Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-09-28
A PAGE OF ROMANCE.
Noble Deedsi And Thrilling scenesi
LOVES CoNsTANCY.

from The thrilling romance alluded to:-
and lie iell liieless corpse at the feet of
the noble hearted highwayman.
With wild yell of triumphant vengeance,
our hero spurned the body with his foot
$50 perish all hated iivalsr' he murmured.
Then, wiping his CORY dagger on the win
dow curtains, he fled from that abode OF
crime and splendor:: =
The Hue and Cry were instantly given
Every moment the Hue grew deeper and
the Cry londer.
Thus perisled the last oil his pursuers.
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"Now for the delights of tender affection, .
murmured Bill softly, as he sheathed his
weapon,
The lady Enneiietln. daughter of the
proud Earl of Whitechapel impatiently
waited in her lonely bower The coming of the
adored one.
Words cannot picture her loveliuess nor
does space allow it.
Suddenly she heard pane of glass smash.
She sprang up from her sumptuous fauteul.
In moment she was neatly folded in the
embrace OF Bill.
dearest, what fresh pers has thou un-
derwent?" she asked
"Many, sweetest Ennelietta,' he replied;
yesterday, highway robbery and assault;
last night, burglary and violence; since
dawn, l have slam delested rival, and
murdered an old woman, in cold blood"
MY own brave one,h she murmured,
gluing her ambrosial lips to the Grape mask
that concealed his felonious features.
"But care not what undergo" he con-
tinued, "ior your sake. If l cannot prove
my noble birth, will at least achieve deeds
worthy of a coronet-or gallows
"Harkl" suddenly exclaimed Enneiietla.
Footsteps on the stairs.
| Nearer-nearer-nea
'rhc door burst open-twelve policemen
entered.
'Surrender, miscrcant"
''Neverl' cried Bill; "del"
And they did-three of them--at one shot
| from his unerling pistol.
In moment Bill leaped on the window
sill.
Alasl no escape that way. Below were
body of soldiers with fixed bayonets
Billmounted the roof with mighty bound.
Here he was out of reach but not safe yet,
A chimney pot only stood between him
and eternity.
One foot planted on it, alone supported
him.
"Elpl 'elpl' shiieked Lady Eunerietta.
At that moment Bill felt his foot seized.
They were climbing up the chimney in-
side.
How could lie escape9
Slipping his foot out of his iack-boot he
shut his eyes and sprang into dizzy space.
Down, down he tell, $50 feet, turning over
three times.
Providence, however, destined that he
should alight in water-bnttl
"Dearest, am saieln he shouted.
"Hol thank 'Evvnsr exclaimed the Lady
Ennelietta; and, overcome with emotion,
she fell forward on the windowsill.
The next moment, heavy tile falling
from the roof on her lovely head revived
her.
A strong grasp seized Bill, and drew hnu
bodily out of the water-butt
The darkness was intense, hut yet he
could perceive stranger of tall demeanoT,
shrouded in black mask, that concealed
lis whole person.
"Come," whispered the latter, "you are
saie."
"Who. ART thOuYh
mo matterl follow mel"
And they glided ten miles IN silence.
"Whither leadest thou me2' asked Bill.
The stranger answered, sepulchraily, ''To
the lonely churchyard by the haunted
grange"
A wild, weird spot 1t was, reader, when
the siekly NOON cast her bilious beams on
eliIteling graves, and the moaning OF the
winds was visible in the darknessl
"Now, for the secret of your birth, " said
the stranger, seating himself on tombstone.
proceed, am all attention."
"Listen, then. 1t is just a hundred and
seventy-fye years ago and on just such n
ghastlY, blOod-curdiing night as this-that
i
TThe rest was inaudible, even to the eager
"And is this irueG" asked Bill, pale with
horror.
at arel" a.,
"And thou, my henelaOtor-w art thou9'
The weird one answered not, but, with
wild laugh, flung aside his disguise
A ghastly skeleton, in wide-lwake ana
speetacles, was revealed
Bill felt his blood CONCEAL all over him ant
When he reeained his consciousness, Bill
, found himsclf-oh, hOrrorl-in grocer
shop.
, Beside him stood the portly John Higgins
i "Who brought me herePn gasped our hero
:. "I aid. y REPLIED Higgins, "and mean t.
make YOU stick behind the counter till you
, indentures are out III teach you TO rul
away and turn highwayman, all through
4 reading them publishing penny novels. A
a ! 10 lhe Lady Ennerietta,' it's all in my ey
q she's only the 'ousemaid, wot's been q
gammoniug you. Oil I've watched you
v little game all along"
y UYou we're, then, the" gOsped Bill
q "Hal hal'' laughed the corpulent on'
! sthat was dodge. Yes-the mysteliou
i stranger was me-disguised as a skeletonl
N Bill sprang to his feet; he meant murde
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4 The RAILROAD FIEND.-The Grand Jur
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