Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

course. I hired fellow living near
there, telling him that had reason TO
believe that the girl was still living who
purpor1ed 10 be buried unaeFthe cross
Bnerly had put mp, to assist me
in making an examination. which re
suited in finding only ab1ock Of wood
carefully wrapped in 4 piece OF tattered
cloth. in the coffin. We replaced it as
we had found il, and replaced the earth
about as carefully a. possible, covering
it well with dead leaves l paid
the man ff,v dollars for the
Job. and his promise TO hold his
tongue. which 1 am not positive about
his doing. | do not remembeF as |
slept q wink the three nights was
away. and TO-DAY. as | drew near u07i.
and the confirmation or disappointment
OF nv hopes. | believe have been hard
II sane And now | am SO bewildered.
there is so much that needs explanation,
the whole thing seems so Wild and i'm
probable. that | q most believed am in
some sort OF 2 delirium- You certainly
will rot refuse TO tell me something
OF the history o. these past wears: YOU
viii not deny me 1hat.n ne asked,
p!eaSinglv.
Il viii tel You al if on will pledge
yourself TO utter and perfect secrecy,
and never alllde-to it in any way in
the future. aiterto-dav,' she replied.
quickly.
There was no other way, for she was
firm, and - he promised. making only
one :. mental reservation" viz: If by
any chance she ever was his wife. he
would tel his father and mother; that
would be simply just But such pos
sib;Iiry seemed very unlikely, Just then.
though he was by no means inclined 10
give up without good Struggle with
fate.
You know as far as my departure
from Detroit she began. and per-
hans You think. further. But You do
not know all. will tell YOU As briefly
a. possible. for must return. The day
was dark and stormy, a leastshe after
part OF it. and it was quite dark when
We cot 10 Michigan City. The cars
were duski,h. and in the con fusion.
when we stopped l did not notice the
man face-tne man who took me by
the hand and latednle from the cars. /
mean-but supposed i was the con-
ductor. We We're 10 stop 10 get lunch,
and then 90 10 the wharf TO meet the
boat heard lady say. l never could
tell how i happened, bur seemed TO
get separated from the rest. and there
was only my companion and myself in
the little d!nrv saloon where we went.
There was = pale. faring light II one
end OF the room. and We were in sort
of semi-darkne>s Ny companion got
me some warm drink. and went out,
telling me to wait until he returned for
me. | was so tired and sleepy, think
] must have drowsed q little, Tor the
fellow in the saloon came and shook me
and tod me tina, if | was @oing IN that
boat had better rim for il
frightened and bewildered sprang
up and DARED out the door I had not
gone q rod before = man seized me- in
hi arms. saving he would carry me- l
told him very Indignantly that l would
not be carried. and think must have
struggled pretty tarcely. for with a
mu,tered oath the man put NE down,
but he had turned the street in some
way 80 that | no longer saw the lights
from the steamer but the faint, rand
ringing Of a bell IN the distance assured
ne that il was the boats signal for de-
par,ure Believe was nearly frantic
IN nv rage and alarm. The man
caught me in his arms and bent over
me and whispered that he would sti1e
me If did not be still" just atthat IL
q ant a light from neighboTing WIN
dow feIl across his face. Ii was bent
close 10 mine and knew i, But only
the face. ! did not know the name. ]
hal forgotten but the face could never
1ur-et, with lis curious yellow bronze
ewes. And perhaps You do not know
that il was he who lured me away at
Detroit. with q promise to tell me who l
was.
..De|riesr' exclaimed Ralph
Yes. Alfred DeNries- Bat II the
nomen: l discovered who twas. an
other man came IN. & short, little man
with slow. shutting gait
30 save me- l cried, wrenching
myself from DeNries' grasp. / am
gong n the boat and hej keeping me.
There was hurried word between
the two men. the only thing / could
distinguish being something about
good pay and an instant after l WAS
lett alone with the little old man which
OF course you divine at once was Brier-
II. He tried TO pacify me. but l dom
think | was very easy 10 paci;y. for |
remember that / cried until | was 50
Loar,e could not speak He carried
me some part OF the vas. | remenber,
ana Al last we reached his little hut.
which, if Won have been there. l need
not stop 10 describe, | remember very
little now. for some time. only Of living
on such little. lox bed and counting
the skins of some sort Of little animals.
strung from the rafters. q how curl
ously they multiplied themselves 70 nv
ewes. and what millions of them there
seemed TO be. sometimes, % is
But b. and by l began 10 get better
and things looked natural 10 me again.
My old nurse was very kind TO me; and
desola1e and weak a. | was. / clun- to
him with sort of wild passion be-
lieved he was nv friend and had res
cued ME from DeVries, and the one
fear Of my Ire was that be would get
possession o. me again. And 50 one day,
I put my poor little weak arms about
this old man neck and begged of him
TO save me- AT irst ne tried 10 put me
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