The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-06-10

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cropping my way to the place where it
been left Qor my light was now gono0 l
ate and drank ravenously.
For days and nights this weary, terri
BILE captivity continued. How time was
passed could not tell. ] had no light to
let me see my watch. I called for help
till my voice grew hoarse from continued
shouting. l battered the door with my
clenched fists till the skin was peeled of
them in flakes. prayed for help till my
heart was weary with the unanswered
cry, "Lord, help and deliver me-" In
vain did I shout; in vain did wildly
rush against the unyielding door; in vain
did 1 send up my cry to heaven. No
help came, and was almost tempted to
curse God and die. At last there came a
time when consciousness departed from
me, and at the darkest hour, when hope
had given way with me, the prayer which
I thought unanswered was heard, and the
help of which I despaired arrived.
When I recovered consciousness | was
lying on sofa in handsomely furnish
ed room. There were three persons
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 mrttered words OF
deepest and most earnest sympathy. l
had again shut my eyes after a single
glance at those bright orbs of hers, and
now again l opened them, much to the
satisfaction of the Esculapius who had
been aboring to restore my life. After
little l was able to sit up, and the doc
tor, seeing was very weak, asked the
other gentleman if he could give me Il
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 kind
ness. Naturally enough they inquired
how l had come to be in the cellar, and l
at once told them my story.
"You have to thank God, my frieud,"
said the gentleman, "that my daughter
there is gifted with the faculty of acute
hearing. Tvs days ago she returned
from the country and on going into the
yard behind the house, yesterday MORN
ing, she heard q voice as if down in the
bowels of the, earth, calling for help. She
listened for q little while without being
able to distinguish from what direction
the noise proceeded, and presently the
sounds ceased. This morning she heard
them again, and after little hesitation
decided that they came from the cellars
of the neighboring house, which has been
untenantcd for somo time back. She told
me of the matter, and prevailed upon me
i for can refuse her nothing-to get the
house searched. Procuring q couple OF
policemen and the necessary authority,
we entered the house, and after search
ing q number OF closets, at last came
to the one where you were confined. We
had to break open the door, rs we had no
KEY, and this we hesitated about doing {;
but Annie was so sure that she was cor
rect as to the locality, and had previous
ly got so many proofs of the extreme
acuteness of her hearing, that consen
ted at last to yield TO her entreaties, and
I thank God that we did so, for we found
YOU lying in stupor from which you
probably would have never recovered
without assistance"
When he had ceased speaking, l turned
nv grateful eyes upon the beautiful girl
who had saved me, and in broken words
of gratitude uttered my thanks. A wo
man feels a greater interest in a man
whose life she has saved than in any one
who has saved her, and therefore my
thanks were to her more than reward
for what she had done.
LIE Baw, her father, told me that he
had heard of my disappearance and the
loss of the money, and he proposed that
he and DIR. Swinton should telegraph to
the officers of the bank, telling them
what had happened 10 me. At the same
time | communicated with the police OF
Boston, and a detective officer soon ar
rived at lie Baw's house. to whom re-
lated what had happened to me.
"This detective must himself be detec
ted somehow" said the officer, laughing
cit will never do to allow any person who
chooses to assume the functions of the
office to escape scatheless. Can you give
any clue to the persons who robbed you 2"
could not say anything definite, but
the conviction had grown upon mo that
the man who had represented Steel was
known to me.
"Think of all that he said to you" said
the detective, "and try to fix upon some
particular word, and thon recall the voices
Of all the people you can remember
"Ah !" he half shouted, ~ see you have
it already"
And, indeed, 1 thought 80 myself, for
the man had pronounced The word "mon-
ey" in a peculiar manner, as if IL were
'munee." stated this to him, saying
that clerk who had formerly been in our
bank had pronounced it in the samo man
ner, and that when l had met the preten-
ded detective; | had had vague convic
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