Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-23
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early and that as-saar bed stood in the
room / s.lhsp.ocppying. / had better
climb the hdass t0the l0ltwseSe, be said
lyOpld 64i = place ~ s',slqya pysslf
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Taking the candle, | made the ascen,
sion as gracefully as possible, and Won
deriug the while if should ever come
down again alive, My bel, very rude
one, stood in the very farthest corner Of
the loft, facing the placs of ipgress. An
empty barrel standing at the head served
the purpose of cande,stand, and upon
it placed my feeble luminsry, thanking
my sars that it was a ,shole one, for Il
had determined upon remaining awake,
aud prevent. if possible, any attempt TO-
rob me Of 'my money and life. u felt
quite certain such an attempt would be
made, audff1 hid had my pistol with
me I should have awaited developments
without the least fear of being overcome,
but aiaslthe d dsy,Psf9fs I Ihaa broken off
the stock While using iAiss hammer,
aud had left it with b4skgosis gum
smith 20 be repaired. .arHr7u- -t
I.was stt tStbattimo ssomsthing of an
athlete. My fssah @e,seuaer, and my
wsightwas butooe ihundrea aI8 forty
ponnds but my muscle" "' verss we'll de-,
veoped, and leaving knives and pistols
out of the question, | haze little fear of an
eueouutsr with the aveNgs natives But
the '.nd5lef aft tis Or littleAaccouut to a
sleeping man, and Morpheus has never
been known to "spar' successfully with
an assassin. removed my coat on $, and
taking a large chew Of tobacco lay down
up U the hard bed. Iamused myself for
long time BY composing doggerel, all
of which have forgotten except the fol-
lowing eSquisltely wretched Gpesr
"Clinlb to bee, on a sassafras ladder
Poor ole fellow 'fraid OF his shaddcr;
I Petty sad case, but it may be sadder
Fist thing you k"ow. old boy -
threw of great deal of that sort Of
thing, aud | feel fortunate in having for
! gotten the most of it. Its composition
served to keep me awake, hoseyer, and
that was the point .Sasustriying after,
rather than fame. asapost. . NV candle
had bsrncl rather more than ,,Ii away,
when dismissed the MUSES. and took a
fresh c!.ev Of tobacco. Eyefl thing was
as silent as. death below. apd the, pply
| sounds outside we're the mournful bootiae
OF the owl and the sepulcbral moaning Of
the wind among the forest trees. icons
elqdjng e ,pasasTsy hs sRaVpiigss' Vi 8 s!,,e st%s
before s.laylight by rsa9iugds ,aoiselessly
4 produced the journal, and cprspping my
sedd as high as possltle withrsy ''enian,
diated' p1ldw,stfo7e 70 Become Interested
in the news of the day. .. -.t..
| An hour must have passed. Twas "
ing with my right foot on the floor, while
held the fully open sheet before me,
The d@inding candle on the barrel near
my rigbt shoulder furnishing me scauty
light. Suddenly thrill of mortal terror
for an instant seemed to freeze my blood,
for through the narrow opening p had
made in the sheet Wien ! SS.istiS tbesed
the iniapetioa Of the qaaPk , naqYertblieyT,,I
cspghtths glimpse of ~ RurJsrsns. .kGiie.
Ny fearln Aeuotnsss g@e way to a cool
determination to outwit the cowardly
assassin il possible and keeping him in
py.yiew, which was easily done by shift
ing the sheet, | gathered my energies for
i strategic movement, which, ifsucccssful,
would be very apt to completely dcmora'
lize my avaricious enemy,
Nearer and nearer be crept, noisolessly
aud slowly. saw his band tighten on
the khif. for the fatal stroke; he vas
near enough. | suddenly dropped the
paper and measuring the distance inl
twikling | sent my heavily soled boot
against his under chin. 'a' He tombNd'
backward and Tell $50 heavily chat shss
building trembicd asif an ear.bqusse had
Passed beneath it. The Ag,aasn teie~'
Immediately saspectetl 'tsatsOn,ethirfg s:l-
I fSofable'to her cause had hAppeIea,o and
started up Che lilder. "Ths nan on the
foor wsyfast reefs ing --tberewas notimef
lSr the exercise Of gallantry tnward the
fair sex, cauds as her bead appeared in
sigbt abRs the feor, i swung old "oaks>
ta0sathcr with such vigor that had
tue satisfaction Of hesricg hsr reach the
floor below with crash thst sgaia made
tho old house trenible. Quickly setura,-
ing tc my male victim. J stsased MN
with blow from the handle Of bis own
knife, aud tied him haa6 and feet. Des-
cesding the ladder, lopud tbs woman
insensible. bound ber securely, also.
aud then building roaring Gfe. ] sst
dowu by It and congratulated ryscEt on
my narrow escape from death snd robbery
Daylight soon cssne,ssd ipdt eifYeedily
7 as nossihle tcr the sattlasstaotf sxhefsrIs !