Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
And saying this, he laughed louder

game of me before my very eyes?"
asked, my temper pretty much stirred
up. off you were gentleman, sir"
This was too much for him.
GA gentleman? Oh, aw-that's too |
good If l protested to be a gentle
man, you'd stand a good chance of get
ting your throat cut without so much as
" by your leave, MAN, to begin with
A gentleman? With all my faults,
thank heaven, that is not among themp
"You needn't have gone on that way
to prove it," l said, tartly.
dwell, you are a sharp old dsmsel,
aren't your turning his big eyes upon
me, and twisting up his mouth III
comical way, which shall never forget.
" l swear, you'd be pretty good-looking,
if you didn't wear such wide ruffle on
your night-cap. Jolly, isn't it a lunker-
big enough for a graveyard fence u
"Sir p said, looking very savage.
Ma'am |" he answered, initiating my
voice and tone to perfection.
"Oh, if were only out of this bed,
STRIP I began.
"And pray, madame, what is there
to hinder you from getting out, I'd like
to know ~
"Do you intend to insult me, you
od-for-nothing creaure ? Oh, if the
wind only mould blow you away"
I" If one goes, the other is sure to go,
too,' he said, stolidly.
" If brother Joe would only waken,"
l said.
He cooked his eye knowingly.
1" You want to make me believe that
he is in this house somewhere, Ell? My
dear madame, you are as transparent as
air. Had he been under this roof, you
would have screamed blue murder long
before this time.n
ooh, oh, you varmint p l groaned, in
pure agony of spirit. what do you
want ?"
"Well, ma'am, since that is a fair,
honest question, | will attempt to an
swer it. To begin with, my financial
affairs are in complicated condition.
Money, l have but little of-credit,
none; so am forced to levy trihing
tax upon my friends in this and other
neighborhoods, to extricate me from
my disastrous condition. AS soon as !
collect certain amount, intend leav.
ing this country for France or Italy
never, perhaps, to return. Do not shed
tears at this dear madame, for wherever
my footsteps tend, your image-ruffled
nIght-cap and all-will remain forever
Imprinted upon my heart
You old goose u | said.
Please do not interrupt me, madame
| have but a few moments longer to stay
and | must to business at once. have
| learned that you have deposited in {
| l. Ill i
lars and eighty cents. The forty dollars
| would like to borrow of you for an in
definite length of time. The eighty
) cents I do not care anything about
, You can retain that, as a trifling evi
| dence of my generosity in this grea
emergency of my life"
"You are robber, thief, then ?''
, said, spitefully.
Either, at your service, madame,
rising and making a bow for all tn
, world like a French dancing-master
} "Now, the money, if you please
He wasn't joking now. There was
, determined look in his eyes and abou
his mouth.
' "He that giveth to the poor lendetl
to the Lord he said, speaking just ik
r preacher.
/ And he that steals from the poor
what of him ~
' any Bible does not dispose of hi
case especially, madame"
"And you came here to rob meme
poor woman u
D i" came to borrow of you, for an ur
' certain length of time"
, saw it was useless to waste word
! with him, besides l didn't altogethe
i like the look in his eyes. l closed m
lips tightly together, resolving that
il would not speak again.
IF you've no objection, ma'am, II
), look around Bit" he said, taking u
Il the lamp as he spoke. off hear an
v noise from you, my dear, or if see tia
q in any way you are becoming nervou
. l shall be obliged to quiet you by tt
= use Of"
He held up small vial.
" "Chloroform p gasped.
: CAT your service, madame"
'.It would be the death of me-"
~ moaned.
:" should be sorry to bring such
!, loss to the world, but, believe me, 8
g that rests in your own hands. Tn
door leads into the closet where Il
trunk is, believe" he said, makir
+, straight for the closet where my for
. dollars we're put away for safekeepin
# / didn't say word. To tell the trut
the chlorofoIm had scared me near
a out of my wits. He turned the key
d the door Il had always kept it locked
r and glanced into the closet. It W
ID large, and the trunk was at the fuyth
ID end of it. Let me say here that til
closet or storeroom was in the L" pa
in of the house, fully foot lower than n
If room. Mr.. Burglar wss not acquaint,
v. with this fact. CHANGING toward u
with his sharp eyes, to see if was 9ui,
IS. he took a step forward and went SPRAY
he ing upon all-fours. 1 don't know
II. this day how he managed to save t
es lamp as he did, but it was not byok
ed in the fall, and burned as brightly
n, ever. Ny wits came to me here.
sprang as lightly as cat out of bed, a
he before he could get upon his feet, b
m. the door of the closet shut and lock
IT. upon him. He grew lamb-like in
moment.
err. "You've done it now, haven't y,