Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-20


rom # calling sts il ny ~ yiandlprd YI'oosd
mot bring myself to speak to him Of |
what had fpassedsh tfknowidg how |
nearly. he's himself might9bs involved
in tie mystsry.4lI sWasIanliy,i anxious ali
70 escape q9ietlg possible trnmHl''
lie room and Tfrom: the house. The
candle was how Beginning to flicker
in It's socket, but the stars were shi-
|, ilng0 g0ontside p and tthereiawas space
ahdairr to breathetltere, whichIseehed
$. be wanting in my room; so Fhas4
| tdly openea6t6e window,ftied theI bed
clothes together for a roper and low
cred myself safely and silently TO
| the ground. i,, "a .8aotjJg sses.l
| There was arlight still lburnlllnIlgsIin
the lower; part Of the hoHse ''ys. StFPHt5J5-
erept noiselessly along. feeling lla g. ny my
way carefully among the trets;S and d1l! !,
| IN due time came fuponLa a beaten track.
which LED me toar5ad,, thesame which
I.had been travelling on the previous
uight. walked on, scarcely know
ing whittier, anxious only to increase
nv lis lliastaance from the saccursed hopfsfeg Iff
until The day began to break, when
almost the first thing I codld3see dis
rlnctly was a small ibodybof men ap,
preaching me. It was with no small
| IIpteasure that j, lreoognizede atthelr
| .headimy friend the Gapo diaRoliziaa
|.aAhla be cried "anfartunste IIngleesf
what trouble you have glvenfme !
1 Where have you been, God BE-
praised that see you safe and sound
Bat how ?.a1What isthe matter with !,
yJ1u5a yu5a 9nl 5Yeat4ook2 like 'one' possessed:
4 sEtold him how I had lost my way,
/ ,.nd-whsrs J. had lodged. E9o's M
| ~ And what .lhxppeued .tora5oul
there Y1 he eHed, With q Jock Of 'apx7'
l;letY. u ga.I Na5 -G1iDd il5X1.;
81 was disturbed in. in ,thsipight. 5 I
could not sleep. I made my escape
and here Lam Lam J. 7 i!.s cannot tell you
more" ..l.s;sa9.lsIs -. IT,. I'd {;
You must tell me more, dear Sir
forgive n.mustrteIle eme4Apary=
Ethng: p mustf know ali sghat passed
FIJI tRaeshoase.. We have had it under
! our surveillance for adohg tialelEand
when.I heard in what direction you
had gone yesterday, and had not re-
,rufned,, T feared you had got into
ONE mischief there, and we were
even now upon our way to look for
you" =.
I could not enter into particulars I
but fftold rhim.I hads heerais istfangs
sounds, and at his.request I went back
with him tei the spot. He tod me
by the way that the house was known
/ % be the resortlo banditti; that the
landlord harbored them,' received
1 their ill-gotten goods, dnd iheiped
them to dispose of their bootg. { ,an
Arrived at the spot, he placed his
men about the premises and.institu.
| ted strict search, the landlord and
the manJwho was foundiin the'hohse
being compelled to accompany him.
The room IN which d'had slept was
carefully examined the floor was of
i plaster or cement, SO that no sound
could have passed through it; the
walls were sound and solid, and there
was nothing to be seen that could in
any way account for the strange dis
tur bance l had experienced. The
room on the ground floor underneath
my bedro m was next inspected {; it
contained quantity Of straw, hay,
6rewood and lumber. 1t was paved
with brick, and'on turning over the
straw which was heaped together in
a corner, it was discovered that the
bricks were uneven, as if they had
oeen recently disturbed. ::
"Dig her." said the officer. We
shall find something hidden here, [
Imagrur.
The landlord was evidently much
disturbed. Stop" be cried. Il
will tell you what lies buried there ;
come away out-ot doors, and you
shall know all about it.
! - Dig, d-say. Wetshal find out
for ourselves.
Let the dead rest, cried tie
landlord, with trembling voice.
For tic love Of heaven coiue away,
and hear whutI ,ll;al tell you.
"Go on with your work, said
the Sergeant to his u.en, who were
now PLYING pickaxe and spade:
81 can't STAY here and see it, feX=
claimed the landlord once more.
Hear then 1t is the body Of my
son, my only. son-let INN resi- II
rest lle Cali. He Was wounded IN
quarrel, and brought home TO die. |
/. Thought he would recover, but there
was neither. doctor nor priest at hand,
md in spite OF all that we could do
for him he died. L thin alone how,
or let priest be first SEN Tor; he
died unconfessed, but it. wassnos my
tanlt; it may not ye, be toolale to
make peace for him.
.: But Why is he buried in this
placer"
Eve did not wish to make a stir
about it. Nobody knew Of his death.
and we laid him down quetly;; one
place was as. good as another when
once the life Was out OF him, !
thought. We are poor folk, and could
not pay ior ceremonies"
The truth at length came out.
Father and son were both members
of a band OF thieves; under floor
they concealed their T1under, and
there, too, lay more than one. mouI-
dering corpse, victims Tho had occu.
pied the room in which Islepti and
had there met their death. This! SON
'was, indeed, buried in that spot he
had been mortally wounded in
:klrmish with travellers, and had iiv-