Beneath these prints, a cluster of hobnails, driven into the wall, formed certain
letters, which, if properly deciphered, produced the words, "Paul Groves,
cobler;" and under the name, traced in charcoal, appeared the following record
of the poor fellow's fate, "Hung himsel in this rum for luv off licker;"
accompanied by a graphic sketch of the unhappy suicide dangling from a beam. "My name will only be remembered as that of a robber," he mused; "but it shall
be remembered as that of a bold one: and this night's achievement, if it does
nothing else, shall prevent me from being classed with the common herd of
depredators. "
"Then the sooner I'm off the better," cried Wood; "what's to pay, David?"
"Don't affront me, Owen, by asking such a question," returned the landlord;
"hadn't you better stop and finish the bottle?"
"Not a drop more," replied Wood.
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