Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-06-14

"Who's there &" ] inquired, raisin
the hammer, and peering out in .h
darkness for i was as dark as Egypt
when under the. curse of IsraePs God.
5"Hisi p exclaimed a figure, slepplni
10 front Of the window; %Open the door
have business for you - -
.Ralher past business hours, I shOal'
say; but who are ypu !''
No onei that would harm you, returnet
the voice which imagined was rathe
feminine for burglar.
{" Nor no one that can H' I replied
rather emphatioally By way of yaring as
| ightened my grip upon the manner
and proceeded to the door. l pushed
back the door, and slowly opening it dis
covered the stranger standing on The step.
"What do you want a'' / bruskig in.
quired.
I viii tell you answered the same soft
voice, "if yG61 dare open the door WIDE
enough for me to enter" -
,a @Come in . sdideI, 4gs50Idtly, thtowing
The door ajar, proceeding TO light a can
die. Having Succeeded Iturhed to ex,
aminelths vislt6r.o 7dHe was a small and
neatIy dressed gentleman, with heavy
Raglan around his shoulders, and a blue
navy cap drawAi isb4PiciodAy 9geE the
eyes dlAs / advanced coward him, be
seemed tohesitatesa moment, Ihenraissd
the cap from his foIeheady and looked
me curiously in the face. .7lIadid not drop
the candle, but acknowledge to a little
nervousness as l hurriedly placed the
light upon table, and silently proceeded
to invest myself with two or three very
necessary articles of clothlnga As the
Lord llveth, my visitor was a lady, and
he7same for Wh5mI had openedithe lit
tile box about a. month before Having
completed my shasly toilestepI attempted
to stamnier an apology for my rudeness,
bat utterly failed, The fact is, was
e0nfounded.
q. Smiling las-my disOOnA6sure,-s ,-sho- saId :
disguise is useless; u presume you
recognise me l'' ''--
81 belie7el told you, madam, l should
not soon feFget your face. In what way
can I serve you !"J ,lsmmo1 14sfI
by. doing half an hours work before
daylight to morrow. and receiving Eve
hundred dOllasr for your labor" was the
reply. .d3,l.g o- ard f 5oie
st isuot ordinary work. said / in
quiringiy, shat commands so munifcent
a compensation" .aoarlT oa1gtg
90 F'It is labor common to your calling"
the lady. 1.-The price is not so
much for the labor, as the condition uh.
del which it must be performed. ''7si'i
''And what is the condition ?'' inqui-
red. H1l 1rHssI 1uoY go g1o '17sT aidI
you will submit to being convey
ed from, and returned 10 your own door
10 tr b7a
aGIdeas of murder, burglary, and almost
every other crime to villuinIy, hurriedly
themselves in succession, as /
politely bowed, and said: II must un.
deTstand something more of the charac-
ter of the employment. as well as the con-
dition, to accept your Offer" ema-1rl
t'Will not five hundred dollars answer
in lieu of an explanatIon3" she inquired
" "No-nor FIVE thousand.'' Boa gal5y
She paued her foot nervonsly on The
floor % 1 could see she had Placed entire
ly too low an estimate on my honesty,
and / felt some qualification in being
able to convince her of the fact 1q 7aat
''Well, theasif it is absolutely neces-
eseary for me to EXPLAIN she replied
II must tell you that you are required to
pick the lock of vault ''iA
"You have gone quite far en- ough
madam, with the explanation, Z" l inter.
rupted; Il am not at your service"
you are" she continued, ''to pick the
lock of a vault and rescue from death a
man who has been buried there for three
days"
"TOWh does the vault belong" /
inquired. z
.@My husband, twas the somewhat re-
luctant reply.
-o"Then, why so much necrecY7 or rath.
er. how came man confined in such a
plabe !'' 'a'a - a's
81 secreted him there, to escape the
observation Of my husband, He suspec-
ted as much, and closed the door upon
him. Presuming he had left the vault,
and quilted the house BY the back door,
l did not dream, 9nlil today, that be was
confined there. Certain suspicious acts
Of my husband this afternoon convince
me that the man is there, bey end human