The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-10-14

be able to seize them In Q moment. / re-
solved to leap out and secure t6s MedpORs
before lighting the gas, since !, being, ss I
presumed. better aequainted with the ar:
rAngement of the furniture. might manage
in the dark to. eIude my antagonist. These
thoughts occupied but 4 few seconds. In as
many more. the pistols were in my hand and
the gas lighted. The intruder did not Yen-
ture TO appear and the delay gave me cour.
age. I boldly commanded that individual to
advance and take the chance Of bullet.-
Something immediately began to move, and
soon saw the couse Of my alarm. What
was 4, think you! You cannot guess. I
will tell you: il was a woman I see you
are all beginning to laugh; and ! suppose you
think there is some long story in the case;
and that q damsel, besutiful as Houri, OF
heroine-which is oil the same--whom I
had wooed only to betray, had concealed
herself there to reproach me with broken
vows, etc. ea1 wes ,s77"sora 93 tys9Sayae
AN wrong. The deuce bit Of romance
is there in the whole affair. Had you seen
the course. sullen, ill-favored woman who
stood before me, you would not suspect such
thing, especially as you have seen aspect
men Of my taste In the shape OF a lady who
bears my name. ,a ..- q. sea. (. D.. .tr,,.... ~
After all, the scene was droll enough.--.
There stood /. shivering in my night habili-
ments, pistol in hand, ready to interrogate
my visitor. She looked carving knives in
return; but not seeming in the leOst shocked
at my scanty garments, though evidently de-
sirous Of turning her back both on them and
on the wearcr. On looking, / thought her
countenance seemed familiar, and / Tecol.
lected that she had lived as servant in the
house but my landludy suspec.inC her Of
dishonesty, discharged her shortly after my
arrival. ,. ...-,
Twas about to question her, but thinking
it advisable to have witness, commanded
her TO remain where she was, and insured
her obedience by locking the door. rous.
ed the family, and as l was returning to my
prisoner, heard my bedroom window has,i.
ly closed. ~"Ah !" thought |, "you are all
right there for staying where you are; for the
window is strongly barred" On being in
terrogated, she said my landlady had forbid
den her coimng near the house, but being
friendly with the other servant, she ventured
to visit her. .aH .... a.-0aEyf
Whilst talking in the kitchen, she heard
the mistress approaching, and fearing discov-
cry, stole up stairs, and crept into my room,
and hid herself under the bed, intending 10
leave the house when oil was quiet. My
early entrance cut off her escape, and she
supposed she had fallen asleep, as she re.
membered nothing more till aroused by q
loud ft of laughter. This seemed plausc.
able, enough, and but for the sequel would
have passed off very we'll. AS we were
about dismissing her, with a caution to not
repeat her visit, the door bell rang, and we
found policeman waiting for admittance.--
He stated that passing shoft time, before,
he observed one OF the front windows. hasti.
ly opened. Something was thrown out, and
then it was as quickly shut. After short
search, he found very large and sharp
Spanish knife which, he presumed, was the
article thrown from the window. He also
observed two fellows OF suspicious sppear-
ance, lettering about the place, and discov-
cred them to be father and son--men Of bad
character, who got a good liying--nobody
knew how. He had warned them away, and
returned to see il anything was amiss In the
house. '''@ %
On being informed Of my visitor, and her
tale, he expressed wish to see her, and at
once recognized her as the daughter Of the
elder, and sister Of the younger man he had
dismissed. ..,ug ~. ~. s.,e.f baa..~,..g Az,
Instead of liberating the woman as we
thought Of doing,we deemed it prudentto
give her into custody. No ono present at
her examination entertained doubt that,
during the short time she was in Mrs. Win
gase's house, after becsnie IN inmate Of it,
she had remarked the materials had used,
and thst regular plan had been otgdnized
to rob, and perhaps murder me. g,3 sag
The other servant also depOsed, on oath,
that her hiding in my room was needless, as
she had abundant time to leavo the house
unperceiyed, had she chosen; and that the
visit was paid to her againss her will--she
having no desire to continue any acquain.
tance with person more than suspected
with dishonesty. Still, we could charge her
with nothing but the concealtnent, and after
being cautioned against placing herself again
in such situation, she was discharged 4
The story was much talked about, and |
got well quizsed BY many ladies' Of my &C.
quaintance; but after oil, the thing might
have proved no joke to me. I remained
some months longer in the place. and before
I len Iheard many accounts Of threats which
the woman's male relatives had uttered
against me, for casting suspicion on inno-
people t!JPeople. I had probably injured
their bdsiness; for / fancy after what had
occurred, few parties would be willing to
employ any noctural visitor in their hcuses.
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