Sharp County record., 1881-06-30

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] the Jade again he continued ''Wneh
1 got satisfaction in knoWinZ that Justice
4 II Last had q reckoning with Her. It
was two or three years after the AFFAIR
/ Of pocket-DicEng that I had notice
. served on ne TO attend court. People
IL the time were looking forward 70
. one trial with q great deal O1 lHIeres5.
. 4 thief. gIiI.T 01 many daring crimes.
I had been caught BY the bravery Of a
I clever woman. He was 70 be tried TO-
rether with IN acconplIee. They had
I undertaken 70 ROD rIch livestock
bu7er. This cattle buyer often made g
. trip in the country among farmers and
/ he was IN the habit Of drawing money
from his banker the day before, II or
/ der TO -ake an eaTiT start. dis house
was fully lalf q mile away from any
other. and his family was made up Of
/ MS vile and child "a domestic but lately
. taken into their service being the only
person living with them
One evening the woman was anXIOuS-
| " waiting for her husband s return. II
was past the supper hour, and IS he
I had set the next day for his ordinary
iaunt into the COUNTY,, she knew that
. he had provided himself with a large
sum Of money, as usual The thought
that he might have been wavtaId on the
. lonely road TO the village was one cause
. Of her uneasiness. The infant having
fallen asleep, she carried it TO her cham
I her. where It's cradle was keDU-a room
on the second floor. the windows Of
WHICH overlooked the garden. thus civ
mo the wind q chance TO beat the
branches Of trees against them, which,
added TO the loneliness Of the place,
though mavbe it answered TO conceal
the start she gave on finding her room
already occupied. The wood ire blazing
on the hearth. aided 1Y the candle she
carried into the chamber. made the
apartment as light Is day. On one side
was a large mirror, and in front OF it,
on the opposite side Of the rOOm- stood
a high-backed sofa. After putting her
child to bed the WOmG went to the
glass to arrange her hair. when her at
teutiOn was attracted BY the reflection
Of q movement made by an object pro
iecUing from under one end Of this sofa,
10 which she paid no attention at first,
sUppOsing II might be q shadow pro-
duced BY the open fire. 4 minute later.
q second movement in the same quarter
arrested her notice, and this time. to
her horror she discovered the cause. A
man S prOruding foot, shod ina clumsy
shoe, was slowly and noiselessly with
drawn behind the sofa out Of the reach
Of observation. She nearly tainted at
this evidence Of a hidden thief, but con-
qusred herself bya GREAT effort. A full
hour passed: the child slept peacefully
IN its cradle; the ugly foot remained out
of sight.
50 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 10 catch the faintest
sound. and he was at her side before
her purpose to save her child 6y hight
was carried out. OF course he was sur
prised at the look Of intense suffering
aRd terror which ais yFif6's face wore
though she repressed hastily any exel2-
nation on his part by placing q tingeI
on her lip, while pointing to the sofa.
which had been moved q little way into
the room ID admit the man body be-
tween it and the wall. 4 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 c.eW TO
what had happened. Hastily making
some trivial excuse, the ock-JuyeT
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 UnOidden
guest not to make any resistance, he
dragged him out by the heels and bound
him hand and foot.
50 In the morning the hired glrI had
fed, and the captive readily owned up
that she was MS partner, having told
him of the sum which her employer
would bring home. From letters con-
cealed in her trunk, the hiding-place OF
a gang Of robbers became known, where
she was afterwaTd found
The keen eyes of the barber giistened
with an unusual show OF interest at this
/ point. He gave a quiet laugh, pretend
/ inc meanwhile that the fire needed his
attention. mere subteTfuge to conceal
his merriment.
They we're brought into COURT he
continued, "while | was in my place in
! the Jury box. 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. !
have laughed. though, every time |
think OF it. It's so queer that l should be
in the jury panel when the woman VINO
had picked my pocket was brought into
court. She still Wore her hair cut
short, and had the old free and easy way,
though dressed Of course according to
law. IHeyer forget a face and though
my memory halted, I recalled the thlel
on seeing her calling her lawyers at
| tentiou to me. She knew wme it seemed.
When the same lawyer asked me, in the
usual way, if | had any prejudice
against either of his clients, l said:
80 [ think ought to have The WON.
/ an StOle n watch frOm me once