The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-05

Tor an evening out: consequently, the
house will be under the sole charge of
that worthy mar-seryant of mine,
against whom you're 50 unaccountably
prejudiccd. It's quite possible that the
two honest gentleman with whem you
saw him talking the ether night, may be
kind enough to enliven his solitude with
a visit; an d So"
Harry sprang to his feet. and cut a
caper worthy of a dancing deryish,
swapping his augers bv way of accom-
4 paniment. ''Capitali firstratel I see it
all now! But come now. doctor; why
\ on>earth couldn't you tell me before
that you were up to the whole game, in
stead of letting me make fool OF my
self by preaching to man as smart as
any six Of meT
SNeyer mind, my boy" said the doc
tor, laughing. "Your warning was kind
| " meant, all the same. Eat your dinner
-you'll want it before the evenings
over, can promise you-and then We'll
have our talk"
Dinner over, the decter lit one of the
incompatible cigars which were his sole
luxury, and proceeded to expound his
plan Of action. 'Pve locked up the out.'r
!. room thatopeu into my mysterious cham
ber, which puts two strong doors between
!, it and robbers. Nv estimable servant
will warn them of this, and they Il try
the window instead. He'll let them in by
the garden-door, and give them the ladder
that lies beside to mount it by. Well
hide in the stable, whioh-thanks to my
, keeping my brougham elsewhere-has
been unused so long that no one would
I dream of suspecting it; but can open
the door easily enough. And then----"
"And then, broke in Harry eagerly,
} "well go for them the minute they ap-
pear. It'll be fine chance to use my
t new revolver"
1 Better leave it at home," said the
doctor quietly; 1--WE shall want no weap-
$ ons for this job"
: 'aWhy, you are going to inesmerize the
!: fellows?" asked Everett, completely nnys-
9 titled.
"Wait and see," chuckled the doctor.
e eve needn't be there till eleven, for my
: honest domestic viii make sure, before
!. giving the signal, that I'm not coming
S back; and besides, an experienced burg
e lar seldom begins work till after mid
# night. The emily thing to be sure Of il
It that nobody sees us getting in"
1t But in this fortune favored them; and
J. as the doctor had foretold, the lock Of
o the stable-door, rusty as it looked, movee
n without difficulty. and the two conspira
d tors glided in, unseen and unheard.
r Weary, wearywork, crouched there II
r the darkness, with ear and eye strained
to the utmost for the first sign Of TIN
le coming danger. DIR. Bistoury's prac
$. tieed nerves bore even this prolonge'
c. trial easily enough; but to ithe'impuf
e. i've, excitable Everett it was absolut
H. torture. Like all young soldiers, h
to found the suspense before the action in
le finitely more trying than the fray itsel
IN The stable opened on the street, close t
We the garden door, and its farther window
a at which the two watchers had poste
ut themselves commanded the whole sid
tn Of the house, the blackness Of whic
at was relieved only by solitary light j
ch one of the upper windows ,Suddenl
the light vanished. and reappeared nj
a ment later--a performance repeate
.e- three times in quick succession.
wv "That must be the sigma" ," whispere
tk the doctor. 'tKeep your ears ope
OF Harry"
Courageous as Everett was he felt h
pulse quicken, and his hand went i
", stinctively the revolverwhich, despi
ali the doctors verdict, he had persisted
m. bringing with him.
?? clark Was that a stealthy feotst'
lc- outsider
The next moment came lower wh
ee. tie, instantly answered from the 'hous
in and then a shadowy figure, Issuing fire
"a the building, glided noiselessly to I
in garden door, and opened it ITO admit t.
ike others.
ty, "They've got the ladder" whisper
it. DIR. Bistoury, as the three phanto
ing crossed the gardea "Beo the lecko1
of my boy; you're going Ito see somethi
pu- worth seeingp ...
ose The ladder was soon planted agail
mi the mysterious window; and Badger b
ing after whispering to his comradesito Hke
,hs' an eye" on their worthy confederate,
her cended, and cutting out a pane so d
,tly terously that the sound was barely au
the BILE, put his hand throug b and shot ba
mer the hasp. His two assistants mount
urn after him; and Bill, stepping caution
lad into the room, turned the "bull's-eye"
/ of hislantern upon its interior.
ood Instantly the treacherous servant
coiled with stifed cry: "Ain't tia
his "a coffin over yonder?' whispered
odel tremulously. "Good gracious! supp
did there should be a dead man in it, ,
who ---"
ion. "S'pose you should be thunde
be big fool!" growled Bill savagely: "s
oery your mouth, will you, or tharll be
How other dead man somewhar round sc
was Pm a7goin' right i'll ami" And
,hen stepped resolutely forward. s f..
the Crash! the coffin-lid burst open, al
men. skeleton, thrown out in CHASTITY reliel
fooa tho rod Erbt that famed in it's eve