The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-02-11
THE RUINED VILLAGE
ON THE HILL.
"A REALISTIC STORY OF CECIL
COUNTY BY j. X. POLK
RACINE
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
When oross-eyed Ben pulled the long
gIittering butchers knife from its sheath,
after he had taken both from his breast
pocket, he ran toward his stepfather, and
.hen it was that the two women uttered
the shrilling outcries. But they did not
deter the inhuman fiend, for when poor old
George turned to note the cause Of the
outories, the cruel wretch plunged the
keen blade to the hit in the poor mans
abdomen, then the knife athwart, cutting
his vitals asunder. George uttered a low
moan and staggered on toward his humble
home, which was just adead. He had
gene but very short distance when
stepping on small bridge which spanned
the highway at this point, he reeled
and fell to the side ditch, moaned pteously
and his spirit fed.
The daboiical murderer handed the
knife, ell dripping with human gore, to
his mother, saying, told You so. Rachel
said that the mother wiped the crimson
from the knife by using her apron. Cross
eyed Ben walked deliberately to his home
nearby, put Becky Jane under his arm,
uahung the murdered mans gun from its
hangings, came out TO the road aud stood
watching the people as they gathered at
the scene of the awful homicide. Ex-
Sheriff VIM. Z. Boulder and our old friend
Lambert d. Boulder were among the first
80 arrive on the scene. Lam. lived near
&he scene of the murder, and we are in
Formed that he was standing at his road
gate and saw the terrible tragedy enacted.
They lifted George from the side ditch and
carried him to the other side Of the road
where the ground was Gear and more firm.
Cross-eyed Ben had an uncle living at
Bohemia river who ran the ferry from
side to side, there being no bridge at that
point in those days, and after consultation
by those who had gathered at the place OF
murder, ID was determined that Lamb.
Boulder should jump astride his fox hunt
ing horse and ride to Chesapeake City and
shere have cross. eyed Ben apprehended by
an officer Of the law. They all knew that
Ben would go directly to his uncle John
at the ferry, and thither the cruel wretch
had started, AZ the sequel will prove.
Now, the distance to Chesapeake City,
across fields, or the route that crow
would fly, is about three miles, from the
place OF the tragedy, but to tide it is about
mi tn % in
highway you must head due east for near
two miles before you strike the Elkton
and Chesapeake road then turn abruptly
to the right and go south nearly the same
distance, then whirl to the right again,
and go west for about bali q mile, when
you must turn to the left-hand again.
Now, mark this o. shaped corner, for it
was here that Lam. and Crooked Eyes
met. Ben had but two plantations to cross
to reach this point, while Lam. Boulder
on his tleet-footed fox chaser must turn all
three letter "L's" en- route. Ben came
out at the old Billy Biddle homestead and
three hundred yards walk brought him to
the ''L' side of Chesapeake. When Lam.
raised the crest Of the slope above Knights
Corner, or as the place was then called
Tad Pole she being a sweet sister to Miss
Bull Frog, he saw orooked-eyed Ben still
hugging Becky Jane under his arm. 1t
was not Becky which awed dear old Lam.
but it was the double-barrel shotgun which
Ben had resting oarelessly across his
shoulder which caused Lam. to turn and
Jump his hunter over a wide ditch and
GROSS an old sage field, and to swing his
hat in the air, pretending to cross-eyed
Ben that he was hunting reynard, and they
say that Lam. did whoop up his hounds at
a terrible rate, when he knew that every
one of his splendid chasers were peacefully