Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-16

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She passed into the haIl, and we foi.
lowed. Jc6es was runaging in . large
closet, The door of which stnad Open,
be had . lamp in his h.nd. The Other
servants stood bys and ~ together
waited for hin % soeres He was
, rather . losR time. % Mildred vent
close ts.sths doos aad whispered.
What are ysa doing. tbsrs, Jones 2
Jones made % reply, but eame oli
armed With ~ old russy-lootiug dag.
ger and tws pieces ef strous rope.
You srs noe gsis6. - till 81. 2 in.
Quirsd Janel .1cs ,,.-=-L.s
Newer fear. miss.' replied ,Jsss,e =
littls psiek. however. vill do - hurt.
I must take care Of my mastef 49,
.Wewill come with you.' whispered
Mildred. .-. g.
Very good. miss.' be answered,
please bring the dog to the door, and
keep him there till I want him.
So OF went Jones with bis lamp,
bis dagger. and his ropes. we. aud the
servants following closely with the dog,
who seemed to possess . strong con-
sciousness IT something being amiss.
Jones opened the door Of the little
room quietly, and went Ia and placed
the lamp on q sije.t,ble which stood
near. Then at once, dagger and rope
in hand, be walked toward the pack,
which lay on the settle; but I now %.
served that there were one or two open.
ings in Ne wrapper.
There was deep silence among us
for moment or two, interrupted only
by the low growing of the dog, who
became manifestly more and more un.
easy, and was with great difficulty res
trained from rushing into the room.
Then there came scene Of noise and
confusion. Jones reached the pack.
and throwing the rope over his arm.
and still clutching the dagger, stopped
to inspect the slit in the wrapper where
Harriet had asserted she had seen an
eve. At that moment one Of the most
fearful and terrible yells I ever heard
broke from between the folds of the
wrapper. The pack struggled violent.
~, then rolled over and fell heavily to
the ground, while a choked voice beg
ged for mercy; at the same time knife
was seen endeavoring to effect an open.
ing. The screams of the servants, the
hysterical sobs Of Janet, the loud howl.
ings Of the dog, who was still restrained
by Mildred from rushing frantically
into the room, made din that I never
can forget. l remember that Jones
alone looked very composed and un.
moved throughout. Before the man in
the pack had time to free bimself from
the wrapper, Jones had managed, des-
pite his opponents struggles, to pass
the ropes several times round and
round him, and to secure them. BY
the time he had accomplished this, we
had all become pretty quiet. The dog
was sileuced aud made to lie down in
the hall, while Mildred and I and two
Of the servants, the terrified Harriet not
being one, went into the room.
The pack presented very ludicrous
appearance. The wrapper had been
slit open from the centre upward, and
displayed the figure Of . man appa.
,ently about thirty years of age, living
in it, the ropes wound about him. He
had long pale face. q brown grizzly
beard, and eyes that glanced doubtful
" from Jones and his dagger. who
Enelt besides him, to US, as we ap.
preached him. He was perfectly mute,
aud refused TO answer any questions.
See, 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. l follow
ed.
Young ladies' be said, the man is
now quite secure, and bis accomplices
will certainly not attempt to enter much
before daylight. Iexpect the whistle
was to have been the signal. Would
YOU be afraid If I slipped down to the
coschman's house and get his wife ia
send one of her bows iuto the village
for assistance? We could then proba.
bly secure all the villains
But you nav be attacked by them
on the way said Mildred.
No fear, miss, I can slip unseen he.
hind the shrubs in the darkness
Go then, and quickly said Mil.
dred.
You are sure that the man 10 quite
safely hound 2
Quite 80, miss; but perhaps you
would like 20 ask the consent Of the
houss hold Lefore leave you Z
Mildred soon obtained our consent
to the plan, and Jones was cautiously
let out Of small sized door. In about
twenty minutes, which seemed two
hours to us, he returned, and his low
tap vas instantly answered.
1t is all right he said, i have seen
and heard nothing Of the men,
The boy is sharp enough, and be
has his directions. and 10 to bring a
party from the village to this door BY
the way that I took
More than an hour passed away; then
low tap was again heard, and six men
appeared, accompanied by the boy who
bad been sent 10 bring them. Abou,
midnivh4 loues ou.ned tAe shuttx.r~ "A