Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-03-11

gan dressing. The folly of the proceed
log caused nc 20 stop.
.Psbaw,' 7 muttered: why should l. ex>
aegerate the danger:'
Twas about 10 throw myself on the bed
when fhe strange tossed restlessly, and
then spoke. Had a ihundei bolt entered
the room, il could not had as much effect
upon me as has words.
Fools, he mut,ered. 5ca'ch me, indeed?
So Description Murdered
. George Herbert. Well what il 4
dil3 Life. life. life, o Heaven, He
turned over with grosn, and .fter muir
nuring indistinclly. relapsed into silence
The blood rushed tony brain and stiaed
me-
Gracious Heaven, the murderer lay be-
fore me. re. t:-s
was alone, at midnight with q c-imi-
nal, who was escaping.
Unarmed. what should do?
Quickly and siienrlyI approached the
chair on which he had thrown his coat.
Yes; as | suspected, found pistol.
was armed now, end did not fear him.
/ would descend. arouse ;he landlord,
tell him sl: The assassin would be capiur'd
and George avenged. = :
Yet to reach the door / must rass his
cot. What If he should wake? Even
while mursIuring those words l heard
movement from his bed. Instantly shrank
back to my cot.
The man rose steslihiiy. Would hemur>
der me? Had he seen me take the pistol?
If So. there MAS but one couise. =
GraspiHg the W; spon, watched his ac>
tons.
He dressed partially. sud, advancing 10
the centre of the re IN, psussd and listen
ed I bresihed with ahe regularity of
sleeper. He srpca-cd satisfied and moYe
ed the door.
His intention flashed across my mind.
He was about to murder Mrs. Herbert.
Tie opened the door and passed out, clo
sing it after him. j crept from the cot.
and had almost reached the door when q
sound chilled ne.
lie had locked the door.
There was not moment to b, lost This
was no place for me. To leap from the
ground might be fatal. ,r-
] made ,cpe of the sheets, and let my
self down.
The window of the room beneath wa.
open. and the room bright with moonlight,
l looked in. Lying on the floor was the
body of a man; il was the drunk driver, an
empty bottle and the mailbag lying by his
side.
| climbed in and glidcd toward the half.
open door which led 10 the entry, but had
scarcely crossed the room when | heard
the breathing of some sne approaching.
shrsnk into the shadow, clutching the
pistol, and behcld. the stranger enter.
He advanced 10 the driver laughing
ssfily. and seemed TO assure himself tha,
the man slept. An instant afterward be
neld someti ing up in the moonlight.
Ii was key - rrnis y
Rapidly he opened the bag, picked out
letter after letter: at last he came 10 one
which he tore open. There Was money in
1t Suddenly lie paused, aud approached
the door in the shadow of which was hid
and closed it. -~
The moonlight fell upon me, and he re-
ccilcd. raised the pistol and POINTED it at
him.
You are NY prisoner ssid I.
He drew A knife
III kill you he Missed.
May God forgive yeu,' said, for your
last nome ct has come
The pistol did not FIRE, and the man
laughed-a >. =,
Fool! you've taken ny pistol; receive
your reward. ~ rer
The knife glitiered wickedly in the
moonlight as be crcpt toward me. un>
consciously put one hand behind me; il
touched the beli>rope, and with superhu-
man strength pulled it,. The bell in the
cupola pealed forth wildly.
The man seemed psraly yzed.
Murderer of George Herbert, hear your
death knell.'
Clang, claHg went the bell. o.
Speechiess lie gIared at ne like hunts
ed tiger eF
Clang, clang. clang.
Clang, lang, clang.
Clang. clsng, clsng.
Without word, with his knife he came
al me .r.--, - d.
j caught the weapon as ii descended,
= y>fl l,stfa ~ l.. al. cfr for
life. He was the stronger but l seemed
TO be endowed With more than my natural
strength.
Help. help called
heard footsteps. rr
Help, help
l clung to him with with desperate tc-
pacity, but my strength WITS giving way
and | had no time 10 refer 10 MY pocket,
flask
lie wiz Kill, me, before they como,
ih ought.
Milh rapid movement lie caught rne
in his arms and bore me To the floor No
sound MAS heard, but as looked INTO his
ewes, and sa his lips wriihing into devs
lish smile, felt that my last moment had
come. Nv srrpush departed-ny brain,
reeled Il beheld the knife raised-whon
The report o. u pistol shook the room, and
my opponent relaxed his hold and ieil 10
the fsor.
Iturne,, and saw the driver who had
driven the hearsc which contained the
body OF George Herbert, with pistol In
his hand.
2 To MY excited imagination, he seemed
] ike Death the Avenger. -.
~ the same time the door opened, sud
The landlord fsllowed b, the people OF the
household. entered with tights.
What is this?' he cried, beholding the
body. f. .......
the murderer of George Herbert.
/. Mrs Herbert stood within the door. She
advanced slowly into the apartment and
asked:
is he dead?' nfrf s.sase assn ~
The man raised himself with violent
effort, his fast glazing eyes eDdcayered TO
fix upon tie wife of his victim, his c'ench>
eel hand went up in agorizing entreaiy,
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