Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-03

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lowed her into it with some secret misGyipgs
There was bed in one corner, and On Il appeared
| to be human form lying Ysrystl g.. ~
II have brought . doctor, methsrs said the
girl, as she closed the door behild me. As there
was no reply to this she tuned ID me, SAYING, ,,,
'sWill Monsieur le Doctsw please to % seateds
minnteI, I think my mott ssleep., e ,,
~ beg mademoiseDe viii Bear in mind that 1caI
only spare q few moments in this case to-night q
have another call I wiih to make Immediately, =
+ returned, feeling very anxious to depart from
that subterranean quarter as quick as possible.
Monsieur shall not be detained long by me" re.
joined the girl, passing out Of the room BY anothe,
I did not sit down, but I walked over to the bed,
where the patient wss lying very still 30 stM III.
deed that I could not detect any breathing. The
woman cap was on the head, and the end Of q
sheet concealed the face. I ventured to tufn this
down carefully; and behsld the eyeless sockets and
grinning teeth Of human skuIIi - 1;1.'tfz
| started back in horror, and at the same time
the door by which the gil had left was thrown
open, and il marched, one after the other, fouii
tan human forms In black gowns and masks
knew at once, then, that I was to Be robbed, and
probably murdered. wore heavy diamond BIN
and rine, carried s vsry valuable gold watch and
had in money about my person some 500 francs,
but not single weapon of any lind :--resiiistance
being, therefore, out Of the question. = felt that
my only chapce-ff, indeed, there was : chance
was to conciliate the rufians and buy myself of
With presence Of mind for which stal take to
myself considerable credit, said ut once:" ''..'F
81 understand It all, gentlemen, and You viii
find ma yery liberal persor1 To deal with There
is one thing value very highly, because it Is the
only one have, and I cannot replace THAT Is
INV life Every thing else of mine is at yourf ser.
vice, even beyond what L have with me. 49, i;
/ They We're undoubtedly surprised to hear ime
speak il that cool, otfhanded manner but they
marched forward and surrounded me before either
returned word. t;.s:,, -: az
"How much have you with you, thsn2' inquired
one, ia civil way, but in low, gruff tone. 49,.
Immediately mentioned the different articles ol
value and the exact amount Of money; 'an q
von will be lind enough To escort me to the stree
above" I added. :, 80. 80
"You said you hsd more, monsieur. ~ ..,t
eyes, gentlemen. I have 10000 francs in the
bank of France and I viii willingly add q checl
Sor half that amouut F"
"Cbecks don't answer our purposes very well, u
Fsa;d a second voice ..=A,' =, =
wThen T nledpe Won NV honor that / will, to-
morrow, draw out 5, 600 francs and nav the amount
over to auy person who NAV apprehend me with
this bonnet in bis hand" said I, holding out the
flowers I had purchased of the fair decoy. .,
"And have him arrested the next minute, SUD
pose"
sNo on my honor he shall depart unharmed AND
upouestioned, and no other human being shall be
informed of the transaction for week, month OF
year." .-.
sIet us handle what you have here" said the
first sneaker.
l Immediately took out my pin, took off my ring
drew ont nv watch, produced my pocket book and
nurse end nlaeed them an in his extended hand
"You make us present Of these, now" he
sa;d
siYes. on condition that one Of you will forth
with conduct me to the street above" replied.
'Monsieur is very liberal gentleman, indeedl''
was the response. - .-..z .....:..-...
They then drew off together, scrutinized the ar.
ticles by the lieht of smoky lamp, and eonversed
together in low tones I felt that they were hold.
ing consultation that involved my Life, and, to
speak the honest TRUTH it seemed as if every nerve
in me quivered; and it was with difficulty l could
stand, .s
At leuutb the princiual snokesman turned to me
and said, in a cool and methodical manner: a.
uMon.;e,r hoo .c.od more rke gentleman than
any nerson We ever had dealings With, and if We
conld consistent with our business, oblige him,
We vould he b,npv to do so. but, unfortunately,
Wa are governed bv a rnle which is law with Us,
tbat dsod ,,e,, tsn ma to1ss and va think it will
not m do tn make an eYcont;on in this case. We
v;ll however in consideration of monsieur's zen.
tIemanlv behavior ba az mild and leuient as DOS.
Gble in doing our dutv. and grant monsieur five
minutes for saving his prayers"
"You have then resolved to murder me p gasp
ed 1 -.,.... ,.-..1,.-.
Monsieur uses very hard term, but we will
let that pass. You have five minutes yet to live
by this watch
The william then held my watch to the light and
I felt indeed that my minutes were numbered, and
secretly began to pray for the salvation of my SOUL
believing that could not save my body.
A death-Hke silence now regned in that gloomy
snartment far some time, and then one of the ruff.
fans bent down and lifted trap-door, and from
The dark nit below issued noisome smell, as it