The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-08-06

between mothers and Caleb'A Ivn
asleep In LEES than Ten minutea bos
Caleb (as he told me afserv ard) Vas not
able 70 sleep immediately. and without
undressing. 81 down % Rad paper
He also told me aftrrward that he
alarm Of which ! an about . speak
occurred few minutes before twelve.
and that Il was . crash. like the fall Of
something in the library. / heard no
alarm Of that kind WhaS / DID hear.
what every body n ths house heard.
Was the report a. . pistol Every
body but poor mother; n opixfe had
made her sleep heavy. and she wm
mercifully spared any knowledge 81
the dreadful occurrence. She had to
know of Caleb's injury and here am
necessarily getting in advance Of my
story. lawoks with . shock Then
port. coming II the silence Of mid
night. sounded In my ears louder than
thunder. heard : scream from the
room Of one 81 the servants another
: chorus Of them; and without :
thought Of danger. jumped from The
he'd and ran down 70 the library in my
night-dress.
Caleb was leaning against he secre-
tary. clasping bis eft arm above The
elbow with HI right hand The hand
lamp was on the window-seat; the next
window. opening On the piazza, with
IT, shutters. Vas swung wide open. and
at Calebs feet was the little drawer
from the secretary l looked at has
face, and became speechles> with fear;
it was % wild. 90 pallid with anguish.
that IL seemed the face Of some other
than Caleb. The sight Of scared
womea peering over ny shoulder cry
ing and screaming. aroused him
BE stillr' he commanded. iiercely.
There's no danger now. l tell you
There was . loud peel Of the door
bell. and then double knock
I'm the policeman came from the
outside Whats the mafrery'
Caleb went Immediately 10 the front
door.
There's nothing The matter be
said mo trouble It all; vomsn
frightened for nothing"
Thought heard pistol"
Caleb turned from the door, keld
the lamb now; be came : few steps
toward me in IN unsteady way. and
then fell in . faint on the floor. kept
my senses. il none of the rest did
opened the door. called the policeman
back. got him 70 help us take Caleb up
stairs. and then despatched him for the
doctor. The latter came. and Caleb.
now conscious and appearing more
like himself. declared that his hurt vas
mere scratch II was not serious.
the doctor said. after examination; .
superficial desh-wound in the arm
More policemen came. with captain
among them. and inspecting the open
window. they found that = part Of the
shutter had been cut away. and large
circular piece removed from the pane
with : diamond. 50 that hand could
he inserted and the catch pushed back
The drawer on the floor Vas empty.
The police captain was anxious TO learn
the details Of the burglary immediate
". and as the doctor allowed Caleb 70
talk his story was ~ once told
He was reading in his room 30
noiSeless was the entry Of the burglar
into the library that he heard nothing
Of is; he wa< alarmed BY NOISE, which
il now appeared must have been the
fall Of the drawer to the noor. ~ Is was
drawn out too far He snstched .
loaded pistol from : shelf where be Al
ways kept it and descended the stairs
in his Stockings The burglar vas
standing molionlcSs. with the drawer
in his hands. IS though waiting TO sc
II the noise had caused any alarm He
was masked He fired pistol At Caleb
and rushed to the window. and that
was about all the latter could tell about
il Any thing in the drawers the cap
tain wanted 10 know Yes: . pocket
hook. with one hundred and twenty
five dollars which was gone. Why
didn't Mr.. Maytham shoot too,
Caleb passed his hand over his face.
IS though he wished TO shut out tho
ugly sight Caleb did not like to talk
about the affair n AL. and abruptly
changed the subject when I referred 70
Il; so II came to be q : scaled book
between uA And for Z while longer
our old life went on ~ usual
For : while longer: but the ten years
that are numbered between these two
parts Of my history wrought many
changes Mothers suiIerings were
over: she had now been sleeping b
fathers side four years Nv governcsI
and maid had long been Discharged
my school-days were over and well,
to make long story short had been
married few months and Dick
that's my husband and kept house
with Bachelor Caleb No other ar-