The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-07-23
MISCELLANY
Hua ting a Murderer.
A THRILLING STORY.

COlSt VI lltl'iii' AUpui u lHOnln pTtNlOu
to the time Of which write, a gentleman
had been shot down at his own gate il
1ippcrary. Everybody kn'w that tht
mnr,leicr was lurking somwIerc IN M,
neichborhool. in. hope of obtaining
passage to America An unu.uliiy lirgC
reward had been offered for his apprehcn
SION. nnl the police were securing the
country, nigll and day, ia every direction
One fine summer evening had returned
from long days f,hrg in lle bav, and
was smoking farewell pipe for the night.
when I heard the tramp of horses feet on
the gravel outside. followed by ring at
the bell. 1t was with no small delight
that raco-r :cd the well. known voice of
Frank Bullcr. constahulary oili cr, anl
one or my Oldest friends.
When we had seen the horse put M Ca
splendid hunter, which had carried his
master nearly sixty miles that day), and
sat down to supper, noticed frani looked
more tired and rarcworn than hal seen
Linn before 1t WAS not long until the
cause came out
'lon have heard of tins murder, of
course. lTarrv." he sail - that is what
brought me over to night; it occurred
/ in my district, and the ecnilcmrn was mn
intimate fricnl would have dinrd with
him that day. but wa. cil'l su llenly
on duty, aud sent an apology at the last
momcnt. ! was told since that he walked
down to the avenue gate to meet M. Iii.
I ! II.
fred from behind tree, AMI he dill not
bring hi- life to the ground You know
this country well - he added abruptly.
1" 50 well that if the fellow Is living
out any where within five miles. ! think
could undertake to pnt yon on his track"
Frank eprang from his char AMI walked
huriic dIy through the room.
81 woull give my right arm to be face
to face with him Harry. If You had seen
poor --'s wife; her weary hopeless
face has been haunting me ever since;
can never rest ii the murderer is taken,
AMI | have certain information that he
is lying out somewhere. Every house
has been searched over and over again,
but cannot think Of hrilging you into
the business. One victim is enough
II it were known, yOu woul be marked
man"
'.Nr ,i~ ,'~.'" '',;nl easy on that score.
Frank not one the ttlloNs here VIII ,onct (
u hair of my he n csp'cialy in etrl1gers
quarrel Ny LIFE is in mu-t of their leases,
and the heir n, law Ii, not such tavorite
that they would shoot me TO bring him
in. Now for bI.ncss will gat the
IN lp. and trace the plan Of our clmpiign"
Our task was not such difficult one.
after all; the ground to be reached was
limited and tolerably oHcn. consisting
chiefly o. bog, mountain and shore, with
every foot OF which was acqIninel
| pointed out to Franl; each DAYS work
on the map and, without assistance. AMI
hun ing in couples, three days wonll be
amply sufficient to beat il'aIl.
had Il brace OF young settlers in train
ing at the time, and to prevent suspicion
it was agreed we should 90 out Il, il dog
breaking was onr only ohed accordingly.
early the following morning well provided
with all the ct cet1ras for such work. we
started on our first days hunt Il prove
blank bu, the second day showed ns
that our glmc was on foot, and not far
oil In Il little wood we came upon some
NrifdllY concealed chairs, which were evi
IDENTIFY lately occupied, and in one OF them
picked mp an oil pistol flint that had
been thrown away and replaced, rs there
was some paper lying b'ei le il, from
which small piece had been torn, as if
To over new one. We tracked foot
steps for Il considerable distance from
it until they we're lost in n heathcry hog,
and darkness coming on, we were force
to give up the search
don't think either OF u slept much
that night. When | went 10 Franks
room in the morning he was already
dressed. Zone word, Harry" he said,
''bcsDre we 90 his man is armed to
the teeth and sHcars that he will not he
taken alive. These fellows seldom die
game when run to the earth, but he can.
not be worse off, and may keep his word.
Promise me # there is any fighting, YOU
will act as Il reserve and leave me 10 deal
.ih lin alone.
did promise, with some mental reser-
walton, AMI we started There was
long days work before us: all the likely
places We had come across in our pre-
vious search had to he visited, some of
them miles apart. Franks senses seemed
preternalura!ly slarpenrd. No trace,
however slight, escaped his notice A
red Indian could scarcely have displayed
more sagacity in following up his enemy's
trail. 1t was then, for the first t,m',
that learned how exciting man hunt
becomes unlcr certain circumstances.
Towards evening we reached a noun
tain our last hope. There was only one
face of it, over the sea, where a man
would be likely to conceal himself. That
side was composed Of number Of per-
pcndicular cliffs, separated from each
other by green platforms, varying in
breadth from one foot TO ten; but all
slupng downwar,ls at considerable
/ angle, so as TO make the footing rather
precariocs. The cliff gradually in
creased in height until the lowest, which
went right down for 100 feet into the
Atlantic Ocean.
While taking hurried cast through
some broken grounI, VIC met little