The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-11-26

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Hs@lM"toae NtHItDh~~TAkfNn Huru9.
The Attornay passed 4 restia1s n,vht,
After trying tor m hour 10 sleep. no Arose.
lF.w On y dressing gown. AMI wont 10 work
Mi his tMl,ls, giving hss attention Hirts,tly ,o
Wms. l'nFsf# marked :" WalIInuIorI..
Tile Hilll'uaher had been .,,. II lin l.e.t
allants Having Rrcat ,lislika far "details.
Anl trusting implicitly In ur4,, In hnj
thtfiad lsr.a pulilna II his b,lsIne.s from
lls n~h sll''slrr,, ~ ibu~. vi thu Il tuvt.ay,
The f"sii't .aa, That JfAy was thptpiuhly
pusivl IN ryary branch VI Ills affairs III
could have told at any time, ~ pound,
na~ much euttou the niiiis hal ground nj,
liurinK the preceding twelve M this, ana
hp~ ,nuh sIesl had Lesn shl,.,. nwsy,
Nj, Nallinsfnrl hid Alsa ds4li .nrgsiy N
asraka, ani tho record 81 his las.es and
sa,'s was also nnfuly houasd la Ais "a.
lsruey'H lliHi'iafy,
An ln,nsnar fortune awaits rome man
hero" h. mnttersd M hs esaminsd ths
papers before him. ~ mnst 10 laors than
. milltoh, anil that " worth lighting for, ~
| must ba very careful In my work
And no foil ~ plo.tlnx again, with hls
hssd resting npen his hand. In this poal.
tlun hu feli lnto dom. in which TIM
pappr# before him seemed ~ ria. and shape
themselves Into fantastic forms. r,fN
thsy r~.mhlel the walls ii TIM Nails !,
then, thssstssior ~ 4 prisons and nnaliy,
ovpryil.iug saslnei " DRIFT away, fusthss
and further, until hs ronti M lunxsr die.
eavn tlun. ito arose ~ his iust With 1
start. A gust " codI outdoor aIr hAA rsr.
t.lnly fallen Al,on him. and Tor second ~
shlyarsi In his light attire.
liz glanced 81 ths windows. and seeing
that al w~rS securely fastened, hs cOn.
clndod that ho hal besn mlalAtoa. Tlss
his syss fell upon The table, "a NJ ~
that ths papers ~ hAd Aas0rtssi and plaUsd
thsss hAd sctaally hssn swept % tAs noos
and lAy thess IN confused hsAp.
tosA mosavat 10 st0Sl pssf~etly seiIl II
ths middle u The rO0in. with ~ undsAu.
AhIv tsrfor creeping ovsy HIN. What
eoul1 u mean Outside. ths iAll wi,d waS
bowling doiefnliy down the strsst. but 4
did not sssln possible that . gssvica large
sn0axh 70 admit such gust existed sbout
ANY u the windows IL doOrs.
either brs.shsd thoss rApsvs away In
my dvsAn. 10 thoaxht. : ~ that dior was
otansd while ulSpt.s " wAs With e.pd
deal q terror that ~ AAa,lttSd. ewes 70
hinssslf. that this lsss 0Auss might expi III
ths strange AeAls. nAny nsa ~ physical
cowAsds who Are brave iuotNlly. And Gray
wAs ons y thsss. Thu thought that sonas
90 might hAvs l,esn evsn fos Amomsnt ID
W room A. That tlns VI the nlwht, With evil
tlMs.
Finally. hs turned his l.mp up 10 Iss full.
~ et9IAss. An0 mAals aAssgul sAatninAilon u
us room Aed to doom leA<ling Into u
Vhsss wesS Two q thsse. eae opening FROM,
his b0siasss OGles n front. Aad oss lnto tAs
nAls hallway = the AwllAime. The lAlGGD
~ sscugsIy Locked. Just - 10 h.a lsft u.
and thv f0sinAr wAs cien. ~ waA hls custom
10 leAvs II. III siooA fos motnsnl In las
doorway bslvesn The two roou,s. With tho
lamp IN his hAad. And looked asouad tho
outer Uolee.
Muthlms unusual was n sisht, and No
turned ha0h 10 hia chair, ~ IL AZ -. NJ
sAw that ~ hAA neglefted y bolt the
hall door. and did - 81 oaNe.
~ asu getting hsssoue, " hs mutt~rsd, 90
hs ssssafeA Alnssstl. IL Woshsd away
until naAriy morning. and ihnn dossI axAls,
this time tno heavily u hsar light loot~t~ps
creeping Abont MI roam. 81 ~ dSst
hngoss stirring the pepern N t.s tAt.4
Tho intruder was droaeod ID the sArh q
IN ordinary Wcstlme. .iunn. and ~ rlmsly
mashed. lIis etjsel did mi snsm 70 10
plumber. fOr ~ attorneys wYil. 6ilsL WI.
IA, protrudiag from the pocket ~ : e0at
lvIn1 - chair. ssntNlmstl mnt0sschsd.
Int No examinsi elnsely svrvy paper In
sight. and vvsu lacked fos mora Aaa0ne ihe
l'~xes u hooks u ssfsssnus lyIng - The
table.
This attorney stirred allxhtly IN hIs siesr.
and thu a0asrhTr hastily erert Into tks
main o6lau. whore III paused and listened III.
tonily, 0ray was uonn sound Nslssp Mealn,
snI M returned again " bi4 tAsk. bnl
s~smsd 10 nset with III bsitar s,iceess than
b~fors, Just - tha ll9ht AZ morulmx -.
asa u csssp Into lAs voosns. w sstusns1 %
The outer o0les. earcfnlly unlcshsd ths