Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-30

5nz 81 = H1n5senfs 5 tcraptins re-
<<,st ~ l'sl;ire fi4e txo men,
i {e 3hje q iiisi ample Instice. s
Wiser tl1c neal was conclu,lea one
j nf 5fs mi seshesl sovor and whisper
4 I'll : if& <disl$. b Watch his nssotis
ate lls@l{Ic1 al:lrnnatlvelxs The for
.aer then sFosef and expressed a<3e-'
sire 10 retire. Z. $.
This was Hkat & ate vas exl ing !;
and placing a lampia his hand She
edireetod him to the adjoining apart
fmeuk The ruffians wished their en-
tertainers a friendly goodnight and,
passing into the room, closed the
door.
( II don't see what can have come
over me, Bill" exclaimed one ofthem,
when they were alone together. "Im
uncommon sleepy"
II feel rather dozy myself, said
the other. sS'posin' we rest awhile
before proceeding to business p
There's time enough. An hours
snooze will do us good after our
long tramp"
"rm agreeable. Ellis can't get
back before daylight, anyway. He'll
never suspect anything. for he'll find
4 Sutton dying Just as he was told
THEY'LL keep him there as long as
possible"
The room was furnished with TIVE
good bells in opposite corners. Each
of the rsffians sta ygered to one, and
threw himself upon it; and soon they
were both sleeping heavily.
Kate and Mary Ellis, who were lis
tening with anxious hearts in the
outer room, at length heard the deep
breathing of their guests, which told
them they were buried in slumber.
"Thank Heavenp exclaimed Kate.
"Now we are safe"
81 cannot feel safe while they are
in the honse," responded Mary.
sLet MS fly at once, Kate. The dark
ness and storm are safer to encounter
than these wretches when they
awake
81 have hetter plan than that,
said Kate Ellis, going to n closet and
taking ont long clothes line. "Let
us bind them while they sleep! do
, not fear, sister; we can do it easily
enough. | emptied the contents oi
the little hottie which Robert brou gh'
iheme last week for yonr tooth ache
Elimso the c1,ffcc. Il q was'apretty strong
dose, too, and may kill them, but Il
, was to save our lives.
, s.The laudanumr exclaimed Mary
; 'sThank Heaven! Then we are indeed
safe. But how came you to think o
it? never should have dared dc
such a thing, for fear of their de
tecting the taste
Fortunately they did not" said
, Kate. "But we must secure them al
once, while the drug is operating"
f The brave girl handed Mary a por
tion of the rope, which she had iii
vided, and, followed by the other,
entered the apartment tenanted by
their would he murderers.
The rufIians were completely over
powered by the potent drug which
, they had unconsciously imbibed, and
the task of binding them was a com
paratively easy one. Assured now ol
their escape from the deadly peri
which had menaced them, the nnu
sual strength and resolution of the
. heroic women entirely deserted them
and they sank upon the floor weak
and helpless, but with happy and
thankful hearts.
, The hours dragged slowly away
At last the ruffians began to recover
, from the effects of the narcotic.
Great was their surprise and fury
!; when they discovered how complete
, ly they had been outwitted-and
that by a couple of weak women
; Their threats and entreaties were
r alike unheeded. Their captors has
no faith in their protastatiOns of in
noccnce of any premeditated crime
and they at length were forced to be
come resigned to their fate.
; At daybreak Robert Ellis returned
His indignation and establishment or
learning of the events of the night
knew no bounds. He clasped the
two loved ones to his heart and 81
lently vowed never to leave them tc
| such fearful risk again.
e The discounted ruffians were re
| moved to the nearest Jail. They
. were discovered to be old offender:
e and soon afterward met just pun
i ishment. 1t appeared tnat they hac
{ stopped the preceding day at tbs
:. house of Ellis dying friend and hat
e undertaken to deliver the message II
t Robert which had occasioned his de
t partare. Learning by some means
4 that the latter had large sum o
" money at his house, the villains con
ceived the plan of taking advantage
e Of his absence and robbing the farm
o which plan happily niscarried, to tn
G great discontinue of its infamou
G projectors.
e AN agent received an application
n for policy on the life OF man il
Lancaster, N. H., a few days age
o which furnished the following re
r. markabIe record of longevity on botl