The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

dog utter low, vicious growl and run
frant'ca ly at the place where [ stood
The growl in its very sound and menace
was the same that had heard be ore.
fled up the path. the dog in pursuit,
but fortunately for me on the other side
OF the hedge. Ibegan to fag under the
strain of the steep ascent aud the horror
of having the scenes OF that night
brought so wildly before me again.
Having nothing to iefend myself
with against the dog, / became very
much alarmed at nv danger. With
a savage growl the dog leaped
the hedge and would have attacked me
had not harsh voice allied out at the mo-
men, Down. sir. down The animal
Immediately rouched and ringed at
the feet OF a gentleman who suddenly
appeared from around a curve n the
path The gentleman olitely lifting
his hat said: "He is a dangerous animal,
sir. but very dear to me. Allow sme to
apologize TO you for the discom ort he
has occasioned YOU" At first was too
much exhausted to speak. When |
looked at him what was my horror and
surpriseito face the man whom I had
seen fouly nnulrdered. rs thought. the
night previous. With staring eyes and
outh open through excess Of terror.
my first impulse was to run as fast as
my two. tired limbs would let me. He
loo Led at me in astoniShment st nv
seeming fear of him. and said: g You
are i'll; did the. dog bite you before /
called himPH Courage having returned
TO me answered hi o: gNo,lsir j am
perfectly wen, rta very badly winded
by the chase" He smiled at nv rather
grim joke and we then walked on in
S len. to the hall The 'Squire met
us at the door, shook my hand cordially
and introduced n to my companio1.
My CO panion's name 1 foun was
Randolph. Invent into the 'Squire's
Ii rary, and after we had srioked
a cigar Ieasked the 'Sq Iire wh,y and
what RandolI b was. He told me
that he ewas LAWYER. He had lived
most of his life at Cleveland, Ohio, b t
lon sso1 laHeountV he ] ha l. left that
lace and wanted to settle in our
troduct on to the Squire and was
guest IN the house until he could make
final arrangements for the purchase of
q home or his own.5tI then told the
Is uire what had seen the night be-
fore. He laughed at my fears and
jestingly told told me that I was q little
daft ] an <wered him with VERY
serious face and told him Randolph was
the man I b d seen and that the dog
was the same one. too. We then weni
into dinner. About twenty or thirty
Antlemen assembled around the tab'e
When the wine and ci gars were brought
in. wit. humor and gen raj rnerriment
took possession of all except Randolph
and L he was moroSe and taeiturn. /
was frightened and disturb d by the
events which had happened The
wine was a<in1 effect, and 4 continu-
Gus roar of laughter went up from the
table Randolph was silent, so was /.
, The dead man- for such IFbelieved he
was1 suddenly looking up, beckoned to
me and gave me to understapd that he
wished TO zee me after d 'nner. Idi int
like the idea of having oonvers ton
with a corpse. but [ consented. 1t was
dark when we, babe our genial host
good n ght Randolph touched me on
the arm as Ttrned to go and sid he
would walk down to the village with me
on his way to his tavern. SIIcouli not
object, but cod chills .crept over
m at the thought of walR 'ng alone .ii
nj ght with murde-e man. We started
down the path with that fieS dish dc O
following at our heels. As we neared the
bottom of the hill. the moon rose. THE
moonlight gradually spread over the
valley The ssnow-covered houses be
low us, the glorious ght and the
strange appearance of the earth under
the ghastly light of the moon, in addi-
r ton to the Tcompanionsh'p d of q man
whom / had seen murdered. conduced
me to screw my courage up. stopped
turned to my companion and with a
quaking hand laid upon his shoulder
questioned him as to his life and thu
reasons why he hal left large citv to
bury himself in this out-of the-wa
village. mfr. haywood. he said, eel
was successful lawyer in Cleveland
/ was rich. l had mlde q name among
my colleagues. had q wi e. heauti
full, lovely girl. Ny wife's brother is
-the-c cause Of my refuge in this place.
He was a clerk in q banking house.
Like a great many men. he began to
gamble. He became a adefaulter. /,
to hide hfy shame and form wife s
sake. paid the amount he had stolen
| She was ignorant OF her brothers theft
The brother returned my kindness one
day by stealing from me | sent him
away in anger. Before he lie { the
room he insrlted me. I struck him.
My wife took her hrother's part and de
serted me on &C cunt Of my cruelty to
him, as she believed. That nan hos
attempted three times to take my Ii g
was obliged to leave Cleveland and
seek re uge from his murderous hand
My he IT was broken by nv wife's de
sertion o me. and 1 only no o for {
/ peaceful death by coming here" I,r,
I could contain myself no longer.
told Randolph what / had seen the nigh
7 haf0ro He hnnonnn vlaf0~ Aaofh NJ
with a trembling voice said. q have
rece we'd a W Irning, tho. God fofbiC
that i will have TO leave this haver
which have sought for" By tn me
we had reached my door. His tavern
was across the square. / bade hin
goodnight and went in.
1 h d hardly cen in a minute when
heard three or four loud S reams o
ago1y aud ear. rrushed out o door
Just in time to see Mr.. Randolph thros
up his hands in the air, reel and fal
helpless in the snow. his dog crouch n.
b.. his side licking his wounds. A kni
la d in he snow, glistcning n the moon
light A man was rinning up the roat
and rapidly disappearing. Ali ha,
happened as b We related. Light
ared in the village, W ndows went "
with bang. and in few moments al
exrited crowd had collected AFRO nj tn
body and il was borne 70 the tavern
The murderer was afterwards found ant
proved 10 be the brother of Rand ,lph
/ wife, He had traced Randolph ron
MA to pace and at last killed him
He was convited and prosecuted b,
me His execution took place ten year
ago. Was it not a strange storyP-R
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