Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-01-26
An Driginal story.
HOW SHE LOVED HIN
OR
SAVED BY THE MEMORY
OF
DE CHILD.
By kNARF RENwaRR.


Fer hours b fore day, crowds Of peo.
pie Of both sexes aud uf all culors had
been crowding into =. drawn there
by that morbid brulaI curiosity 10 sc
the king Of u human life.
/ The execution was TO BE- conducted
entirely by the civil authorities. for
though great sympathy was felt for the
unfortunate prisoner, there vas no ietr
that anv attempt a; rescue would
made. Therefore. no gliItcring bayb
nets cnciFclsd the condemned man ns
he walked with firm step. upon the
scalfold, dccked with flowers. ahscl
sou,e fair hands had placed there the
night ,sgore, as the only means tisss
had of expressing lhx devp symnss.As
they felt.
Not word VAS spoken as the weary
limbs were pinioued. aud the black
cap drawn over his pale face TO shut
out forever from his sight the light o.
day.
Tie officer Of the law left and one
minute more ali would be over.
la their eager rush to get nearer the
scatIolI to hear or see the prisoner. no
ono noticed = number of rough men
who eibow,d aud pushed their way
through the dense crowd aud were nov
grouped almost at The very foot Of the
galloSs.
The stiffness Of death rested on that
silent breathless crowd as the sheriff
slowly, reluctantly raised his baud 10
spring the fatal trap.
One second more and il would all
be ended
Suddenly the sharp report of pistol
broke that awful silence aud the ofii
GERS arm tell shattered to his side.
An instant after tall powerful man
sprang upon the gallows, cut the moose.
and bore the half fainting prise ner
from under The fatal beam.
The rough men We have mentioned
closed around him. and with drawn
weapons Iotccd ,I.sir way, with their
prey. through the ylclding crowd.
seized the nearest horses ard gsiiored
swiftly oil L. the river.
For - liltIe while that vast multi
iude stood mute AID molionless, then
the wounded .hsrIif mounted the de.
serted .allo~s and called To his subal.
terms 10 mount and pursue the fugi-
tites, but, when after much unayoid-
able delay, the scor. or inorr of pursu-
eis reached the river, they only found
u Zen ridsIIess horses, and saw fast
.teamlng down the river, u low .hullsd
craft from whose slender ruklsh masts
waved = black banner AS II Ia dciiance
oi ihrn aud ths Law.
Every effort Was mad, 10 recapturs
the rescued prisoner Large rewards
were Offered, and the olice Of the
ciies were notiii u To watch for the
arrival Of the little steam, that never
cam.
Suspicion for Il time rested on Miss
Lyles, but inquiries at the shipping
Offices ELECTED the fact that she bad
left Baltimore three weeks previous.
Her bank, r also stated that he Was
sure she was then IN Europe for he
had received several lett RS from her
bearlng foreign post marks and there
could be no doubt that she was abroad
aud had been fer some time
1t was then supposed that Winters
was IL msinber of some gang OF des-
peradoes, and had been rescued by
them
| Considerable excitement prevailed
for while, but it gradual died away,
and but lor the pure white marble
shaft that pointed h, avenward from
the green grave of p or Charley Leigh,
and the tottering forms of a gray hair
ed old man aud woman, seen IN their
daily pilgrimage to water with their
tears the flowers that bloomed over the
grave in which were buried all their
earthly hopes; the memory of Bulah
Lyles, Harry Winters and the sad
tragedy which had been committed in
their midst, might have pass d from
the minds OF the people of st. Mary's,
only to be recalled when some similar
deed, ever occurring in this broad