The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-03

care you not afraid?" asked the DO
liceman, with some surprise; but Vir
ginia was gone before he had finished
, his remark.
When she reached the stairs, she
found by the sounds that the man hat
} evidently gone into the silver closet
J which stood on the back stairs, and tina
now she was between the two-for she
! could hear Alice walking around in the
bedroom. Quick rs flash the little
figure elided up stairs, slipping hel
boots off on the lowest step. There wa.
} no light in the hall except that afforded
by the burglars lantern, for the ga!
J was turned down low, and the lanteri
set inside the closet door. The door
! opened outward and the key was in it
A spring, Il sudden bang, and the click
of the key in Virginia's nervous fingers
as she turned it in the lock. A tremend
ous curse came from the captured thief
as she leaned breathlessly against the
door. The same moment the gaslighI
behind her was suddenly turned on, and
Alice confronted Virginial
"You here, madam? Well, you and
| are quits, any how. Open that dool
or I'll send bullet through your head
You didn't think of my having n rcvolv.
er, did you?"
"No," said Virginia; looking in the
girls furious eyes with her peculiar
calm smile. "Help! Police"
"You may split your pretty throat
calling" said Alice, seizing her savage.
! ly by the arm. "No one will come
The cooks drugged, and you're at oui
mercy. Give me the keyl"
Cpl trouble you for that pistol ~ said
a stern voice behind Virginia, as a quick
strong arm jerked the weapon away
from Alice. Alice, with q shrek, fell
to the floor, for she realized all at once
But Virginia, gasping:
"Ah, my God!" gazed as if turned to
stone, for 1t was Langley Temple that
virginia, don't be terrified" he said
ut Is my very solf-no ghost. Take
my hand, love. See, it Is flesh and
blood, like your own, dear"
he had her in his arms. The door,
bell was ringing furiously, but he would
have let the neighbors pull the wire till
1t broke before he would have left her
Ill that dumb, shocked state. AS be
touched her, she trembled violently.
Then the light came back to her ewes,
and, with : sob ofjoy, Virginia flung
herself on the breast of him whom she
had mourned as dead.
The Motleys had time to think that
virginia was murdered before the pair
opened the door. Very much surprised
were they to see, instead of the police
man they expected to find, very tall,
handsome young man, stranger, in
undress navy uniform. Fred, now that
bis part of the fun was over, began to
roar, and Virginia took him up In her
arms, while the three gentleman, assist
cd by a real simon pure policeman, a
brawny son of Erin, opened the closet
and secured the prisoner. Within the
next fifteen minutes the other servants
had rcturned-for the burglary had IA.
Ken place before eleven O'clock-and
Alice, having recovered from her swoon
was carried to the station house.
don't know how Langley and vir-
ginia were occupied till my return; but
when Frank thrust his latch kew into
the door, Virginia flew out of the library
ahd tried, with few incoherent senten-
ces, to prepare me for seeing something.
'Ihe consequence was, that, when /
pushed the door open in very bewild-
or,;i;, VI niIhu, anu SAW Langley
sniiirs u, me, L was terrified almost
out OF my senses. and came near faint
ing.
10 ihe pest OIL my recollections, the
a.aT' aousel'oiu SCI up nearly al night, though
laia,iy ,aller had heard the whole story,
ous" speecl,eSs over Nrelhia's bravery
anu nnggeo tred,--now asleep in the
an sriii cna'r'-frank dragged me of to
oe9.
uon know tnat Langley and Vir-
giaia sst there I'LL morning, but certain
.ne nrst persons saw upon coming
.SO uow1 10 9reak1ast were themselves upon
Tue iuenticsi SOFA where had left them.
LahSieys Story Is 100 long one to
Eo ;",. 'o,u 5a, iieIe. oumce II 10 say that, be-
ha ts had 0i IeoS heos when "h the iecumseh sunk,
ne had peen able to strike out from the
sinking snip, ana, under cover ofsmoke
ILL., 1nu ,oar vi pattie, 10 swim ashore.
ansIe, however, ne was taken prisoner
anu heP' i,i ciose connnement for some
IUns, Ton,;a, a;ny anusiy making his escape.
Sog SSoming uirect 10 Frank for intelligence
boiSaS bo ptesentihg himselt 10 his family,
~ ,io aau ,s;.Tppea TO iignt cigar under
.ais .aI saSiEn'' where Virginia had mis-
49, In. hn ~. Poice,nan; he mad
hhoWn ner instantly, and probably only
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