The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-04-27


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THAT har~a rr,ak. II i.ldi nr nuihtnv,
The fare hal revealed I'LL "a me. III.
hmm mur. hasr learned in aume ,,,aae.
rs,intahle wn. II the hap vi gali, anil
learned, tup wIrn here In tile lie,rnnr,
tina, wis IL IL ul.,nr. l, was nll PLAN
b. nr noN. IL ha.l returned and hal
l,nongli msunpl,rs. My peril WIS ier.
rihls imminent, Very ~~,n thr sirns
AMI Nu,rrr cam. my way. | ,nnli lin.
tlnRnl~l plainly the words TINT were
spoken.
Dmt hcr' she must have ne.n
YOU
No matter; well split thu box open
with this nx. /"
knew thr nx VIM I'm the little porch
Thonaa hnI ~ct II In when he hnl done
chopping Iii. brush, aS II lookc.l lik.
RAIN
| heard the steps AMI voices move
AWAY, "A dull, crashing sound, mud then
ntiilrl. angry tnnee. | knew they hal
Inn, opened Oh. hos. mil found nothing
hut tin papcrv. know they would now
srarrh for M. heard them IA th,,,
looked into every room nnl rlus,t and
came up thr stair~ separately. They All
met nj the fuut III the gnrr,t stairs. A
thick lo,rd wnn between M. l thanked
t.ul that the panel wus close slut,
knew ~; for nu ray II light came
through.
ven, " ni,d veil rnnn hay. her."
"I'll warrant shr /. here, aud I'll
wiring her n.ek IL she makes II noise
about II.
l,ui the thurnngl s,anh WIS ended.
and tho sulrss pf y very nitsrs aul iutl
~ srlTiltiul uatlhA and tllrrnt.ninrs,
line, nat ,lown oli thu garrt stairs 10
lluli pnrlsy. \ Hplh.f ran urfu1s my
lue \ spider puts mo III mortal icar.
II Wis viii, u nrent effort tint kept
from screaming.
Come, efnakel tho raven. ''lct IN
~ and ct the silver, TINT will br some.
thing TINT will be something.
"Cnrsr the silver. Its geld w. y me
for unl Ill hnrn the house ii ,lun't
Ind the girl ~ la her lnuk o,,t y
A cold purnpiIs,iion. Would thy per-
firm their threat
Good then the rats will s1nenk.
Down drop tl,e money hngs, nnd we'll
choke the girl tn make her dumb.
" Hold your nnise. The oil man will
b. coming home. Wei becanght here.
iie quick.
who cures for him? H.. only one.
u blndHcon will give him u handy little
hen,lache mn lie enlneH III. !"
"And his wife =
They spoke low, lilcons words tim,
mnle my flesh creep. almost wa2
rnndy ~ emil aluitl - olnn the pnlel, Ii,
NV. thrm Iii. gold, nnl hil them M.
l'ley sot NJ, md tho steps md soieer
went down II WIN horrible there IN the
Turk. ! WIN sitting, ! moved tl,r pan.l
slightly. M light entered. sl.l il
nottly buck. My resolution wns taken.
! would yet INT nj the house, RIM down
the rond and ine.t my father. would
Hasr him, | left tho gold la tie closet,
shutting II III close. stole down two
step. into thu chamber below, knew
there was il window open there. rreIt
sarrorr tho room, listening k..nly.
lifted myself cautiously on the window
ledge. and caught branch of III. cherry
tree which grew close ~ Tin, hu,,s..
Swinging myrrli lightly ont, | last,ly
descended the trunk III The tr.s. md
found myself III III. ground, nafc,
NJ Tho lightning ilMsl, betrayed me.
The ravens voice shricked honrscly:
There she goes Catch her Quick
This wny T.
] Ont NJ the front door cnmc TIN p,,r.
allem hnrily ten stops from mr.. 1
.luslicd townr,l tho Thick Hlrnbl,ery IL
throw tI,m Of thn truck Fortunately
knew NJ. way, every step VI II, lhey
were guided slowly hy the sound mil
flashing light.
Il hoot her by tho next flash cried
me.
My flying f.st struck looar hnanls.
WIN passing directly over mn oll nh.
,iHs,d we'll. Very deep, nnd II Rnyo bnrk Il
hollow. resonant sound. Almost tle
next moment hsar,l Il crnAIl. tie report
II u pistol, heavy fall, oatlin. nnl Il
dep groan, shnddrring. ! sped on
il,rnnRl the gnr.len. MP townrl tie