d of the murder. A little brother of John
Winter, named David, happened to be going to the Checkers' Inn at the
time the murder was committed and witnessed it. He ran instantly to his
brother to tell him what he had seen. It was chiefly through the
exertions of these two that the murderer was finally brought to justice.

John Winter rested neither night nor day until he tracked the Lascar
down, and David identified him. He was hanged on a gallows erected
close to the spot where he murdered his innocent victim. On the exact
spot where the murder took place Mary's grave was dug, and a tombstone
was put up, which may be seen there at the present time, with the
following inscription upon it:--

ON THIS SPOT,
AUGUST THE 25TH 1782,
MARY BAX, SPINSTER,
AGED 23 YEARS,
WAS MURDERED BY
MARTIN LASH, A FOREIGNER,
WHO WAS EXECUTED FOR THE SAME.

Poor John Winter left the country immediately after, and did not return
until thirty years had elapsed, when the event was forgotten, and most
of his old friends and companions were dead or gone abroad. His little
brother David was drowned at sea.

This Mary Bax was cousin to the father of John Bax, who figures so
conspicuously in our tale.

At the tomb of Mary Bax, then, as we have said, Long Orrick resolved to
make a stand. Tommy Bogey had, by taking a short cut round a piece of
marshy ground, succeeded in getting a little in advance of Orrick, and,
observing that he was running straight towards the tombstone, he leaped
into the ditch, the water in which was not deep at the time, and,
coursing along the edge of it, reached the rear of the tomb and hid
himself there, without having formed any definite idea as to what course
he meant to pursue.

Whatever the intentions of the smuggler were, they were effectually
frustrated by an apparition which suddenly appeared and struck terror
alike to the heart of pursuer and pursued. As Long Orrick approached
the tomb there suddenly arose from the earth a tall gaunt figure with
silver hair streaming wildly in the gale. To Tommy, who crouched behind
the tomb, and Rodger and Orrick, who approached in front, it seemed as
if the spirit of the murdered girl had leaped out of the grave. The
effect on all three was electrical. Orrick and Rodger, diverging right
an