Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
Entrapp.ng a Burglar.

Entrapp:ng Burglar.
For cool resolution the following Incl.
dent cannot well be surpassed. Madame
Pauline Lucca usually resides in the Vic
toria Strasse, Berlin. Last spring, how
ever, she occupied temporarily, at some
distance outside the city,a Il gartenhaus, OF
country house, consisting Of only spa
cious, rambling basement story, surround
ell by a velanda. One night about ten
o'clock sic WAS sitting there in her bed
room. Her chair was placed before a toi-
let table, which was lighted by Il wax Ia
per on each side of the glass. The two
tapers were not sufficient to illuminate the
room very brilliantly, and the farther end
Law buried in a sort of semi obscurity
Madame Lucca was busy reading some let
ters concerning engagements, when sud
denl V she imagined she heard noise. She
looked round, but, seeing nothing ,conclud-
ed she had made mistake, and resumed
lie perusal of the letters. She had for
gotten all about the noise when She heard
it again. This time. instead Of looking
round, she happened without moving her
head, merely to raise her eyes TO the glass.
She beheld reflected in it the face of man
peeTing cautiously from out a cupboard
behind her. AT first she fanced she was
dreaming, She quietly looked again. No,
it was no dream. There was the man,
whom she now recognized rs having been
formerly in her service, whence he had
been discharged for general bad behavior
She had also suspected him Of purloining
several objects which she had missed from
time 10 time, but not being certain on this
point, she had kept her suspicious to hey
salt. Yes, there he was there could be
no mistake about the matter. Madame
Lucca's first impulse was to start up and
give the alarm. But there was not another
habitation within a mile or two. and she
recollected that the only person beside her
self in the house was her maid, who,
though very good girl, and extremely
attached to her mistress, was by no means
celebrated for her nerve. The other serv-
ants, including the gardener and coachman
had been granted permission to attend d
friends wedding some miles of, and were
not to return till the next day. 1t flashed
across her mind that the man, who, as she
knew, had been lettering about the neigh
borhood for two or three days, had learn.
ed that she would be alone, and meant tc
rob the house, or perhaps murder her, il
his project Of robbery could not be execut-
eu without ITI Ehc perPe'."lioh % o. tne sIe"!eL
cLlliiG' ', W iIat @ WAS 10 oG uone' ,r, As'I.
sue s'"nGeI .:T 'o"'LG ,i!o miro iIe {! q
"e'c sun 'iieiet s."ill9 Jii ..el '.'Ioua'
t,ie giooh' An al once sue Ieinenlpefe, ZEN
tIi"' "a Il reFolNer ,l Delonsl"S " itl ii"spahu
the DaFon Won u, nnaqen' ou3lll 70 oG ny
On " sDeIi III llc olllIH9 rom puV sue wa; w
hoI qui'G sure. IL II Is tueIe' anu Il
couio ohiy Sel w, ", She thought l sloul'
not miha' ME She was renecnhg'
hhock was he"ru On tlle 4oot ol the room
1he saw 'lc man instantly ora" . o"cA inl' l1
tlle cuPoo"[u anu Ilose IL "I'eI n!,1' oll'
leIt relieved mat lhoSe TWO horrible eye
were S e. taken On lleFi 'hoy see hed 10 pierce
her IKE daggers'
Come IN sIle sad lier mad en-
tered ,.,,
thought you haa gone 10 ped' u.
good GIL observed M"''''lne Lucca' IN
tone ol uhcohceFh'
l was gong, please your iadysh'p-
Du'-1-I-tuouS.I you m'S"' PeEIap
want Soinethlhg' IePIieu lle maid
toId you would De my own Ie33A
&c chdnl6Fc to'nlght' NO; lhe only thn9
want Is 10 slrelch my ilmDs llt!ier 10
they are cramped from long sitting.
Speaking mus M9'ame LuGca aroS'
with an ar oil aum'raoiy acted lhdileIence
and iook turn or TWO across tne room
passing close 10 thc cupboard rs she dld So
She alterward declared she lhought sh'
could hear the man breathe IN his hiding
place. lie on his part might have hear'
her heart beat she sad when on looking
at the keyhole, she found the Key had beer
removed. She was ioiied IN her plan
which had been 10 lock HIM ln.
sun her presence ol NINA uld not ue
sert her.
" ALI, dear me she said gaping; -
feel very sleepy.
Sleepy your ladyshiP' l wi>h l did'
replied her mald. 81 don feel sleepy
I'm too frightened.
~" Frightened! What are yon frightened
OF, you foolish goose' Nonsense! re
Piled Madame Lucca.
Oh! begging your ladys pardon, it il
not nonsense, and that's just it, How cal
you be sure that some JoseD'cM (viilain.
or some ta"gentoM (goood'for-nothing fel
low), hearing you and | are all alone II
the house, may not murder us IN our beds
But he shan murder me IN mine; lorr
with your lauyshlpS PERMISSION, Will 81
up all night in your ladyshp's easy chair
Madame Pauline Lucca glanced at thu
cupboard; Her blood ran cold; Sh'
thought she saw the handle turn; Wha
course was sne 10 adopt! she dared no
give her maid the slightest hint OF th'
real state ol matters; She Ielt the CIR
would 60 INTO III then ana lhere' a!nt
thus bring on a crisis Scarcely knowing
Wnat she was DOING Madame Lucca re
plled at random:
Murder US! What for'
W nat lor' your iadyshlP! Why' 10