New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-08

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locked he pulled ont from his pocket his little
rused bundle of skeleton keys and stealthlly went
through the bare and empty rooms. Coming ON
key to the Jock and entered. Tho air Of the room
was damp and musy, and there was a scent OF OLD
straw in it. lie closed the door liz a match, and
looked round. He saw brick floor and bare walls
and ceiling with rough whitewashcd cross-beams
On one wall the remnants OF rack ana mahger,
rustcd chain still trailing in broken bits OF rotting
straw, and facing these fragments Wlde htepAce
without a CRATE High above the door was an I'M
closed from the outside. The thief Inc ms candle,
locked the door. aud made survey. IL was easy
% see that the wide fireplace had never hcid Hre
for the whitcwaeh on the bricks within ITS smart
bore no stain of smoke. but was green and yellow
with old rains Looking up u hc could see the sky,
almost light IN contrast with the darkness OF the
chimney The shaft had been left uucompleted
and roso 10 height Of not more than ten rect from
the ground. A bar crossed 20 near the top looking
thn and spdcry against the oHll night sky. one
glance showed this way at escape 30 case on any
chance discovery. Tiburce was 70 coward. but he
kept his wits about him 10 spite Of the awtul beat
ing Of hN heart. Five bricks from the fireplace on
the left side, and six bricks from tho floor There
was 100 mark of removal there. The whiicWa-h
was old and soicd and seemed to have been uniis-
turpcI Tor az least year or tNo. 10 lhr W"oHoh
trough, which bad once served rs manager hHng
scraps Of broken h0oplron which had bound the
rough boards together With one of these scraps
lhurcc went 90 work and hit by hU Do scratched
away the sandy. yielding mortar until the brick
was loo.cncd aud could Dee drawn away. To sharp
wits like those of hurcc Mcnsrau there were signs
'.''-l Nl lnfIlfr itlfha l ~ men oltf l
ne hdd carried him an inch deep. IL WIS evident
that the brick had not been built INTO the wall as
% then stood. and lue heart beat with pulsoton
more and more terrible the obstacle yielded. and
Ec p'crd INTO the hollow. lie pushed 90 hls hand
almost u.s. tranomcly as N hc had known OF the
prcscupc of rattlr~uakc there. and his fingers en-
couutc1cd q cold. smooth surface. The bnA
His heart gave one awful leap and almost
stopped. The sweat stood on his forehead DO great
beads. lie was faint and nidy with excitement
but recovering himself Dee began 10 tear hway the
bricks surrounding the hollow already made They
came down easily. the sandy mortar having no co
hc.iou 10 10. and now hc gupped the box ana held
10 with trembling hands upon the uoor, and with
greedy eyes kuclt over H. painting, and rwcating
and quaNng like the tuumphlng, cowardly, nun
CRY. WayWom thief b" was. lil. hand shook r" he
could hardly hold thc key, and hc was iull MN
utc. which seemed eternal go hting Dr. 10 the Key
hole. 10 turned. the lId opened beneath ms shaky
fingers. and Dee saw Bank OF England note Tor hVe
pounds spread out straight. and clean, and new.
Tho Bank 81 England i've pound note just htted
the box. and below II lay another. and another,
and another. for a. least q hundred crisp and
wealthy pages Then came clean. crisp and new,
Bank Of England notes for ten. for ten. for ten,
mill bis greedy fingers turucd mp thirty or forty In
fold. and hr was among notes Tor twenty i"r
twenty, for twenty until The greedy tnRrrs cluiChcd
another fold, and DE- was among notes tor MY MY
nfty clean 10 tine bottom of the Ca9h-boX. tie laid
hs throhbng forehead against the cold wall and
drew thr box ~ him. and tccby restored the notes
aud smoothcd them down. Mechanically he iOok
up from The floor thc scrap 81 written paper when
had EMBODIED the key. ana laying thai on the top
Of the notes Dee closed and locked Tho cash-b0N.
Now Ashford Warren cnIoFcd the advantage ot
belonging 90 a Parish Union, The centre oi whcn
was four miles away. The official centre oi ihe
Parish Union va. the union w0rhhouS' Two lrish
tramp- Nuefnlly broken and amazingly hungry,
had missed tlrr rynv and had got boz the darkness
of the clly winter uirht into the road which lea "
tho 81, ,rf,l house, under the impression that IL WaA
the ROAD ai.h lrd goo Ashford Warren.
Iiuu. Nrl-Hu heard f'ot@ten7, AID listened
with - llnI nr fhc cash box. and bus heart 200 ms
mou'h ll. -tep. camr nearer and he blew ont ms
candle am. u-,...ol aciiu. qIakng Think DO" the
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