Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08
flirting with her. which, of course, one was bound


to do little; and as she EFFICIENTLY disliked aud
feared him, and was glad to talk to me, in order
to AVOID him, daresay there PAS little apparent
cause for his jealousy. Besides which, the pres
ence of stranger no doubt interfsrred with hii
designs upon Mr.. Bantyen's purse.
'My leave was drawing to close, however, and
as intended to spend the last week Of it in Lon
don, the time came for me to- quit Deadmoor; and
on the last night, an extraordinary thing happen
1T was wet and chilly night, and with that
anxiety to make me comfortable which had actua.
ted the Bantyens during my stay, fire had been
lighted in my bedroom The first fire of the sea.
son is always pleasant, and sat up later than usual
to enjoy it. I wrote several letters, and then,
wheeling my chair round to the hearth, I stirred
up the Goals, left the poker bstween the bars, Lit
cigar, took up q book, and made myself happy.
II was sitting with my back to that part Of the
room where the bed was, and consequently facing
the queer old mirror told you Of, which was sci
aslant at the other end. At about one o'clock one
of my candles began to splutter in its socket and
looking up in consequence from my book, saw
reflected in the mirror the figure Of the Jesuit.
have no more faith in spirits than Sadducee yet
yet was horribly frightened; so much so that
was very nearly starting up. Fortunately, howev'
er, kept my presence of mind, and neither did
that nor stare at the glass; but put out the flick
ering candle, brought the other nearer to me,
leaned back on my large arm chair, and had anoth'
er supersttious look at the mirror over the top Of
my book. It was no fancy. There, close to the
bed, not three yards behind me, stood the figure,
in souching cavalier hat, and wrapped in RI
ding cloak, with buff boots and spurs, mask or
his face, and a pistol in his hand.
"Why the mask? Twas reassured in moment;
it was burglar acting the ghost to frighten the
household into non resistance-not the spiritua
Father himself The poker, which had been left
left between the bars of the CRATE, was now red
hot; grasped the handle, and began stirring the
fire, at the same time whistling a tune. Then
drew a common chair towards me with my foot
as if meditating putting my legs upon it, until ]
could get hold of the back with my left hand.
"These little preparations completed, I sudden
ly Jumped up and turned round, with the chan
held before me as shield, and the red-hot poker
in my right hand.
Now, my ghostly friend" said l, Just DROP
that pistol"
sInstead Of complying with this reasonable re-
quest, he cooked and levelled it at my head.
''I instinctively raised my chair, and thrust the
hot iron at him. touching him on the left cheek
at the moment the pistol exploded
81 supposed he escaped through sliding pane
or trap-door; know that I went over backwards
chair and all. The bullet had gone through the
seat, and then grazed my temple, not doing any
serious damage, but stunning me for minute Of
so; so that when the household, alarmed by the
report of the pistol, arrived, they found me and
the chair lying all Of heap, and the poker burn
ing quite hole in the floor.
"Nlr. Bantyen and his daughter were excessive
ly distressed; and the house was searched, and (
deal of fuss made-the most energetic member O.
the household being Raymond Fletcher, who die
not put in an appearance, but whose voice wa!
heard at the front door, intimating that he wa
going for the police. As he would have gooe
fifteen mile ride through the rain and over darl
moor before there was chance of his meeting witt
any member Of the force, this readiness inspired
me with a suspicion, which is now turned int
certainty. Raymond Fletcher lost his head thii
morning, and I burned the left cheek Of it thai
night with the poker.
"And did you leave Deadmoor Tower on th'
following morning?"
"Yes, indeed; I was glad enough to get away
hate a fuss.
"And what has become of the Bantyens2'
II have not the remotest idea. We went abroad
IL III oboy,f fhorn fill th
morning"
1T was queer adventure
"Was it not2 Well, suppose we must 90 ant
do the picture gallery. Shall we dine at the tab'
dhote to-day?"-Chan,ber's Journal
DEFRAUDINa INSTRUMENTATION Saturda!
last information reached Henry Porter, Esq, u
States Commissioner, that lot Of liquor was Sc
creted near Raleigh, by some unknown person
and that an attempt would probably be made tt
smuggle the same into the city. Whereupon h
Issued warrant to Deputy Marshal j. S. Bryant
to make search for, and seized the same If found
Immediately upon receiving the warrant, this ofi
Ger proceeded one mile and half on the Avent'
Ferry road and found that the barrels had beer
stored in an OUT house on the unoccupied premise
s. H. Young The officer then learned that tn
Liquor had just been sold to Charles Beasley, o
Raleigh, and removed. He proceeded at once tt
Beasley's house and found the liquor still on tn
dray opposite his house. Beasley claimed that HI
: had purchased it from an unknown person for tn
sum of $3.50. Marshal Bryant seized the five bar
reis, and stored them in building on Wilmington
street. On Monday morning it was found that ont
of the barrels had been leaking considerably
though there was no smell of liquor in the room
This excited the curiosity of Mr.. Bryant and up
on examination, it was found that hollow tube
holding between pint and quart, had been fllet
with liquor and placed in each Of the barrels will
the open end Immediately opposite the bung hole
and that the barrels had then been filled with waite
i'm short that the five barrels contained only fv
quarts Of liquor.
The perpetrator of this swindle Is unknown, ant
has not been arrested. He is described, upon tn
information of those who saw him, as man abou
% years of age, FIVE feet ten inches high, ligh
hair and whiskers, and wore goatee, and iron
teeth very wide apart He gave various names II
different persons with whom he conversed.
THIRTY CENTURIES OLD.-The oldest relic o
humanity extaut is the skeleton Of the earliest Pha
raoh, incased in its original burial robes and won
dercnlly perfect considering its age, which was de
posted eighteen or twenty months ago in tn
British Museum and is justly considered the mos
valuable of its archaeological treasures. The lid 0
5 the coffin which contained the royal mummy wa
inscribed with the name of its occupant, Pharaol