The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-03

- p.-uS toOlS ID open iOchS ana unScreW !
everything. Run! Ana you get hatclet; |
get anything; corfe and break open
the graf cabinet" ] gcsped to the servants, |
who came ont to see what it all meant:
Don't lose a momen. Great heavenl the /
time that has been lost Already They obeve
me. dispensing hither and thither Itseemed
hours before the Men came back with tools,
TRY the hinges FIRST Are there screws?7
There was that chance, and they worked a.
them, removing seycrai heavy curious nails
ard screws, but seeming no nearer the
object; the door was fast AMI firm. "Oa,
break it down. l screamed at last; "breuk
it with tae Ratchet What does ANYTHING
matter, hui her life-her life.7
Her life" said some strange voice clos
to me- ana there stood Jack March swayine
ike a drgnEen man, with scared eyes and
Wild hair. Was his reason gone or going?
"Don'tl' he shouted to a workman vino
was lifting the hatthet to break IN the door
Not up there. Her head" And then he
stopped with his ear to the keyhol~ listened
iEtently a minute, raised his hand rs if to de-
mani silence, and, the intelligence fading
ogt of his face he rose with q discordqnt
laugh AMI walked away "Bahn he said;
"l,T life against LOSERS cabinet-her life
against a key We did not even look
ro,md 20 see whore he went stumbling
through the hall, where he fell upon the nour.
Fearing to injuTe tn at imprisoned figure
living or dead, who could tall-we LEFT the
door, and proceeded to break into tie mid
de compartment from the wings. The
grand old workmanship resisted; there
seemed no weak point, no crevice. no posi-
biiity Of breaking into the huge thing with.
out fear Of harm to that which it held locked
AMI fast, within few inches of our light
and air AMI living life, done to death by a bit
OF Claver machinery, the work of a dead
hand. | would not think of beautiful Mary
lester as sha might be- must be, if another
hour Went by. All this time no questions
were asked. l never knew until afserward
how it had all happened-how her father,
only an hour or so earlier, exhibiting his
wonderful cabinet to a connoisaeur in such
matters, had gone upstairs with his frien &c
show the key he priced so much. leaving the
cabinet door open, intending to return-how
Mary and the children, a younger
brother and sister, had carne in
and how the unusual sight Of the
ofel door had ATTACHED them how
she looked in and toIa the little ones she had
not stood inside it "so" SINCE sho was as little
So t6a,, vera. and isprhin,, friaI - s+,n5
i, rho Ola nlso ~ n,+ 70 I;., VOW,
am H. she said, aud the children ran to sea,
and pnshiuc the door. aaaiast hor tho sTripr
caught, and shut her in with da4ti and SUI
location; While they Went shoHtin- t. tie
I'll. H.. -.star mary ,vas ~. tI,,s ~,
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p ~ "''t s'' Ho
''''' ~ - o,G w." ',''i 'l".''''''' IL
wh, now c.uu' ia; 10 beard them ttik,ns n
th' -.'.ir' as ihw wef' oat
I!a=iI. I,rv:s lows il ssain- abG..s It:
:, Ia. aaver .eaa il. ,iiG tho boy sonhina.
Il haar.i h-a l,l,fv ne said Jarvis
THAT Wit J.. ca Fav,i, in Charles street
nolan" s..- 2! r.. .Htyh, if We s,nf
the.>.-"
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l"' 'te " - 'i'='' ''''A '','r5u at Ms
-'-' at '''' ''',y r, "9IiI Up % nun, :, ms
u s. I'm i'.,''S He Ae5' S''' SUleA' Aol
1'''1 = I'm -.
"AeA " Aat-Whats all thls! Nood NoaI
sir'-seIZlng a servant by the collar ana
finEmE hnn to one SIDE IKE cat-"do You
know what you're doing meddiing with that
cabinet: Why, ITS worth thousands God
~" 5 me. N1at does an this mean. ne WIS
"itP" WIN anger. DohC stahd staring
Sa3Ht HSr4ot, ne numbered, you are not e
to2i; be good enough 10 explain this-this'-'
,.,,t -, ~ h,,,, .,n,, 4t.;+,, ,,o-,or aT,,
,-or ! ,gor,toI -, ,,,onntoJ 70 Gov .bo-a !,
so1oa ono inside-5vine
some one-dyinp-in therel Who What
WHO'S II pirim He shoot me nv the shouI
dor IN ytiroad vri h Dotn
@Oh tha kew the Kew Never mind any
thing else sir Only onan il opick and los,
-, No. ,i,,,or
ra l,o.-aI sho,.r,,,- ro,,,d Mrs To.to7 and
Er+,. VIZ, .tordin,r ut tho 400, ,vitb thni,
tarritiaI miserable faces He tool, in she resi-
If ms Win q o,anao
Where's Nary bo criaI sn5donly. \,
on. smoke why the devil don't you answer
M WA, i ebrt in tharay How cnu1J afJ
one he thara, Trash,o Rnt his face was crow
me a=hv gray. and his lips whiteneI as h,
! smoke "Ah my God, never shut the door
/ Il Is not Mary NOT nav girl that's" II,
| pointed with a shaking hand to the heav1
| door. "Ani-I haven't the-key"
| lie made one rush into the street; tn
/ servants standing about We're swept RICH
/ and left, as he tore pas. them, down Orchar,
/ street into Oxford street They could Sc
! the batless. fleeing figure disappearine, in 10
distance
Mrs Lester came into the hail. The doc
| t,r and others were busy about poor JacI
| March, who lay on the dining-room sofa witt
| closed ewes, happily unconscious. The TINT
mistress of the house stood by the staircase
| her face, her voice, her whole appearance
| changed and aged III the last hour.
IA has c,no for tina key. no can't Il
b,.l- " sba s3i5 s,,ool,ine, lilo ,yo,,,.,, II,
-, 49, e.. lie -. - ST. 49,
N'e"!''' HoC i"i h'ii an '''uI -
E'u"I s'uPldIy ana S'i'ileA' ne WIN h'ii ne
you Know pnV tlls CABINET small De br"Nel
! open-brokan to pieces. Never mind fanc.
waiting for the key!' She laughed. "Brea
! it down, / tell You. | give the order. h
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