The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-01

to let the bushes slip from my grasp, !
aud the swapping Of the twigs made the
dog utter a low, vicious growl and run
frantiCa ly at the place where 1 stood.
The growl i'm its very sound and menace
was the same that l had heard before. 4
] fed up the path, the dog in pursuit, +
but fortunately for me on the other side
of the hedge. began to flag under the
strain Of the steep ascent and the horror
of having the scenes OF that night .
brought so wildly before me again. +
Having nothing to defend myself
with against the dog, / became very
much alarmed at my danger With
n savage growl the dog leapec
the hedge and would have attacked me
had not a harsh voice allied out at the mo- T
ment, down, sir, down The animal
Immediately ,rouched and cringed al
the feet OF gentleman who suddenly
appeared from around a curve in the
path. The gentleman politely lifting
I his hat said: He is a dangerous animal
j Sir but very dear TO me. Allow me t
apologize TO YOU for the discomfort he
4 has OccasiOned yOu.' At first / was toe
much exhausted to speak W hen ]
. looked at him what was my horror anC
surprise to face the man whom | haC
seen fOullv murdered, as ] thought, the
night previous. With staring eyes and
Dbl Outh open through excess of terror,
my first impulse was to run as fast Is
my two tired limbs would let me. He
looked at me in establishment at my
seeming fear of him. and said: You
are i'll; did the dog bite YOU before ]
called him?' Courage having returned
to me l answered him: q" No, sir; l am
perfectly well, hut very badly winded
. by the chase" He smiled at my rather
grim Joke and we then walked on in
len to the hall. The Squire met
us ut the door, shook my hand cordially
and introduced ne to my companion.
My companions name ! foun was
Randolph. / went into the Squire
Ii rary, and after we had smoked
cigar | asked the Squire who and
what Randolph was. He told me
that he a was lawyer. He had lived
most of his life at Cleveland, Ohio. bat
on some a count he ha left thai
lace and wanted to settle in om
village He had brought a letter of in
PRODUCTION TO the Squire and was 3
guest in the house until he could make
final arrangements for the purchase Of
a home OF his own. l then told the
, >. uire what / had seen the night be
fore. He laughed ut my fears and
jestingly told told me that 1 was a little
daft. 1 answered him with a very
the man / had seen and that the doc
was the same one. too We then went
into dinner. About twenty or thirty
! gentlemen assembled around the table.
When the wine and cigars were brought
in, wit, humOr and general merrment
took possession of all except Randolph
and L. He was morose and taciturn.
was frightened and disturbed by the
! events which had happened. The
wine was aking effect, and a cOntinu-
Gus roar Of laughter went up from the
table. Randolph was silent, so was L
The dead man lfor such l believed he
me and gave me to understand that he
wished to see me after dinner. | didn't
like the idea of having a cOnvers ItiOn
with a corpse, but [ consented. 1t was
dark when we babe our genial host
good n ght Randolph touched me on
= the arm rs | turned to 90 and said he
1 would walk down to the village with me
on his way to his tavern. l could mo-
object, but cold chills crept over
m at the thought of walking alone a
= night with murdered man. We started
l down the path with that lendish dos
7 following at our heels. AS we neared thu
\ bottom of the hill, the moon rose. Tht
! moonlight gradually spread over thu
, valley. The snOw-cOvered houses be
. low us, the glorious night and the
y strange appearance of the earth under
u the ghastIy light of the moon, in addi
? ton to the cOmpaniOnship of a mar
whom ! had seen murdered, cOnduceC
y me to screw my courage up. l stopped
u turned to my companion and with
u quaking hand laid upon his shoulde
, questioned him rs to his life and tn
Il reasons why he had left a large city t.
Inn. in # ba "a
!" village. Mr. haywood, he said, %
/ was a successful lawyer in Cleveland
> | was rich. | had made a name anon!
= my colleagues. | had wife. beauti
Y ful, lovely girl My wife's brother i
y the cause of my refuge in this place
y. He wa, n clerk in a banking house
= Like n great many men, he began t
gamble. He became a defaulter.
~ To hide hjy shame and for my wife
- sake, paid the amount he had stolen
W She was ignorant of her brother theft
~ The brother returned my kindness on
- day by stealing from me. sent hin
- away in anger Before he left TIN
y room he insulted me. l struck him
7 My wife took her brothers part and dc
serted me on &C cunt of my cruelty t
him, as she believed. That man Ia
= attempted three times to take my lie
- was obliged to leave Cleveland an
y seek refuge from his murderous hand
. My heart was broken by my wife's dc
- sertion OF me, and / only hope for
- peaceful death by coming here"
= l could contain myself no longer.
- told Randolph what | had seen the nigl
before. He became pale as death an
- with trembling voice said: 9 hav
10 received Il warning, too God fOrbi
- that l viii have to leave this have
\ which l have sought for" Bythis m
=, we had reached my door. His taver
y was across the square. l babe hin
u goodnight and went in.
~, l hid hardly Eeen in a minute when
y heard three or four loud s reamS
- agony and fear. I rushed out OF door
10, Just in time to see Mr., Randolph thro
=, up his hands in the air, reel and ia
"A helpless in the snow, his dog crouchjn
90 bv his side licking his wounds. a kni
mn lad i'm the snow. gliStening in the moor
n light A man was running up the roa
~ and rapidly disappearing. All Ina
~ happened as | have related Ligh
~ Jared in the village windows went 1
&c with n bang, and in a few moments g
oil excited crowd had collected arc nd Il
~ body and il was borne to the tavcr
- The murderer was afterwards found al
al proved to be the brother of Randolph
7 wife. He had traced Randolph fro
"A pla e to place and at last killed hin
~, He was convicted and prosecuted I
mo His execution took place ten yea
,t- ago. Was it not strange story?--
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