Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-15
sure," she sobbed. Oh, what shall

we do? It looked SO malignant and
terrible T" 2s R#sk 500 ss
We looked at each other for a few
moments, and then Mildred spoke:
CT can scarcely believe that you are
right, Harriet" she said; 81 fancy that
| your imagination must have been ma
king goose of you.
'sStill, Mildred" I ventured to say,
Harriet may be right, and it would be
we'll to do something at once. This
may be plan to rob the house when
we are all in bed.
sand murder us ALL" shrieked Har-
riet.
Janet began to cry. and meanwhile
the butler had left the room,
"Where is Jones?" inquired Mil
dred, suddenly observing his absence.
6 Let us go and find him, and see what
is to be done. ;"
/ She passed into the hall and we fol-
| lowed. Jones was rumaging in a large
closet, the door of which stood open;
he had o. lamp in his hand. The other
servants stood By, and we together wait
ed for him to emerge. He was rather a
long time-so Mildred went close to the
door and whispered.
sWhar are YOU doing there, Jones p
Jones made no reply, but came out,
armed with an old rusty looking dagger
and two pieces of strong rope.
"You are, not going to kill him !" in
CURED Janet.
ssNever fear, MISS" replied Jones;
sa little prick, however, will do no
hurt. / must take care Of my masters
house..
eve will come with you" whispered
Mildred.
every good, miss" he answered.
"Please bring the dog to the door, and
keep him there till want him"
SO, off went Jones with his lamp, his
dagger, and his ropes, we and the SER
wants following closely with the dog,
who seemed to possess strong consci-
business of something being amiss.
Jones opened the door of the little
room quietly, and went in and placed
the lamp on small table which
stood near. Then at once, dagger and
ropes in hand, he walked toward the
pack, which lay on the settle; but
now observed that there were one or
two openings in the wrapper.
There was deep silence among us
for moment or two, interrupted only
by The low growlngs of the dog, who
became more and more uneasy and was
with great difficulty restrained from
rushing into the room. Then there came
q scene of noise and confusion. Jones
reached the peck, and throwing the rope
over his arm, and still clutching the
dagger, stopped to inspect the slit in
! the wrapper where Harriet had asserted
sh: had seen an eye At that moment
one of the most fearful and terrible
yells ever heard broke from between
the folds OF the wrapper. The pack
struggled violently, then rolled over
and fell heavily on the ground, while a
checked voice begged for mercy; at the
same time O. knife was seen endeavoring
to effect az opening. The screams Of
the servants, the hysterical sobs of
Janet, the loud howlings and winnings
of the dog, who was still restrained by
Mildred from rushing franticany into
the room, made din that | never can
forget.
| I remember that Jones alone looked
very composed and unmoved through
out Before the man in the pack had
time to free himself from the wrapper,
Jones had managed, despite his oppo-
nent's struggles. to pass the ropos sew
eral times round and round him, and to
secure him. By the time he had accom-
plished this we had all become pretty
quiet. The dog was silenced, and made
to lie down in the ball, while Mildred
and I and two of the servants, the terri
fed Harriet not being one, went into
the room.
The pack presented a very ludicrous
appearance. The wrapper had been
slit open from the center upward, and
displayed the figure of man apparent
~ about 80 years of age, lying IN it, the
ropes wound around him. He had a
long pale face, q brown grizzly beard,
and eyes that glanced doubtfully from
Jones and his dagger, who knelt beside
him. to us, as we approached him. He
was perfectly mute, and refused TO
answer any questions.
ssSee, he has got whistle, cried one
of the servants ~
Jones instantly seized it, and after a
| few moments consideration beckoned
Mildred out of the room. I followed.
t'Young ladies'" he said, 1.-THE man
is now quite secure, and his accompli-
ces will certainly not attempt to enter
much before midnight. I expect the
whistle was to have been the signal.
Would you be afraid if I slipped down
to the coachman's house and got his
wife to send one Of her boys into the
/ village for other assistance? We could
then probably secure all the Williams. .
''But you may be attacked by them
on the way urged Mildred.
/ t'No fear, miss; | can slip unseen be-
hind the shrubs in the darkness"
= Go, then, and quickly" said Mil
4 bred. @ 2 u ~
..'Yon are sure that the man is quite
safely bound p ss As.
"Quite SO, miss; but perhaps yo1
would like to ask the consent of the
household before I leave you?''
Mildred soon obtained our consent to
! tha nIan and Jones' WAS cautiously let