National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-05-30

But the servants. ] conveyed to
Arthur, as coherently as could, the
events OF the afternoon, and my con-
viction that nothing short OF murder had
been committed. In less than Ave
minutes he was of, with some OF the
others, to the cottage, where the awful
they entered.
In the passage from the kitchen to
the entrance hall lay the dead body Of
our unfortunate cook. A blow from
some heavy weapon had actually smash
cd in the back of tho hoad, and hfe was
quite extinct; our other servant was
found in an insensible state ; but, after
some time, recovered sufficiently to be
able to give the particulars of the at-
tack, and a description Of their assailant,
who proved 10 be no other than the
monster who had glared in upon me
that very afternoon. 1t seemed that,
after / had seen everything was secure,
the servants had cone out to the coal
house, aud during their temporary ab-
sence from the kitchen door the rufiian
had slipped in, secreted himself in a
cupboard in the passage, and thus been
actually locked into the house with
ourselves
Imagining, it was supposed, that Ar
thur would not return, and knowing
that we had good deal of plate in the
house, he had arranged to begin opera
tions after ell was quiet, and the first
scream that had heard had been elic-
tied from the unfortunate servants, at
whose bedside he suddenly made his
appearance.
The nisc~cant mad struck down the
ccch, while she attempted to escape,
winch, happily for herself, the other
servant was too paralyzed to do. The
scream ! had heard as left the house
mnst have been the lastdying one of the
poor cook, whom the murderer had pur-
sued and overtaken before she could
gain my door, which was, noTloubt, the
point TO which she was flying for succor
Not a moment too soon had gone. An
accomplice had been admitted by the
front door, which was found wide open,
my bedroom door shattered, but moth
ing touched, my flight having, doubt
less, scared them. The tracks of their
pursuing footsteps were discerned easily
when the blessed morning light of
Christmas Day shone. They had evl-
IDENTIFY gone in pursuit of me, but prob
ably my safety was due greatly to the
whiteness of my garments, which must
have rendered my flying figure almost
invisible against the snowy ground.
The police were soon in quest, and ere
many hours elapsed the retreat of the
assassins was discovered
A desperate struggle ensued, and rec
ognizing in one man an escaped and
notorious convict, and in the conflict,
feeling his own life was in danger, the
constable fred on him, and the miser-
able corpse was conveyed to the police
station, where our servant identified it
as the murderer of the cook and the as
sailant of herself. The wretched man
had, with his companies and accom-
plice, escaped only two days before from
prison, to which the latter was safely
escorted back by couple OF policemen
The funeral of our poor servant took
place few days afterwards, and the
Bungalow was finally deserted by us.
The other servantrecoveredc completely,
and the policeman, who had been
wounded by the convict rather severely,
was reported convalescent before our
departure.
never saw the Bungalow again and
very joyfully did l enter the steamer
which conveyed us to dear old England.
London Society.