Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22
WONDERFUL NERVE.

full woman, and one OF the acknowledged
leaders of fashion in Mobile, can eertainly
boast of tho possession Of Ms much nerve
and moral courage as are often vouch>
sated TO any of her sex.
On tho evening OF September 10th, she
was in her bourdoir putting away some
articles OF jewelry, when she noticed that
tho peculiar position Of a library lamp,
thNt was burning upon chair in the
back part OF the room, had thrown upon
tho floor, almost directly at her feet, tho
shadow Of ~ man who was crsuchng un-
der n bToad>topped ornamental table in
tho center of the room. She also re-
marked that the open hand Of the shadow
had but two fingers, and remem bercd that
several desperate burglarics had recently
been committed in tho neighborhood,
suppositiously by negro deSperado who
was notorious as having lost two fingers
of his right hand.
Mr.. Middleton was absent from tho
city, and, beside herself in the house,
there was but II single maid~servant. In.
stead of tainting with fear or shrek ing
for help, the brave lady seated herself ut
tho very table underneath which tho mis-
creant was concealed, and rang for tho
servant.
"lland mo tho writing materials :,
Bridget" said she, with perfect calm.
ness. 81 want you to take noto this
instant to MIR. Forhr, the jowelor, and
have him send you back with my da-
mond necklace and ear-drops which
left their for repairs several days ago.
Bring them with you, no matter il fully
prepared or not. They ara by twenty.
fold the most valuable articles OF jewery
that possess, and | do not wish to pass
another night without having them in my
bureau dmwer.n
The note was ut once written and dis.
/ patched, out instead of being in the tenor
that she had signifed (oN purpose for the
concealed robber to ovsrhear, for sho Ind
no jewelry under repair) it was hasty
note to tho jswelor, mn intimate friend, in
which she euccinotly stated her terrible
position and urged him to hasten on to
her relief, with the requisite police assist
ance, on receipt of the missivo.
The agonies which that refined and del
icate woman underwent when left alone
IN the house, with the Consciousness of the
presence of that desperate robbor--por-
haps assassin as well--crouched under the
very Table upon which she 'eaned, and
perhaps touched 10y her very skirts, crn
only be left to the reader's Imagination
! hut her iron nerve sustained her through
| the ordeal.
Sho yawned. hummed an oporatic mir,
| turned over tho leaves of novel, ard In
other why's nllcd tho lurker into n sense
OF perfect security and expectancy, and
waited waited with wildly beating
heart, md her eyes fastened upon tho
little ormolu clock, with n greedy, fever
ish gazo.
At last, however, came the prayer fol
relief. There was ring nt tho door bell
ana she stfolled chreltssly into lho hal
and down stairs and opened it. The rusC
had been n success. She not only admit.
ted Bridget, but also Mr.. Forfar and three
stalwnrt policemen. Tho latter passed
stealthily up stairs and into the boudoil
whore they suddenly pounced upon the
concealed burglar so unexpectedly as to
secure him with hardly n struggle.
Tho prisoner proved TO be n negro
known as "Twc fingered JEFF" who was
in great request about that time for sever
al robberios committed in tho neigh bor-
hood n short time botore, aud he IA now
serving twenty years sentence In the
Alabama State Prison - HeraH.