Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-08-13

ted A few moments afterwards he
heard the Intruder snore and his terror
gradually began to give way to reflection,
although the affair was quite ineompTe-
hensible to him.
He was just preparing to quit his hid
ing place in order to awake the inmates
of the house, and ask for another bed in
place of the one from which he had been
SO uncerenoniously expelled, when new
incident occurred.
He heard the outer door carefully open
ed and or the threshold stood two h.,ures,
the landlord and his son,
Keep tue lamp back = ,nuttered the
father in suppressed voice.
What have we to fear? said the young
man "we are two against one; besides
he has only small knife with him, snd
is sleeping soundly-hear how he snores. ;"
'Do what tell you" said the father
angrily ''do you wish 10 awake him :?
would you have his cries alarm the neigh
borhood =
The horse dealer was Mortified with the
spectacle lie remained nlotiop!css IN
der the bed hardly daring to breathe. The
son shut the door after him, ana the
wrotches approached the bed on tip
toe.
An instant afterwards the bel was sha-
ken by convulsivc motion !; and stlhed
cry of pain confirmed the foreboding that
the unhsppy man had his throat cut
After short pause of awful silence, the
landlord said
1T is over now look for the mon
ey." :,
Il have found it under the pillow"
said the son; "it is in leataern belt and
a pocket book"
The murdercrs disappeared
Everything being now quiet the trav-
cler crept from under the bed, jumped
out the window, fastened 70 the aljoin-
ing town TO inform the authorities of
what had happened.
The Mayor Immediately assembled the
military, and in less than three quarters
Of an hour the inn was surrounded b.
soldiers who had been summoned TO ar
rest the murderers.
The whole house seemed buried in
profound silence. but on approaching the
stables they heard noise The door
was Immediately broken in, and the land
lord and his son were seen digging .
! Pit.
As soon as the murd rcrs saw the horse
/ dealer, they uttered cry Of horror, cov-
cred their faces with their hands, and fell
upon the ground This was neither
! from rcrentcnce nor the fear Of punish
mant, but they thought :hey saw before
them the ghost Of the murdered man
notwithstanding they heard HIM speak
/ There was some trouble in convincing
them to the contrary.
They were then bound and led to the
ont house where the horrible deed had
committed, anxious to soc how the enig-
ma would be solved.
/ The prisoners appeared tolerably collsc-
] ted, at least calm and sullen but when
on entering room, they perceived the body
which was lying on the bed, the son fell
senseless to the earth and the father
threw himself upon the bloody corpse,
with loud lamentations, and exclaimed
dcsparlngly:
am thy murderer y
The murdered man was, in fact, the
Youngest son Of the host Drunkenness
was the only fault the young man had
and this night, instead of being, as his
father aud brother supposed, in his bed,
he had gone out secretly, and been ca
rousing, with SOM Of his companions NJ
the ale L0use.
1 Soon becoming sufficiently incbriatcd,
and fearing his ftthcr's ang if he ap-
pcared before him in that state. he intcn-
ded to pass the night in the detached out
house, rs lie had often done before his
companions accompanied him thithcr, anc
helped him to climb up to the window
Ike rest requires no further czllana-
ton
Nor do We need 70 add that the mur-
derers, expiated their lives; aGd til" horse
dealer, although saved, and again. IN pos
session Of his plundered property, st!
SAudiers at the recollection Of the dreadful
night.