New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-12

it was bleediny.
"What is the matter " l said. " Are
you mad Who has wounded you?
No reply till got between him and the
door, and taking him by the naked shout
ders, shook him till his teeth chartered.
"Where is the woman" l again asked.
Slowly he gasped out: Sir, there is no
woman; it is ghost"
"Fool!" I exclaimed; 81 saw a woman
wrapped in chudda come in here
Again he muttered a prayer, as wringing
his hands he whined:
" Are, are, sir it was a ghost"
"You saw herf l asked
Holding bis hands in suppliant attitude,
he said:
Forgive me, sahib;it was she who drove
me to your bedside just now when you
struck me-" ...,...
"Then it was you struck" said I, feeling
considerably relieved. who is she,
then, and how came she in my house," 1
asked.
The tears filled his eyes as he replied;
"Oh, sir, it is the will of God; your slave
must tell you all. II he must die, he must
die. She said she would never, never leave
me. -.
he then went on to say that the clergy
mans late ayah was his paramOur; that she
had refused to leave her husband and live
with him; and that out of jealousy he had
watched his opportunity and murdered her.
He had known no rest since, for the ghost
was forever haunting him, and he wished to
die; meant to take poison, but could not:
was sorry had not killed him,as uRdoubt-
eddy she intended me to have done.
/ told him that should inform the police,
and that he would be hanged, to which he
merely said:
1T is the will of God. What will be-
will be-
And here admit there is gap in my
story, that at this point of my conduct ap-
pears que stionable. My duty was clearly
to have reused the other servants, sent fol
the police, and given the culprit into Gus
tody; but did nothing of the kind, and
have no recollection of. how got back to
bed; and when | did get there fancy,
what with the terrific heat and intense ex-
element, must either have tainted OF
| fallen into profound sleep. When awOke
the sun had Just topped the horizon, and in
the daylight my course seemed plain
enough. 1 rose, ordered my horse, and al
once rode over to the magistrates. He was
sitting in his veranda talking with several
officers, all my friends, taking his little
breakfast l suppose looked queer, fol
he greeted me with: " Why, Gunner
what's the row? You look as if you hat
seen the devil
DO ~ l replied. We'll, perhaps
haVe.n .......
They all laughed, and began TO chat me
but Lawes, seeing l was serious, took mi
aside, and asked me if anything was tn
matter. told him my story and as l ex
| prcted he smiled aud said:
'' You have had terrible night, and nj
mistake .......
Well, said 1, pulling of shoe AM
sock, and showing my scratched foot, ''wha
do you say to this, aud this% producing
from my pocket the spear head with drie'
blood upon it.
He started on seeing the latter and tax
ing it in his hand remarked, thoughtfully
i 1t must have been with something of thi
kind that the woman was stabbed"
:. At all events, it could not have bee
with that, y said /, g for it was only turne
out of my workshop yesterday"
"Well," said he, you go home don
say anything to the man; and I'll come owe
and breakfast with you at eleven" ....-
waited impaJlentiy enough ior Ia
hour, and had breakfast on the table as
heard the buggy drive into the compound
Lawes,ssat opposite to me, and Hingu
stood as usual behind my chair. Like mos
of his class, though he could not talk Ell
glish, he understood it sufficiently to folloV
the drift of an English conversation
Lawes, who, l noticed purposely spok
slowly and distinctly, began by observin
that the police had clue to the ayah
murder I; that it was said she had had
lover, and that he was the suspecte
man that the police would arrest hiI
during the day, and that at that very mo
ment they were probably searching b
house. As Hingun moved round the tabl
to bring the dish | asked for, noticed b
face certainly paler than usual; aud as b
held me the dish his hand was decided
unsteady. Breakfast over | called to Hin
gun to bring me light for my eheroo
When holding out to me the lighted cotto
it almost fell from his hand. as Lawes sud
denly addressed him; Khitmutgar. no,
came you with that wound on your arm?
Khodo1outd it is nothing; the sahi
knows how it was DONE
Yes" said Lawes, "the sahib says b
did it; but how came you to be in his rooI
in the middle of the night"
g Ghdrib parlod, your. slave was sittin
outside his door-for the night was hot
when, seeing no light in the sahib's room
ran to the house, for said: The dacoi
have come again."
Then who was the woman your masts
saw"
Womanl" he said with start, and
an excited tone; there was no woman
The sahib followed me to my house, an
then discovered that he was asleep.
led him back to his bed, and be never vol
: till long past his usual hour. Woman
} How should sahib see wOman9"
a. Enough" sail Lawes, you can go,
: And then turning to me With smile, 70
see, my dear fellow, it's all as clear as nut
/ you have been doing little somnambl
ism" While he spoke, his head polio
/ man entered, and said quietly that they hs
} searched Hingun's house, and nothir
whatever had been found to ineulpate mI
: Goodbye, Gunner; don't distress you
/ self. Take little blue-pill these b.
: winds are enough 10 upset any ones live
| shall say nothing Of all this, ii you pr
) fer it.
Thank you" said 1. Yes, keep
dark, or / shall be bullied out of my life
2 He drove of, and left me feeling rath
; foolish, and a little obstinate. 1t was &C
talnly more probable that had been wal
: ing in my sleep than that had really SCI
!. ghost; but so wildly was every ,circul
D stance Impressed on my mind that cou
e not eject the scene from memory as a me
2 dream lt haunted me by day, and mig
after night 1 saw 1t 30 unVaryingly 1
: enacted 10 my dreams, not once, but