The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-27

e@1 Ao4 knt WO414&u kooG GE1kkFo ia
upon the kitchen floor.
Nov, then said she. .shst's the
matter. Why bless my sosl. il it Aint
Mr. Ferdinand Aubrey Hold on .
minute. III call for help
The man Struggled into . sitting pos
ture, and looked around wish startled
eyes, that were glazed With paia and
fever.
No. said he, with . warning ges-
ture; call in no help. Let m- alone!
Bot you'll die
us only Hesh wound muttsr-d
the man. The bullet passed through
the forearm. | II shall be better
soon. and he fainted
Mrs Mygstt stood iookiog at him for
. moment.
.,rhees's soasahieg qasss in ell this
said she. However. I'll get the cam
phor bottle. and some cold water. and
linen bandaxes, aud we'll see ~hAt can
be dona.'
6be bonni .ar the mans Wounds. re-
viyed hum. aud e.tablishsd him COM
fortably ON sof, bed in the corner Of
the pArlor.
Where 10 she!' he asked.
My grsndiaaeh'er. Coral, ia you
mean?
Hs nodded. ~
'Goper .aid Mrs Mygatt. pursing up
her lips. Il dou't bsrbor liz sht-t fingered
gentry
what do you mean.' demanded Au-
brey.
And then she told him al.
In tho N iddls Of the wetan6s tenn
pestuous night, old Mrs Myga.t WAS
reused by the electric sensation We
hsvs all Of US experienced 1t one time
or another. Of smother presence than
our own in the roam
There Was . rustic. and an indistinct
stir-s sound As il something we're
dropped. with . climbing noise ON the
chair At the bead OF her bed. aud then
all was silent sfFE E hHk
A candle and box IL matches stood
slwsys beside Mrs Myga.t's pillow.
She struck light instAntAneously. No
one Was there. but the siole, faAh of
her asnsthssts. l,ias se.tt.sei o.. he
chsir, mst her ~st. a ..h,-i sy,-. sOaa h-
piece Of COARSE broSn paper. upon
which the brooch waa pinned, were
written these woi ds:
C. d. il innocaat. The suse:hysts
were iaken-Anl retnrned--by bur-
glars.
'Burgl.rsf fa:tcred the old lady. be-
gianing to tremble all over er-'burgia iarsl
In this housr. must go and call Mr.
Aubrey at once. He will be soms pro-
lection. even tbonsh be il woapded
) But when. WITH shaking fngers. che
had dressed herself and contrivcd tu
totter down stairs. the little sofa bed III
the psrlor was deserted.
But the next day the whole neigh
borhood was ringing with the news of
the gang Of burglars broken mp the
night before, Of whom the polished and
smooth spoken Mr. Ferdinand Aubrey
was the very head and front.
They're most Of 'sm Gagged securely
enough said the butcher at the corner.
except that scamp Is called himself
Aubrey. He 60. oil. worse lnck; but
dare say the police1l be even with him
yet
nut In this conjecture the knlght OF
the clesvsr Was uistsken. Mr. Ferdi-
nand Aubrey, aliss half dozen other
high hssuuding appellations, wss never
sseu or heard Of mors.
And Mrs Mygstt wrote an affection
ate letter to her grand daug ghter. Coral
Dwight. ID which she told the wonder
full tale Of the smethysts, and invited
her to come and live with her. She
wrote:
1 shall sdopt you, my dear; and the
set OF jewelry which parted rs shsil
be yours for good and al.
80 Corslv Dwight osms hack 10 the
city onss ussrA and sll the glosOy
shadovs vess cleared up for Ass life.
But she never could think Of that
ball. and her gallant partner. without
. shudder.
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