Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-04-14

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."'shu. the door !suicki I have beer
waylaid BY q rutiian, responded the girl
Iexcitedly. This way, sir" she added
addressing me, AZ The same time ope-
ming the parlor door, and pointing intt
the ROOM lsYapas ydi H sta4s4ags SAT
| II bowed. and passed in; and, at the
same sam @s hs'Fd 'As front door & closed s's
eExcsise me for . moment, Dir, while
speak to my mother" said the young eirll
The next moment, and before / had time
to reply. the door was closed, and Was
| left aiSne.' 1FgI Frfsl nv iie1' Eaa1ga''i
al 1 walked to asofa---aJlight was barnina
in the reom-and sat down. Then 1 took
survey Of the apartment. The furniture
4 had been gobd IN its dat, But was the1
much ~orn.sf ,#Tof eNT sH roa4esat
gaA ofew min utes Afterwards the satanj,
looking negress opened the parlor, door
and pokng her hideous looking face into
| the ro6us, said - ssiazsast Ene1Ial SIT
sh vAiss Garfineriqaeass The kentlsm an To
walk tpp stairs."p ta., 8 div .,is...d,
| began to think the proceedings rather
strange. hut stili my reckless Spirit induc.
ed me to follow the nesress Up atwo
aightid stairs and 70 tbs door, Of q back
apartment she led me. She Knocked and
The door opened. ~ "t"'
j"WaIk in, sar, If you please, . said she.
very defsrentially. 3ol iaeJk gatht3aG
~ stepped into an apartment that had no
Windows, and was confronted by huge
hurley negro man. At the same moment
/ / heard the door closed to and locked. and
for 1sshe first tins X began to think seri
ously Of danger. -. (, N. 4..,.........t !.
"lSork obers. sar r exclaimed The 4 negro 70
abruptly and tareateningiy.a .s1ss sAs
I'D carried quite valuable watch. and
had quite . considerable sum of money
about me, for that night had been paid
off at the Office and really clever sum
was standing 70 my account KNEW |
had been draws.sintoa den OF thieves, but
! internally resolved not TO lose my prop
erty without FIRST making an effort to save
In, let the consequences be what they
might. no'sa 'hea s' .tsn..ss1 ai se7saf
iIa.Do you mean @ rs1 me n demanded i
resolutely. ,.ffb srsaskg4 NJ .v.fagra,4r1
=. |" Spec. Do, sir" was the unmistake,.
reply. " - "a"
II warn you. saidT, my blood boiling
up, a'',hat lshall not patiently submit to
any such outage vsgsl{ III .W .vag .as
Don't 'spect you will sar,' responded
the negro. as Ne Displayed murderous
looking knife I'VE nebers DO anything by
halves. Welpebsr ls,sany one Dat com es
hS,s e, away ~ 'g'pbe'auSs b dey might 1g
"Would you mur,ler vme.h you oblack
lhief y rri, a passioHatsly.,.v ar
"'Spect ! would" rcidined ihc ,rut
throat ~itX'sa Broad grin. arse usei TO
.a.' a. : sss.sf y. bis.ss's and SH': .t"d it a
ki. 4 jNas now fnlly alive. 10 the fact that J
vas in a very dangerous situation. and to
tel the truth, ! fell dreadfolfy nervous
tahoulait. Hirit to do iknewhot. > Tha,
the girl encountered was probably qaa
droon,, and certainly, decoy, and that |
had been led TO the house to be plundered
and perhaps murdered 1 had every reason
to believe. tat J4 tEsN sas IS .tsgis5EE
''coms, sar, fork ober, and den jump
down dar.' Gzz
I The rascal must have touched spring
some where, for AS he spoke a trap door
/
lprI looked at the trap door aud then at
the negro, ,in. doubt as TO- whether ! had
heard arighi.
IF yer jump down, sar, yen sabe me
de trouble Of iro~in' yer down. he added
| fendishiy. Al sts.gs asas ies E=a stfa esal
You bloody rascal" cried madly, do
you think Iii deprive myself OF life just
Ito crafty you p x5Nae3 agH*saaH VI +
! 7g"I Ios went do nufiin. hey n cried the
negro sprnsing at me like o wild beast,
"den take that 7"
The villain made slashns cut At me,
but with asingle bound 1 sprasg clear 10
the other side Of the Trap aud escaped the
deadly blow.
Boiling over with diabolical rage, the
accurssd cut throat again sprang a, me
bonuding across the pit with y spring Of
madness. As his, feet touched the edge
upon which ] Was standing, Iinvoluntarily
put ont my hands towards him, and shov-
cd him back. .a#iiae4
n hardly, intended, 70 throw him down
the pit, but, down he went, in a moment
disappearing from sight., 49aaal g 1iHa
y Il did not atop totlcarnihe, williams fate,
fur. Judged abat tshsls 4 have mora saeh
Kosk On my bands before got oat lot The
House, ifinaeed ever succeeded in max
ing my escape from tie dreadful den Of
infamy. 'aalRae asJa1 oaw ,ai4aa4 gssb
Ia L,,stsntly af.er the fall Of the negro
ran around the pit and sprang Il rard lbs
door. just az | reached the door. howey.
err, and was about taking hold OF the kndb
sDa,e ore starncd il on the other side.
spsang Up against The wall, And in "a way
that would keep tnn out Of sight Of any
one who might enter. '''7s a'f'
au Yisa Hasxt m6ncnt lhs door opsned, and
q head wAs thrust into the room Withopt
waiting TO see who it was, and taking il
for granted that al IN The house were ar
ray yed agAins. mr. I doubled my fist, aai,d
with alt ny strens VI, instantiy dealt asbIdw
tthsi hss d that braught. sne. person At ial
Length upon, the floor. The same moment
showed me that II was the negress.
The hag was entirely ihsensitlc, and
forthwith dragged her lsto the room AID
shut the doors kor some ny uses l waited
further developments, CALCULATING that
there we're sstil' c'sers IN the house,
At length my .Hknf,e ear caught the
sound of light footsteps outside. and 1
moment Attprward the door acain opened.
This time Il was my beautiful deceisv
who appeared. Tho Rsts thing her eyes
seemed to encounter was ths prostrstet
form of,he negrrss, and with an cxciatna-
,ion of surprise she dsrtrd into the roam.
oaQnlk al iish,pins ] phe-d.my back
ngsidAs sThe door The u,ovemsst 1t once
atttacts Nhe girls attention to me. t
.Now, my lady Y I hissee cut--for
was iussnseiy szci,sd y synss sd must
havc an uadersianaieg. You led me in,p
FsAis mfevnni ass by yoar tricks, and you
sasa gotto shss ma she wAv cat effil or
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