Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-01-27

seised me. Il esss - ns With 4 sen.
sstion resembling ths G. IN anprcseh =
. furnace. Ny blood s6et hot and ting.
ling iArcugh my bsdy. d 1et the caudl,
on tho floor. ard cooked pistol.
I1nosicea tizaA the puk 1ay in the bed
with her hesd fallen id - her stiff.n.
cd arms eatstretched on Z lsef side. her
eyes half-closed oser cyelE Enll which we're
glazed. The monssef- toui'nsl. devil.
whatever IL wss-ssill kott suinsine NV
child 10 and fro with the fee1laritv of :
pendulnm. j dared ng Aot; though
determined, my hand z - Rcould
not risk the chila's If ED /,
STEP. The animal >, ~ IKE ,
tar,s~s;.s.k..so Jest steSlat 20 ssHsliis:
self more erect. lieeeAed the pistol. no.
meaning to fire. but wishing 10 test nv
hand. l saw the beast turn its ewes 10
the window. Great heaven if it should
leap out with the baby! NV nervous fin
ger unintentioaally touched the trigger.
aud the pistol exploded. The ball went
wide of its mark. l heard the smash Of
glass; then through the smoke perceive
cd the monster lay the child gently down.
aud approach me on all sours. Il came
toward me making hideous grimaces, as
If offended by the noise and smell of pow
der. ! levelled my pistol again, took aim
with all the deliberation / was master of,
and pulled the trigger. A scream like q hu.
man beings followed the report. saw
the besat rise erect, and limp vith won
dereus alacrity toward the window, over
which it swung itself and disappeared.-
| rushed to the window and closed It.
Then, picking up the baby, which lay
crying on the floor, brought it to the ligh.
and examined it. 1t was obviously un.
hurt. called the servant, who stood
terrified in the adjoining room, and han
ded her the child. My wife was soon re-
stored by the application of little cold
water, aud her return to life was has.en-
ed by the servant placing the baby to her
breast.
l then turned my attention to the nurse.
She was still insensible, but the pulsation
at the wrist Showed that she, too, had
only tainted. Whilst I was busily o.
cupied III bathing her forehead and cnaf-
ing her hands. a noisy rapping at the
door brought the servant to me, who ex-
claimed in an almost inaudible voice that
there were crowds of men around the
house. Taking another candle, and bid
ding her attend to the nurse, l went down
stairs. On opening the hall-door l dis
covered that the crowd Of the imaginative
general servant consisted Of three men, @.
whom one was = policeman.
BEG pardin', SIR" said one of them.
"ior disturbin' you this time O. night
but We hee.d you firin', and thought that
1t might ha' been the orang~ortang as was
provokin it. Yesi amt seen him, have
YOU, sir:'
l looked from one to the other in
amusement, whilst the other man remark
ed, 1.-The truth is, sir, perfof,ning mon-
key broke loose from Prim's Caravan
this evening. little after nine, being
maddeaed with more rum and water than
was good for him. We've been looking
for Elm everywhere. Hearing you fire, we
thought you might have seen him and
growed frightened"
"Then," said I, "it is your accursed
orang-outang that has nearly killed my
wife, choked my baby, murdered my
nurse-"
"Where is he Z" asked the men eager.
ly.
"In my back garden :" I shouted
"and for heavens sake get him out of 1t. y
fastened through the passage, the police
man and the two men after me. and,
opening the back door, let them throu gh
In few minutes l heard cries of Here
he is !" "He's dead.." ''No he amt he 5
dying" Wrong again, he's gettin' up y
aud SO forth. In short time the animal
was secured. As the men b~re him
through the passage, they grumbled q
good deal at me for shooting at 81 inof.
fensive creature. l was informed tha,
l had broken its leg, and that it Nigh,
wv S.iSu aitSt tuetu, as tUey uiSap-
peared in the night, that heartily hoped
it would die, for it had nearly murdered
a whole family: to which expression Of
my hopes they responded by series o.
oaths which grew fainter and fainter as
they moved on. -
found the nurse able to talk when
got up stairs. 1t appears that, finding ths
night very warm, she had left the window
wide open, intending to shut it before sae
went to sleep. At about half-past twelve
or thereahouts, she heard noise of scra,n-
bling upon the glass. The conservatory
vas under her window, and she was to-
used to che movements of the cats to mis-
take this heavier shuttle for their tread
Hardly had she heard the noise, when .
hairy monster suddenly leared sheer into
the room, and, standing erect oa its hind
legs. stared At her. She yelled and faint.
ed.
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