The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-16

dafe say q crime haa been c0hlnltteu Ia
night, but, instead Of flying, AN homes
man should aid the Judge. Come, let u
90 10 bed.pl Mr. . NifF
mo, / cannot sleep.r
"Asyon will Light Your pipe then, IN,
' let us talk"
, AS s6on. a the day dawned I examine,
the watch. It vas q very fine one, wit
two dials, one for houFS and the other 70
D minutes. Wilired seemed to have game
his assurance.
perhaps, . said he, at Is better for m,
! 10 take the watch TO the provost. You at
too young Tor such a piece OF business"
: He took the watch and descended to tn
saloon. Our friend temer, With his sons
were there, and welcomed us ioyfully ant
made us take seats ut the table. Hardl,
were we seated when the door opened ant
In came three mean looking fellows, will
leaden faces and eyes sharp as rats. They
demanded our papers, and every one has
toned to satisfy them, Unhappily, how
ever, Wilired was seized with q sudden fl
Of trembling, and as the practiced eye o
the policeman fell upon him the unlncky
idea occurred TO- him Of letting the watch
slip into his boot. Before It reached liz
destination the officer stepped up 10 him,
and, slapping him on the back, cried in q
bantering tone:
"Ah, ha! Something seems TO trouble
you here" s!'
Upon this Wilfred, TO the CONSERVATION
Of everybody, fell back upon the bench
pale as death aud Modoc, the chief Of the
police, with d malicious shout Of laughter,
drew forth the watch from his pantaloons.
But the moment the agent saw 1t he be.
came grave. tf'' 2hl
LET none go out" he Numbered,
"We've the whole gang here. IT'S the
watch OF the Dean Daniel Won Berg.
Quick, the handouts"
%Thereupon rose a terrible tumult. Civ.
ing myself up for lost, l slipped down close
to the wall. In spite oftheir protests poor
old Bremer and his son Wilfred wCre both
handcuiIed. Just then q soft little hand
pressed gently about my neck. It was
Annette's, and l pressed my lips upon Il
as a last adieu, when, Selling my ear, she
pressed itgen.ly. Close to me Isaw the.
cellar.door OPEN. / slipped into it; the
uap.door closed. All had passed ina sec.
Ond. In my hiding.place | heard them
tramping over the door; then all was still;
my unhappy comrades were gone. all day
long, 1 remained q prey to q thousand
fears. Should dog stray into the cellar;
should the landlady cont Ing The last
chance might be my destruction. Night
came at last. All the drinkers l heard
leave one by one as lay behind the great
hogshead. IN,
"Go to Madame" said the soft voice Of
| Annptth. tt[ will C1Oap NM
lu this agreeable anticipation l had al.
ready d~isentangled my limbs when the
dreadful words Of the old lady met my
ears: 81 .t.4r yiqflr
"Annette, you go close the front door;
will so myself into the cellar"
but, Madame" stammered Annette
%anxiously, 'sthe cask is not empty"
Mind your own business" said the
mistress, whose candle was already shin.
ing at thetop oithe steps. sf3ft-r T..
1 had hardly time to crouch again be.
hind the cask The light cast dark shad.
ows on the moist walls as the old lady
passed from cask to cask. L made myself
as small as possible. Suddenly, as |
thought the danger WAS over, L heard a
hotroFstriCken groan. from the old woman,
aud ! knew thai something must have
happened, | risksd q look. 10 my horror
Mother .Gredel, with open mouth and,
eyes starting from her head, was gazing
at a foot projecting from behind the hogs.
head where l was standing. The.foot was
mine. No doubt the good old woman
Thought she had discovered the chief OF
the 9ssassins hid there to murder her dur.
ing tho night. Ny resolution was taken.
ENTn1amo ~ rni6 7 in a rlon, ,-oiNa GIEo,
heavens sake have mercy on me. | AMI
She began without even aslook at me'to
scream like any peacoek-the shrilleSt,th the
most piercing screams. almost beside
myself with terror, | chung to her robe
and fell on Wyknees beside her.
"Help, help, Y she shrieked. "Let mo
go, take my money-oht oh! oh
Look at me Madame, | tried to say. 81
am not what you,think.h vi - Iaa.
1t wasno use. In despair and furious
at her folly, / clambered over her back,
gained the door, slammed 1t in her face,
and bOlted IL. glraI 4 - .sG-3t Io.
"0h, Kasper, what is to be 9onegt she
cried, pushing me to the frontdoor. "Elyt
Save YOURSELF"
Have you killed kerq" q s'"
"Kiledp cried I, but ! was In tho
street, the door closed on me; and not
knowing where to COL rushed on, with
the mufisrous words ringing in my ears,
only to find myself e. the end Of the honr.
at tho same inn. I must have been walk
ing in a circle. In my despair l took the
sttongeSt OF resolutions. eptGrsl the
inn determined to deliver myself up TO
Justice. The house, SO still IN hour ago,
was full Of light, and buzzing like a bee
hive; besides the neighbors and the cus-
TONERS, the police were prying every
EAerR. Before q, table were seated the
Provost, thinner, and Secretary Roth,
hearing and taking down Mother Gre
dels evidence. No attention was maid to
me at all, a circumstance which modified
my resolutionat once. TOOK a seat behind
the stove and called for beer. Annette game
GOOD heavens, is this you, and here"
she exclaimed. 'os@'
"Butluckily no one heard her. So !
drank my beer and listened to the exani.
nation o~tgoodilady Gredel.1n
hoy ! ,did; this #FB seem TO be?'
"Forty Or fifty, sir-an immense man,
with brown whiskers and long nose and
green eyes" u
Luckily, ] screamed so loud he was
frightened, and then L began to defend
myself with my nails. } He had q great
hammer and pistols, aud seized me by the
throat. Alb, You know, sir, when one
tries TO murder you, you have 70 deient
yourseltnni 20 t4.d SIN 20 pE.
Considering that 1 twas lust nineteen
bearlless, with blue eyes,, 1t was no won
| der that the good lady did not recognize
1.-THE bloody CItthroatin me when i asked
5 her for a room. Ntai +.
5"Annette," she gasped, take the gen
tlsFa to the dgrcen room on the thirt
floor" tsiyy1tA bra i-ra'H {igT1 .
' Once safe insthe green room ] ascertain
| ed that none ofthe windows opened on tn
walk, and that The bolt TO the door, wa
8 good. Then ] went to bed and soon wa
, fast asleep. rose tho next morningearl.
; with the Sadfate OF my friends pressing
hard upon my boar, and racked my brail
al A. IA ,a..1N .anana ~ n1oann fnH khan,