The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-26

an ugly knife wound In the youths left
breast.
Hastily tearing open the garments to
discover the extent of the injury, made
another discovery, which sent thrill
through every fibre of my being. The
lleutenant's supposed brother was a
woman. But the cruel knife had too
well done its work. She was dead.
Gathering the bloody clothing over
the pulseless heart, / laid the unfortu-
nate creature down, and, calling in one
of the men TO help, bore the lieutenant
outside, where he soon revived.
Lulu Lulu oh, God ~ he moan
ed. !" Dead deadl" He seemed for
several minutes completely overcome by
his great grief, and with no more
strength than a child.
Suddenly he aroused and sprang to his
feet with the leap of panther. Walk
ing to the side of one of the villains,
lying PROSTATE and helpless upon the
earth, he brought the heel of his boot
down In his face, crushing the features
out of all semblance of humanity. Be
fore could intervene he had reached
the second, who, turning his head just
In time, received the iron-shod heel
upon the cheek, which was laid open to
the bone by the glancing blow. Then
giving way to another fit of weeping,
the lieutenant entered the cellar; 1 fol-
lowed close behind. He took the dead
form in his arms, removed the cruel
gag, kissed the swollen lips, the ashen
cheeks, the dark curly hair, and, spurn-
ing my proffered assistance, bore her
out beneath the stars and laid her ten
derly down upon the grass, not far
removed from her murderers. Then he
flung himself down by her side and
wept as strong men seldom do
After some little time went to him,
laid hand upon his shoulder, saying
Lieutenant, what are we to do with
these menY" He sprang to his feet at
the sound of my voice like one sudden
denly awakened from sleep.
eyes, it is time for vengeance, he
grated out between his set teeth. 81
am ready"
"But what do you intend doing 2"
queried. "Shall turn the prisoners
over to the guard 2"
"No, no." he hastily responed. "This
nights work must remain secret with
ourselves, and-call up the men and
instruct them that not word be whis-
pered of what has transpired."
did as he commanded, and, at his
request, sent back to quarters all but
two, upon whom knew reliance could
be placed, and these were despatched
after small boat kept by the ferrymen
for use on occasion, and which was soon
moored at the edge of the island to the
northward of the mansion. Still acting
under the lieutenant's instructions, the
prisoners, including the body of the one
who had been slain, were borne down
and placed in the yawl, and the Lieu
tenant himself soon followed, bearing
their victim.
L brought up the rear When all were
embarked, the soldiers took the oars
and pulled steadily up the river, keeping
near the centre of the stream, and OBJ
serving the utmost caution in order to
avoid detection.
Passing under the aqueduct, we struck
over toward the Virginia shore and kept
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rapids just below the Chain bridge
There we ran the boat into small
sequestered cove on the south side of
the river, and made landing. The
lieutenant was the first to step ashore
with his ghastly load, after which the
rest of us followed and lifted out the
prisoners.
The darkness was intense, but by the
aid of an occasional match we succeeded
in cropping our way to the base of an
overhanging cliff of rocks, and there,
with our hands and the bayonets of the
two soldiers, we at length managed to
dig shallow grave, well above high
water mark, in when we buried the
poor creature whose life had gone out
under such tragic circumstances.
The sad duty accomplished, the lieu
tenant, who had thus far spoken scarce
ly a word since leaving the island, ad-
vanced to one of the prisoners and,
before had time to interfere or utter a
word, placed his revolver against the
mans head and pulled the trigger.
Isprang forward and caught the hand
holding the weapon, but it was wrench
ed from my grasp with such force as to