The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-04

asleep, he went TO her room and tried
TO get the stockin' out from under hel
head. She woke up and then he hi
her on the head with hammer. He
got the money. but the old woman wa,
not quite dead. No, sir she lived Il
tell who done the deed, and now the
folks air loolSin' fur Donnell every.
whar"
"Mr. Clay" said young Green.
would you as lawyer, defend such O
man rs thatp i must confess, he con.
tinued, glancing at the beautiful girl.
"that / fear that have too high an
idea OF justice to succeed at the rough
and tumble practice of the law.
don't think could defend such. fell
low"
II should not like to defend him. y
Clay answered, "and would not do II
for money, but II were appointed by
the court, should do my best TO clear
him.
knowing, too, that he had com.
mitted so foul murderPn the young
man asked.
Eyes. for the atrocity OF his crime
would be no weight in face OF my duty
to obey the court. once cleared q
man whom knew was thief, but
was appointed by the court"
"And did the fellow prove his graft
tude by becoming an honest manP''
mo, l am glad to say that he did
notp"
'Glad TO say that he did notp Why,
Mr.. Clay, l am astonished at you.
How can you rejoice in any ones dis
honestly"
"As a general thing / can not" Clay
replied ''but in this case / did rejoice
somewhat. You see he went over in.
to another county, and several years
afterward stole horse. 1 happened
to be prosecuting attorney then, and
had the satisfaction OF sending him to
the penitentiary for ten years"
well" said old Tom Marshall, ut
is an easy matter for me to believe any
man innocent when / need money.
With me. a thief in need, is sometimes
a friend indeed"
Come" said the landlord, '.let us
all go to supper"
A number OF neighbors came in after
supper, and when 10 delivered himself
OF his budget of news, and had begun
to express his opinions, other people
began to talk. So long as 10 devoted
himself to news, there was n respecta-
BILE silence on the part Of others, but
when he began to pass an opinion, he
Immediately sank to his proper level,
that OF a commonplace and uneducated
man.
The evening was not very far spent
when it was suggested by some
of the neighbor girls that they should
play some sort of game. Green who
was piqued, and wanted chance to
punish Miss Moss, remarked that for
fcits was the thing. They agreed, and
the game was begun. Green was for
tunate, and it soon came his time to
pronounce sentence upon the beauty.
What shall it be?' she asked.
you must take candle" said
Green, .and alone must go to each
room in the house, and look for the
time-honored man under the bed"
"Oh, that's too hard, Mr.. Green"
y
break up the play"
Clay and Marshall interceded for the
girl, and suggested a lighter penalty,
but Green would accept no compro-
mise.
go ahead, Levenia." said old man
Bell. There's nothing to hurt you.
Cd POUNDS, he added, with energy, II
didn't think that person of the Bell
blood was afraid of anything"
an CO." she said taking up light
cd candle.
"You must give us your word that
you will look under every bed in the
house." Green demanded.
II will, f" she answered as she pass
ed out into the hall.
Five minutes elapsed. Suddenly a
terrific shrek startled them, and then
they heard hurried footsteps coming
down the stairway, not the slippered
feet that had assembled a few moments
before, but the jarring jumps of heavy
boots. The men ran into the hallway
just in time to encounter q man,
heavy-se fellow, with black eyes.
ut is Donnell, the murdererr' cried
old Bell. Stand, or l will kill you'll"
The fellow was seized and bound
hand and foot. By this time the girl,
deathly pale, came shrieking down
the stairs.
Come, come" said Bell, dts all
over and there 10 no need of being
scared. Bring some brandy, 10. She'll
be all right in minute. Take good
care of this fellow. Lock him up in
the cellar On with him."
Mrs. Bell took charge of the trem-
bling girl, and the men conducted the
murderer to the cellar. Just as they
were about to leave him lying on a
pile OF straw, there came the startling
cry Of fire.
When morning came the once famous
house was heap of ruins. When the
girl found the murderer under the bed,
she dropped the candle on a pile OF
paper. Donnell's charred bones were
found In the cellar That was many
years ago, and all the actors have
passed away. Last week / saw some
children playing about the ruins. !
heard little boy say: Tie me an
take me down in there, an play that
I'm the murderer"