The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-09-02

MY pretty boy, the old lady said to
Wide awake the lady does not live at this
paltry spot, Out the house IS ker property,
she wished to receive you in it. will 90
snd inform her Of Jour arrival.
: Alter a short absence the wicked old
crone returned. She asked the young
man 20 allow his eyes to be bandaged, br,
on his rsfussl, introduced him without fur
Their opposition into the fatal house.
Wide-au axe, who was armed, advanced
in the darkness, appsehending some sudden
attack but no enemy presented himself.
Ere long be found himself in a room of
average size, splendidly furnished and lit
up with wax tapers. a sofa, covered with
crimson satin and ornamented with gilt
nails, occupied one of the sides of the
room. On this sofa recliued, en- deshabille,
the Princess Jabirouska. At the sight Of
the stranger she greeted the young man,
and, with word dismissed the duenna.
Wide-awake, in spite of all his sharpness,
lost his presence of nina. The sight of
this lovely person fascinated him. He
could not move; the young spy in an in
slant forgot his role.
The goddess descended from her throne
and offered her hand to Wide-awake, " no
kissed it. This kiss heated his blood and
restored his holiness Most certainly he
was in Dad place; but he was close to a
charming woman. He became pressing,
fel. hand abstracting his purse, but said
nothing. .-af t0 - Sd
His father was in the street, with his
agents, impa,ientIy awaiting the signal for
Them to enter the house. But the signal
was no. given, and SO Lecoq pere wills
tied; even in the arms Of the princess his
son started at il, and this whistle recalled
him to himself Two minutes after the
princess retired to her cabinet Wide
awake took advantage of her absence to
examine the room; be tried to unfold a
screen, and could not succeed, for the
leaves seemed nailed to each other
Wide-awake shook them smartly; one OF
them fell and unmarked cupboard, in
which twenty-six mems heads, admirably
preserved, were displayed on silver dishes
Such scene was certainly a strange
awaking from pleasure, and young Lecoo,
whose lips were still warm with the stran
gers kisses, opened them to utter crv OF
horror. But worse remained behind: on
approaching the window be fancied he
could see through the psnes other heads
fixing their flashing eyes upon him. Pa
Ter than the deaths heads, unable to speak,
be fell on his knees and clasped bis hands.
At this moment the window was burst
in, and his father, followed by the whole
squad, entered the apartment. Startled
by his sons silence, and fancy1ng him
probably assasslnated, Lecoq had bravely
taken the accused house by storm. The
lucky temerity saved Wide>Awake's life !;
for, at the noise made by Lecoq and his
men in entering the room, the princess,
accompanied by four bandits, armed to
the teeth, emerged from the cabinet. The
kings men being in force, resistance was
useless, and the four ruf1ians, with the gill,
their accomplice, were led away in irons.
A strict examination OF the house led to
no further discovery.
1t was found afterwards that the girl
was English, and employed to entrap
young men, who were killed and their
heads cut of. The body was sold TO stu
dents OF anatomy, while the heads, epen.
didly prepared, were sent in patches to
Germany, for the purpose of the science
of chronology. The government, afraid
of such series of crimes becoming known.
punished the culprits secretly. They
were all hanged.