The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-02

But the servants. I conveyed 10
Arthur, as coherently as could, the
events Of the afternoon, and nv con.
yiction thatnothipg 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
scene presented itself to their view as
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.
ed in the back Of the head, and life was
quite extinct; our other servant was
found in IN insensible state but, after
some time, recovered sufficiently to be
able to give the particulars Of the at.
tack, anda descriptionof their assailant,
who proved to be no other than the
monster who had glared in upon me
that very afternoon. II seemed TINT,
after I had seen everything was secure,
the servants had gone out to the coal
house, aud during their temporary ab.
senue from the kitchen door the rufllan
had slipped in, secreted himself in q
cupboard in the passage, and thus been
actually locked into tho house with
ourselves
Imagining, it was supposed, that Ar
thur would not return, and knowing
that we had o good deal Of plate in the
house, he had arranged to begin opera.
tions after all was quiet and the frat
scream that l had heard had been elic-
tied from the unfortunate servants, at
whose bedside he suddenly made his
appearance.
The miscreant Ind struck down the
cook, while nhe attempted to escape,
which, happily for herself, the othel
servant was too paralyzed to do. The
scream I had heard rs l left the house
must have been thelastdying one Of the
poor cook, whom the murderer had pur.
sued and oyertaken before she could
gain my door, which was, no doubt, thI
point to which she was flying for suan
Not moment too soon had | gob the
accomplice had been admitted open,
front door, which was found mt moth.
my bedroom door shattereihg, doubt.
ing touched, my flight .hcks Of their
less, scared them. Thiscerned easily
pursuing footsteps wSrning light Of
when the blessedie, They hSd evi.
Christmas Day .suit OF me, hut prob.
IDENTIFY gone In vas due greatly to the
ably my safely garments, which must
whiteness Sd my flying figure almost
nave renSgainst the snowy ground.
ilLn,visio.ee were soon in quest, and ere
Inc hours elapsed tho retreat OF the
maIsins was discovered.
"a desperate struggle ensued, and rec.
,gnizing in one man M escaped and
notorious convict, and in the conflict,
ceiling his own life was in danger, the
fred on him, and the miser-
lble corpse was conveyed to the police
station, where our servant identified 1t
Is the murderer OF the cook and the as.
,ailant of herself. The wretched man
Ind, with his companion and accom-.
plice, escaped only twodnys beforefrom
prison, to which tho latter was safely
escorted back by q couple OF policemen.
The funeral Of our poor servant took
place a few lays afterwards, and the
Bungalow was finally deserted by us.
The other servantrecoyered completely,
and the policeman, who had been
by the convictrather severely,
was reported convalescent before our
departure.
/ never saw the Bungalow again ; and
very ioyfully did / enter the steamer
which conveyed us to dear old England.
London Society.