Bess is the landlords daugther- The highwayman rides up to the inn to vist
bess- the highwayman promises bess he will return before tommorow night is over-then he kiss bess before riding off into the night-bess watches through the day but the highwayman does not come- tim the ostler loves bess and is jealous of the highwayman- instead king george`s men come to the inn- they tie bess to her bed- bess hears the sound of the highwayman`s horse in the distance- bess tries to escape but her hands are tightly tied-she manges to get her finger to the trigger of the gun- to warn him not to come she shoots her self- the highwayman hears the shot and rides away- at dawn he hears the news that bess shot herself to save him.-he rides like a madman along the road but the soldiers shoot him down- Now on a winters night the ghost of bess and the highwayman appear
