Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-22

Pain and the loss OF blood, however, soon
compelled him 10 lie down, and be felt hi, con
scioushess fact forsskioS him. lie. could take
20 sesurste note Of time, but N se.red NV folly
long, aud he was about going into obIivious-
ness, when be again Heard 5he boards cfeaking
beneath stesIthy step advancihg toward him.
Anon be perceived the hot breath Of his foe
upoo his face. sunmoning all his fehnaining
strength he made the 6nsl lepgo OF desperation
upward with his knife and s#oobed away. r A
fall, followed by absoiute stiffness. iaformed The
expectants below that the fusle had been
reached, ana mounting 10 ths loft sgain with
lights, they found the huge body OF the major,
knife IL, hand, lying across that Of young L.
whose weapon, still grasped, was buried 10 the
hear, Of bis antOgobist 10th appeated dead,
he major really was 80. while r. was carried
belo@ ,a, His return " consciousness revealed .
group of mep, who,. acting under the, direction
Of and aided By q gentleman whom he bad not
seer, before, ,w,rc binding up, bis broken arm
and administering festoratlses, The latter had
arrived during the transactions in the loft, AID
bad watched. TO know the resdIt As soon ss
T. was measurably restored. he had him placed
10 bis, carr iage ct the door and carried him
to his house some four miles away. Then send.
ing for his family physician 10 all haste. he babe
his patient give himself no anxiety, ASSURING hin
that no was among friends, aud that be would
exercise paiernal care over him and explain
all on T.'s coap'ete recovery.
Under the kind Treatment he received, con.
vslescence was rapid aud when at length he
began to speak Of leaving and remunefating
his generous host, he was Interrupted thus:
Don't mention it my 5odpg friend; by your for,
tupaate' distinction Of that ran you have reu-
dered1 pyy,elf ip common with the people Of this
eptire section, 9 service which casnot be esti
mated mates BY money He has been for three year,
the terror Of these parts He dropped down
here from heavsp knows wherej bought plau,
'aton with quite number ofscr+snts, In whose
treatment be was {, petfect barbarian, mutia
ting ard even numbering at will. .Llwleas reek-i
less, fearing neither God nor man, be has rid,
den over the adjoining plantations hunting With
his pack of.dogs. regardless of the rights OF his
"SiShooirJ obu hncu IeHiODSuhleu' WILD, an
swered with curses, threats and exhibitions OF
deadly weapons. We were oil afraid of him,
but knew not bowto get rid OF him, till your
perous encounter relieved us OF the curse aud
imposed upon us lasting obligations Aud
now. sir, my house shall be your home as long
as you may choose to stay; or,ifyou still de-
sire to teach hereabonts, / will do my best to
aid you 10 that behalf Meanwhile be 10 no
asis. but use freely whatever / have, as though
you were master here. But, T.. concluded that
he had had enough Of southern experience, and
was resolved to try bis fortune farther north
ward. On announcing this to Ills host, he, with
many regrets that he had so decided, took him
in his own carriage to Charleston, paid his fare
to New York, and when he babe him good
bye, gave him 500 bill, saying, Should you
ever venture South again, remember my prom.
ise is lifelong Que of welcome to you Or any
your frieLds. During the days of snecess
that eventually crowned T's efforts to aid him
self elsewhere, the incident of tie da.k room
occasionally recurred 30 mind as O hideous
dream, the happy awakening from which was
as grateful o. bis after years Of prosperity. D,