Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-30


more than twenty inches in diameter,
and divesting himself Of his various bur
dens, began to crawl up the ori6ce, tell
ing me not to follow him, bu, 10 wait bis
return. In less than minute be bawl-
ed out Its all right : and the moment
after, to my indescribablo satisfaction,
heard him talking with some one above
ground, waited with what patience /
could, but thought the conference would
never have au end. At length my de-
liverer came sliding back again, heels
foremost. His re-appearance was fol-
lowed by the sound of blows and the
clang Of erowbar on the grating above,
My guide now held out his hand for the
promised reward.
win you not also escape this way /?
he asked.
Ne said he, couldn't git my traps
out Besides, the old CONAN II be lookin'
out for me ut the riverside, an she'll be
wonderin' where the doosc I'm got to-
You're all right now. just crawl up the
drain, an there's enough on 'em, reek-
on, up there to fish yer out
Having recompensed my deliverer be,
yond his expectations. followed his di
rectious, more in a dream than with any
real consciousness Of what was doing
, ! was hauled out, more dead than alive
at the corner of a narrow lane, among
crowd Of people assembled to witness
my resurrection. | had barely sens'
. enough left to make known the addres
? of my landlord to whose house | wa
conveyed, believe, in a cart, upon be
4 of straw, after several drivers Of cab
and hackney-coaehes had declined tn
4 honor of my custom.
1t was night before l reached home
u and from that hour until full two montl
IN after, the day and night were all alih
to me, for was raging in the deliriu
b. of fever, and declaiming horrible narr
, tiyes of murder, and darkness, and ske
a eton victims, and rats, and gravy-spoon
/ My poor old mother had to come U
D from Suffolk to take possession Of m
t But at last got well again, in spite
the doctor who dosed me six times a da
and of the nurse who crannmed my mot
+, Ur with the uUtiuu that, hrrauso in n
:. delirium / talked Of rats, l was doom,
to death.
The first thing / did when | recove
=, ed was to hunt up the ruflians who hi
!, thought TO murder me. got Office
:. from Bow street. and invaded Fie
!. Lane with authority Of the law. 1t W
b. all to no purpose. Not only could n
-, find the williams themselves, but / cou
!. not identify even the scene Of their atr
-, city. A perfect stranger to the place
could only guess at its precise locality,
49,, course could not swear to it. There "
j, no such inner apartment as l have I
scribed to be found-no trap-d0or TO
u discovered in any of the floors, in ia
-, the whole scene which my terror had
~ delibly imprinted on my memory had
II vanished together, and the search had
=. be given up.
The explanation Of the seeming m
terry must be referred to the time b
49, lain on sick bed, during which the s
ry Of my escape may have reached
intending murderers and il is lik
enough that my deliverer may have IA
!. ed Of his adventure, and so put the
sassins on their guard. Thus they
~ time and to spare, to effect the meiam
4, plosis Of their premises, which deeei'
=, the officers Of justice, and thus iacil
ting their escape from the galloas Il
- so richly deserved.
Since then the doubt has often err
ero ed my mind whether the police Of i
street really believed the strange sior
told them. BE that as it mas, the rea
-, may rely upon is accuracy 50 far as
memory serves me at this distance
90 time and be viii hardly woader thi
, g. do not regret The final erasure Of f
Lane from the list Of metropolitan Il,
The KASsAs ELEcTIoS-CI
OurnAGEs. Bet0 York, july l5.-
". Babcock, Mayor Of Lawrence {
: Kansas, is now in this city. lie says