The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-17
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
III. Fl. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR,
From the Galaxy,l .,
Number 'rhirty-nine.



upon few hours visit in the neighbor-
hood. nard so our day was quiet one.
are little noisy sometimes, and
1 had not such strong nerves rs | used 10
possess. Aud dinner passed over with n
sort of peaceful ease that suits That meal
best. A. cigar on the lawn was quite IN
order afterwards aud when the goldeh
meet the setting sun IN their embrace,a y
stroll 10 Che river side was equally dcsira-
bic. We should probably meet our Young
ones. my wife then said uU Il
And so we did. u 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
a dog. Very soon the white dress OF my
little daughter began TO glance among the
trees, and dark spot could be seen career
ing round In circle like mad creature.
Then the whole group came running
towards us, the children laden with flowers,
and the dogs hair all dying in the wind.
How happy YOU must bel" said Mrs.
Layton to my wife; "wc have not any
children, and---n
At that moment she stopped suddenly.
and turning TO my wlte said, hastily,
what pretty dOg-l had once"-afd
then she stopped; for Bob-the same Bob
that years before was taken from the house
In Prith street--rushed toward her, and
began looking up to her face as with the
most eXtravagant joy. That was enough
to startle me. But worse followed; for Bob
suddenly caught sight of my now friend
himself and in quicker time than i can
write the words had sprung at his throat
with the most savage yell that ever heard
from any animal, and literally bore him go
the ground. | take credit TO myself that |
acted promptly and with oalmness OF
course there was mystcry-lchGt mys-
terry, flashed across my mind like lightL
ming; but what thought and what | did
were two different things, What ] did
was to drag the dog Off have him tied up
mt once, and apologize to the best of my
ability for the strange attack, which | at
trbuted, as plausibly as | could, 10 some
offensive gesture, or other accidental cir
cumstances, ON the part of Mr.. layton.
Fortunately, though my wife knew the
history OF the dog, no notion of the truth
occurred TO her. Layton himself was IN
tcnsely agitated; his face was ghastly
white, his wife was lost In astonishmcnt.
and evidently possessed no clue TO the
meaning of what had happened. ll
Never ~ my life did 1 feel SO strangely
rs did all the rest of that day. To con
tinue all the cordial attentions proper to
ones guests while tho mind is racked with
even business auNietles is bad enough,
One thing was evident. / must allay all
my fcars-can my reader doubt what fears
that Layton may nave conceived, and ut
the same tiluG act out 70 The end tho part
had 10 play In the rctributlVe portion of
the tlraina ! did act IL OUT, aswill besecn;
and to this day do not know whether
did arlghtor no. The first thing was to
arrange n complete surveillance over lay
toms movements; aud In order to effect
this, could think of no better way thnn to
telegraph to Peters. To do this before
night was impossible, for felt that lay
tons eye watched me as II cat watches u
mouse. Nor could | possibly leave the
house without exciting his suspicion. 4
managed the affair In u simple way, how
ever, as luck would have IL. One of my
boys--n smart lad, who viii make n name
some dny greater than his father, aud In
| his fathers profession, tools fond OF
drawing. told him in the evening, as we
were all sitting round the stove, that
| wanted to look nj his last productions. lie
| brought his portfolio 70 me and began 10
| Icriticsc its contents. and with n pencil iu
| my hand. The work was faulty, ! told
| him. There were errors that even l could
| detect aud remedy, Conn here to table.
| Charley" said |, "and I win show you
what mean.n Aud | took the book 10
another part of the room. Here said |.
'look attentiyely this and wrote.
II am going 10 write private message
| TO you on this drawing"
II see, father" said the bright boy, ''and
viii follow your Instructions" | wrote
again,
$50 TO thc telegraph Office, and telegraph
| 20 the Broomc street police station for l'c
tcrs. the detective; tell him to come direct
| ly, aud help enough tO watch this house.
and arrest man or woman leaving IL to-
night. Go quickly, Charley, and take no
| notice. 'N' f.'t
/ " 4
| II can soon draw the lines la that way.
| Thi, picture Is too bad to showMr. lay
ton. as ! see now; he shall see the others
though" and he tore IL up. The portfolio
Was duly admired by the visitors, aud fur
cher public criticism made by me. aud
finally master Charley, with demure coun-
tcnance, marched ont of the room with it.
We sat an hour or SO. aud then retired for
the night, Charley came Ia wish lIs JpH
soir. and gave luc a little nod, which WAS
what | wanted. Aud ten minutes after
wards the echoes IN the house had all dirti
away. and the last chamber door WAS
| locked. -I lrtU. M
We Ind, soon after purchasing house
n uilt an extension at right angles with u /;
iu,st like an l. the whole building wits. In
lfhiA CXtcnsion were three rooms---a base
mont. used for washing and tl,g like. an
oillcc or study above IT, which ! used, and
abnyc that a bed room, which. on this oc-
casIon. was occupied by our eldest daughter.
WHO had given up her room situAtcll inn
ImediatsJg over my own IN the main build
liug. and tic window OF which opened nto
| tbS back garden, 10 Mr., and Mrs. LAYTON
| 10 tho middle room lquietly repaired. telll
ling my wife that had work 20 do, and she,
MINOR deaa. little knowing what that work
vas. told me she should soon be asleep. as
with n Kiss len her | took a light FROM
lour hedrdum. and blow IL out iho insidnt I
lcntcrnd my sanetnm, and locked the door
lipgide-I hate squcaking locks; mipp don't
lsnueak. Then 1 sat down by the window,
Ion thesill wnchl,stlh piooeir1nmongery,
(which, small as IL was, held six lives
within It's power. And 1 waited.
Waited tai the moon, which set that
lnipht nc twelve o'Clock. had gone down to
rise upon millions Of slccpcrs on the other
i, side OF the world. Waited until every thing
laboye. below, around seemed dark. silent
aud ghostly rs Il were shut mp into a
l vast grave f fHJ 'aJ r
There were but two ways ot reaching
, my house nc that time ofniglt-tbw nearly
two otlOtk. one by horse and wagon
lthc other on foot. | thought i knew
!. lenough Of Peters TO hc sure that no soun,
of hhof or wheel would come within M
a hna,.tt,,r flnauob hia nUpufsV. and 1 ~ a