Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-08-24
Thursday AUGUST a. 1871 1871 ! +. =. ..s I. :.

The only hope | had was, thai
when Mr.. Braintree missed me ht
he would surmise where was
But in a few moments this illusion
was dispelled.
"Why, where can Mr.. Archer
be2" / heard Mr. Braintree OBJ
serve. b"Oh j. | remembers now,
hs, had an engagement after bank
ing hours, and | suppose he has
gone to keep it, but l think be
might have left the lantern with
4 me- But we can find our way
out easy enough T g sz.sa
81 heard athemzleave the vault,
the iron, bar put in it's place, and
the key turned in the paddock.
I realized :he fact, that there
WAS no hope for me. I wasa pris-
oner, and there l had to remain
until Monday morning
tss LIZ was no pleasant thing to
fcontemplate remaining shut up
there for sforty-two hours without
food. or water ;sbut there was no
lhelp for it, forI knew that all the
screaming in the world would on
l'ly be. so much breath wasted !;
II therefore, determined to take
matters eas philosophically as I
could; and not indulge in USE
| less repinings.
: Fortunately / had in my pock-
{ ct a. volume Of Shakespeare, and
the darkelantern was also in my
possession. I made a seat for my
self of some ledgers, and turning
down the lampto a point at which
r. could read conveniently, 1 be-
Igan to enjoy myself as the circum-
tstances of the case would permit.
/ read for five or six hoLrs, and
/ can safely affirm that | never en-
joyed Shakespeare as well before.
The absolute quiet prevailing, and
the fact of being shut off from all
exterior influences seemed to make
me. appreciate the hidden beauties
of the great poet much more
clearly than 1 ever did inImy life.
l read till ! grew sleepy. /
then made a bed for myself of the
account books, turned the lantern
down to the faintest glimmer, for
tie e sake Of saving oil, and closing
my eyes was soon fast asleep.
When [ arvoke and looked at
my watch / found it was ten
o'clock on Sunday morning. |
therefore slept about-twelve hours.
| felt very hungry, bat knew
that | had twenty-four hours more
to pass there before / could get
anything to eat, SO / determined
to try aud sleep as much as pos
sible, remembering the French
iproverb ''qotid dore dine" &
/ read, a great IDEAL of Shak-
speare during the day, and about
eight o'clock in the evening, | a.
gain composed myself to sleep.
l was suddenly awakened by
the sound of voices in the stone
vault, and | naturally supposing
that it was ten o'clock on Monday
morning, Nand@ that some of the
clerks was coming to open the
safe, | glanced at my watch and
found to my extreme surprise that
it was exaetlyytwelye g, o'clock at
night: s44.ssi,.v. eG ~ss
By some intuition the truth
struck me in a moment. 1t was
someone come to rob the bank,
and the reverend visitor of the
day before was a spy. ID IL 4.
The first words / heard con-.
firmed the truth .oftlis conelnsion,I !
for | heard the Rev. Mr.. Elliot's
voice exclaiml to his confederate,
"Well, here we are in this IA
NOUS stone Vault-do you know,
Jim. we rot in much easier than
I expected e54.se..
Thanks to yeur visit on Satur-.
day afternoon, Bobby, as one Of
the black coated gentry"
The robbers then were the ia
nous "White Haired Bobby" and
Slippery jim = T.
"Yes,' returned Bobby,4I think
| gammoned the. two.buffers pref.
ty well. You see, Jim, what it is
to be a man of zeducation. |
should; just like to see, you in the
par. Of the. Rev Mr.. Eliotsaand
see what a figure you'd cut in it. |"
"That amt in my line, no how
but I tell you what, Bobby
you can't beat me at picking a
lock- p a-
you are pretty. good at, that,
and no mistake. But come,t let
us get at the swag."
"You are sure you haven't for
gotten how to open the safe,
Bobby?" s5
"No indeed; the fool told me
that it was by turiiing the handle