Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-07-10
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de cooked his eye knowingly.
Had he been under this root you
would have howled bloody murder
before this time
o., you varmintr | groaned in
pure agony of spirit. What do you
wanJp
swell, ma'am, since that is a fair,
honest question, l will answer it. To
begin with, my financial affairs are
in complicated condition. Money,
have but little of-credit none so
am forced to levy a trifing tax up>
on my friends in this and other neigh-
borhoods, to extricate me from my
perllous condition. As soon as l get
certain amount, l intend leaving
this country for France or Italy, new
er, perhaps, to return. Do not shed
tears at this, dear madam, for where
ever my footsteps tend, your i'm age
-ruffied night cap and all-will
remain forever imprinted upon my
heart
You old goosel' | said.
please do not interrupt me, mad
am, have but few moments long,
or to stay, and | must to business at
once. | have learned that you have
deposited in trunk in an adjoining
closet forty dollars and eighty cents.
The forty dollars L would like to bor-
row of you for an indefinite length
of time. The eighty cents | do not
care anything about. You can re-
tain that as trihing evidence of my
generosity in this great emergency
of my life.
l spitefully observed that he was
a low-lived burglar, or a thief.
Either, at yoar service, madam
rising and making very genteel
bow:
Now the money, if you please
He wasn't joking now. There was
a determined look in his eyes and
face.
He that giveth to the poor, lend
eth to the Lord, he said sanctimoni-
ously:
'And be that steals from the poor,
what of him?
My Bible does not dispose of his
case, especially, madam.
And you want to rob meme, O
poor womanp
Il simply desire to borrow a little
cash of you for an indefinite length
of time
1'll look around, if you have no
objection ma'am.' He took the lamp.
IF hear any noise from you, nv
dear, or if see that you are in any
way becoming nervous, | shall quiet
you by the use Of
lie held up small vial.
'Chloroform,' | gasped.
The same.
1T would be the death of me-, |
moaned.
Il should be sorry to bring such
loss to the world, but believe me, all
that rests in your own hands. This
door leads into the closet whore the
trunk is, believe
l didn't say word. To tell the
truth, the chloroform had scared me
nearly out of my wits. He turned
the key in the door, and glanced in
the closet. Let me say here that
the closet was in the al" part of the
house, fully foot lower than my
room. Mr.. Burglar did not know
this. CHANGING toward me with bis
sharp eyes, to see if was quiet, he
took a step forward, and went down
sprawling on all tours. | do not un~
derstand how he managed to save
the lamp, but it was not broken in
the fall, and burned as brightly as ev.
err. My wits came to me here. |
sprang out of bed as lightly as cat,
and before he could get upon his feet
had the door of the closet shut and
locked upon him. He grew lamb-Iike
in moment.
You've done it now, haven't you,
my charming creaturoP se-wear
Che meant 'swearO Pm in love with
you from this hour to the end Of my
life. You've come splendid dodge.
You've got me tight and fast. No
use of money now. I'll take that
eighty cents and you may have all
of the forty dollars if you will let me
out
No, sir; | am going to call some-
body
Coin with that night cap on? you
will make your fortune. But don't
hurry that's dear. Let's have q lit
tie friendly talk. Say, I'll give hun
dred dollars if you'll let me out.
yes, and then you'll scare some
one else.
We'll, then, I'll give you two han
dred.'
No sir
Name your price, dear girl
No, it wouldn't be right / said,
hesitatingly.
l heard him chuckle:
SHE will come around all right in
q winkling.
Il thought ofmy poor girl working
by the week, and so anxious to get
an education, and | am sure it isn't
to be wondered at if | began to think
of setting price. But l said not o
word.
Look herel I'll put $500 in good
sound gold under the door, and you
can count it as l push it through
piece by piece, if you will only let
me out of this cursed hole. / am
smothering.
Try some chloroform,' l whisper
ed through the key>hole.
Curse the chloroform viii you
let me outT
l had light by this time, andlhad
slipped into q calico wrapper Rand
my slippers.
eff got the money, how could l
let him out of the closet ? / wonder
ed. Il shouldn't dare to meet him
he'd rob me again, and perhaps MUIR
der me- But l said, I'll take the
4 ,old reeolvinO that I would trv IN