Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-05
A Bank Clerks Story.
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For days and nights this weary, ter
IDLE captivity continues How time
was passed l could not tell. / had no
light to let me see my watch. ] called
for help till my voice grew hoalse from
the continued shouting. | battered the
door with my clenched fists till the skin
was peeleed off them in flakes. pray
ed for help till my heart was weary with
the unanswered cry, " Lord II lip and
deliver me-" In vain did I enout in
vain did l wildly rush against the I'M
yielding door in vain did l send up
my cry to Heaven. No help came, |
was almost tempted to curse Gcd and
die. At last there came time when
conscious departed from me, and ut the
darkest hour, when hope had given way
with me, the Irayer which L thought
unanswered was heard, end the help of
which had despaired arrived.
When / recovered consciousness /
was lying ON sofa in handsomely
furnished room. There were three per-
sons around the sofa, two gentlemen,
one OF whom was doctor, and young
lady. The lustrous eyes Of the latter
were filled with tears. and though she
did not know that heard her. she NUT
tered words of deepest and most earnest
sympathy. l had again shut my eyes
after a single glance a those bright orbs
of hers, and now again | opened them,
much to the satisfa ;tion OF the Escula-
plus, who had been laboring to restore
me to life. After little [ was able to
sit up, and the doctor. seeing that 1 was
very weak, asked the other gentle nan
if he could get me glass of wine
Scarcely had he uttered the request,
when my fair friend bounded from the
room, and presently returned with some
sherry. The wine revived me SO much
| that | was able again to speak, and
| thank them for their kindnes. Natur
ally enough they inquired how came
to be in the cellar, and at once told
them my story.
"You have to thank God, my friend j."
said the gentleman, "that my daughter
is gifted with the faculty of acute hear
ing. Two days ago she returned from
the country, where she had been visit
ing, and on going into the yard behind
the house yesterday morning, she heard
n voice as if down in the bowels of the
a little without being able to distinguish
from what direction the noise proceeded
and presently the sound ceased.
This mornin she heard them again
and after little hesitation she decided
that they came from the cellar of the
neighboring house, which has been I'M
| tenantcd for some time. She told me
of the matter and prevailed upon me
for | can refuse her nothing-tO get the
house searched. Procuring couple of
policemen and the necessary authority,
we entered the house, and, after search
ing number of closets, at last came 10
the one in which you were confined.
We had to break open the door, as we
had no key, and this we hesitated to do.
But Annie was so sure that she was cor
rect as to the locality, and had prcvi-
ously had so many proofs of the extreme
acuteness of her hearing that / consen-
ted TO yield to her entreaties, and /
thank God that / did so, for we found
you lying in a stupor from which you
probably would never have recovered
without assistance
When he ceased speaking L turned
my grateful eyes upon the beautiful
girl who had saved me, and in broken
words of gratitude uttered my thanks.
n woman feels a greater interest in Il
man whose life she has saved than in
one who has saved her, and therefore