Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-11-05

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gress of events The mith of the two men below
seemed to be increased By my departure bursts
of laughter and snatches Of drunken song Aosted
MP through the loose floor But above it heard
| q low murmur, which sounded like the voice fof
prayer, and which proceeded from the room had
Just Quilted. As / listened my heart was filled
with compassion for this unhappy. woman, and !
determined to give her aichance to escape from; a
life that must be terrible to heart like, hers. -.
Zone, two, three hours. rolled away. My bit Of
candle had d-expired, long before, aDa,I began to
grow impatient for the crisis that I kuew'was in
eyitable, when heard slow, stealthy steps creep
ing up the stairs. They paused at the head Of it.
".You are an Internal coward, Bill / heard the
landlord say to his companiea, in hoarse whis-
Der; you want to share half thu booty and shirk
all the danger. We'll, stay here, then, and hold
the lantern s,.ss :. ...,s ,.,:..
II then heard the hteEof the dor Of the room
opposite cautiously raised. Knew that every
thing would depend upon my first shot; 80 kept
my my eyes upon the door and ny finger upon the
trigger Of my pistol, never doubling but what! be
would at once discover the change, when suddenly
convalave gasp, followed BY 2 stiaed moan,
smote upon my ear ..... sa.,j In, ,.,o.,a:,
"'Merctul fatherr thought ,sa, what Il the
wretch, haif.stupehed Dy hqdor, nao 1aheo 70 re-
eogDlze hefI -@7. va" 10 10 F's .'''i'' " ~ =,
.laThe slow, 7steaithy'steps retuned.'ed'aI! SD +
Bring in the Fight now, Bill hesaid, in the
Same cautious whisper; and be earefalnot towake
mn Sue.! He Nas sound asleep. But Ireckoni he
viii sleep s0under now $, ',i" ,,;s.f,l' u. ..1
'',"As the man onesed, the nent nickered aor M
moment beneath the door OF my room' ana then
idisappeared' There wasla moment spauss' tnen
an ejaculation OF HORROR followed py groan Oh
mortal agony sueh aad never aeara ne,ofe 0nsnoe'
Though faint and ack w1th ;sne ,norlcie tnougnuS
that rushed upon my mmd'' I stl4 retained HsEpo'
htlon' thinking; my ssnspicons were Ec9tle,
spirit OF revenge would s4 fnlther rlnem
Ito the accomplishment of their purpose. Bpt, 70
my great relief, soon heard steps descending the
stairs, and then the retreating steps off, horse
showed that one of them bad lettthe house piE,
The few remaining hours Of the night seemed
ftohaye leaden wings! Nc sound broke the terri
esileDce, .sase and then, . restless move
merit, and an incoh ejaealatoD; ;ex7
pressiive Of mental agony, and witch evidently ro.
oeeded from the other chamber, Len q( =,
n.tAs soon as, the first gray dawn began To creep
into the room, unable to bear SUSPENSE any
longer, 1 unboHsdt the door, and looked cautiously
out No one was visible. The door Of the,oppo-
site room vas partly open, and crossing the entry,
] looked in. ,.gs yrf. ,4a,i. .s1aH r5Y foi.
my worst fears were realised, Il upon the bed
lay the ifeless body of Susan Brandt! The brow
and mouth had lost that expression Of Patent sat:
fering which had made them 30 painful 70 LOOK up
on in life, and the whole couutauanca yas 20 'se'
rene and peaceful that had it not been tor the ga.
ping wound in the slender ueek, no one would have
suspected the violent nature Of her death. 1he
long, black hair that aoated eyer the pillow was
dabbled in her blood, and it was laying ID pools
upon the uneven floor. t,-,~.:.! =
"Kneeling beside the bed vas aher unTtung
murderer, alternately chahng :her7ooid hands ano
pressing them TO ms ups, MS eyes n1eo upon net
oountenance with tne stony look OF aeSpair'
AS soon as ne observed me ne sprahs W LIE
feet .f..,; ,..,:,y
- lou are the cause OF tnisl ne snouteo' guar
ing at me with the look OF maniac. !a :; -,
but the handle OF the knne arouna WHICH n'S
fingers closed was slippery witn gore anu a. ne
looked down upon it, it tell from hisgrasp, shqd'
der passed through his frame, Wnhe hs features
worked convulsively. Then wild laugh ;purss
from his lips, and sinking upon bus knees oeioFe
the bed he resumed nus former pos't'oo' appnen''
y oohVioas 20, e'e,yt"ins o1: 'le Iosloneo0
that was 's1reecneo Detole n' Iiss - s''
that his mlnd was completely 1 aleh ,.nI
II descended the stairs There ware no Signs
of life anywhere around. The embera were dying
upon the hearth, and streWed around the room
were traces Of last nights carousal: .., 49,;
Taking my way to the stable l mounted my
horse and proceeded on my journey. AS did 80,
my mind was full Of painful conjectures. was
this tragedy the result Of a mistake :? Was this
unfortunate woman's object in'changing her room
merely to give me place Of greater security Or
did she go into that fatal chamber knowing thatsh
was going to her death !? Her else inexpHcabe
conduct in drinking the potion that was prepared
for me favored the latter supposition ,...i ~
"As I had suspected; the remainder Of my jour
ney was less than half the dstanceI had been told;
scene of nv 'niebt's adventure, accompanied by a
magistrate and some Of the nearest %nneighbors.
We found stretched beside tie corpse Of his vic
tim the Ifeless body Of the man Of many crimes,
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