The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-06-23
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.ho..1I woius passed between us,
He strapped his razor nechanical,v
IN way BARRIERS have, and then ran his
1numo thoughtfullyalong the keen edge
OF the highly polished steel. After c;y.
ms Inc razor strap few final strokes.
anu striking the palm of his hand once
OF twlce with its broad blade. he nro-
ceeaed with his work, at the same t;na
taxing up again the thread of his nara
'iVe Watn an earnestness which oaye
promise OF heightened interest.
! had given up hope of hearing from
1ne laae again" he Continued, sswhen I
got satisfaction in knowing that Justice
ae last had reckoning with her. II
was two. or three years after the affair.
oi pocket-plcking that l had a notice
served on me to attend court. PaonIe
at the time were looking forward tn
one trlal with a great deal of interest.
a 1hIef,aganlty of many daring crimes,
nad been caught. by the bravery of a
cIever woman. He was to be tried to-
gether with an accompice. They had
Undertaken to rob a rich livestock
buyer. This cattle buyer often made a
/ "Trip IN the country among farmers and
ne was In the habit of drawing money
from his banker the day before, in or.
/ der to take an early start. His house
was fully half a mile away from anv
other, and his family was made up Of
his wife and child IA domestic but lately
taken INTO their service being the onlv
person living with them. e. i-1'
One evening the woman was anxions-
| ~ waiting for her husbands S return. 1t
was past the supper hour, and as he
had set the next day for his ordinary
lannt INTO the country, she knew that
ne had provided himself with a large
sum of money, as usual. The thouo6t
| that he might have been waylaid on the
lonely road to the village was one cause
| of her uneasiness. The infant having
iallen asleep, she carried it to her cham.
Der, where its cradle was kept-a room
on the second floor, the windows of
which overlooked the garden, thus CIV
ing the wind q, chance to. beat the
branches OF trees against them, which.
added to the loneliness of the place.
though maybe it answered to conceal
the start she gave on finding her room
already occupied! The wood fire BLAZING.
on the hearth, aided by. the candle she
carried into the chamber, made the
apartment as light as day. On one side
was a large mirror, and in front of it.
on the opposite side of the room, stood
high -baekeds sofa. After putting her
child to bed the woman went to the
glass to arrange her hair. when her at
tentlon was attracted by the reflection
OF movement made BY an object pro-
jecting from under one end of this sofa.
to which she paid no attention at first,
supposing it might be a shadow BRO.
duced by the open fire. A minute later,
aIsecond movement in the same quarter
arrested her notice, and this time, to
her horror she discovered the cause. A
man protrudmg foot shod in a CLUMSY
shoe, was slowly and. noiselessly with
drawn behind the sofa, out of the reach
OF observation. :, She nearly tainted at
this evidence of hidden thief. but CON
quered herself by great effort. A full
hour PASSED; the child slept peaceful
in its cradle; the ugly foot remained out
of sight
Nearly overcome with fear lest the
thief might at any minute venture out
OF his hiding place, the young mother
was on the point Of seizing her infant
and fleeing; but the welcome footsteps
OF her husband greeted her ears, which
were strained to catch the ;faintests
sound, and he was at her side before
her purpose to save her child by fight
was carried out OF course he was sur
prised at the look Of intense SUFFERING
and terror which his wife's face wore,
though she repressed hastily any excla-
nation on his part by placing finger
on her lip, while pointing to the sofa,
which had been moved little way into
the room to admit the mans body be-.
tween it and the wall. A slight noise,
caused. perhaps, by the owner of the
discovered boots changing his position,
was the only further explanation which
the man needed to give him q ciew to
what had happened. Hastily making
some trivial excuse, the stock-buyer
left the room When he returned a
minute later he was fully prepared to
give the robber a warm reception. if
necessary, and warning the unbidden
guest mot to make saa1y resistance, he
dragged him out by the heels and bound
him hand and f0ot.%g xsEsksa
g In the morning the hired girl had
AS ssuo SAS ScsptAsOS 4Cdullt OWuc4E UD
that she was his partner, having told
him of the sum which her EMPLOYER
would bring home. From letters con-
cealed in her trunk, the hiding-p place of
a gang Of robbers became known, where
she was afterwafd found.n as E81A
The keen eyes0f the barber glistened
with an unusual show of interest at this
point. He gave quiet laugh, pretend
ing meanwhile sthat the fire needed his
attentions mere subterfuge to conceal
his merriment.I fas IsN W
"They were brought into court" he
continued, "while was in my place in
the jury boxs i was, not looking for an
old acquaintance, which the woman
proved to be, and you may be- sure ].
stared hard at her. She was certainly
the most shamefaced person possible. 1 |
have laughed, though, every time I /
think it. tits so queer that should be
in the jury panel when the woman who
had picked my pocket ewas broughtg into
court. She still wore her hair cut
short, and hadt old free ard easy |
though dressed OF course accord> g to |