By this time, several of the terrified domestics appeared with lights.

A terrible spectacle was presented to the young man's gaze:--the floor deluged with blood--the mangled and lifeless body of Mrs.Wood,--Winifred fainted in the arms of a female attendant,--and Wood standing beside them almost in a state of distraction.

Thus, in a few minutes, had this happy family been plunged into the depths of misery.

At this juncture, a cry was raised by a servant from below, that the robbers were flying through the garden.
Darting to a window looking in that direction, Thames threw it up, and discharged both his pistols, but without effect.

In another minute, the tramp of horses' feet told that the perpetrators of the outrage had effected their escape..