Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-06

He probably has aecomphccS, The
best thing We can do is to Slt down hear
close hy thc window, So that ii We here
anything suspicious We can throw Y
open and scream
" How do you suppose lie got IN, Vie
toria ."
lie must have Sctrctcd himself in
the closet yesterday, and was just pre-
pairing e come out when YOU heard
him and woke me-
Wouldn't ii have been dreadful" Z"
said Matilda, III We had searched the
house before we went to bed, and had
4 found him What in the world would
we have done Just to think that |
went IN and out Of that closet hanging
up my clothes" 50 had Victoria. 10
tell the truth, not only was the burglar
locked safe and sound, but So WAS the
wearing apparel of these cstlnahle
ladies, for, beng mcthodical 10 II fault,
they never left their dresses and skirts
lying about over night It was no small
portion Of their distress Of mind to he
reduced to / the necessity of draping
themselves in the hedclothcs. without
the hope of better things until rescued
from their peril.
X Both sisters were dclightcd to tina
the night so lar spent Yet the hours
until dawn were filled with uuSpeakahlC
dread and wcariness, Once only did
they hear anything 10 confirm their hc.
lief in the robbers presence IN the clos
ct, and though nothing moro terrible
than Il stiilCd SnCcze, II caused them to
cling eenelusivcly to each other, aud
mentally arrange II climax of screams
I"Pohee, thieves, lire, murder for
which there proved To hC no need
At & O'clock, Mn, pinnct, who kept
the dry goods shop opposite where the
Misses Rumov had bought no end Of
needles, tape and hairpins, opened his
doors and began to sweep ont the store.
TO hnekon him over, even ON the most
urgent errand, while her sister and hcr-
self were ii such Il sorry plight, seemed
to Miss Matilda too horrible to hc
thought of He was nn old bachelor,
gossip snd, because Matilda Burney
had refused him.
Ats o'clock the mllkman came, and
10 him Miss Victoria WAS enabled to
detail her desperate situation lie
kindly volunteered To 80 for an officer,
whercupon, wrappedina quilted patch
work comforter, lilly fled nCentinent-
to II back room, leaving her SISTER to
open the front door. Though swathcd
il palr oIhlankets, Miss Victoria was
not without dignity; she was enabled to
converse with Special OSmunessy
/ through crack III the sitting room
door and to give the details of her cap
turc.
After accommodating the situation, hc
went away, but soon came bnck with
two or three policemen, and again went
up stairs, paying Miss Victoria II com
lpliment for her pluck IN so loud n tone
iiint she could not help but overhcar
him, Consequently, though II was cold
enough iii tho sitting room to freeze
the ideas in ones head, She was con
scious Of certain inward thrills ut the
thought of the reputation she would
row have among her friends Nay,
though she hated nothing more thnn
notoriety, what il her name should
Greco into the morning papers under
some such laudatory heading rs
"Another Brave Woman or, "A Re
markahle Instance Of Presence Of
Mnd?'
Meanwhile, Tilly, who had bcenr rum
maging around to sec If their treasure
was sale came shivcring in from the
kitchen, saying: What fearful noise
they are making up stairs! Pm sure |
hope they won't Kill the poor wretchl' 4
There wns indeed such tramp Of
heavy feet, noise Of gruil voices. and
rolling about Of furniture as was never
before heard in that quiet house since
the day they had moved into it,
The silence that ensucd was more
difficult to endure than the NOISE, and
by the time somebody came down stairs
and knocked at the slttmg-room door,
both sisters were quite pale with stls-
pcnse and terror.
Its me, O'Shaunessy' said y voice.
eve have got hin, and would like You
ladies' 10 step up stairs.
Very well, sir, replied Nictoria, tIf
you will kindly bring ls down two pairs
ofslippers and II couple Of wrappers,
we will 80 up directly
The delicate errand was happily per-
formed, and Miss Victoria and Miss
Matilda were presently ascending the
stairs.
They found their chamber in unpar-
alleled disorder, invaded by mud and
tobacco juice. Several men, innniform
and out, were standing around in var
ious attitudes.
"Ihe heartless wretchcs," thought
Tilly, they look az fit was the greatest
Joke in the world 10 catch human
being like 4 rat IN i hole.
Her tender heart utterly misgave her
for tie part she had played. Not 10
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