Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-03

commanding us to come forth. We
crawled from our hiding place, and GO
under the staircase.
Before us the vault stretched far away
till the light looked like star in the
midst of vast room, and the assassins
, had dwlndied into mere dwarfs. Sud.
denly we heard footsteps on the staircase
1t was one of the assassins bringing down
the dish of sulphur.
For the last time," said the Inn
} keeper, "will you come forth ~
A dead silence followed.
Bring hither the sulphur" continu-
ed he; we'll strangle them p
The young man approached, with a
pail in one hand and torch in the other
AT this moment we crept from under the
} stairs, and slowly ascended them.
They want it, and they shall have it,
cried he with an OATH
And he began slowly to drop the sui
phur in line, backing meanwhile to-
wards the stairs, followed by his compan-
ions, whose arms were lifted for blow,
and whose eyes wandered uneasily about
them, in search of the victims who were
now beyond their reach. The parties
reached the stairs with the long sulphur
Gus train marking the course they had
pursued.
I" For the last time" cried the voice
of the Inn keeper, will you come ere
set fire to the train 90
No voice responded to his appeal, and
the torch fell to the yellow trace. The
assassins sprang upon the staircase, but
atthat moment the door above was closed
and bolted upon them with a very loud
/ noise.
Trapped shared y fell family upon
our ears, and then all was silent.
We listened moment at the creyices
of the door, but save the groans, like
those ofpersons in the last stage of agony,
we heard nothing.
They are caught in their own SPARE ,
muttered my companion. For the
present we are safe We have but one
difficulty
'And that is
To reach the travellers room. If we
find light there, all is WELL
We CROPPED our way along the wall till
we came TO an opening. Turning this
we soon reached an entry, family lighted
by a lamp from contiguous apartment.
Save ourselves, it was devoid of human
beings. A clock stood over the bar, and
the hour was on the point oftwo.
I'VE are up early said Herman, with
strange smile AN early rising deserves
reward. What will you drink p
Brandy, replied, with smile my
nerves want something
He placed bottle before me, together
with glass. filled a bumper and
drank. He followed suit, then returned
the bottles and glasses to their places
We now seated ourselves to converse and
arrange our plans.
We have escaped, said Herman,
grasping my hand. Let us congratu-
late ourselves together.
We are not yet out of Sauvergne,
said warningly.
'Tis true but shall we quit it imme-
diately, or wait for the earliest hour of
dawn to assist our plans 2
l think SO, it will be light enough at
four, and the people in this section never
rise till FIVE. We shall have the friendly
aid of daylight, and be long way out
of town before the waking of the people.
So be it, then. Well wait till the
opening of the dawn
We passed the intervening time in re-
viewing the events of the night and in
dwelling on our plans. Ere we were
aware OF 1T, the first grey streaks of dawn
come stealing through the panes above
the doar. We hurried forth and locking
the doors, took the road to Anhalt. 1t
was hard on to noon when we entered
the town. The clock was Just uttering
the hour as we crossed the threshold of
the chief magistrates office, in which we
found assembled crowd of some thirty
or forty persons. \ man was making
deposition before magistrate, who was
listening intently to every word, while
the clerk was busily engaged in trans
ferring it to paper.
My companion elbowed his way thro'
the crowd to the desk, and with his hat
in his hand took his position beside that
of the man who was making the deposi-
ton. Herman cast his eyes accidentally
upon the latter, and then colored to the
temples.
Determined to understand the cause of