American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-28
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safely out of the house to the neares
neighbours. With desperate resolution
50 sa " with some Clothes" said to Katl
leen.s - sg-.. ..7-s,.= rs tazs
"Jist yer dark wrapper over yer night
gown, miss, dear! Where is its' said she
spatebiag it fromthe chair that Indicate
and thrusting in my arms. Now Civ
me yer long waterproof to hide me whit
fciothes; an now some slippers In We
hand, miss mo, not on yerfeet yit.- Hank
nowl' We listened; the door was ajar
Kathleen, not moment idle, thrust pill
low into my place and arranged the bed
clothes to simulate a human form in tn
dim light. All this took place in abou
! three minutes. No sound from the hall
Kathleen seized my arm - =
. sNIhs, DEAR I'm gofn' to fhry to ge
out the library windy into the lilacs, an
run for the station. There's mestly a 10
of perlice there; it's quite ways, but III
go like deer. / could go quicker'n you
but If ye'd rather We can tkry it. But say
quick You must stay by the library
windy to see that we git in alright"
!s14 stay, y said promptly. But oh
alone at midnight in a house tenanted by
burglars, whsfe,py life would pay the for
felt of discovery.
Come down quick, fhin,'' said Kath-
leen, s''if wen only git down before
Mike comes Along, an he'll not be far of
now, sure.
we started. The padded stairs and AK
minister carpets gave no sound of our bare
fest, But obi the dread of meeting Mike
Rusher in the dark for he was probably
then pafrolling the house. We got as far
lower hall, when we heard the-clsok of the
night lock, and, turning, saw dimly out
lined against the upper glass of the door
Mike Rpsher's loW-crQyned hatsapd bur.
ly shoulders we had barely missed of
him in the dark. Instiactively we knew
what he was opening the door for. Kath-
leen's fingers clutched my wrist-there
was black and blue spot there for week
affer-we stole softly along the room to
into the library, carefully closing the door
of communication after us. The window
sashs slid easilys and Kathleen perched an
instant on the sill while she whispered:
Keep dark, now, miss, dear, an if they're
like to find We afore come, cut an run
Tor yer life"
Then she dropped to the ground in
spite of herself, making a rusting in the
ilacs; slipped across the walk on to the
soft grass in the shrubbery, and was gone.
Not moment too soon.
As 1 crouched close to the sill, behind a
big lounging- chair, heard a second
rustic Of the lilscs, and low remark,
seemingly not more than two feet from
me:
81 heard 'em crackle, anyway. But
there's nobody here"
There were two Of them. If they had
glanced at the window, which had par
tally closed lest it should attract attention,
l should have been lost. But they went
away, and L closed it entirely.
Then, as my eyes became more accus-
toned to the dark. I-saw rather than
heard the library. door open; heard Mike
Rusher's smothered whisper: 6What yer
bout, RUFF? Notilin' but books in thar"
er sure? No nice clos, nor secret
drawer, nor nothin'?" was the answer in
q louder key.
mo, nothin' In the dinin, room in
the SAFE. Come Ter long; We en- go up
s{4fER eff We wanter, afterwards. Valy'ble
stuff up thar ...-- go
heard the .clink OF silver, and caught the
They had got the safe OPEN. How many
minutes then went by ! cannot, tell. All
at once, with scarce a football to tell of his
proximity, Mike Rusher stood almost over
me and tried the window 1t slid up.
&c The divilr' said he. " But maybe miss
left il. onfastened. She's mighty careless
An We heard the bushes rattle?"
Yes said another vaice, near by. The
cold pefspiration stood all over. me, and l
held nv breath. 81.
-Just then an Outburst of profanity from.
the hall, with sudden confusion, and his
own name uttered in uncomplimcntary
terms, caused the redoubtable Mike and
his companion to depart for the scene of
conflict with some alacrity. could bear
it MOI longer. I raised the window, all in
a tremor, TO leap from it and take to my
heels, when lol q sudden crowd of figures
darkened it, a man sprung rapidly
and anOther-the room
was filed with them; they carried clubs
and revolvers, and there was a CLEAN of
stars and gilt buttons. One of them caught
sight of me as shrunk half fainting be-
hind the big chair. ''Oh, here she is!
thank't the Lord you're safe, MISS He
held me up, for could hardly stand, and
Kathleen, laughing and crying, threw her
arms around me. Thrice came a. sudden
shrill whistle, and from all sides -the .po-
licemen rushed to the attack. There was
no retreat-the house was surrounded by
alert detectives All of the gang-three in
captured.
After the sharp skirmish was over, the
captives hand-cuffed and placed h0rs de
combat, and the wounds bound up, Mike
Rusher for the first time caught sight of
and me. .~-s---
"Houly mither o. Moses! We thafe NV
gur-r-l thini was it you as whit traispasin'
off to the station an brought this drove
down on us? Whin / seed We dhrink the
coffee wild me own eyes, am looked at We
slapin' in yer bed not five minutes agOl''
:, {. Thafe of agur-rly crsilf, Mike RUSH
er" quoth Kathleen, facing him with
arms akimbo. :" L did all that an l didn't
drink yer coffee, but poured it down me
buzzum, an it's wet as drownded rat
was, sure, an ye looked at me pfller wild
me night-cap on in me bed, bad luck to We.
Take woman after this to desave a wom-
An, will ye? an none Nv yer blunderin'
With which fat ON the woman question
our Kathleen retired on her laurels.-
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