Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-04-30
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Sketches of, his own Tunes" there is an
authentic account of one of the moss re-
markable oecuEspstswf fesYeFpst Yi,h
A Mrs. O'Flaherty and a Mr.. Lane9dG
ptiv,ite tutopto her Son, ,'were bfrested
fur ths.n1urierofh@ husbandbypoison.
7alslatly betrayed her aecomplice and
hed,, and Lanegan was tried, convicted,
aad sentenced to be hanged and quarters
sd at Dublin, which sentence was car
ried' into execution. Ands now comes
tbs. story sf,ss....., .4.g
A Templar and a friend.of mine, MIR.
DaviA8.auder, Il fat, good humored, SUI
,crstilious youhg fellow, was srtting an
his lodgings (Devereaux court, LondOn.)
one evoning attwiligbt. / waswith him
and we were agfeeably emplbSed in
eating strawberries and drinking ma
deira. While chatting away in . cheer
full mood and laughing loudly at some
remark made by one of us, my back be-
ing toward the door, | perceived my
friends color suddenly change; his eyes
seemed fixed aud ready to start out OF
his head; his lips qiivered cUnvulsiyely5
his teeth chattered; large droops OF pres
piration flowed down his forehead, and
his hair stood nearly erect. 's3 ~
AS SAW nothing calculated TO excite
these emotions, naturally conceived
my friend was seized with f..
rose to assist him. He did not regard
niy movements inthe least, but seizing
a knife which lay ON the table, with the
gait.ofa paljied man retrested backward,
hfseyes still fixed on distant part Of
the room, Where he stood ishivering and
attempting TO pray : but not At the mo-
ment recollecting any prayer, he began
to repeat his catschisnI, thinking it the
next best thing he could do, as, "Whst
is your name? David Lauder! Who
gave you that name? My godfathers
,ant my godmothers, in my baptism Y"
DC.
/ instantly concluded the man was
mad; and turning about to go for some
assistance, was myself not little sur
prised Ut the sight Of II tall rough-look-
Ing parsonage, many days unwashed, In
n very shabby black dress, and altogeth-
,er of the mnst uncouth appearance. The
stranger and ! stood for a moment, OPP
positc each other, staring and dmotionless.
At length lie broke silence, and address
Ing my friend, said, in low, croaking
voice" Don't be frightened, MIR. Lau-
der. Sure'' us nc that's here!" !" pi...a
a When Davy heard the voice he fell
upon his knees, and subsequently fiat
on his face, in which position he lay mo-
tionlcss. The specter, as now began
to iinagilelit was stalked toward the
door, and | was in hopes lie intended Ia
makehisc scxit thereby; instead OF which,
however, having deliberately shut and
bolted it, he sat himself down In the
chair bad previously occupied, with a
countenance nearly as full of horror ns
that of Davy Lauder himself
j was now totally hewilderel and
ecarcc knowing what to do, was about Ia
throw q Jug of water over my frehd Ia
revive him if possible, when the strang-
er, in his croaking voice, cried
'For the love OF God, give ihs somo Of
that, for | am perishing." ri
l hcsitated, but at length l did So
He took theJugand drank sllpoIerately
Ny friend Davy nov vent,tred 70 hook
up little, and perceiying tbatI was be
coming familiar with the ggoblins gI.is
courage somewhat reviyed, allhouglhhis
speech was still confused. He staniper
ed, rose upon his knees, held nH hi.
hands ~ il IN supplieation, and gnzed ri
the figure for some time; but at last
made up mis- mind that il was tangible
aud mortal. The effect Of this decision
on the face OF Davy was rs ludicrous as
Z the fright had been. He seemed quite
aShanrsd of his former terror and AZ.
fcctedto be stout Us II lion, though it was
visible that he WIS not at his ease. lie
now roarel out in the broad, cursing
Kerry dialect why, then, blood and
thunder, Is That you, l.anegnn 70 $40,
An, sir, speak low" said the wretch
ell being, la si,,,
How the DEVIL" resumed Dayy,, ulN
You get your lour quarters stitched To-
gethei ngalnr alter Inc Ihhgmgn eui
tiiem Off you at f5tephens Green HP@ii
An! gentlemen, y exclaimed the poor
cuprtt, speak low. Have mercy upon
me, Master Dhvyi you Know was
taught your Latin am Starving lo
death I" ssL,
You shali not ~" In thaO way, you
vlllalnous SCHOOL master is3Iu l!aVy
pushing toward him q oa! OF bread anl
a bottle OF wine, that stood on tie table
but standing aioot hlnlseifp as thougl
not quito decIied rs, 70 the nature ot the
intruder.
The miserable creature having eater
the bread with .ayidity, ana drunk two
or three glasses oi VINE, lne lanip ol llie
once more seeIned 70 blfghtcn up Aftel
pause no cOnmuhicAttu every crrctiin
STANCE relatlngio hia sudden appearance
before US. Hecbnicssed having bongh
the arsenic nj the desires ms Mrs: 0'tla
herty, and that lie wus aware OF the ap
plicaslon OF u, BIT solemnly .protcsteo
thatit was Sha VINO seuuced nun. Z III
then proeseled to inIorm Us That .afte
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