Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-04-10

'Milly Dean, for that believe is your name,
you cannot deceive me- You are all alone i'm
this house. I took particular care to ascertain
that before | came. So you may as well make
yourself easy on that score and do as i bid you"
"Do as you bid met" exclaimed Milly, in ter
ror; ''what do you want of mer'
81 want the twelve hundred dollars in gold
your husband received for his produce two days
ago. You probably know where it is.
Milly sprang into the entry and would have
fled, but the stranger caught her by the wrist and
dragged her roughly back.
"H Ou can not escape me, young woman, he
said. "You will find it most convenient to make
clean breast of it at 1t will be better for
you"
Milly strove to release her arm. The rough
treatment she received aroused her temper, and
Indignation overcame all other feelings.
''Let me go, you scoundrel, let me go, or l will
call for help" she cried.
''Call, YOU fool said the brutal fellow, "and
much good may it do you. Keep yourself still,
and tell me where the money is"
81 will not she exclaimed, her eyes flashing
FIRE.
''You viii not,' he then replied. 1--WE shall
see"
He released her wrist so violently that she reeled
half across the ROOM He then seized that sleep /
ing infant from the cradle, and held il at arms /
length almost into the blazing fire, so that the /
terrified mother expected to its light garments
catch the flames.
s.Now, then, where is the money? Speak out
quickly or hear your baby shrek with pain. /
will burn it to death before your eyes if you do |
not tell me where the money is"
Monster, give me my child,' shrieked Milly, |
endeavoring to reach the little one. Let me
have my baby"
But every effort was frustated, for again and
again the strong hand of the robber thrust her
back
Il tbx,<- &C..
said the man, putting the helpless innocent closer
to the flames. The mother looked into his eyes.
She saw there the look of heartless determine
ton. She became aware the cotton garments of
the child were smoking with the heat.
"How shall it bef" asked the ruffan. Hurry.
or the child dies. l have no time to waste
| here
Anything anythingl only give me my child"
she cried. The next instant it was handed to her,
ahd she sank upon the floor and folded it to her
bosom.
Gomez exclaimed the man, touching her
rudely with his foot, ''you have not told me where
/ the money is"
pointing to the closet
The man found the box, placed it on the table,
and opened it, saying, $50 far well. 1t is nearly
all god. | will pocket it with your leave or with
out your leave, just as you please" He filed his
pocket with the golden coin, and threw the empty
box into the fire. Then he came and stood beside
her.
s.Put the baby in the cradle" he said, elf you
wish to save its life. l have other business for
you"
"What do you mean?'' cried Mlly, eyeing the
man with suspicion.
"Let me have it," he said, trying to take it.
mo, no, will put it in the cradle myself.
You shall not touch the poor little thing. Now,
sir, she continued, almost choking with excite
ment, "what is itf' After having laid the pretty
infant on its downy place of rest she stood erect
and waited the reply.
Il am going to kill your said the man.
'KiIl met" she exclaimed, her face growing
pale with terror. "Kll mel What have ever
done to you that you should kill me2"
Nothing, nothing, my dear, only you know
you have seen me, and you will know me again. I"
And he advanced upon her.
ooh, sir, let me live. Have you not done
enough to take my husbands money without de-
priving him of his wife, toof / will never say
one word against you if you will spare me, only
spare me !"
As she spoke she clasped her hands and looked
imploringly at him.
al am sorry that can not safely grant your
request" be responded. "There is no help for
it, so come along out of DOORS
He reached out his hand to grasp Milly. But
the instinct of self-preservaton was strong upon
her. She evaded him. flew to the chimney piece,
on which it hung, cooked and presented it at the
breast of the robber. Her motions were so rapid,
before he could prevent it her finger had pressed
the trigger and there was an explosion. But with
eqaal readiness the man had stepped aside, the
ball had passed over his head, and the next in
slant his grip was on her throat.
al will teach you to handle arms" he said
"You would have killed me, would you? will
show you trick worth two of that"
mercy, mercyl" cried the terrified woman.
There is no mercy for you" he calculated
He dragged her into the entry and flung open the
door. 'sOut with you into the snowl'
Hold what is this?" exclaimed deep toned
voice. "Unhand that woman, you scoundrell"
powerful man stood in the doorway. He
dealt the robber blow between the eyes which
struck him back into che entry His grasp df
Milly was relinquished, and she fell to the floor.
80, sir" she cried TO the new conner, "save me.
This man has robbed us, and would murder me
that ! would not tell of it,"
Fear not, madam, he shall not harm you, !"
responded the stranger. Fellow, surrender your
SELF
ssGet out of my way" cried the robber, making
a rush for the door, and striking at the stranger
! with bowie knife. Giving back few steps the
stranger seized the robber by the collar, whired
him around and threw him on his face in the snow.
The robber struggled. but the stranger knelt
heavily ON the small of his back and grasped
his hair.
"Lie still" said the stranger, cor will send a
bullet through your BRAIN"
The robDer felt the cold barrel of pistol at his
ear and obeyed Milly quickly brought ropes at
her rescuers request, and the robber was bound
= hand and foot.
: "It was a strange providence" the new conner
said, ''that overlook me with n snow storm on
: the prairie and forced me an hour ago TO take
refuge in your smoke house, nearly dead with
! cold"
: : Milly acknowledged the truth of the remark
= = and she knelt and thanked her Father in Heaven
! ! for her deliverance.
: : The next day Mly's husband came home. and
y y when he had been told all, he remarked:
J, "This fellow was in the tavern at the village
the day sold my produce. 1t will teach me
. lesson-never to let strangers know when money
!, is plenty with me, lest they shall be tempted tC
. crime, and bring ruin on me and mine
That day some sixty or seventy men gatheret
at the house of Mr.. Dean. The robber was re
= cognized as a notorious horse thief who had Ions
y infested the neighborhood. There was a sum
- mary trial. and then in dogged silence the wretcl
= who would have burned harmless infant ant
= murdered faithful and gentle woman, submitteC
Ss to his inevitable fate. rudely constructed gal
y lows and stout rope ended his existence. So
'e on the thinly settled frontiers of the West d.
= they mete out justice to offenders against prop
erty and life.
About seventeen hundred dollars in bills wer
in found on the person of the robber, besides tn
70 gold he had taken from Mrs. Dean. As ther
were no claimants for the bills, at the suggestion
of the stranger, whose life had been saved iron
the anger of the winter storm by the shelter h
10 found in the smoke house, thousand of tn
seventeen hundred were presented to Milly in con
is sideration of what she had passed through, am
he rema nder was divided around.
v On that very spot there is now a thriving town
"a and one of the finest residences in the place
that where dwels Milly Dem and her husband
az ALBISoEs-Dr. McWorkman Superintendent
of the Blind Asylem paid flying visit to ou
re town on Tuesday, and in company with Dr. Eli