The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-18
BRAVE SERVANT GIRL.

e,ors lived in the vicinity Of Paris.
They had young maid-of-sll-work
named Marie De La Font Marie
was a sweet. pretty girl, and lively
and piqusnt in her manners. although
modest in the extreme, aud this wss
the reason that the two brothers kept
her 10 their employ. They knew that
she was frugal. economical, and Gress-
cd in the most moderate manner i'm
aginable. One day. Marie surprised
her employers by informing them that
a young artisan residing in Paris had
asked her hand. They strove to dis
suade her from accepting the oder If
marriage, hu. she told them that she
could not be happy unless she became
the wife oil her dear Henri. So il was
arranged that she should cult tie
sevrce of:he TWO brothers al the end of
the coming month.
Ore day during this interval the
two brothers sold some valuable real
estate which they owned jointly, and
the sun realized. amounted 70 iu6.
600 francs. i, Eas ell in bills on the
B.nk OF France. and was paved too
late for deposit the same afternoon.
Night came. and 20 the CID bache-
lors seldom had such q large smouni
in the house, they were considerably
concerned lest robbers should sttempt
to rob Them. Their fears were strength
ened By the numerous burglaries that
had recently taken p!a;e in that VI
cInliy.
The residence Of the old men WIS
SOME distance from the main road
end stood uesr the river Seine. /;
was n lonely. gioomy location. and on
the night in question the wind swep:
through the tall larches surrounding
,h. mansion with doleiui aud moan
ing cadence.
Abput midnight. the old men ratir-
ed, but scarcely h.G they fallen asleep,
when Marie mapped at their door and
informed them that robbers were at
w.rk below.
Both the bachelors were terribly
frightened. and while one commen-
ced 10 bar the door. the oihe. began
removing tile from the hearth 10
eide the bills.
"You have gun" said Marie
''iaxe i, and shoot the villains"
Bat the two trembling men paid 30
heed 20 ter advice.
Go, s:ds!' said the brave girl,
scorafui!y Il wish that l were Il
mar for Eve minutes.
.just Their there carie u heavy crash
from the apartments below.
The brothers crept benerth the bed
where thee sl.iverei aid cringe,.. un-
able Ia spes'; fi"n terror.
1--WE shall be murdered in cn: bells,
said ihe Piri. I'VE will he found D.
the police iii the morning with Gun
thrOars cat from ear TO ear. Pes!e
tools give the the gun
She seized lie doub!e-iHrrelied gun
that laid upon the shelf, and s'aIied
tpwn stairs. while the two frightened
reu watched her without saying u
word. Presently hang! went the ,an.
and a gruan was heard Bang weni
the second harrel. ani e acre.ch Of
pam resounded through tie house
tina, caused the blood oi the brothers
To run cuid.
5 brief pause ensred. and then
Msrie came tripping up stairs, hut
her face wore Determined, satisfied |
'ock. She asked for powder and bali. !
to reload, which were furnished /: bu,
before she finished loading TO Steps
were heard retreaiine from The house.
No one slept in the hor-e that night
ncr serc they again nol-ste,i. BG,
It early dawn. Gu going down stairs,
, pool o. blood on the bali f',or STOW
Il hat one robber 81 least had b.eB
seriously. If not MORALLY wounde,;.
And il WIS plain TO see by the bloody
path in the earth tina, the victim had
been dragged 20 the river. Cure
marked the whole distance, and the
rciice were a; once put ON the aier;
or the arrest of the living thieves
Ind the recovery Of the body Of tie
lead one.
Bot all etf'r;s pro-ed vain, and The.
bravery of the young gill was discuss
a FAR and near.
The grateful bachelors were 90 over
powered, that they offered TO give
'iarie dover
"Ahl monsieurs." replied she. aftc.
ionsteiy, show can | leave you?
You may again he attacked by rob-
GERS.
"But VIC will not, nevertheless. stand
,etwe-n between You and happiness"
hey replied. Here are thirty thou
ard irancs-vou have saved our lives.
nd richly deserve the money. II
on choose To live in this house with
our husband We will repair the low
r part for that purpose. and you can
lso be hired to keep our room neat
S at present" i,
hen:l marTied Marie, and they &C .
epied tie dover ana the house.
Years passed, and recently the real ;
acts O! this midnight robbery, came e
D light. Bott Of the old bachelors
1ere dead. and had wiIied Marie an
ther thirty thousand francs. The
rave girl did not refuse it. It turn
d out however. that The robbers
'ere not plural. Henri acted the c
urglar, the hlool was from q lamb 9
:'led for The purpose, and the whole :
las but a ruse of the two lovers TO .
pen the hearts and purses Of the two
IL misers. ,
An Ole man in Xenia. O., killed (,