Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-07-18

upon the veranda. The night is very
warm. The windows will be open.
See how easily you can reach him
. without being Observed"
! "Yes, Squire, specs I do"
"And you will sec to it that the
Colonel is despatched"
81 reckon so" was the gloomy an.
sweE
"Tis we'll. Your hand upon it, {"
and the fingers Of the two villains
met in ratification of the wicked com.
pact.
No more words were uttered in
this place, for the cOnspirators at
once departed, retracing their steps
to where they had come from.
Scarcely had their shadows disap-
reared down the moonlit pathway
when the long sprays of moss were
stealthilY separated and black face
and woolIy head protruded from the
opening.
The eyes of the negro rolled and
slistened in the gloom OF the forest,
his thick lips parted and his white
teeth fairly shone in the semi-dark.
ness
'sFo' de lor's sake," calculated the
newcomer, cautiously stepping forth
| from his concealment.
! "Dey's gwine ter kill Massa Car
roll! Dey's gwine ter kill him, is
dey? Not If ole Pete knows his-self,
an his legs kin tote dis black carcase
up to de house in time. Lor's, amt
l glad de- possums warn't out to.
night, an l done gin up huntin'!
Cause if dey had been plenty o5 do
/ yellow rascals round I'd a-been far
away from here aa' wouldn't heard
uuilin' OBJ what was gwine on"
Thus expressing himself Peter
plunged into the labyrinth OF moss
and shrubs and hurried toward the
mansion to avert If possible the per.
petration Of the murder which he had
| heard so coollY and deliberately
planned.
AS was his custom Clayton Carroll,
or as he was known throughout The
nelghborhood, the Colonel, was seated
in his library at the very hour when
his death was decided upon by his in.
human half-brother, on whom he had
always lavished the greatest kindness,
and the miserable Cracker.
! Deeply engrosSed in the papers
which lay before him on the highly
polished mahogany table, the vener-
able Colonel noted not the time as it
passed until the clock standing in the
, hall chimed forth the hour Of mid
night. Then, almost -drowsily, he
began to fold up the documents pre-
paratory to consigning them to their
place in his safe, when he was startled
at the report OF pistol-shot as though
the weapon bad been discharged on
the verandah, and to see two men
burst in through the long open win
dow and fall upon the floor, strug-
Cling In 4 desperate encounter.
For an instant the Colonel was toe
much bewildered to grasp the situa-
tion, then he realized that negro
and a white man were engaged in a
mortal combat at his feet, for as the
two contestants writhed and strug
gled in each others grasp, he caught
the gleam Of a knife as its owner
strove to plunge it into the side of his
antagonist.
TO avoid bloodshed in his own house,
the planter sprang forward to check
the conflict, but he was restrained by
the familiar voice of old Pete, saying,
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leeU, leaving MS ah'aaohi'I seaSc'eSS
upon the Ioor.
wv nat does TINS mean: ASKED inc
Colonel, LOOKING aoou' MIN III asIoii-
lshtneht.
'It means. sah," replied the negro,
assuming as dignitlcd demeanor a>
his somewhat ruified clothing and Ia
bored breathing would permit, ''it
means, sar, dat you hab nearly been
Ge victim Of vile dISpiracy,"
Conspiracy exclaimed the
! Colonel, catching the others mean
ing. "What are you talking about?"
"Dis, sab, dat you half-bruddeI
Biiah Jessup, whom L specs Is lyir.-
out dere on de lawn wifi piece OF
lead hfdin' away sOmewheres in his
wicked carcase, cause l pinted di:
yere plum at him when l pulled de
trigger (and the planter for tie first
time observed that Pete grasped the
handle of q rcvolvcr), an dat mis'able
white trash hab made up dere minds
/ to kill you as quick as dcy could. ]
heerd all about it when l was hunt.
in possuns dis ycre very night. an ]
jes' hurried along and specs ]
uidn't git here none too soon."
"Peter! my noble fellow, you have
saved my lite. But still, 1 can scarcely