Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-10-24

Sne passed into The hall and we followed.
Jones was rummaging in a largo closet,
the door of which stood open he had
lamp in his hand. Tho other servants
stood by, and we together waited for him
to emerge. He was rather long time, so
Mildred went close 10 the door and whis-
pered:
"What are you doing there, Jones ?'
Jones made no reply, but ca me out arm
ed with an old rusty-looking dagger and
two pieces of strong rope.
"You are not going to kill him ?" implor-
cd Janet.
Never fear, Miss" replied Jones ~
little prick, however, will do no hurt. l
must take care Of my ma ster's house,
ave will como with you," whispered
Mildred.
"Yery good, Miss" he answered. "Please
bring the dog 10 the door, and keep him
there till want him."
So Off went Jones with his lamp, his dag
ger, and his ropes, we and the servants fol-
lowing closely with the dog, who seemed
TO posses a strong consciousness of some
thing being amiss.
Jones opened the door Of the little room
quietly, and went in and placed his lamp
on a small sde-table which stood near.
Then at once, dagger and ropes in hand,
he walked towards the pack, which still lay
on the settle; but / now observed that
there were one or two openings in the
wrapper.
There was deep silence among us for a
moment or two, interrupted only by the
low growing of the dog, who became man
ifestly more and more uneasy, and was
with great difficulty restrained from rush.
ing into the room. Then there came a
scene of noise and confusion. Jones reach
ed the pack, and throwing the ropes over
his arm, and still clutching the dagger,
stopped to inspect the slit in the wrapper
where Harriet had asserted she had seen
an eye. A. that moment one of the most
fearful and terrible yells 1 had ever heard
broke from between the folds of the wrap
per. The pack struggled violently, then
rolled over and fell heavily TO the ground,
while choked voice begged for mercy at
the same time a knife was seen endeavor-
ing TO effect an opening. The screams of
the servants, the hysterical sobs of Janet,
and the loud howlings and winnings of the
dog, who was still restrained by Mildred
from rushing frantically into the room,
made din that 1 never can forget.
Yfemember that Jones alone looked very
Composed and unmoved throughout. Be-
fore the man in the pack had time 10 free
himself from the wrapper, Jones had man.
~sed/deYite his opponents strugs les,. .ts
pass ~ ropes several times not. md
rounViim, and to secure thenI&S the
time he had ACCOMPLISHED this Nd all 4
become pretty quiet. The dog i.en%
ed, and made TO lie down in the'h n, wNe
Mildred and and two of the servants
the terrified Harriet not being one-went
into the room.
The pack presented very ludicrous ap-
pearance. The wrapper had been slit open
from the centre upwards, and displayed
the figure of man, apparently of about
thirty years of age, lying in it, the ropes
wound around him. He had a long, pale
glanced doubtfully from Jones and his dag
ger-who knelt beside hm-to Us, as we
approached him. He was perfectly mute,
and refused TO answer any question.
"Sec, he has got whistle" cried one of
the servants.
Jones inst antly seized it, and, after few
moments consideration, beckoned Mildred
out of the room. followed.
"Young ladies'" he said, "the man is now
quite secure, and his accompices will GER
tainly not attempt TO enter much before
midnight. l Iexpectthe whistle was TO have
been the signal. Would you be afraid, if l
slipped down TO thecoachmans house, and
got his wife to send one Of her boys into the
village for assistance? We could then
probably secure all the villains"
"But you may be attacked by them on
the way" urged Mildred.
"No fear, Miss; can slip unseen behind
the shrubs in the darkness"
''Go, then, quickly" said Mildred. "You
are sure that the man is quite safely
bound?"
"Quite so, Miss; but perhaps you would
like to ask the consent of the household
before leave you"
Mildred soon obtained our consent TO the
plan, and Jones was cautiously let out of
SiuC III dDOul tNtuty Illu-
utes-which had seemed like two hours to
us-he returned and his low tap was in
stantly answered.
at is all right" he said 81 have seen
aud heard nothing of the Two men. The
boy is sharp enough; he has his directions,
and is to bring a party from the village to
this door by the same way that took"
il,an ho, tl,o,,
low tap was again heard, and six men ap-
peared, accompanied by the boy who had
been sent TO bring them.
About midnight Jones opened the shut
ters of a easement window in the hall and
blew loud whistle; the whistle was re-
sponded 10 by another, and two men pres
emily appeared at the open easement. Jones
drew back into the darkness of the ball and
silently allowed them 10 enter. The mo-
ment their feet touched the hall floor they
were secured.
"And where were you, Auntie2" said,
during this scene p
1--WE stood in the gallery above. The
boy who had received his directions, soon
brought forward a lantern, and we also had
lights at hand in the gallery"
"Were the men tried, Auntie; and whal
was their punishment"
Eyes they were conveyed 10 the county
prison, and on their conviction were SEN
fenced to transI ortation. The butler, as
you may imagine, was handsomely re-
warded."
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