Litchfield enquirer., 1869-03-04

of a Derby row. and in many other situa-) tions calculated to stir the temper and set the tongue wagging freely. but his voice had never been raised or hurried.
 My good mar" he drawled on the Der, by occasion, eff you do not get out of my way, and keep quiet, must hit you;'' and presently he did so. efectually, but quite coolly. ..as |. -sls -, IF 2 So that had come to look upon him as a well-dressed red Indian or dandy stoic, and half doubted at the moment whether the cry of surprise could possibly have come out of his mouth. One glance at his leaning forward and gazing at the scaffold with parted lips and straining eyes. s.t4
 "Lend me your glass, he cried: and af- ter looking through the binocular min- ute: s'Yes, it is the man himself; no doubt about that. But there is one thing I want to make out, and can't. Here; your eyes are better than mine; take the glass and examine his face; it is turned this way now. We'll, do you see any mark upon it?'' 's l-fe4ss s.. -.s.,tfs.lf eff fa lts s-
 stNo. Yes, I do; thereis broad scar on his cheek"
 s'Which cheeky cried Seymour, grasp ing my arm so hard that he hurt me.
 s'sThe left" replied. .safec-sa .,4
 s'Then, by heavens, I have guessed right!' exclaimed Seymour drawing long breath. -'5 '- '7' '.--1
 - At another time. curiosity would have dictated 8 question, but at that moment the headsman began to blind the eyes of his victim, and by strange revulsion of feeling, I could not now help watching him. sa}-.@.s.5 '5f -5st. y..E i :
 The business was neatly done: one sweep of the large sword, and the plotting brain was separated from the bad, cruel heart; the Gfe-stream spurted up in one thick jet to the height of several feet and all was over.
 We walked to the hotel, which was close by; and after a bath and change, found that the scene had witnessed had made less impression upon me than anticipa- ted, and I was quite ready for good breakfast @ lH. as.! .,s 5 E When the meal was over, and we were lolling in chairs in the pleasant court yard, I remarked on the singularity of Seymour's landing on that particular morning in time to assist at the decapitation of an old ac- quaintance. st' ga =,vr .s.t' e..f sg-r
 s'Yes." he replied, in his ordinary tone now, .most extraordinary thing that ever occurred; the beggar had try at my life once, and I gave him that scar. I was cer- tain it could not be ghost, because, if there were ghosts, don't believe they can fire pistols"
 ''No; in Yorkshire, or Lancashire; I'm ',r. rt0ne August; soma mohtns ylsa 1sava of absehss, ass faHaalFSb aHa gas two @oasa shooting. Not knowing any one Tn Scot- land to sponge upon 'a at that mo
 nant T looked over the advertisements ID RaH and pitched npon one inserted Dy Mr Rantven. who intimated that ne was
 readv to provide board, lodging, ano gronse shooting for a certain sum-rathel
 2 hioh one-but was flush of money 9 the lime. and did not mind that-on on'
 of the Yorkshire moors. s.ra. d.,
 ..T wrote agreeing to his terms, on tn'
 so,a condition that the game proved 10 D' as nlentiful as he represented; ana IGcols ed directions how to find Deadmoor rowe by return of post. ..s --sf's.l.' x. 7, [, .srhe nearest place of any importanc , .. Hal;fax. and that was thirty miles on , sn slent there, and started oil early Q
 tha folloving morning in gig, driven l, l tha onlv man the people of the hotel coui q d;scovar who had the slightest idea where l ahonts Deadmoor lay. He got on yer j. ,yell while what they called roads iastee j. Int when we were well on the moors, al j. had onlv tracks, which generally led to O l. nnarries. or places where turf had been u' l. n follow. he was naturally rather puzzle It Tn fact. we only got on at all by asking o ' way at every opportunity, and as we rare met any one to ask, our progres was So1t l roma Fortunately, the horse, very ae c;ent in speed, was wonderful stayer a' ~t we did reach the place we were looking r.. before sunset.
 ;n .srha neople who first called that tract o- ,ntrv Deadmoor, had very far ldea Is- nroner names, for a filter place for d. t;onal cemetery never saw. Oi course ne moorland is wild and desOlate; put Il nd aenerallv broken up into steep hills; an nd S;Il somehow, is always company, pro- by s;no something new on the other side,
 thonoh the two sides sometimes prove ple he very much alike, when you get to ase ion there is generally a good distant v ery from it: and at any rate you have tne D sa ae- faction of having got there. but De ery moor was mostly table land, and the uh the lation were too gradual to please the Ter; Deadmoor Tower just suited Deadhi sity By Jovel sir, it was a real tower, 3 reg all oid fashioned roundabout place, Wltn lere thick enough to make Armstrongs me tive vater: windows like loop holes; ana be- lleaden roof, with battlements round It. 77o ] ssTha proprietor of this medieval seel vas d couple of centuries or so III adv mp lof it. certainly: but still he was very our. [fashioned. He met me at the gate ID hu- most courtly manner; indeed, | took ous, at first for . sort of heraldic butler, need very nearly addressed him with: " ns 2 , be- lsaneshal-, But, fortunately, he lntfoo xNal himself as Mir. Bantyen before na0 T II 10 say it. .sfsIll OF e7sa s7 lzt,. . ais ssHa showed me up to my room nm ,icks was extremely anxious to mako me lld al fortable. and apologized for everytnllnLl n theyi aHe was portly old gentleman, .aIars orav hair, prominent eyes, ana rasher ,..ir 1niecided expression of counsenanee nas 2 Sa s,~ss dressed like one of Seymour,s 1 anu co+nras. in q short waisted coat-na aN :ns cnt very high in the collar--a table g ts rollad round his neck for tle, epansa ln Aas ~ .swhen | was left alone, l inspecte tuIn, ms room the furniture of which would ses m . curiosity shop. It was pa X. tn with oak; and the heavy hign Dacke1 !, l, an k. q; tha table. the tall wardrobe. were all Oi. s'l,ns n.s sa,,,a % 1ark material. There was 'nD,Iu uaoH5a mirror. composed of three pieces as aalant at the further end of the room v,atch : h torefect in it in adistorted fashion scene l pair of dneling swords were crosse