The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-25
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rAA ~ rider Considered as one of the
uPvn Artsn Why might not burglary be
- q iassh moral, If not @sthetic, les
sanas5 Itiswouosarful how wessaeep. I'VE
ETY.. j sy;ohts noise with awake us. Some
times il viii; but not always. All overt the
house. into every room, ore2lng sdoor,
three men could 20, as We have reaS 10
know. collect goods for REMOVAL test the
silver and plated ware. without rdastI1rbl ing
the dsep slufdbersio f Bie sIeepers. .s
! THE sensation 81 being, robbed, Like dying,
lis much worse to think Of, than TO e1per /
eence. IL is, however. somewhat pecglla.
Mrs.. r. suddenly opened eyes, ana We
confronted by three men ssandlng on rs
threshold Of the door, and striking maven.
Upon noticing her openedeyes, the sieaaer
advanced with o long knife, d inquired II
she saw that. He seemed 70 spea se en lasIrsa
satisfied with! silence as on answer: Ine
in the room awakened me ; ana,
ut. demanded what MI th1s meant:
The very peremptory AID roughsanswer OF
a stout, Mell-formed yillaisls, as ne
a~ndtcoYered the head Of tho speaker, Win
the smnzzle OF .hissreYolyer, was vas NOV 3
sHord!n The proposition Was mmeal'
ately accepted. There was no senlSeo q en.
dangered life, and no great agitation 90
the imagination had no food to feed ulson.
The mind acted very rapidly. What WaS
to be done? To spring OF the rufianyW would
have exposed another life besides ones
own: and here were three to OF If one
had been SO foolish as to sleep with q pistol
under his pillow, and had no c~ompunctaon.
about shooting, he could not have moved his
hand to take it, as the cockedpistol awaited
such,a possible movement. The. only thing
which seemed ,~4thenszand now, best 10
done was to remain quiet, and await } our.
hour. While this emphatic. plstol=hoioer
remnained'at his post, " others, Masked
moved rapidly about the room, gathering up
the .valuables. T~hesensation became some
what mixed, as, from the mosquito netting,
the gentleman's shirt was drawn down, the
studs and sleeve-buttons cleaning IN the
light of the candle. Them thought the
minister, if he had eschewed, as the Dlsc1-
pline suggests, ornaments of gold, ne would
have been spared the chagrin Of this sight.
Over their arms went; the minister's outer
garments, with keys in them that would
open to something else, if the unceremoni-
ous gentlemen had time to make o further
examination. This made the mind OF the
silent observer work even more rapidly: IL
syas not a pleasant sound X hear the gather
fkine nm of the valuableyEwatches Hanging at
the head Of the bed. ar ~ cx "a.
ILL this hardly exhausted a moment-o OF
time; yet, with all the other thoughtss l
had time enough to be conscious OF q lively
sense of pityforgthe5unhappy mretches-who
Had chosen So dangerous, and miserable Q
,nrSfess;on.s / even debated an instant
Whether / shouasutter my Y~eslingsssin this
regard; but the sighteofthez P~lsto!standt<of
the gliding robbers was Fascinating, n
the purpose died IS unfnlfned.22 Out from
the roornthey clipped, slamming the door,
locking il and shouting, : mere
| Now, the, mesforractlon.f sThis9dIsa-
Egreeabls'i nyitatiio11 veg rot a. accepted. "a
nppn the piazgaa ROOT 2thet mefaphorlea.y
pweakegtEof thesexes was hurried; and II
the spotless garment which alone nag peen ,
lief, Selling q watchn1anas rattte,,t jumped
.from1the window of atheT second story, and
fpaye the startling signal OF alarm.
The leap might have been dangerous ; 6u'
tlthe one that would have been most sensible
fof this said this verse came TO her mind:
and removed all san4iety: aHesshau give
His angels chargeFoyar thee, to keep thee II
allthy ways; theysshalIbear sthee VI. IL
A fheir hands. lest thou dash thy foot aggainst
LIZ stone THE unbidden guests were
seyidently disturbed by this unexpected
a1siahk movement. They had taken The
E~Drecaution to leave open every rear door
4 andEthroughy ons,t MISREPRESENTATION
they departed. Insthetshadow4of stone
walls and trees, they made their way tt
their boat, and got clear with their plum
der.-Rey. B. Z. Pierce, IN Zion Herald.