Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-06-30

seen oil the dog was when Clarkc rooc
up to the house. Prince halted 500 feet
away and began, but after few minutes
his noise ceased and no moro was seen or
heard of him.
At 10 o'clock, with the storm still
raging, Capt Clark went to bed. \ There
were two rooms in the house, with. a
bed in each room, and he had the front
room. While he did not by any means
like the looks of the pair, he had no
suspicious that they intended him harm.
Hc was we'll armed, brave mau, and he
did not intend to sleep too soundly.
There was neither lock nor catch on his
door, and he kept it closed by placing
a light stand against it. lie had gone
10 the door and whistlcl for Prince be-
fore removing his clothes, but the dog
had in no manner responded. Never
thclcss, the Captain was only fairly in
bed when the dog came to the outer
door, snufrcd about for minute, and
then set up bowling. The master got
up to let him in, but he ran away. 1t
now seemed quite certain that Prince
was mad, and the Captain made up his
mind to shoot him the first thing in the
morning.
81 was just getting to sleep" he cx-
planned, "whcn the dog returned again.
heard him sniff about the door, and
pretty soon he howlcd again. but very
softly this time 1t was sort Of wall,
and it made me SILVER. 1t struck nc
that there was note of warming i'll it, but
was vcxcd and out Of patience with
Prince, and l determined to give him no
further attention. He was of in Il
minute or two, AID after thinking over
the matter for quarter Of an hour l
fell asleep. 1t was after midnight when
| was awakened. The dog had his nose
at the bottom Of the door, and was
bowling loud enough TO scare the dead.
My first thought was TO get up and shoot
him, but as | heard movement in the
next room l hcsitatcd for moment.
| heard the man walk across the floor
in his bare feet and open the
back door and go out. No doubt he
had gone to drive Prince away, and /
settled back in bed and thanked him for
it. The dog ran of, but though l
listened long ana intcntly l did not hear
the man return. did hear something
between a groan and u shout, but sup
posed he had cried out to tho dog. The
storm was over now and the light OF the
moon flooding into the room, and as l
turned over to WOO sleep again my face
was toward the door, and saw that the
door was aiar. rose up on my elbow
to get better look, and at that instant
the door was pushed further open and
in came the woman She had aslight
axe in her hands, and no sooner had she
made out that l was awake than she
sprang forward and struck at me with
all her might had no time 10 study
or calculate, but evadcd the blow by
instinct. She struck at my head, and 1
drew myself downward with only an
inch or two to spare. As the blow fell l
twisted myself out of bed, and before
the woman could strike again had her.
I weigh 1G5 pounds, and there arc fsw
men who can lay me on my back, but l
tell you 1 had to exert myself to conquer
that woman She had muscle and pluck,
and it was not until I got good hold
on her throat that she wiltcd. Our
struggle lasted fully five minutes, and
during all that time Prince was at the
door barking and growing in the most
furious manner Ihad just worstcd the
woman when the dog came in by way of
the back door, and he would have killed
her if had not restrained him. l told
him to stand guard, and then proceeded
to strike light and dress ne.
81 couldn't understand what had be-
come of the husband With the light in
one hand and my revolver in the other,
inspected the back room, but he was
not there. I had heard him pass out,
and why had he not rcturncd9 l looked
out of the back door, and the mystery
was explained. There lay the man on
the broad OF his back, feet drawn up and
arms extended, and he was dead. I
could Sc no wound, and knew that no
pistol had been fired. After hcsitating
a bit, seized hold of him and turned
him over, and there in his back, driven
clear up to the hilt, was knife. I did
not attempt to pull it out, but returned
to the woman. She had recovered from
the choking and was sitting up, but
Prince would permit no further move.
Her hair hung down about her body, and
added to this was the fact that her face
was all blood. Taken altogether, she
was about as hard a sight as I had eyer
seen. had no sooner entered the room
than she began to curse and revile me,
using the most awful oaths and indulg-
ing in the most terrible threats.
at was not until daylight, that I had
a satisfactory explanation. The couple
had determined from the first to murder
me- About midnight, or as soon as the
storm passed over me, my horse was
saldlcd and led out. They knew / was