The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-05-03
Ths daily Ballsti,t
WEDNESDAY, MAY ), 1882.
Under The Bed.

always prove myth. Perhaps it is
an actual fact that women who pray
look for him more regularly than
others of less spiritual turn of
mind; when the good woman kneels
at the bedside to offer her devotions,
it is the most natural thing in the
world for her to first explore that
historic territory and satisfy herself
that no concealed burglar is listening.
1t is also u well authenticate fact
that a pious woman in the suburbs
Of London did discover the legs of
a bold, bad house-brcaker sticking
out just as she began her petition.
She did not shrek, but went on
with prayer for that particular sinner
that would have melted the heart Of
u Newgate thief. / wish that it
might he added that he was converted
on the spot, came out, and was par
doned, and afterward married the
petitioner. But truth compels me
to add that the good woman was
interrupted in the most solemn part
of her prayer by peal of laughter
from the graceless young brother
who enacted the part Of burglar.
More tragic was the story of the
lady who, travelling alone, stopped at
an inn and mentioned the fact that
she had been followed and watched,
by a Misunderstanding man with
shock of red hair, whom she feared
had designs upon the valuables she
carried with her. AS nothing was
seen of him ut the inn, she retired
for the night, carefully locked the
door, and was soon in bed, leaving
a light burning in front of a mirror.
No sooner was her head on the pillow
than she had q distinct view of the
man with the red hair crouching
under the bed, She made no sound,
but reached softly for scarf she
had laid near, made it into running
moose, and waited. The next morn
ing when her servants broke open
the door, they found the lady sitting
up in bed, grasping with both hands
the moose, in which she held the
fearful weight of the dead man
she had strangled him, but was
herself a raving maniac, from
whom reason had forever flown.
Some time ago prominent Judge
in Birmingham, N. H., was found
murdered in his own house, and no
clew to the murderer. 1t was i'm
mediately after an adverse decision
he had made in a case of great i'm
portance, and the murder was sup
posed to have been instigated by a
desire for revenge, but as all the
parties were respectable people, it
was impossible to fasten the guilt on
any one. The Judge was widower,
and lived alone, with the exception
of a daughter and the servants.
This daughter was beautiful, and on
the evening in question had returned
home from a ball at late hour and
gone directly to her room, where she
stood before her mirror taking off
her jewels. AS she did so, she held
her white and rounded arm above
her head, and conscious of its
beauty, said aloud: "What beau
tiful arn!" little thinking of the re-
mark of such consequence as it
proved to be in the tragedy that fol-
lowed. The girl both saw and heard
her fathers murderer, but as he was
masked, failed to distinguish his
features, but always declared she
should know his voice If ever she
, heared it. Several years passed, and
in another city she was standing in a
: crowd observing some passing sight,
when she was conscious of the
curious regard of stranger who
r stood near. Looking at her with 9
: singular intensity, he made this re-
, mark: "Oh, the beautiful arm!'
:. She knew the voice in an instant
/ and throwing herself bodily on tn,
, man, denounced him as her fathers
! murderer. He was arrested, trief
and convicted, and told how he hat
laid hidden under the bed and heart
the idle remark of the young gin
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