Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-12
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],1ry which il might do to the cooked
|llat, esenao the head which iii coy
cred The hat, however, disappeared
Rom Dis view, anda;the door closed
5t 4 slam. He heard a loud noise.
some person tumbling down a
|sta staircase, but waited not to learn
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CROPPED his way along thesridge-
n md passed over the roof Of seve-
ks, until he was removed far
Eoaal the seedo of his. late jex-
h le then iexafnineda conpuIent
eimneys, which he foundenear
him, and selectiRgthe largest fiue---lot
without great misgivings as to the re
sult--slowiy and reluctantly began to
descend. Il hope thought Jack, that
this channel, dark and narrow as il is,
will lead me into some uninhabted
room, on the lower floor, from winch
l-can easily make my escape Lam
not in plpper trim for intruding OF any
gentIemae e's premises, without giving
him fair warning, and | can hardly ex.
pect to te considered a welcome visit
ant in ally udy's chamber .aes
Down he observation-disclosures
down. 'lowly and noiselessly as pos.
sible---Hlt more than once within an
inch of slipping, and letting himself
down by the run. At length, he saw
the glin1 1mer Of a light beneath him, and
soonioqn ind himself in the snug fire place
Of room in the second story. He
heard toicesin the room, and coiling
himself into the smallest possible COM
pass, spwed himself in a corner of The
deepft te-pIace, for the purpose Of tax,
ing shrvey Of the premises, before he
intrudad himself on the company.
There was evidently villainy going
on in the apartment. An old man
loosely clad in his night garmehtsywas
tiedlo The posts Of a bedstead,; and in
accents otterror implorlng mercy from
two tfunculent>visaged scoundrels who
stood over him, with daggers in their
hands, ordering him to give up the key
To- his strong box and surrender hi.
tjew2asse on pam ofinstant death. The
old manreluctan,ly indicated the place
where the key was deposited, and lhe
strong box was eagerly opened by The
|ruffians. Their joy hardly knew bound.
when they found it was so, well fllee
wilh7bags Of gold, besides containing
many caskets of jewels, and gems o.
price. After they had gazed 10 ecsta>
cy uponsthis pile Of wealth for a few
minutes, 4apd handled It, satisfying
themselves that no imposition had beer
practised. they seized their daggers
with firm grasp. and their deep-tonee
imprecatlons showed that they were
about to reach the climax af their guilt
by putting to death the unfortunate be-
ing whom they had thus ruthlessIy
pIundered ofhis riches. Their unhappy
victim seemed to be aware that appeals
to their beneyolence would be useless
he believed that his last hour had arriv.
ed, and he breathed ieryent prayer te
heaven for mercy on his soul.
| Jack Flagstaff, who he'd been an at
tentive observer of all these proceed
ings, now thought it was time ior hin
to appear on the stage, and take part
| in the stage scene which the parties in
the chamber were enacting. Just a:
the robbers were about to attack theil
delenceless victim, and had raised theil
weapons to strike the fatal blow, Jack
with a bound, leaped into the middle o
the floor, raised himselfto his full height
brandishing aIoft his hugh fists, and witt
a grin, which would have been regard
ed with envy and admiration by an hy
ena, .shouted-"Ho! }! Ho"
His ascent and descent through tn,
chimney had by no means improved th'
appearance OF the generous and intrep
id sailor, who seldom thought Of his owl
peril, while assisting fellow being il
distress.--Indeed, as he suddenly, as
by magic, appeared before the eyes c
the assassins, giving the finishing touc
to an interesting tableau, they were alb
solutely petrifed with fear and wonder
believing him to be the very incarna
ton of evil, who had left the realms c
darkness and of night to punish ther
Tor their crimes. They gazed upo
| him for one moment, whilst their bloc
curdle d in their veins, and their blood
shot eyes seemed bursting from thei
sockets--the next. they dropped thei
daggers on the floor, turned, spran
through the open doorway, made on
leap down a flight Of stairs, and out in
to the street .#
Jack now turned towards the ol
man, whocould hardly, believe his sens
es, and knew not whether he ought t
rejoice or lament at the. strange apps
\ rition. But he was soon set right b