Alexander wilson. Ixv 
a man of notoriously bad character, and strongly suspected, 
•nuM ^ f of having committed a foul 
min ° kind, which was related to me, with all its 
toad'*'*!^ °T man’s house stands by the 
mid r L ’ ^ induced by motives of curiosity to stop 
mke a peep of him. On my arrival I found two 
persons 
in conversation under the piazza, one of whom 
inf uiiacT uie piaz 
‘nulaM*^^ “o ‘het Im "'iis the landlord. He was a dark 
eon^l**’ ukove the common size, 'inclining to 
'valk' proportion to his size, and 
dee,jg eonntenance bespoke a soul capable of 
pan * ‘^m'kness. I had not been three minutes in com- 
t'as^’ invited the other man (who I understood 
(g ' ® traveller) and myself to walk baek and sec his cave, 
p * . ^ immediately consented. The entrance is in the 
^^.j^|^*^’‘'ncular front of a rock, behind the house; has a door, 
miljj ** it, and was crowded with pots of 
of g' j near the running stream. The roof and sides 
<i rock Were wet and drop])ing wiUi water. Desiring 
•land "****^ before with the lights, I followed, with my 
iistei Pi'‘*toi' reconnoitring on every side, and 
®*am**”^ description of its length and extent. After 
declin'”]"^ horrible vault for forty or fifty yards, he 
and \ i’'’i"K miy farther, complaining of a rheumatism ; 
iiohiiid ^*'^**’ perceived that the other person had staid 
in pj ’ ihnt we two were alone together. Confident 
'®islit ™*^*^”* self-defence, whatever mischief the devil 
obse *'*^^®**- 111 liim, I fixed my eye steadily on his, and 
rppoj^*^^, ^im, that he could not be ignorant of the 
‘Is* '^‘^'^linted about the country relative to this cave. 
1 un'd^'^'^***’' ‘ know what I mean?’ ‘ Yes, 
least you,’ returned he, without appearing the 
*^m in' — ‘ that I killed somebody, and threw 
“f that \ nave. I can tell you the whole beginning 
^*te spolT"'*^'^ ''utbout moving from 
u detailed to me a long story, which would fill 
