Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-08-10

will disclose your real position to tn,
principal, Mrs. Dcmarest, and secur,
your discharge. / must have money
to pursue my way to France >
Kittic was violently agitated, bu
managed to articulatc,-
"Wait here, then, until | return;
have my money in the school vii
fetch it toyou.'
She comprchendcd by this CONVERSE
ton that she had opened the wrong let
Ter, and in the darkness this man-hcl
old lover miStook her for his wife
the staid teacher, who was thought Il
be an old maidl 1t was Il sickcning
fecing-she was frightened The maj
was an unprinciplcd wretch a thief, {
fugitive from the law! She hoped She
could get safely back in school, whcr
she might defy him; but, as she turned
TO go, he seized her arm and Said,-
"No-I have II little plan. | will %
with you, and while YOU are getting
your purse, will see If | cannot bor
row n few dollars from the scholar,
while they are asleep. can easily
reach their dormitorics; and ii there /,
any iewelry handy, it will not come
amiss, either. 49,.
The frightened girl said nothing. Il,
she feared her voice might bclray her
terror; and turning toward the old
manor house, she hurried away. fol.
lowed closely by him. Arrived at the
open door they entered, and she fairly
flew up to Miss Perkins room, while
he started off in the darkness for the
dormitorics. When awakened, the
teacher was made acquainted with the
facts, and her face grew pale when
Kittie mentioned the intrudcr's name.
She said,-
"Ycs, his story is true, Kittic: am
his wifc-and | suppose when this be-
comes known, that | shall lose my po-
sition; but, thank Heaven! have saved
enough to last me the rest of my life.
What shall we do?'
Kiltie bent her head in thought; then
she said,--
Tom must be sent to the village for
the'constabcs.'
And forthwith Tom was sent, Kiltic
going to the lodge to inform him. She
watched him hurry down the road then
turned to rc-cntcr the grounds, when
she saw the shadowy form Of man
standing near her. She thought at
is that villain" and almost tainted
with terror
Hello cried It voice rcassuring
and cheerful. Whats up here? By
Joye! Il is Kittie! What's the mat
tcr?"
80 Harry" cried she; and She fell
into his arms, weeping Historically.
Of course Harry held hcrprcty close.
and kissed her; but that was only to let
her understand he would protect her.
You know, Then he said,--
Don't cry Kittic; be brave, and tell
me what has gone wrong. Here have
been standing for the past half hour.
waiting for the rcappcarancc of mys-
tcriOus character who climbed the wall
into the park.
"Ycs-that is he" replied She. He
is robbing the scholars now, and Just
sent Tom to the village for the po-
lice;
"Nhy dldn You tell me so aL first?
Come, we II go III, and Will have 4
looE Tor nm myself
a Wild shrek rang oui at this june
lure lhe door burst OPEN and they saw
MISS rGrkIn' on her knees before Nor.
ton llolIabrook. A moment more and
he turned TO 80 but Harry was in his
way There was Il short struggle "a
rev words Drcathtd heavily and when
Harry rose from the ground the I'M
welcome guest was helpless, bound,
angry DIasphcmouS; but then they were
not AFRAID OF nm. Tom returned pres
emily accompanied by u couple of of
ncerS VINO carried lanterns, and these
men recognized Hollybrook rs Il noto-
rlouS ihlet whom they were in search
o. lhahElng Harry for 50 accommo-
da'lngIy giving them their man, they
went away with hlm.
The noise attending all this awak-
ehcd tle scholars, and many white
ropcd figures silently witnessed the
scene, then as silently retired
kitlie no longer thought coquctry
enjoyable after long conversation She
hau with larry. lie was very much