Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-27

had gained access to the house 1 wa
at . loss to account; for it was guarde,
BY . burglar-alarm and a watch. dog
Arising and partly dressing, I tool
my revolver, and stepping softly GU
in the hail, approached the window
where I found All Lee standing.
"What sre you doing here1" l de
manded. Come to lockee see. Thiul
heah some mans hoppee out the win
dow said he, blsndly.
"fNell,' said ], you 20 down
stairs and fetch me a glass Of wste,
and Q lemon to my ROOM
Gall litel, mi will, said All Lee, al
he glided down the stairway. As
soon as no was out of hearing, I took
hold of the window aud te~legrapbed
"eYunker is awake and coming M
stairs. Go hide in the hall closet till
he comes Back
"tAll right" answered the up
stairs window.
Them went up stairs softly In nv
stockipg.feet, and softly turned the
key in the hall closet, after which /
telegraphed with the up stairs window:
"'Keep quiet down there. Yunker
is up ters talking to the old one. Hide
in the library till he comes back and
| goes to bed
"'Does he suspect anythiug?' came
back from down stairs.
emo l answered. He is telling
the old one he is going 20 Frisco early
In the morning. Hide. he is COM
ing down st.irs.'
"tAll right came back, and arous.
ing Mr.. Stamford, l told him how
matters stood, aud we descended down
stairs and turned the key in thu IL
brary door. The desperate heard
the click of the lock, and, becoming
frightened, raised the window to
jump out; but I leaned out of the
hall window aud ordered him back.
For an answer be turned and fired at
me, the ball grazing my cheek and
slittipg my ear"
Here the narrator pointed to a long
scar on his left cheek and his cut ear,
and continued:
"The next moment l fred, and the
villain fell headlong into the garden.
W. then returned up stairs aud Sc.
cured All Wing, from whom We
stripped the paint, and other dis
guis, s, revealing enc of the stage
coach robbers. All Lee, whom we
found in the garden dead, proved to
be the other one.
"The ladies now made their appear
ance, terribly frightened, and, ere an
explanation could be given, Blanche
rushed to me, her face pale with fear,
and catching me by the arm, cried {:
"NOh, Charles, are you hurt 2
"'Onlya scratch, Blanche I sad,
in . low tone, but she did net hear
me, for she had tainted in my arms.
1.-THE next day w notified the au.
tborities, to whom we delivered cur
prisoner and gave bonds for our ap-
pssranoe, in regard to the killing,
from which the coroner's jury exoner-
ated US by a verdict of 'justiiabls no.
micide.'
"It was nearly noon before I again
saw Blanche, and then she tried to
avoid me; but, drawing her arm in
mine, I led her TO q pretty summer
house and said:
blanche, l love you! Do you love
me in return7'
''She hid her face against my breast
and whispered:
"'Ob, 10 much!
"Three months afterward we were
married, and I never hear . window
rattle without thinking of the warning
it twice gave me, being the means of
saving a number of lives and gaining
me a lovely and loving wife.
Gibbs, gentlemen, is a true story, |
and you can repeat it as such without
fear, for the names I have given you
are 6c %itious, it being not necessary to
give the true names"
Such was my fellow-passenger's
story. Half an hour later we parted, |
each going his own way. We have
never met since, but, being reminded
Of his story by a rattling window, 1
have endeavored to give his story Just
he told it, names aud all.