The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-03-22
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I'm not d-gofn' TO der
Her dark eyes nashed; her Strength returned;
she left her hsd Of pain: We
week had scarcely passed away
When she was we'll again.
Eugene J. Hall, In Chicago Tribune.
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CLOSE YOUR SHUTTERS.
It was between ten and eleven O'Clock,
on wet and chilly evening In November,
that sat alone by my comfortable library
fire. Ny sister and nieces had gone to a
party, and the servants had retired, the
kitchen being, as is generally the case al
the South, building detached from the
house. s' = : '1'ss
l had been very busy settling some
household and other accounts, and count
ing money Just collected, to be next day
deposited in bank. Having now con-
cluded this business, put away my books
and papers, carefully locked the money in
private drawer of my secretary; then,
producing decanter and a little brass
kettle, was presently calmly imbibing q
steaming beverage Of sugar, lemon-juice,
water, and one or two other ingredients
sovereign remedy against cold. Not
that was yet affected with that CON-
plant, but l am q believer in the adage
that q. ounce Of preventionsis worth a
pound OF cure.ve 49,
was just falling into state of lukuri-
Gus dr0wsiness when Q slight noise at my
window aroused me. ] listened, and the
sound was repeated. The library, may
observe, was on the first parlor floor of the
house, and the window was about eight
feet from the pavement. AA
80" sn. opouuu ne wlnuow, anu saw
~ sTT MSu.es s.anulng On Tue pcsucC VI tns
aoJoinlng mousse which, Dy-tne.Dy, had
,oo.os. st.sai aI YIN nsns ~ .ne
3, ON r,,nss,ed 3, a. -. vuS ~. LIS LIS
hanaot,, tha Ioos az S S., I'm
nsnoh. aIa. s S,oSA an. y, s''I S,,. vs,lcl
,.Fsi;..ar,a ean , =; .no oe' "nu ou''i's VI
esi want ~ snaa io - Won !, s.;d .,.,.,
ManI 70 speak 10 you, said the iat-
Sn;ca a W a aul~ mma. anu spsskl9g IN low
n rG.sr : n aa VncsL rerlin, Oh me ln!Iu
% it'll I, ,,;.a Pe 81 no ;U ou' w IL WIN
, "her uJIse en "a fcsad H.. 49,. .,.d
opeyeu, anu Iouno tne Two men stand,
nk " .nS III esnoiu. VnceI rerrin, ~ l
vord NC n nna. ,oUneu ~. :, lno, pu' De-
fsrthest race.sos - T., on saI, i.D lne
search;nr fnr so,,o ny ~ n"i IN, a. uuusn
silent sslnte be enterea o fo,,nwad w ra.hor
ralmc,.nti,, = s.emod ,o .S 81 Sumisa,c'
and both y;ntooJ nn;saIo.S n e ot 81 man tni,,
into the l;hrsrv nmt t;rs. - 's s' So ;a,
the noIiceman nm NV t,,rn;nr ~ ,t . p, =,
The door had fr;ad the holt snJ az s;ioyy,i ~
remov;ng tho ~ o s;ior. , "I nan .a,oH
70 me ' "0u
r ~ ~. ,;t,
"You are NJ. Saunders presume ),
he said. in the same low voice az before
whilst he carefully shook the rain dro,,s
from his oil skin CAP.
"Yes.''.s
Have YOU. or has one of the house.
hold, admitted any person at the front
mo; / am alone Ia the house No one
has entered but yourself.'s - -
The two exchanged rlauces and sipnifi.
cant mods.
"Then," resumed Perrin imnressive,v
"Ihaye % inform you-don't be startled
or make any exclamation-that there i
probably at this moment a burglar In the
house, 5 I,lS 80
"a burg
He checked me with motion Of his
finger, and at the same time turned his
ear in listening attitude toward The door
of the dining-room adjoining.
"What room is that p,
told him. He turned IN a full b,sze
of gas, went to the door. drawing q ,;stoI
as he did SO, listened a moment or two
around with Keen. s searching uD w eves ea1eo
us the farthest door locked , And
those Closets"
/ believed 80 Int no r,srocsed.a h ;,,,,,
tigate for himself, still holding the cooked