Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-08
monster whose will was now so strangely
and horribly tied I'D in mine.

monster whose Will was now so strangely
and horribly tied up in mine.
Rapidly we drove till the mare, who seem.
ed frightened by the wind, bolted. On we
rushed, passing Plouharnel flying ourselves
like the wind, till suddenly the notary
shrieked through the storm, "The wind will
be driving the sea over the peninsula! We
are lost! Give her the reins." Almost at
once the mare knew her masters hand, and
quickly did his great strength stop her; then
we turned back, came to Plouharnel and
turned to the left down the road to Carnac.
Three parts of the way had we gone when
he pulled up and got down. Silently we
followed. He fastened up the mare and
turned to the left. His mind seemed to
change and instead of opposing me l felt
that he had wild desire, stronger than my
own to see the locket.
Over the glorious red heather he strobe,
so fast that we had to half run to keep up
with him, crushing the beautiful red gen
tians which, with the red heather, made the
glorious carpet of the moor; neither to the
right nor left, nor up nor down, did he look;
yet he avoided the stones and holes, over
the wall of the wild farm three parts of a
looking on, as if drawn to his doom by some
invisible rope.
At the end of some minutes we came to a
solitary dolmen-three large stones stand
ing as if upside down, and supporting the
fourth. Here he stopped suddenly and l
felt that his desire to see the locket was
gone. I stopped down, entered and turned
my lamps light on the ground. Nosign of
earth disturbance. Then I gazed on him
and bade him find the locket. He pushed
me aside, crept in, put his right hand against
one side of the roofstone and pushed it
slowly, then stretched his left hand across
in front of his face, felt in hole in the sup
porting stone, took out something and drop
ped the roof.
Half minute he crOuched there before
my excitement would let me call him out.
Slowly he came, and there, as turned the
light on his hand l saw the locket. Then
came mad idea to me to wake him to show
him his detection. "Awake MONSTER"
cried, ''and see your fate r' Then l flash
ed the light in his face. Slowly a great
weight seemed lifted off my heart, and the
life came back to his eyes. For moment
he was dazed, then his eyes fell on the
locket. With yell he leaped forward,
knocked me yards away, drew his pistols
and fired at each of us. The false cartridges
saved us. Seeing us unwounded he turned
and fled. After him we ran as fast as we
could. Fast though we ran he gained east
" SO we stopped and fired, but in vain. Ap-
parently accustomed to leave his dog cart in
the place in which we had left it, he ran
straight toward the spot. He had gained
300 yards, and seemed to have escaped,
when suddenly he fell, and fearful oath
rang out.
Fearing some trick, we reloaded our pis-
tolls and ran up There he lay, screaming
and cursing, his ankle broken. He had
caught his foot in hole and fallen heavily.
Threatening him with our pistols, we hand
cutfed him and took the locket away. Start
led by the pistol shots, peasant had come
from the neighboring farm, and with his aid
we carried him back to the dog cart and
drove into the town.
The excitement caused was tremendous,
so great that even Paris for some days talk
ed of nothing else, and found myself ia
NOUS The trial was attended by every one
of fashion, and in accordance with the pub
lie interest rather than it's difficulty, lasted
several days. The last day was certainly
exciting. LIE Theuff who had been fight
ing the evidence, finding the case hopeless,
gave minute confession in court. He ex-
planned that rejected ia a dishonossble 'snit
by Nine Dumont. and fearing exposure of
his dishonest play by her husband, he had
resolved to murder the banker and throw
the suspicion Oh the friend. He gave full
account of tho way the deed was done, and
concluded with charitable wish for pri-
vate interview with me. The jury found
him guilty, and next day the jailor found
him dead; he had taken poison. The widow
did not long resist my clients suit; on the
wedding day M. Goudin gave me check
for twice as much as he had promised. The
name of the case earned for me brought so
many clients that my position soon became
too good for it to be necessary for me to
engage in any more of such desperate enter
prises.-F. +. Spence in Belgrauia.