The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-16
VOLUME 26.1

run, Susan, runi" and Hlnglng down th
candle, flew to the front door, opened il
and dashed out into she darkness, rushe
, with frantic speed down the Laurel Walk
to get assistance from the lodge. had no
advanced half-a dozen yards before hear
the heavy tread, with its crunching soun
! on the gravel of the avenue, in, as | coniec
tured, rapid pursuit; this augmenting peri
led me, Of course, to strain every energy t,
the utmost in pressing on, and | had tn
satisfaction of hearing my pursuer dart int
the plantations, for the noise of the branches
being broken and pushed aside conveyed
to me this welcome assurance Possibly
las | afterwards thought, he never meant tx
follow me, nor knew at all which way
had gone, for the night was intensely dark
but may have been only concerned in effect
ling his escape after he had been detected
[ found Brien, the gardener, at the gats
lodge, and another workman with him, anC
drought them back as rapidly as possible tC
the house, for felt anxious about poor Su
|san, knowing the fright she must be in
We discovered her shut up in the coal
vault, half dead with fear. Mrs. Osborne's
Iarival in the midst of our CONSERVATION was
a relief to all, and nothing could equal my
aunt's distress when she learned what had
happened and the alarm to which we had
been subjected. Even Parks looked grave
and uneasy, and himself that evening sug-
gested the propriety of removing from the
house anything that might be bait to
Iplunderers l could see that Aunt Osborne
was relieved from some concern at this
proposal emanating from the butler himself,
she had arranged, she told me i'll the course
of the evening, to convey all our valuables
of every kind to Mr.. Gregory's; and it was
great comfort, she said, that Parks had now
advised the same thing, for it made all mat
tiers smooth. We both concluded that the
attempt made by this pretended pedler was
what Father Malachi meant in his private
warning; and, terrified as | had been by
the trying adventure that had just occurred
[ went to bed more at ease that night, as
the vague alarm which the priests letter
had excited vas now to a great degree at
rest; and was further consoled by finding
that my aunt was more disposed to the ar
rangement that | had for sometime urged
the moving into the town for the winter
months. The next day proved one of de
termined, ceaseIess wet. We had intended
carrying the Judgment to be made with Mr.
Gregory into M--that morning, but as
well from the weather as at Parks sugges-
ton, it was deferred till the succeeding
day. 1t would be well, he said, to give all
the silver a thorough cleaning before it was
laid by, and he could do that in few hours
easily,
Notwithstanding the heavy rain, Parks
repaired to M---to give the authorities
a description of the pedlar (Which he got
first accurately from me and Susan and to
try and ascertain if he had any others con
nected with him, for he strenuousIy laaint=-
tanned that the fellow wasn't single handed
in whatever he was after but must be one
of gang 1t was midday before the but
Ter returned, and when he did he called at
once for Susan, to tell her he had met
messenger on the way; from her home, Git
was about i've miles distant, at the foot of
a neighboring mountain,) with the intel-
gence that her mother was dying. s'Amost
off, he said, ''Susy, she Was and that she
implored you. for the love ofGod, to go to
her, not to lose moment, for his word was
she was just on the hinges"
The announcing of this sad impending
catastrophy affected the poor girl, as may be
supposed, with the greatest sorrow; the
We made her up with all the coats and
mufflers she could wear; Parks assured her
that he'd look after everything of her work
that was necessary, and with sympathetic
tears Aunt Osborne and saw her off upon
her mournful GRAND. >-3---
For the remaining hours of daylight my
aunt and Parks were busted over the differ
ent costly articles of silver that were being
packed into large plate chest, in prepare
ration for their removal on the succeeding
day, and we were, | think, little later
than usual at dinner in consequence We
had scarcely dined, know, when we were
considerably startled by loud, impetuous
and incessant knocking at the door, and
we were astonished when the angry claim
ant for admission turned out to be Susan
back again | saw that Parks looked
greatly disconnected, in fact, quite agitated,
en- her entrance; while, without ceremony,
not even restrained by the presence of, or a
feeling of respect for her mistress, she as
sailed him with extreme bitterness for what
she termed, 'his sending her off in the wet
upon FOOLS Grand Nothing, in life,
ma am, the matter with her; met Tom,
that's my brother, coming fornenst me down
the hill, and she never was better You
had a purpose in it, you old black thief,
you," she exclaimed in a rage; 81 don't be-
lieve you ever met any one who told you
that she was i'll. Come tell US; who was it;
now? What was lie like? Oh, | have had
a talk about you since, can tell you; no
NATTER and the aggrieved girl ended a yet
longer onset than | have attempted to de-
scribe, and that no interruption or remon-
STRANGE on our part could stop, by bursting
into tears l cautiously watched Parks
countenance during the stormy scene. At
first he seemed frightened, but that soon
yielded to an expression of pent up fury that
Mortified me by its violence; before or since
| never saw anything so fiendish. a wild
CLEAN shot from his eyes, and they gIared
like cats in the dark; large drops gath
cred on his dark forehead, his heaviug chest
emitted gasps like the ominous growing
Of an angry beast, while his white teeth
was pr, ssed down into the thick under lip
until the blood came. thought at the mo-
ment that he would have done some fearful
deed on the spot had heard of his once
before being similarly excited, and those
that witnessed it said, ;'they wouldn't like
to have hand in aggravating blackey;"
but had no idea of the reality.
/ doubt if any one noticed the Infatuated
aspect Of the man but myself, for aunt rising
from her chair (she had her back to Parks, J
led Susan forcibly from the room, and so
hindered any further scene, Parks never
uttered syllable, he turned to the side
board, and nervously fidgetted with the
forks and spoons, while could hear him
lgrinding his teeth i'll evident suppressed
Al. Al
me from head to foot, and l felt as if
breathed more freely when he left the
!, apartment.
, Aunt Osborne insisted on Susaus going
/ early to bed. She dosed her with ho
drinks and other cold preventives, for the
poor girl had been thoroughly saturated
: from the rain.
For long time after tea that evening
| we sat silently at our work in the drawing
f room. Icould think of nothing but tina
, Terrible face of the black felt that /