Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-03

ilized region oI Belsfa7ia than
thought.
The peculiar feeling which I have
mentioned was still strong On me.
was perfectly snfe, that semshew OF
other I had lighted on the real olus e
my dear friends fate. [ dare say yoJ
viii laugh at me, a pratical old money
getting foggy, when I tell you that
felt, Is Z dsgc7naed the staircase OF
this house, that James BayfG Na8 cfcss
beside me
+ As s5id. there were only two sto
ries to the house; TIT it was strag-
Cling sort of building. The WON /
took me through sitting room which
she called the drawing room, but
Whlchs ii It's present state, was much
more like s. 1un1ber room with nothing
In it, and through this, across q pdS
sage to a much smaller room, which
she and her husband used as dwelling
room. There were two children, OF
very t1f1prepessing appearance boy
and d girl: They Werg lighting fos
so1aethipg when we entered; aid We
Had Batdly g3b inside the room before
saw that the boy had wrested frdhl lis
sister small pencil case.
"What have you got there, my little
MANI" I said. "Let me look" H
showed il he With some pride, There
was no mist king it. 1t was d goIfe-
what peculiar one, made of ebony and
silver, and I recognized it at once as
haying belonged to James Bayle.
t suppose Ify face n1ttet have hetray,
| ed my aggitatioIi for the woman looked
1T lie U1oaeIy, and then remarked.
"It's pretty htals thing as hfttb
johnny picked up the other day when
he was out if could find who it be-
longed to, [ should be glad. -
"Oh, it's not worth much," I said :;
t'it's FELL il has fallen into such honest
hands
We now went up three steps, and IN
to a larger room, bedroom.
"This is the best bedroom" she
said {" there is another one next it, in
which a servant IT tEs nurse and child
could sleep very conveniently
/ saw nothing in the room worth no.
ticing, and followed my conductress in
to the next one. These rooms all had
doors opening into the passage. [
thought heard the handle of the door
move as we came Ii. There. was d PEE
culiar smell here, very sickly sIG6ll.
I began to feel uncomfortable, and
was at loss how to act There was no
reason to disbelieve the woman's state
fiief1t aftout the pencil-case; and yet [
felt srfe that it Was Untrue. t vert 10
the window, in order to gain titht: [
heard the passage door open, and when
T turned round the man was standing
there.
"I hope the gentleman likes the
house" he said L" 1t is little damp,
but it is very cheerful in the summer,
and so quiet"
q [ suppose there is not much more
to see It's rather gloomy place -
"Well, yoi see, it's dafk sort OF 4
/ day; but with little trouble it might
be made d, beautiful Filla:o The iIlan
/ had moved to the door 1eadine into The
/ bedroom, as if he was going through.
When he said this be turned round
from the door; he had one of his long
arms in the pocket of his coat, which
was open I Noticed that many Of his
waistcoat buttons were torn off.
I stood rejecting a moment, calcu-
lating the chances [ should have In a
struggle with him.
They seemed in his favor
{; I think I may as well be going; if
you will give n1e the address Of the
landlord, [ will write to him" .
'aHer6's two more nice sleeping
rooms on this foor,n said the woman,
and she opened a door at the further
end of the room which [ had not seen
[ followed her down two steps, into a
fair sized room. The sickly smell was
stronger here. There was a stain on
the middle of The aocr. which looted
as if it had been lately washed.
'' You can go ont this way, sir; the
landlord will repaper these rooms, and
| do all necessary repairs, he told us to
say, sir. [ tries to keep this place as
Clean as ! can. but. Of eolirse; it looka
rather dull"
She had got to the door, and stood
still to allow me to pass, with her hand
on the handle. [ could not see the
man. [ was feeling in my pocket foI
d silver coin TO give herr when she
opened the door half way and corir-
tested. [ passed on, and before l had
time to turn back the door was shut
on me. Tie smell [ had already per-
ceived was horribly strong here. /
turned giddy. had almost lost my
senses, when blew from behind
knocked me down. had just time to
catch a glimpse of some chemical ap-
paratus in the corner Of what seemed
more like dark closet than room,
when fell
! I remember nothing of what happen
ed then. The first sign Of returning
seiise was the perception of pungent
odor Then [ felt something run over
nv head. Then I tried to move. L was
covered with straw. I was in the shed
of the stables evidently, and the smell
of the manure acted beneficially in
rousing my brain. I was very weak
from loss of blood, but I knew that il
[ didn't @ ert myself at once I had liz
tie chance of escape. [ crawled to the
door of the shed it was locked. If II
had been open I did not know how
could have escaped across the yard
without being seen. [ examined the
outside wall of the she'd [ found a
place where the boards had been mend
ed, about three feet from the ground,
Fortunately, [ had with me a large
pocket knife, containing, among other
things, saw and q screw-dr1ver.
worked away at the boards as quietly
as could it was very hard work Ny
head was very bad all the time, but my
arms we're not hurt. [ started at every
noise; sometimes it was rat running
/ across sometimes the horse in the
stall: but no one came to the door. II
about half an hour as near as [ could
reckon, 1 had sawed through three
planks, and loosened them sufficiently
to make an opening big enough te
crawl out Iput the knife in my mouth,
and slowly crept into the open air
It was raining, and the rain re
freshed me very much. [ could not
walk upright very well. SO [ crawled on
till [ got to the wall, which was, luck.
lily, very low. I managed to pull my
self to the top, and then reeled an6
dropped in heap on the other side
There was gutter in the lane, and i