant
down and quickly detached, with the aid Of
a knife, the string by which she had been
strangled, and then closed the eyes, drew
the stiffened frame into full-length posture
and adjusting the bed cothes, reverently
drew the quilt again over the dead discol-
cred face; and with a firmer tread than
had entered, left the room. Let me see,
| said, 4 must try and not tell aunt yet;
and when | returned, on second thoughts
said [ have determined not to waken Susan
for awhile, at all events till we see what
may be done she would be sure to cause
some disturbance in her fright
oh nonsense, aunt whispered, 4 won't
have the poor creature perhaps murdered,
in her bed, without knowing or hearing a
word; come I'll go to her myself.
stop, aunt | said; you must not"
"Why Oh, Maggie is there anything
more ?" For she saw the agitation that |
could not conceal.
''No use," said |, SIN concealing it; he
has murdered her already; we have but our
own safety now to think of ! dreaded
the effect Of this intelligence upon one who
was already so entirely unnerved by our
terrible position; she sank back into her
seat, and folded her hands, with look of
passive despair.
Poor thing y she murmured, i suppose
she has only preceded US little"
Look now, dear aunt and knelt down
by her chair, and my voice was wonderfully
steady and strong, 4 am resolved on one
last effort for our lives. You know that |
have acquired by practice peculiar ability
of moving about when | choose, without a
sound. | little dreamed that | should ever
need to exercise it thus; but you remember
that poor unfortunate Susan and Mrs
Gwynne used to say that / could creep
along like the cats, when | lay i'll wait, or
follow ed them i'll the dark to Brighten them.
Now, I'll just go up this moment and see
if can't get into that room and bring out
the keys, without his hearing me, and then
we might readily escape. See, it's our sole
chance
Aunt Osborne shook her head, and seemed
incredulous as to my ever succeeding. |
saw with fresh concern that a kind of apa-
thetic stupor was stealing over her, and
dreaded that she might get fit.
Come, courage | said; God will not
forsake us Pm quite certain that l shall
succeed
Slipping off my shoes and folding my
dress round my shoulders, SO as to be less
impeded, [ literally crept up stairs, advan-
cling with extreme care, lest the crealling of
a board, or the slightest sound, might indi-
cate my approach. When | reached the
lobby, | stood by the cloak-hole as we called
it, already referred to, for some moments to
listen, but there was not the least sound (;
then with, if possible, "a yet more stealthy
movement, went on to the room and again
stopped. scarcely daring to draw breath for
fear of arousing Parks suspicious. had
felt marvelously firm and nerved up to this,
but now that was actually on the thresh-
old of the apartment where the assassin
was the full consciousness of the impend-
| ing danger came with such force that L felt
the rapid beat of my heart and my limbs
shook so, that had to lean for support
against the wall. again called up the
tragedy below, that had impaired such a
feeling of indignation as to quell the over
powering nervousness that had preceded it.
| passed my hand gently along the door
which was half open, to ascertain if by any
chance the key might be on the outside,
and to my great joy l unexpectedly found
it was; surely, l thought, most merciful
providence that it happened to be SO. Some
what treasured by this discovery, | went on
into the room. Here | assumed STOPPING
posture, fearful lest possible CLEAN from
the window, falling on my full height, might
do mischief | had now, of course, need OF
the utmost caution; an ungarded STIR a
sudden encounter with an article Of furni-
ture, and we were ruined To provide
against the latter peril, kept sweeping one
arm gently round me, treading step by step,
more as | afterwards thought, like a person
picking his way through some norass, and
carefully feeling every foothold for fear OF
sinking. At last [ reached the small table;
there in momentary pause l heard from
the bed heavy breath, an inarticulate
mutter, accompanied by restless move
ment. | stretched out my hand quickly too
quickly in the intense eagerness, to clutch
the basket with the keys. and turned it over
with loud rattle. To grasp them all with
one desperate effort, to turn a, fly, regard
less of all silence now, and to drag the door
after me and turn the key, all was the work
of an instant They say that drowning
men have one mysterious moment, when
countless events Of the past throng mex
plicably upon the brain as life is ebbing =
AS strange, | can fully now recall was the
whirl of thought that well-nigh maddened