The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-14

In 7eturn she 5old mt Iha; -lle Wa a uil
on. had . -1n txrsnfy YEAR Old Who Ia
gone to NH, and thai ilsey had har
time 70 make living
While the change IN her tisuleang
Ess agreezble N one sens. could q
80 nd q the idea Thal the change VI
forced While her hEe uttered l.leasz1
Eori2, her eres gave them the de- u
had 3 fair supf.ar. dnrlng which sle bor
the burden q oouversa1ioa, and i As
then seen that ! must reazin tiIrousl
the night While ihe fhnhsIer had pas.
ed Away the rain feli IN steady 4.oul
and the night Ras a. black a. Tar. II
sGid ti41 the ssarrn would delay her ~.
buf that he va certain 70 ~ home I,e
f3re midnight she cleared awav III
table. sz1 down with -5use sewing al.
asked nae - Inauy fiii1-s al.0u1 The oui
siie world that kneR .he had -a,sll
time lived IN better circumstances su.
had ls-en fairly sell t,lItzlss-i. >ile grad
aally bed The rsnVersation lack 10 N,
vocation. and earelezsly remarked a. ia,
bent over her sewing
One IL your business should - sel
armed
ReriasIr ~ene ei them d. ! replied
though have never seen csz=lsion f.,
weapons u aay s1r1.
II you-you wanted 10 pam With
your revolver perhaps ny 81 Eo.uld i,uy
Il He ! vrry ANXIOUS 10 serure such q
VezPou
she do not da-e loak ule n the 6ace
and her hands .hook q she waited III
NE tereIly-
NJ revolvef-ha- Ia In sfrsid Ilo
one would accept the walking stick in
the corler over ibere for 3 Shooting
iron
Bu you have knife she persisted,
making great effort to raise her
ev-s.
~. Yt-.. ihis-' answered. a. ! exhibited
. E,oeke;-knite-
TLz1 ended the oonyer-s1ion III that
direction. Prom mat moaeB1 the uo-
illan seemed seTy bss>e with ber rtl4ou.lt-
and conversation l4zsrA On two ~
1hr,-- occasions " hen ! addres-.-l her sile
started up IL nergoal> way, and asked
he IL repeat the in1eTTosztion- Af Ten
o'elocS -l-suIrie'i nv desire u retire for
the night. She took The candle and -
c,lde-i 10 the iofi, and heard her pull
Ing the br=lstesd abosIt and 1ramIdnz
arsund-
The noar Wa 4 uu3rss~s-d and uL-
matched hJrarIs, and the listli q ifer can
de could X pl4inly made out When
,iae came down she handed me THE can
de. and hoped ] would sleep sounily-
A. Was my inyzriaisle custom to,k Illy
jack along with me. and climbed the
ladder t. dnd myself II long, l0E
room. lighted ty window 2f either end
Ti1e bed Nas al The further end, and the
losrer sasll u the RindoW VS. W IL full
height Frsin he zindoN To the he'd
VIZ distance q about four feet Not
Wiihstari3iI,s the rain, the chamber va
elo-e and saltry. ard for this reason the
woman had raised The window, and for
thu reason J Ief1 Il ~ ! placed ny
gack on the El.at u the bed. hleH ouI the
i-ilt. AMI szll doun 10 think The widow
ilad astri Ia 4 suspicious manner. and
sci ther1 W., na1hing, when caIne 10
think i- al oteT. which really e5ndeun-
cd her ] gont admit 1ila1 wa> bit
tsI1 ] found myself trembling
At -1ue uns@en and un,iefned langer.
II W4--a curious position T. lr- placed IL
10 feel nc ftsr, and ye7 ~ shaking - Il
some fear va- HE.t-l you- ] looked on II
the win,ioW. bu1 1he night sas ~ black
thzt made ogi noihing- ] hgh;ed
lIz.lch and looked under the bed which
hzsI q valanee artund Il hir there ~
not even g box or taskei hidden IN
der Il
think ] sat BY The window fun
hour bef5ne deciding 10 - 70 bed, and
then simply pulled Of NY caa1 and
b5,15s AID lzy down Oh THE o1lsile, tuIlE
L. Remain 4Hake for ! couple
q haur.- - least had tTlsiy nevol-
yer with Ile. AID felt certain il uly oWn
mind tlia1 any one Who attacked ulv II
al open manner would md me- q tough
customer Thene Eas DO movement Wtlat-
ever from below The clock s1rurk II
-,Jn AFTER 90 into bed. and v2> WIDE
awake when i struck l. never fell
le-- inclined - -leel,. bEli ! lad certainly
lozei od when 3 n0i~s- Il the open WIN
dow zrsll-Se1 ule- ! listened until ~lre
that s,5nIe ole ~ ~JnleIniIls Was there,
ana then ] swung ny le-. q the bed "a
face aT0und A. my feel touched the
floor tbene VIZ flash If TIRE and = lord
reg-or1, and by The nlen8eIiaIy light !
saw tiae bead and -ffoulder- q ula4n ont
-ide of the window ] had my revolver
in NV hand. and the hash 4 hi- weapon
had -aTcsly passed aWsy when ] gave
him q bullet. heard a fan outside, and
sls.lnr 10 The Hin,low ! felt the ends
q ladder which had been r4i@-i- II
Wa only then thai ] knew hi- lruIlei had
ai1 me il the szlf u the lf-g, though the
excitement ke4a The pain almost sub
ln,-l- gave fhe LADDER heave. and
heard i - CRASHING. tlosI. and then dreW
zw4y FROM the window for fear II being
tired oa- JRsl then the clock struck
JDe-
There had been an alteinia 70 mur-
Der He. Was the would-le murderer the
widows -on > II mol. the firing ulns7
lare arsa-ed her, and ehe should have
allied oui If -. had / killed him
y said i tp- sSlfe forIne u godoEn stairs :
" Ouldn'i the mother Sezsure the WEAPON
AID fiEr upon lne - | Gs-eeIllesi the had
ier There WAs d. lei-us 10 the rain nor
iid the darkness h.reak AWAY. ! decided
10 reInain where Wa tai daylight, pro-
Tidins was lif1 u.lsiisiurted From that
time until day broke heard no sound 10
alarm me s2t in s chair. revolver II
asnd. and the pam from NY wound max
ng ne cTlnse and # ever mortal nan
sAs glad 10 -e-e the darkness fad. away II
Sss the Eenssn before xou- The rain
'easesa At.gui h2lf-pz>s fwa, but made
10 sIteapt II l-ei 10 the windeE and look
III EIllil daylight WIS ssnong enough To
snaale Ene TO -.-e everything plainly The