The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-07-18


Abou, forty years ago, In the western par, d
New York, lived lonely widowed mother. lleI
husband had bern dead many years and her only
daughter wa grown and married, living NJ the
distance o' mile or tive rom thr family man
sion.
And thus. the old lady lived alone day and
night. Yet in her conscious innocence and trust
IN Providence, she felt safe and cheerful did her
work quickly during the daylight and At even
tide slept s~r'lly.
One morning. however she awake with Hn eN-
iraordinar, aud unwOnisd gloom upun her mind,
which VAS Impressed with the apprehension ,ha'
something strange was ahou, 10 nHpIrn 10 hei
or hers. SO full was she Of this ihoughi that shr
could not stay at home that day but must 20
abroad to give vent to II, unbosoming herself TO
her friends, especially TO her daughter. With
her she spent the greater part Of the day, and to
her several times repeated the recital Of her ap.
prehensiOns The daughter rs often repeated the
assurance that her good mother had never done
injury TO any person. and added i cannot think
any one would hur, you, for YOU have not N
enemy Ia the world
TN her way home she callcl ou y u-i OF
who lived in the las, house before she Frnched
her own Here she again made known her con.
tinued apprcicnsiUns, which had nearly ripched
into fear, ard from the lady oi the mansion she
received answers similar 10 those o; her daugh-
ter. You have harmed no one IN your lifetime,
surely no Unc will molesi YOU. Here, Rover said
she TO n stout Watchdog ths, lav un the floor,
here Rover gu hone with Mrs Mozhcr. and
take care oi her Rover did as be WAS told The
widow went home. MIXED her co~s tuuk care
OF every ihng cut OF duurs aud went 90 tad as
usual. Eoyrr hsI not lett her ;ut an Instant
When shr was iaifl, ~ b,d. Le laid him.-l; '!own
upon the outside. AL lie widow rrlUd upon
iis fidelity, tuI perhaps 'hiding hctsei iuf ueed
less fear, .hr tell asrrI, Sntus time iu ~. night
ni. l.. a.. A. .feN.f
noise outside th' huu." l. WAS so.iigh'. husever.
that she ~, net sWat ,i te,ng sinfii.i ~ nll,
hut heard. -unr ~ sin awohc. SQUAD like
the raising of a Winius urtr her h'si hi;h wits
in a room on the ground floor
The dog neither hirkcd ui mn,"! Nv, there
was another sound. a, II some uhr was IN the
room and stepped cautiously on the floor. The
woman saw nothing. hIi now. iur the hrst time,
felt the dog move. ~ he made "a violent spring
from the lad, aud ~ the moment something
fell On the floor. sounding like heavy log. Then
followed other uui.es ike the paving ~ u dog 8
feet but soon all ~Ns still again, sni the dog
resumed his place on the i't Wi'h"ui having
barkcd or gf"wcd AT all
This time the WidOw did no, 10 ip sleep i'm
medialely. but lay awake, Suffering. yet not
decming IL test 10 get up Tut u, last she dropped
asleep. AMI when she awOke the SUI was suining
She hastily ,irplcd Gu; u bed aud ,h''r lay the
body of tnan. extended OH The floor dead with
a large kuifr in his hand. which wrs even now
extended
The dog had iEei him bt the throa' with a
grasp of death. Hui neither man nor dog could
utter "A sound iill all WAS over. The man was the
widows son-in-law. the husband OF her only
daughter lie coveted her little store ~ wealth.
her house, her cattle and her land aud i,s,igated
by his sOrdid impaicnce. he could no, wait for
the decay ~ nature TO give her property up To
him aud bis, rs the only heirs apparent, bot
made this sicalihy visit To DO deed Of darkness
in the gloom Of the night. fearful r,,ribuion
awaited him. The widow sapprehensions. COM
municaied 10 he mind, and impressed upon her
nerves by wha. unseen power we know not, the
sympathy of the woman who loaned the dog,
aud the silent but certain watch % the dog him
self formed a chain OF events which brought the
murderer Mood upon his own head, and which
are difficult 20 Lc explained without reference TO
that Providence which numberS,hc hats. - nur
head watches tie sparrow fall. anl sh1rrs
our cpi. rough hew ;hcin rs We will