Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-22

nd OF Drick rose up, and at length the apertu
b. was closed. 1t only remained to add anoth
thickness of brick, and over all the thick CO
rs ", VI plaster, as the unknown had indicated.
he fllnfwosd was inst putting the finishing ton,
n. 10 the plastering, when the great door fwhi,
I'd he had previously nnfastened) swung slow
Nv open, and his mysterious employer entert
~ y, the room.
ar sard onic smile CLEANED from his blao
I'd merry eyes, for no other feature Of his face WI
= Yisible.'
ns 80 You are repunctual to the time, my friend
., ne approached and laid his hand upon lin
" WOODS shoulder. well, | admire punctualit
IN And now, as we are about to go forth fro
ig nenee, require.you to swear eternal silenc
" on the events of this night-silence as III
n- broken as the darkness of the tombp
"a The wild eyes flashed savageiy down in
D. hoface's face, and though his voice did n,
ht reihple, his cheek became paler as. he spoik
10 enough "A man like yeu will kesp
In oath Your work is done WE'LL"
- am happy to have pleased youl II W,
Il thoughtiul IN you to select such place ft
your goid-the most cunning burglar woul
never guess il
=" You will lose nothing by yonr exceediu,
= cieverness," he said, as he was fixing the band
age over Horace's eyes, 1" here, my friend, is
nttie present for you,' and he placed paree
, IN the mechanics hand
The same road was driven over, the same
uhearthly silence preserved in the phpton, and
near daybreak, Horace was left blind-folded al
the door Of his lodgings. He tore off the
hanukercliet and looked wildly around him,
Dut No saw only great, crazy houses and smoky
manufactures The carriage and its mysterious
occupants had vanished.
lie Dethonght himself of the parcel given
MN by the unknown, and breaking it open, he
iouna simply one hundred dollar note envel-
oped IN brown paper.
Early on the morning subsequent to the
| efehts ehfomcled above, boat, containing
TWO persons, might have been seen proceeding
| al Boou speed up the Des P--ryer. Arriy-
eu Wlthln half mile OF Woodstock the way
| lay through, or between high banks, which
were covered with thick growth of scrubby
naples and tangled witch hazel. From the
oyerhanging bough OF low tree white hand
keIehiei huttered in the wind, and the signal
aia not long escape the anxious eye of the
taller OF the two boatn,en.
fls the very place | knew itt'' he ex-
claimed triumphanty.
IN lew moments the boat was resting in a
| htiie cove directly beneath the signal
fnntwood, for the reader has probably re-
fPgnl2ed our Old friend, sprang upon the shore,
ioiioWea closely by his companion; and after
= prie1 search, the box containing the myster-
lons corpse was discovered. Immediately it
was paced IN the boat, the handkerchief was
renewed from the tree bough, and the light
craft shot OH like an arrow down the stream.
lhey drew up the bout, after good two
noars sail, at an obscure wharf in the little
Ninage OF N, and carriage, which was
evidently awaiting their arrival, took them and
their freight to a large, old house situated a
little out of the village.
flintwood, had the box conveyed to an up
PEI chamber OF this building, and when left
alone with it, he unscrewed the cover and look
ea upon the face sleeping within its shadow
as ne gazed,- hes saw that there. Mas waEae
slightly parted lips2
| 4 me young man sprang from the room, anl
n niteen minutes he returned accompanied by
| Il physician. The man of science, after. O brief
examination Of the body, reported /" tempora-
| II suspension examination, influenced by some
uHue administered while in great bodily pros
tfauon-" furthermore, the physician asserted
that the body was that of Gertrude Winches.
| tfEp the belle and heiress, whose disapp sar-
| apse mad caused, so great sensation Of grief
ahdwonder in the fashionable circles OF q -,
some three months previous!
DR.. Welman suggested the most rigid se-
cresy eoncerning tho mysterious discovery OF
the BODY, and, in the meantime, exerted him
sen 10 the utmost TO restore the lady to life
ana CONSCIOUSNESS, His efforts were success
iuii and by sundown Of that day Gertrude was
able to converse. So soon as deemed practi-
eHpiS " the ueulchl atICnuantt Inc story OF
ier abduction from the dismal vault OF the old
country home was told to them, and at her re-
quest Flintwood was called in, and she gave
sucslnctly the following accounts T.
- fliteen montl ago, my father, Norton
Winchester, died, and l, byhiswl as we'll az by
rlght, was made sole heir to his great property.
had neither brothers nor sisters, and my'I
mother being deceased some'four years, had 4
no nearer relative than maternal cousin, who
Is known as Col. Glines--Richard Glines, Of |
Woodstock Downs. This mans envy was ex-
cited, IL appears, toward me, and although he |
was careful to avoid arousing my suspicious, |
soon came to know that he nursed against me
the hitterest raneor. Probably this was, Ia
some measure, increased by my refusal TO
form a matrimonial alliance with his soma
dissolutc young man--whom could regard
with no other sentiment than the most sincere
pity.
' | have ever been fond OF equestrian
spors, and was in the habit of riding out every
pleasant morning, on horse which my poor
lather imported for my especial use. On the
last OF August, as was taking my accustomed
ride. As it happened entirely unattended lin
passing through strip Of forest near W
Moor, was seized by violent hand, and ,
lrawn from my horse into u close carriage
which had driven hurriedly up. Half dead
With terror, yet l recognized in the connte-
nance OF the man who held me firmly in my !
=
fo all my cries and agonized inquiries as to !
what he intendedsIo do with me, he made
jut one reply-a low, almost internal laugh.
g At last, but all too soon, the carriage stop !
red at the gateway, OF that horrid place known !
IS Woodstock's Tcfror'-ths house rendered
eTible by the Rillston murder, committed
hero ten years agO-and more dead than
live was dragged within the shadow of its
lreadful rooms. Words cannot express to you ,
he agony suffered for the next two months. ,;
Dersecnted by Col. Glines, tortured with the
presence OF his wretched son, and confined a /,
prisoner in the dwelling of my deadliest enc !,
afes NO tidings of the world beyond those :
lieh, black enclosures reached me and !;
ave myself up for lost Indeed, | little cared y
low soon death came and released me from /,
his horrible bondage. Every day was beset :
VITA arguments, entreaties, threats and impre- !
ations, all tending toward gaining my consent /
o a marriage with Harwell Glnes. 1 remain !
ID hrm TO the last, and received in return for a
ny temerity an apartment under ground, and !
ecurely barred and bolted. The rigorous,
unusual confinement brought on lingering
ever, and could plainly see that my perse-
utors intended IL should terminate in my .
loath. had taken no medicine throughout
ny illness, and therefore you may well believe :
was surprised, when Col. Glines brought me, ,
me morning, dark liquid mixture, which he I
aid would make me we'll. drank more from 5
hivst than from the wish OF reViying to my !,
read life again, and Immediately slumber-
us sensation benumbed every faculty. heard :
0iccs in cOnversaton-those OF Col. Glines
nd his son--I heard them arrange e,disposi- |
ion Of my body when the sleeping potion
hould have taken effect, and with scarcely
brill, learned,th was to be placed in the
ellar, and enclosed within a solid pile of ma
onry while yet slivet remember no more 3
{ IS all q blank and void till now" M- Il
Gertrude Winchester fully recovered her
ealth beneath the hospitable roof of the kind
oatman, aud in due time appeared again to r.
astn had !. /