The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23
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y The sadirs had fallen II love with the fair
Adelaide, and the wedding was y b On Ne
morrow Of that on which ouf adveaturs
shappensd. Gsand pssperatieas vsse na1c
for the wedding; and the rector'e fine cd
plate, and the costly gifts Of the bride, were
discussed with pride and pleasure ~ The
Hare and Hoonds il The pfeseacs OF some
strangers who had como down to the prise
eight which had taken place II the neighber-
hood
That night, Adelaide, whs Sssspisd
separate room from her sIster, cat up late
long after al the household retired % rest
She, had . long Interview with her father,
and had been reading chapter 70 which
he directed her attention, and since had
packed up her jewels. ets. Rhe vas oonse-
qusntly still dressed when tbe church clock
tolled FOR midsight. AZ i ceased, she fan
sied she heard low noise like that Of = Ole.
She listened but could distinguish Boshing
clearly. II might have been made By some
OF the servants still about, Or perhaps It was
only the creakisg Of some Of the old trses-
Gho heard nothing but the singing Of the
winter wind tor many minutes aftsrwards
Hsussbreakers were mere myths in primi-
tive Thyndon, and the bride elect, without Q
thought Of fear, resumed her occupation.
She Was gazing on q glittsring set Of dia-
mends destined 70 bs worn at the wedding,
when her bed room deor softly opened She
| turasd, looked up, and behsd man with .
black mask, helding . pistol in his hand,
| standing before her
She did not scream for her 6rst thought
was for her father, who slept in the next
room, and to whom any sudden alarm might
| from heart complaint She confronted the
robbsr boldly, and addressed him in wills.
per: "You arc come" she said, ITO rob Us
Spare your soul the awful guilt Of murder.
| NJ father sleeps in the next room, and ID
BE- startled from his sleep would kill him
Make no noise beg ofyou.
| The fellow was astonishsd AID sowsd.-
ffaWe wont make no noise, he replied sui
-lsnly, IF you will give us every thing qui
city"
| Adelaide drew back, and lot him take
her jewels-not without . pang, for they
were precious love gifts, remarkins At the
| same time that two more masked rufsan Q
stood ct the halfopen door. A he took the
jewel case and watch from shs table he de-
mandsd her purse. She asked him if he
| intended to 70 into her fathers room, She
received surly affirmative. ale wasn't
agoin to run a risk, and leave half the tin
bshing"
She proposed instantly, that she should
70 herself, saying: ~ will bring you what
ever ycu wish, and you may guard me
thithsr, and kill me if play false to you"
| The fellow consulted his conn anions and
after short parley they agreed to the pro-
posal, and with pistol pointed at her head.
the dauntlsss girl crossed the passage, and
entered the old rsctors room. Very gently
she stole across the chamber, and removing
his purse, watch, keys and desk, gave them
ITO the robbers, who stood at the door. The
old man slept peacefully and calmly, thus
guarded by his child, who softly shut the
door, and demanded if the robbers were yet
satisfied.
The leader replied that they should when
they got the show Of plate spread out below,
but that they couldn't let her out of sight,
and that she must &c with them In COM
plianos with this mandate, she followed
| them down stairs to the dining roem. where
| splendid wedding breakfast had been laid,
| to save trouble and hurry on the morrow
To her surprise, the fsllows-eight in num-
Der, when asssmbled-seated themselves,
and prepared to make good meal They
| ordered her to get them out wine, and to
cut her own wedding cake for them; and
| then seated at the head Of the table, she
was compelled to preside at the extraordin-
airy revel
They ate, drank, laughed and joksd: and
| ADELAIDE, quick of ear and eye, had thus
timo to study in her quiet way, the figures
and veices Of the whole set
When the repaet was ended, and the plate
transferred to = sack they prepared to de-
part, whispering together and glancing at
the young lady. For the first time Adel-
AIDES courage gave way. and she trsin bled !;
but. it was mot a consultation against her,
the leader approached her, told her, that
they did not wish to harm her-that she
was 'jolly wench, reg lar game, and they
would not harm her, but that she must
swear not to give an ALA m till nine or ton
o'clock the next day, when they should all
be off safe. To this she was Of course
obliged to assent, and than they oil insisted
on shaking hands with her She noticed
during the parting ceremony, that one of
the rufians had only three fingers On the
left hand.
Alone in the dsspoilsd room, ADELAIDE,
faint and exhausted, awaited the first CLEAN
of daylight; and then, al the robbers did
not return, she stole up TO her room, undress-
cd, and fell into disturbed slumber Tho
condemnation OF the family the next morn
ing, may be imagined; and Adsladss story
was still more astonishing than the robbery
itself. Police were sent from London and
they, guided by Adslads's lucid description
of her midnight guests, actually succeeded
in capturing every one of the gang. whom
the young lady had no difficulty in identity
ing and swearing to-the three fingered
Jack" being the guiding clue to the discov
cry. The stolen property was all recovered,
and the old rector always declared--and
with truth-that he owed his life to the self
possession and judgement of his eldest daugh-
ter.
The only i'll effort Of the great trial to her
nerves, was = disposition, OH tho part Of the
young heroine, to listen for midnight sounds,
and start uneasily from troubled dreams
but time and change Of residence soon sisc.
ted its cure. H
A WIFE's lNFLUENcE-Judso William
Smith of South Carolina had tho rare bless
ing to win the love Of one of the purest,
mildest, and best of women, whose character
had ever been present to- the writer He
married Margaret Duff In the worst days
she never upbraided him by word, look, or
gesture, but always met him as if he
was one Of the kindest and best Of husbands.
This course on her part humbled him and
made him weep like a clild. He was at last
reformed by an instance Of her patient love
and devotion, as he himself told it. The
evening before the Return day ofthe court Of