The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-11-08
KENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s, 1866


the disputed property, would place his wit
in possession, at his death of over $40, 00(
She was in the city, and if her presence wa
required, would be forthcoming but bein
of invalid habits, she did not go out much
was of course, ready enough to under
take the case, and took charge of the paper
respecting it, and we parted with an offer o
my part TO make his visit as agreeable a
possible. For the next few weeks | had fire
quent visits from Mr. Layton quite upo
companionabIe terms-so much so that Of
his last caIlI invited him to my house O.
the following Sunday, and requested him t
bring his wife, which his promised to do.
| well remember that day The mornin,
had been showery, and the sky had sine
cleared; all the trees and grass were dresse,
in their brightest green, and from the COO
earth, perfume hoated up with thatindescrib
able freshness only experienced after rain 0
at night. Punctual to their time my visitor
appeared at the end of the lane leading t,
my house, and my wife and went to NEE
them. Mr., Layton's pleasant manner mad
introduction unconstrained, and the lad,
with him had just the sort of winning man
ner that attracts women no less than men
She was pale, slender person, of a. yer,
gentle aspect. There was in every gestur
and word an appealing manner and ton
which seemed to ask for kindness and affec
ton. There was evidently strong attach
ment between the husband and wife and en-
tire confidence, judged, between them
We have three children. They were up
on few, hours visit in the .neighborhood
and SO our day was quiet one ChiIdrer
are little noisy sometimes and had no.
such strong nerves as | used to possess.
And dinner passed over with sort of peace
tul ease that suits that meal best A cipal
on the lawn was quite in order, afterward
and when the golden clouds began to rise in
the west, as if to meet the setting sun In
their embrace, a stroll to the riverside was
equally desirable. We should probably
meet our young ones, my wife then said
And SO we did. 1t was not long before
merry voices were heard ringing through the
little patch of timber [ called my wood, and
mingled with them the joyous bark of dog.
Very soon the white dress of my little daug6
ter began to glance among the trees, and a
dark spot could be seen careeriug round in a
circle like mad creature Then the whole
group came running towards us, the chill
dren laden with flowers, and the dogs hair
all flying in the wind.
Chow happy you must be, said Mrs Lay
ton to my wife, we have not any children,
and'- a'-aFsss
At that moment she stopped suddenly, and
turning to my wife she said hastily, "What
a pretty dog-I had once" and then she
stopped /; for Bob-the same Bob that years
before was taken from the house in Fifth st
rushed toward her. and began leaping up to
her face as with the. most extravagant low.
That was enough to startle me, but worse
followed, for Bob suddenly caught sight of
my new friend himself and in quicker time
than | can write the words had sprung at
his throat with the most savage yell that
ever heard from any animal, and literally
bore him to the ground, take credit to
myself that L acted promptly and with calm
less vi course there was a mystAry- asbat
mystery, flashed across my mind like light
1lng, but what thought and what did are
Two different things. What | did was to
drag the dog off, have him tied up at once,
and apologize to the best of my ability for
the strange attack, which attributed, as
Olausibly as could, to some Offensive gest
IRE, or other accidental circumstance, on the
part of MIR. Layton. Fortunately, though
ny wife knew the history of the dog, no no.
lion of the truth occurred to her. LAYTON.
himself, was intensely agitated his face was
CHASTITY white; his wife was lost in astonish-
nent, and evidently possessed no clue to
the meaning of what had happened
Never in my life did feel so strangely as
did all the rest of that day. To continue
Ill the cordial attentions proper to ones
guests, while the mind is racked even with
business aaxieties is bad enough but now.
One thing was evident. must alIay all
ny fears-can my reader doubt what fears !?
-thats Layton may have conceived, and at
he same time act out to the end the part
lad to play in the retributive portion of the
irama ai1 did act it out, as will be seen
ind to this day | do not know whether did
fright or not The first thing was to arrange
! complete surveillance over Layton's move
nents and in order to effect this, | could
hlnk OF no better way than to tele-
graph to Peters. To do this before NIGHT
vas impossible, for felt that Layton's eve
me as a cat watches a mouse. Nor
could possibly leave the house without ex
;iting his suspicion. ! managed the affair
n simple way, as luck would have it. One
II my boys-a smart lad, who will make
! name some day greater than bis father.
md in his fathers profession, tools fond
If drawing. told him in the evening. as
We were all sitting around the stone, that
wanted to look at his last productions He
brought his portfolio to me, and | began to
,rlticise its contents, and with pencil in
ny hand. The work was faulty, told him.
There were errors that even | could detect
and remedy. Come here to table, Char.
ey, and | will show you what mean. -
And took the book to another part of the
,oom." Here said, ''look attentiyelv
1t this" and wrote -s ss sfel $50
81 am going to write private message
to you on this drawing 10 --aa.. .Is =.
81 see. father, said my bright boy and
will follow your Instructions wrote again,
$50 to the telegraph office and telegraph
20 the Broome Street Police Station for Pc
5ers, the detective tell him to come with
lelp enough to watch this house, and arrest
man or woman leaving it tonight Go quiz
city, Charley, and take no notice. "A1"'
"Oh, that's easy enough" said Charley
Il can very soon draw the lines in that way.
This picture is too bad to show Mr.. Layton,
is see now, he shall see the others though"
and he tore it up. The portfolio was duly
admired by the visitors. and further public
criticisms made by me, and finally
Master Charley, with demure countenance.
out of the room with it. X .....-..
Wesat an hour or 50, and then retired for
the night. Charley came In to wish us bon
soir, and gave me little nod, which was
what wanted. And ten minutes afterward
the echoes in the house had all died away,
and the last chamber door was locked.
70 We had, soou after purchasing our house,
built an extension at right angles with it;
just like an L the whole building was. In
this extension were three roons--a base-
lnent used for washing and the like, an of
fee or study above it, which used, and
above that bedroom, which on this occa-
sion, was occupied by our eldest daughter,
who had given up her room situated imme-
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