The daily gazette., 1883-10-05
For his bride q soldier won her,
And d winning tongue had he.'

And a winning tongue had he
az knew that temporary salyation--power
~, liberty TO leave that room, eyen--det
nended upon my appearing unconscious Of
the robbers proximity.
MIN The sitting-room. A hasty glance at
sst' sSa 5oor showed the key absent from the
lock.
~ wonder that this new revelation dip
,t snfyocate me. The man on the highway
nv a,s Injured brother-Thomas had betrayed
:, IIs lad overheard about the money A
ssibor u' was In the house and another was
,,tside Nv. retreat would be cut of. How
!" Nights ran riot through my mind How
.sonid they kill mea Would suffer long
y, ,his Instant ! was sure that heard
al taint cieak OF the library door at the far end
of the long hall.
Zone swift, despairlrg glance around me,
ono wild idea Of escape, and extlnguished
the light upon the table, and, crouching in
,hp fireplace, ] rested one foot upon the
ondiron, swung out the iron crane, stepped
me other foot upon the strong support and
rose M into the hue. Something touched
nv heal. Thank Godl IL was the rope
9Th which tho dislodged bricks had been
boIsttd cut. Grasping this carefully with
nv hands held myself like a wedge In the
"neppg. II / had enyied large, noblc-look-
ipr women lefo e, now had reason TO be
thankful or my dimiuutiye form and 30 odd
hounds OF avoir lupois."
81 lad lttls time, however, to think OF
ANYTHING except the imminent danger Of
knocking down fragment OF brick or NOR.
tar, and thus discovering my hiding place,
br tbr clock began with Eonorous peals TO
strikull. i-ndcr cover Of its echoes there
were Quick, soft steps In the hall, and the
holt Of the outer door was withdrawn. The
hppe 1ue must have acted like n telephone,
for heard every sound with fearful dis
fluctnc5r. First, there was pause by the
Goor,oithe sitting-room, then breathing In II,
then whispering.
II heard Thomas distinctly, when he
said:
Hshc isn't here; she's gone to bed; but the
money il in the librsry.'
.''De cautious advised strange voice,
ard We may not have to hurt her.
They carefully retreated, and my heart
struck oil the seconds against my ribs In a
way that was suiIocating, for l knew that
th9r search would soon be over, and what
theai
In less than five minutes they were whis-
pcing ia the room again.
"'Ccnfound her! aspirated Thomas, she
to X he money with her,
"'Ilrn wen have IL IL
"1le pause meant all that words could
convey.
"Thc cold sweat was coming out Of every
pore Of my body. The dust of the creosote
had penetrated my mouth and nostris and
] had to take one hand from the rope IN
their absence aud place a finger upon my
lips 10 prevent suecZiug.
"'Come, hurry was the angry watch
word exchanged between them, and heard
The steirs creRking as they ascended to my
chamber. Thomas was familiar with all the
house.
"Why did not drop down and escape
outside
First, then, they had locked the outer
door and withdrawn the key to prevent q
surprise from without. Second, there might
be a thiId confederate outside. But the
most important reason of all was, 1t seemed
to me, that ! never could let out of the
aperture that had allowed me entrance into
the chimney l ran the risk OF discovery
aud Death in any casc.
ooh, why did not my father and his com.
panun return 1t might be hours first.
"Ihey had found me absent from my
chamber aud the adjoining rooms. They no
longer used extreme caution. They hurried
from one apartment to the other. could
feel the jar OF moving furniture, and closet
doors were opened hastily. The upper part
Of the house was ransaeked, and then they
came down stairs upon the run. Time was
precious 10 them now. With cireiul oaths
they rummaged tho lower floors, and finally
returned to the sitting-Toom.
az saw the lig hit here last said Thomas,
mnsiup with bia 10 m N anroen fha roopn taud
here is the lamp on tho table
"'she must have got out
No; watched for her, aud every win
dow Is fastened on tho inside Then he
continued Curse her She's witch p and
baillcd they stood and poured oaths after
me, I'd like to catch her now How he
ground It out between his teeth.
"'Shall We search morep
"'lt's no use; we've turned over every
hing under which mouse could hide
"'What then Shall We waylay the old
man and fix him p
"'Thcy haven't the money; 1t was LEFT
here
"'Ihe cellar, suggested the voice.
'Onee more they dashed out only to re-
turn ia hot haste now; for there was the
not and rumble OF horse and carriage on
the bridge between US and the city.
Stay, urged the stranger, trump up
sone kind Of a story, and We may secure the
money yet
+" 4 would returned Thomas, but the
sln's witch, sand | am just as sure that
she Is somewhere near us all the time, and
Noaid hand me over to Justice
IIefe was ecamper outside, and the
@Qha oil feet running towards the river
eaiAe down the wide mouth at the top ofthe
9,amney Father aud Captain Boswell drove
mo the yard and up to the door, just as the
tiogk struck II.
homas called father in his ringing
ioaes, come and take care of the horse
hsee.Vsng no response from his usual
pane,aal iaetotum, ho sprang up tho steps,
%s, Sa9 uttered an exclamation of horror at
Al4lhg lie door open.
NJ, Boswell, said he, I'VE certainly saw
MN, mere when we came down the hin
r., ,qaiek, Jason, said the Captain, there
Has nsen ioul play here.'
~, foul plays My God my poor little
-. Father, stroyc to call. but the first at
ba Hb.p., ehoked in dust and SCOT, ended in a
hysterictl cough.
Al, here is that What is It 4 called my
St.ssiaettd W. ~ father, and both men dashed for
1hc iltTaty.
~, = how stroye to descend, but the move.
h..' MN brought down bushels of mortar and
~ p'9ach bricks from all sides, and closed up
w., tae Aue, bethought me OF the rope and
y! " sucking my toes in here and there went
W " tle chimney hand over hand.
n hs,ta as cat, when reached tho top
roa, " W.T. iG% chimney sprang down upon the
w. s,vsl anu began calling loudly for father.