Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-14
and senteneed, ANA burned atthe sake as a

and sentenced, and burned atthe stake as a
werewolf"
The fear of this urged him to retreat
steaithily homewards, keeping as much as
possible IN the shadows, lest any of the
agents of justice should get sight of him,
and carry him away to trial. If he could
but reach home, he would implore his wife
to stab him with a knife between the eyes,
and draw some drops Of blood, IA sovereign
cure for lycanthropy.
But poor NJ. Duties head was never very
clear, and now it was in a thorough condi-
ton of bewilderment, SO that he complete
ly lost himself, and skunk about the streets
in a d~isconsolate manner, vainly searching
for his own domicile. His W bewilder-
ment became greater with every step he
took; his confusion and alarm were not a
little heightened by his stumbling over an
elderly gentleman and leaving him appa-
rently dead on the pavement.
1t did not mend matters when, hearing
a Jfacre drive by, he suddenly stepped to
wards it and asked the way of the driver
for the coaehman jumped off his seat in
paroxysm of terror, and the horses, equally
frightened, ran away with the carriage,
whilst the people inside screamed through
the window.
At last NJ. Quite sat down on a doorstep
and gave himself up to despair. The
stake was before him, and his imagination
conjured up all the horrors of his position,
chained about the waist and dancing in
midst Of the flames.
All at once a familiar voice smote upon
his ear-the voice of his eldest son. \
ray of hope penetrated his breast. He
rose from his seat and walked to meet his
first born. That young gentleman was
returning from the masquerade ball at
which he had been figuring. He had i'm
bibed a considerable amount Of wine before |
he left home, and he had absorbed a little
more during the pauses i'll the dance, He
was accordingly scarcely sober, and as he |
returned home, he sang or talked to him
self at the top of his voice. But now he
saw something which sobered him instan-
~taneously. This was nothing else than
his own masqueradinghabit of bears skin.
which he had left hanging over the back
of his chair, walking deliberately towards
him, as though the spirit of the departed
Bruin had retenanted his forsaken skin,
and was coming in the dead of night to
demand a reckoning with him who had
dared to use it as Il carnival habit.
He stood and looked at it with pale face
and staring eyes, whilst q shudder ran
through his frame.
If it had been within the limits of ply
steal possibility, he would have sunk into
his shoes. When he heard his own name
in hollow tones from the muz-
zle, he turned heel, and fed like the wind.
In vain did NJ. QUITE call after him; the
louder he called, the faster fled the youth,
and the distracted father was obliged to
his son.
The race was run with the utmost speed
by both parties. The young man was
on by terror lest the skin should over
take him, and NJ. Oufe dreaded losing
of his son, lest he should lose at the
time all chance of regaining his
home.
When NJ QUITE le Jeuue turned his white
face over his shoulders, he saw the Great
gaining upon him, and heard its hol-
low calls. He lodged from street to street,
but he invariable saw the bear-skin double
he corner and rush after him, turn where
ne would. 1t was in vain for him to hope
20 throw it out, and at last he ran straight
'or his home. This he had left by the gar
len. 1t was his custom to leave the house
1y the back door, and Chamber over the
rails, whenever he went out on his
hight expedit ions, and now he made for
he garden, hoping to climb the rails and
,scape through the door and lock it before
he skin could overtake him.
He reached the railiugs. 1t was a diff
,ult and delicate matter to surmount them
With time at his disposal, but now that it
vas to be accomplished in no time at all,
t was hazardous in the extreme. NJ.
)ufe, junior, had reached the top, and was
preparing to jump down, when a furry
Jaw grasped his ankle and held him as
hough in a vice, for the monster proceeded
o climb the ratings, holding on to his
eg. The poor youth vainly endeavoredto
freak away, he writhed and strained to be :
rec; holding the iron bars with his hands
lie vociferated loudly for help. The crea-
ound the waist, whilst the hideous snout
vas poked close to his ear over his shOul- ,
Both leaped together, and were /
up with a jerk.
The rails we're topped with sharp dart
leads, and one of these caught inthe hide,
o that NJ. QUITE and his son were suspend
d from it in mid air, the latterin the arms
# his father. Both cried together for as +
the young man louder than ever !
he heard the sonorous howls of his
aptor in his ear.
Lights appeared in the lower apart
at the back of the house, and pres
ntly the garden gate was opened by u
ofterriied male and female servants, I
provided with blunderbusses, swords, and
,istols. In the rear appeared Madame
)ufe, half dressed, but with her night-cap G
her head
The young man called on his mother
nd the moment she saw the hope of the
amily dangling ii. the grasp of the mon
ter, she tainted away again. There was
old man, a servant of tie house, who
laimed and exercised supreme authority /
n the household. He walked forward
With a pistol in each hand; the youth cried
o him to shoot the creature which clasped :
i'm through the head. In vain did VI. !
)uie shout to him to desist, his words
we're lost in the mask, and he would I'M I
.ovbtedly have received a couple Of bull i
cts through his head, had not the buttons
f the Dress Just then given way with q
urst, and slipped NJ. QUITE in a heap upon
be ground, leaving the habit torn and I
upon the spike of the rails.
'sThank goodness exclaimed NJ. 0uae,
up; -the spell is off me-" !
"My fatherr' cried the flower of the u
"My husbandr CALCULATED the lady, re-
overing from her fainting fit.
"My masterP' exclaimed the grey-hair- {
d servant.
"Let rs embrace all around" said NJ.
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