The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-04-25
earous hu hand. unles. i'm mediatelx res.

! barous hu-hsnd. unless i'm mediately res.
cued. For three days be ba- not left the
I house druxxed hin less than an hour
sgo. and he l. now so completely stupefed
that the lock maJ he picked without b..
interference have searched bi- pock
et>, but oanunt fud the key; henre my ap
pllcation to you. Nos you knos all; will
you accompany ne I"
ITO the end OF the world, madam, on
such N erraud"
Then prepare your-elf; there is cab
wa'tn at the door
sas little surprised. for I bad not
heard the sound OF wheels Hastily
drawing oU coat. and providing W,s"lf
With requisite ,mpleueots. was soon at
the door There. ure enough. wa the
cab. with the driver 10 the -eat rrady for
the mysterious journey. As soon as
wa seated. he ,roduce q hea.y hand
kerchief. which, by the faint light of 40
adjacent street lamp, she carefully hound
round my eyes The lady -eated herself
brsid" me. and the cab started Iu half
an hour the vehicle -topped-in what part
OF the city AN entlrel ignorant as it
vas evidently driven 10 any thing tut
direct cour-e tro~ the point OF -tartink.
ExsmIniog the tandage to see that my
vi-lon ws- completely ob-cured. the lady
hsUdrd me the bundle OF tools With
which | wa presided. then taking me By
the arm led ne throu q gate into a
hous- which knew was trick. and a ter
taking NE along a pas aye say which
could not bae been less than fit, feet iD
len. th. aud IowD fi ht OF >tsir- into
what va evidently an uudergroun base
m-Dt. stopped beside vault and re N owed
the hand kerehief froD my eyes
Here l. the vauIt-open II" said -he,
-priB ling the door OF dark lantern aud
throwing a bean OF H. hi upon the lock
| seized bunch OF ske.eton keys. aud
after few trIais. which the lady ,eeYe,
to watch ~th the most painful auxi"ty
sprans the bolt The door swuu. on IT
hinges. and uy compaulon telling ue not
to close 1t "a 1t was self locking. .trans
into the vault did not follow. | heard
the murmur of low voices within sud the
D. Il nontnt the lady re appeared aud
laBiDs utoD her arm man, With face
pale AMI hasgard that | >tarteI at the
sight How be NUT haze -uff- re du
r,ng the three long days of confinement
iu the ,ault
R.nain here" sbe said. handing ue
the laute,u; Il will be ba 10 no
Brnt
The two lowly sscended the stairs.
aDp L heard them enter a room iDDe
dlstr,y above ~hrr. ! ,as -tand,og To
less than mute the lady r'iurn-d.
"Shsll [ clio 1t. madam!' -aId |,
plaeIug nay hand upon the door o. the
vault
mol no." she exclaimed. ha-tily
seizIn. my arm; ut aSalts another oc
cursut !"
adam, you C. rtaiuly do not intend
to-
Are you ready" she interrupted
boiling the handkerchief be
fore ,es. TIE thought flashed across
my mind that she intended to pub ue
into the vault AMI hury ue aod ny se
cF6I tOgetU"T que setDeu 10 Ecdu Tue
suspicion, and continued DO uot be
alarm-d You are not the mani
| could not ui-take the truth or the
'ear al meaning OF the remark. and [
-huide'ed a. | bent uy head to the
b bandkerchlef. NJ, eyes were a. care
fully baunagrd as before, and | vas led
to the car, and thence driven home BY .
more circuitou- route. If possible. than
the one by which W. came ArrivIn. 10 /.
front of the house. the hsndkerrbief vas
removed, aud | slipped from the vehicle
A purse OF 6.e buDdr-d dollars vas
placed IN my baud. asd in a moment the !
cab and its mysterious occupant bad
turned the corner and were out Of 81 bt.
entered the shop, and the purse Of
gold was the only -sid. nre | could sun
u on in my hewllderm. ut that ell had
ju-t done and Witnessed vas not o
dream
A month after that saw the lady end
the gentleman taken from the vault
lei-urely walk'oe along Montgomery
stre t. | do not know. but | heiIeve the
sleeping hu-hsDd swok- within the vault.
q nd his tones are there to day. The wife
is still resident OF ,S.n francisco.