Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-26

ing train and brought with him fft,
thousand dollars. ard all in greenbacks
tie proceeds of our monthly bills re
ceivab,e. He brought the money il
bills because the day following was ou1
payday.
Il was in a most perplexing state o.
mind when he handed me that money
! knew the Office safe was no protection
wfat"-sr apl yst II ] carried the mon.
ey home With me was assuming q
great responsibility. Without SAYING
a word TO any one I determined to kceI
the money with me. l found an old
diIncr-Iaskc III the office ard l car.
ricd it home Ill that
You may be assured that I did not
feel very comfortable that evening.
thought of every nook and corner il
the Louse, and wondered where would
lc tie safest. At last l determine d
uTon dividing it, leaving laf here and
tie rest III my own room. l had not
mentioned the matte: at home, no,
even to my wife. but pleaded a head.
ache when remlLted OF my prc-occupied
air
4 came in here and placed twenty.
five thousand dollars Ill that ottoman
at your feet SEE! the top is on him
ges. and is fastened " the hook on
the side This ottoman ] pushed near
Nap TIE balancc / carried to my
own room and put it in the stove, think
ing that would be the last place where
any one would look for it. l went to
bed. bat it was nearly midnight before
| fell as.ecp.
4 was awakened to find mans hand
on NY mouth, and TO lie informed that
he did not intend to Earm HE if kept
quiet My hands were then tied be-
hind ne, towel fastened i'll my mouth,
and IL, muzz.e of a pistol placed against
my head. Another man was treating
NY wife III = similar manner. They
had dark lantern ard wore masks.
After securing us they Iegan to
then the bureau drawers, under tie
bed everywhere but where the money
WAS bean to think | had out wit
ted them, when ore said to Tie other,
'How's that stoyc:' Another ni,,0ut~
and they were pulling out - morey.
Ina iuc my feelings if you cam
Even il they :5It with this amount ii
WAS L." sn I'll snm to lose / could al
most have cried right then and there.
One ran over the amount and said to
the other, 'Oaly half here My heart
grew colder than before. TLcy went
t" the easy chair and cut open the stuff
f,d scat; they picked up tie ottoman
cAaEired it. a.d went cut OF the room
i VS. trying to get up when Oh,
came hack tEc other had the money;
Lr pushed ne back into tkc bed, saying
l Lad better le quiet. | heard th'
other man walk down stairs, and
krcw my money WAS gore. They .v!-
drLtlv Knew how much money | had,
and from The way they had rirrcG open
chairs and cushions III my room, they
would not he long searching for that
which was down stairs.
The fellow must have come straigl,
to this door. heard him turn til,
latch. and tEcn--a most urcarthl,
scream, | knew that Nap was 10.
ing his duty. In flash l jumped tC
the floor, and III don = So. gave a wr,rcl
to the band about my wrists that hrok,
il, and then before the man on guard
could fire. caught his revolver. He
made stroke ut me, | dodr,d il
car. hit him hy the legs and threw him
As he fell he cav, UP his hold on TIE
revolver
Il cared rotling fer him. / wanted
the man who had the money; So dash.
cd down IL. stairs, only to Sc. him going
ont Of the hall door. / fired. Tut miss.
cl him :; | fired again AMI heard cry
ii pain fired once more and brok,
his ankle, and down he drolrcd. Tn,
other man julalcd out Of the window
and ESCAPED.
OF course / secured my man. recov,
cred my money. and old Evans had I,
admit that he had been wrong. for til,
robbers had first gore 10 the Office. anG
came 10 my house only when they fouIt
the safe empty. Another revelation
that the morning brought, WAS 4 cen,
fessicn from NY prisoner that our book
keeper was one Of their gang. and pos
ted them about cur affairs. The book
keeper did not come TO work that morn
inr. nor have We ever seen him since
'Aad the dog | asked.
Yes. the DO. had all the credit
You SEE, the thief supposed ty the 81
lcnle that there was no dog about tn,
promises, and he thought he WAS don,
Tor, when Re opened the door and Nap
spang at him
But, said ]. he was frightened rath
er easily; these fellows usually 90 no
care much for I dog
L guess be never saw quite such 4:
dog Is Nap was that nj ht. said Alick
laughing. i had rubbed his ewes anC
mouth with phosphorus. and put OF
the strong spring. don't blame III,
fellow for imagining the evil one wa
before him.
Phosphorus and strong spring
l exclaimed; what are YOU talkin.
about =
His eyes are glass. you know
Glass. Have YOU been drinking
or have IL
why, old fellow, don't you see tha
Nap is fraud:'
| l jumped TO the dog, and sure enougl
| / had been badly scld-the dog va
IHdia-ruIee- Alick laughed loud an
hong at my sheepish face.
Is the story - true IS the dog 3
csled