The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-04-25

punch out OF large tumbIer and c1IscotI r;
ing, in a very of-hand style, with the man
who made punches for both and whose ligh
complexion, haxen hair, and yellow NOUS
with her own tawny skin and bilious eyes
surmounted by hair and eyebrows hacl
End coarse ,as her eyes were black "a L:
ing, under the liquor she shared
| For brother in the army" this mar
| showed himself sing gularly acquainted with
Saul Macy's family, whose members he in.
| quired after successfully; and he exhibited q
more than "brotherly'' interest in Char
! 1otte's recital of what had taken place thai
afternoon in Saul's chamber, when letter
from t'the army" was read
A gold Iocket! - said the light-featured
man twisting his yellow mustache "Witl
"W. b. and a snake on it,"
s.A flying sarraintl'' responded Charlotte.
The man stirred his punch, and kept
silence for few moments, while his female
friend fixed her velvet eyes on his face.
Where's that coral set you promised me.
Billy? " she asked.
It'll be along soon, - answered her COM
panion, ndiferently. "Don't bother me, -
Charlotte's dull eyes emitted a spark.
"When are you going to take me homer"
she demanded.
''Never you mind, lassI 1 want to get
into that stable tonight"
three
months ago. should say reioined Char
lotte. "Your shoulder must yet welii''
Three Inonths?'' said the man, moodiIy
SLong as that
81 engaged with Mrs. Macy fourth of july
week-before the riot. It's the middle of
October now! .
tWell, III not be much longer waiting,
now I'm strong again. Just you show q
light, when I'm to come toni hit, la-xsI y
h1k kt5 &c 1f, !
inquired Charlotte. ''Macy don't keep
money about the plafe.''
Never you mind, lass! returned the
man. Now buss me, and streak it! If
I'm not down on my luck next time, we'll
both be in Old England before Christmas
and none to say go or come TO US, old girlr''
The yellow mustaehe just brushed Char
lotte's lips, IN parting kiss of man and
wife; for such was their relationship. The
dumb" g!rl repaired to her own quarters;
leaving Billy" to wait for signal which
she was accustomed to give, by showing
lighted candle at Macy's back basement
door-in answer to a candle at her partners
tenement window.
1t wasa patient, well-planned scheme; a
plot worthy of the London "cracksman, -
who lived now, with bot one obiect-to /
possess himself of a. hidden treasure which !
he knew, or thosRght he knew. to be con- /
l.
Two attempts, within four months. since |
he arrived from England, had been un- |
successful; the first leaving him with a
MANNED hand; ballet from his own pistol |
having lacerated his left thumb, before |
weunding Revere, when he fred that I
shot out OF hispocket, as the sergeant sur t
missed at the time. And that cunningly !
devised plan of kidnapping Sanl, IN order to |
leave the coast clear for his midnight work.
had ended by fracture of his shoulder |
blade, the effect Of Revere's shot.
But he had satisfied himself, before his
last attempt, that the iron Golfer could still |
be ielt IN the wall hy means of round |
ilc thrust up into hidden hole under the
1langer; and the espiol kept up by his wife,
Charlotte, whom he broug ght from England,
10 be his sole confederate, assured him that
40 exploration of the out-building had been
made by Macy's people. So William Dob
ION, rs he signed his name to rent receipts
or the tenement he occupied, was about as
certain, that antumnal night of t1e ''secret"
}eing his alone, as he had been when. with
hours of toll, on a night in June, he
nearly severed the bolts and hinges of that
table door
Nevertheless, William Dobson was man
who left nothing to ''chanee" that he could
make sure; and the news which Charlotte
'ronght,o of a gold loel1et, with "W. B.' and
, Lying snake craven on it, alarmed
he ''crackSman" very much. lie knew
'aul Macy was ignorant; and he knew that
". b. were letters that identified it.
Consequently, he resolved, that very night,
o make third attempt at burglary.
So BILLY" began to look after his ''tools:"
nd the first tool he laid out on the table
'efore him was revolver: and the next tool
Ie handled was ,.ilf.....;