Richmond weekly palladium., 1875-12-09
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er assistance? We could then probabl,
secure all the Williams"
But you may be attacked by then
on the way" urged Mildred.
No fear, miss: can slip unseen be
hind the shrubs in the darkness"
Go, then, and quickly" said Mildred
| "You are sure that the man is quite
securely bound!"
s"Quite so, miss; but perhaps yor
would like to ask the consent Of the
household before leave your"
Mildred soon obtained our consent te
the plan, and Jones was cautiously lei
out of a small side door In about twen-
ty minutes-which had seemed two
hours to us-he returned, and his low
tap was instantly answered.
Its all right" he said. Il have seen
and heard nothing of the men. The
boy is sharp enough, and he has his di-
rections, and is to bring a party from
the village to this door by the same
way that took"
More than an hour passed away; then
q low tap was again heard, and six men
appeared, accompanied by the boy who
had been sent to bring them.
About midnight Jones opened the
shutters of a easement window in the
hall and blew loud whistle; the whis-
tie was responded to by another, and
two men presently appeared at the
open easement Jones drew back into
the darkness Of the hall and silently
allowed them to enter. The moment
their feet touched the hall floor they
were secured.
And where were you, aunty?" said,
during this scene?"
I'VE stood in the gallery above. The
boy who had received his directions
soon brought forward a lantern, and
we also had lights at hand in the gal
lery."
Were the men tried, aunty; and what
was their punishment?"
Yes; they were conveyed to the
county prison, and on their conviction
were sentenced to transportation. The
butler, as you may imagine, was hand
somely rewarded"
Glimpse Of Gabriel COnr0y.
bret Harte's new Serial Story in !Scribner.l
1t was raining. Not in the usual di-
rect, honest, perpendicular fashion of
that mountain region, but only suggest
lively, and in a vague, uncertain sort OF
way, as if it might at any time prove
to be fog or mist, and any money wa
gered upon it would be hazardous. 1t
above, and the lower limbs of the
loungers who gathered around the
square box-stOve that stood in Briggs
warehouse exhaled a cloud of steam.
The loungers in Briggs were those
who from deficiency of taste or the
requisite capital avoided the gambling
and drinking saloons, and quietly ap-
propriated crackers from the cOnven-
lent barrel of the generous Briggs, or
fl1nd THAR nil Sy<sy h f<.b
eanisters, with the general suggestion
In their manner that their company
fully compensated for any waste of his
material.
They had been smoking silently,-a
silence only broken by the occasional
hiss of expectoration against the hot
stove, when the door OF a back room
opened softly, and Gabriel Conroy en-
tered.
one of the lOungerS.
So, so," said Gabriel. You IL want
to shift those bandages agin," he said,
turning to Brigg, "afore the doctor
comes. I'd come back in an hour, but
I We got to drop in and see how Steve's
gettin' on, and it's matter of miles
from home"
But he says he won't let anybody
tech him but you, said Mr.. Briggs.
KNOW ne SuyS 50, Sdld OaDrleI |
but he IL get over that |
That's what Stimson sed when he took |
worse, but he got over that, and new
er got to see him except in time to lay /
him out tfs
The Justice of this was admitted even |
by Briggs, although evidently disap- I
pointed. Gabriel was walking to the I
door, when another voice from the I
stove stopped him.
\
family, with the sick baby, camped I
down the gulchp Well, the baby up
and died last night"
Il want to know" said Gabriel, with I
gravity. ~
Yes, and that woman's in a heap of I
trouble. Couldn't you kinder drop in
in passing and look after things?"
4 will" said Gabriel, thOughtfully.
1 thought you'd like to know it, and |
thought she'd like me to tell you,"
said the speaker, setting himself back |
man who had just fulfilled, at great I
personal sacrifice and labor, a work of /
a
You re always thoughtful of other /
folks, Johnson" said Briggs admiring- !
ly:
We'll, yes" said Johnson with a |
modest serenity, Il alters allow that I
men in Californy ought TO think of |
others besides themselves. A little |
keer and a little sabe on my part, and
there's that family i'm the gulch made |
with Gabe around EN-"
Meanwhile this hOmely inciter of the
unselfish virtues of One Horse Gulch /
had passed out into the rain and dark t
ness. SO cOnscientiOuslyd did he fulfill |
his various obligations, that 1t was |
nearly O'Clock before he reached his
rude hut on the hillside, a rough cabin |
Of pine logs, so unpretentious and wild
in exterior as to be but slight i'm
provement on nature. The vines clam I
bered unrestrainedly over the bark |
matched roof; the birds occupied the |
crevices of the walls; the squirrel ate /
his acorns on the ridge-pole without |
fear and without reproach.