The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-18
turned on him all of sudden. eco
ahead and shave me-"
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turned on him all of sudden. eco
ahead and shave me-"
'fcs, sah1" he growled, as he lifted up
the latEcr and advanced.
lie knew did not belong to tho prison.
lie also reasoned that l was stranger.
1t puzzled him to know why had entered
his den. as had bcon shaved the day pre-
vious. l could see that he was bothered,
| but was glad Of it. lie reasoned with
| himself all the time hc was putting on the
lathcr, and he got mad over it. lie began
to see that it was sort Of an intrusion and
imposition and he picked up his razor with
spltcful grab. Yet l would aggravatc
and anger him.
"rhat was horrible deed of yours"
said, as seated myself in the chair.
could not see his face, and he made no
reply. The razor touched my face, and !
| felt that his hand trcmbled.
"Ihcy ought to burn you ut the stake !"
l went on as his razor made tho first cut.
could now see his face III the glass and
his eyes fairly blazcd. Ic clcnchc,t his hand
and raised it to strike, but let it fall again
after four or five seconds and went on
with his work. His hand shook, lie brcathcd
hard and fast, and yet he had no reply.
After he had scraped away for a minute,
said
"You must be a icnd and worse to do
such Il docd as that! No wonder that all
men hate and avoid you"
The hand with the razor went up i'm tho
air. His first impulse was to slash me.
lie could seize me by the hair with his left
| hand, and slash my throat with his right
The idea came to him, and if had made
move he would have carried it out.
"Comc-hurry up!" | said; and lis
hand fell and he resumed his work, trcmb-
bling with anger and wondering to himself
why he did not take revenge upon me-
ALI | saw new light shoot into his
| eyes like Il flash, and knew he had plan.
He. had committed three murders. An
other would be nothing to his bad heart.
| lie was in for life, and his sentence could
not he heightened; yet he dared not cut
my throat with a sweep Of his hand, which
he easily might. What was his plan
| with eyes half shut watched and waited.
| The look i'll his eyes grew more crafty; he
forced smile to his wicked face, and tried
to laugh ns he said:
| 'Doan' he too hard on hc ole man, sab.
lie had Il heap o trOuhlc.'
eyes"
can l isn't so bad rs dey try to make
out snl, " lie continued, as he wiped beard
| "'' '"'lSi vi d" piece oi Iupcr OH my
shoulder.
l couldnt sec his face, it was above ne,
but the piece of paper fell to the floor on
my left side. He had finished shaving on
tho right cheek and would now begin on
the left. What was his plan2 1t came to
me in an instant. When he had his razor
| just right his foot would slip on that piece
of soapy paper! lie had dropped it there
| on purpose, and it would not be bad cX-
| cusc.
| mo, isn't SO VERY bad hc said rs he
! put his rnn',r my left check
could see his jaw in the gluss, and il
was hard-shut, ns if he was terribly earnest
'Wcll, perhaps not"
Nobody knows how much trouble IZc
had, sah," he sighed, rs the razor crepl
over my cheek towards Il iuyular vein, and
his fingers tightcned their grasp on the
handle. lie was ready
"Jack"
eyes, suh"
"a man will live a full minute after n
juguar vein has been severed In thut time
he could shoot tho man who did It, In five
seconds after You cut me I'll put SIX bullets
into your hcad!"
Would he? The razor shook and trcm-
blcd on my neck. and he brcathcd like one
with the asthma. His foot was all ready
to 20 down Oh that paper, bat he hcsitatcd.
"Who means to cut you sah 5"hegrowlcd
at last, as he kicked the paper away.
mo one" answered, as looked into
his eyes. fIe began his work again with a
fierce scowl on his Acc, hurried it along,
! and in five minutes had finished.
'Good-by, old mani" said, rs put on
ny coat and tossed him n quarter
lie lifted his head to give mc one fierce
and murdcrous look. The money fell to
the floor, and he kicked it aside in con-
tempt.
"And he didn't even scratch your face ?"
said the warden, as returned to him.
"NO. not scratch, and 1t was close