The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-10-13

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1t happened upon one occasion that your
uncle Frank had to go to London upon
some important business. was not in very
good health, and retired to my bed room
about two hours before his departure. He
promised to come ~ and wish me goodbye
before he started, which would be between
| twelve and one o'clock in the morning. The
mater which called him away was connected
with the bank here, which bad just been
burned down ; and my husband, it seems
th"ngh did not know it NJ the time, had
many thousand pounds belonging to the
concern in his possession, locked up in the
iron Snte in our bedroom, where the plate
was kept lie was hank manager, and re-
sponsibIe for the whole Of it. 1t was winter
and there was fire in the room, so bright
and comfortable that | was in no hurry to
get into bed, but sat up, looking into the
fiery Goals, and thinking about all sorts Of
things. It was little aftor eleven O'Clock
when got into bed, but | did not feel the
least inclined for sleep even then. | knew
that Frank would be coming to wish me
goodbye presently and besides, there SEEM
GU =" oe al Sr's ol NOISES ABOUT the room'
",'''' NY nuns" o"r' always u'eu 10 near
,' "ne'l ! was "''''e AZ "'E"' lou may I'M
"E'"'' ',''' NY "''.or, "neh heafu
inch from, mo iu.t ho,,;nd thn Lood loa.I
oc tLe he'd and hotwec, thot on1 ,ho ,.ou
wbero tbo,o wos oo,silorolIo saoo,
Tho o,,v him, -. Lol;oro t,ot soo1
nv reason from, dsnor,ing oltorothor nrhon
oo.l ,,,. .ar.;,Ia 81 e, ,i. "''0i'
mind clung to the hope that it was. after ali
but the sneezo of a cat. Fifty cats together
could not have made such disturbance. it
is true. for it was the sneeze of man who
sneezes in spite of himself and almost shook
the house. Thercxtinstant the wretch had
snec2ed og.jr. ard ,rshinc- aside thn bed
when rolled ~, c4stor.. .elt ne was stand.
ing beside rIv rillnw. looking ot me Tria
had given only one snefze he might have
believed me. as Law quite still. breatb,r,
a regularly as could. and nretendino 70
be fseep but he reasoned very Justly tho,
unless was deaf or dead, | must have been
awakened by the second.
"yo,,-o .woks nor,, - soiaho J.;
voice "o,,d i,s M mso shomninn, ts 49,"
d,,,+ r,n,t ,.;,r ,I,;, u.s. -
1oat. al;,..,,, N~N' W. J"''
"""eu "'y eyes eNcfeu'"s'y "iue at thiS
anu '''e'n man, WIN Grape over his
i"e', H''hui' oy ''e oeu' lie helu sort
VI 'ioo WIN TWO Nno'' upon u ID ms right
; na'''' Isnu Win MS 'ei' lie pointed to the
'ro" '"'0'
,,-' -S '"o n'o"'! .'e'e saio me-
iN0 p,"'o ~ S"'u II i" IL 'reh'p'ihg
,ww4e'iHc"G ,''e !, SIT, ! am sure you are
thin nv '"'S"' nave nau every
90, y vi ,"'ue III 'he nouse' WIN all my
"'an', 'alr, 'o nc 'ei' me my me-
thor ,ho.aon o.,oJ 80, =. "O,es' -, az
sorf If vhi.ror
| ar; !. an .ray .,:., Id,
knew nothing about it ''for would NOT
deceive YOU sir, on any account"
'sYou had better mo-, D ohsorrod tho hrr-
| gar, grimly "or it will be all the worse for
you" EIe produced key like one my hus-
| band used, and approached the iron safe
but as he did so his guilty ear caught foot
step on the staircase.
"Who's that ?" cried he.
My husband, sir," returned |; "but, pray
don't hurt HIM pray"
us he not gong to town, then?" cried
The ru'nah with an oath OF diSappoint-
ment.
lie Is going at - O'Clock" replied [;
he Is indeed
"If you tell him, ,"said the burglar hoarse.
ly-"if you breathe but one word of nv
presence here it will be the de,ih doom If
you both :" he had slipped into the acove,
and drawn the bed back again to its place
IN an instant
Your Uncle Frank leaned over the pill
low to kiss me, and observed how terrified
looked
"You have been frightening yourself
about robbers again, | suppose, my silly
! child.
"Not Franz - retrrped a. ohoorf,,,,,
As | could 81 have only = little headache y
but said with nv fingers So that he could
plainly read it in the fireliabt-"For Gods
sake. hush there's man behind the bed
head"
Yorr T,o,o Fron,. uos .. horl H.,
and had nerves Iile Iron ,Tnon,, om,na.oa
| ..,Ior, i ,o,,r cal ,,,Ia.iI,, ,l,..~.,oo .,,I
went to fine martel rieco 10 ',ot Il thonrht
he could never bnve understood no snor,o
with 60 mucb cooIrcss ord unoononr, rnt;I
7 saw bis fncors ronl,, o. ho to,I, ~, tta
hot.Io ,AiI ,i,ht Jon,t H. ac",, y, ,
then was not afraid or a. Iaast mot ao
much
enaa., ''''' " NV f'''N' WI '''' l VIII" III!