The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09

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last we said goodnight. My room was
between mothers and Caleb's. | was
asleep in less than ten minutes. but
Caleb Gas he told me afterward) was not
able to sleep Immediately, and without
undressing, sat down to read paper.
He also told me atterward that the
alarm of which | am about to speak
occurred few minutes before twelve,
and that it was crash, like the fail of
something in the library. ! heard no
alarm of that kind. What did hear,
what every body in the house heard,
was the report of pistol. Every
body but poor mother; an opiate had
made her sleep heavy, and she was
mercifully spared any knowledge OF
the dreadful occurrence. She had to
know of Caleb's injury-and here l am
necessarily getting in advance of my
story. | awoke with a shock. The re-
port, coming in the silence of mid
night, sounded in my ears louder than
thunder. heard scream from the
room of one of the servants-another-
chorus of them; and without a
thought of danger, l jumped from the
bed and ran down to the library in my
night-dress
Caleb was leaning against the secre-
tary, clasping his left arm above the
elbow with his right hand. The hand
lamp was on the window-seat; the next
window, opening on the piazza, with
its shutters, was swung wide open, and
at Calebs feet was the little drawer
from the secretary. | looked at his
face, and became speechless with fear;
it was 50 wild, SO pallid with anguish,
that it seemed the face of some other
than Caleb The sight of scared
women peering over my shoulders, cry
ing and screaming, aroused HIM.
"Be still" he commanded, tiercely.
There's no danger now. tell you.'
There was loud peel of the door
bell, and then double knock.
"lm the policeman came from the
! outside whats the matter?"
Caleb went Immediately TO the front
door.
There's nothing the matter" he
said. mo trouble at all; women
frightened for nothing"
Thought | heard pistol"
Caleb turned from the door, held
the lamb now; he came few steps
toward me in an unsteady way, and
then fell in faint on the floor kept
my senses, if none of the rest did.
opened the door, called the policeman
back, got him to 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 was
a mere scratch. 1t was not serious,
the doctor said, after examination; a
superficial tlesh-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 a large
circular piece removed from the pane
with a diamond, so that hand could
be inserted and the catch pushed back.
The drawer on the floor was empty.
The police captain was anxious to learn
the details of the burglary immediate.
1
talk, his story was at once told.
He was reading in his room. Sc
noiseless was the entry of the burglar
into the library that he heard nothing
of it; he was alarmed by noise, which
it now appeared must have been the
fall of the drawer to the floor, as it was
drawn out too far. He snatched 8
loaded pistol from shelf where he al.
ways kept it, and descended the stairs
in his stockings. The burglar was
standing motionless, with the drawer
in his hands, as though waiting to see
if the noise had caused any alarm. He
was masked. He fired a pistol at Calet
and rushed to the window, and tina
was about all the latter could tell abou
it. Any thing in the drawer? the cap
tain wanted to know. Yes; a pocket
book, with one hundred and twenty
five dollars, which was gone. VIII.
didn't MIR. Maytham shoot, tooP
Caleb passed his hand over his face
as though he wished to shut out tn,
ugly sight. Caleb did not like to tall
about the affair at all, and abrupt,
changed the subject when l referred t,
it; so it came to be as q sealed bOol
between us. And for a while longe
our old life went on as usual.
For while longer; but the ten year
that are numbered between these tw,
parts of my history wrought man
changes. Mothers sufferings wer
over; she had now been sleeping b
fathers side four years. Ny governes
and maid had long been discharged
my school-days were over, and-well
to make long story short, l had bee
married few months, and Dick
that's my husband-and | kept hous
with Bachelor Caleb. No other al
rangement than this would my brothe
: consent to; and as it suited both Of tn
other parties, l may say that it al
ranged itself
On chill evening in October, Die
and l were waiting for Caleb. He wa
more than an hour late when we hear
} his ring. | ran to the door and opene
l it-and started back. There was Calet
and there were two other men support
ing third between them.
. "Regy,' said my brother, "call tn
housekeeper, and have her bring
. light. You stay in the dining-room.
t will explain presently"
He spoke in the quick, direct wa
that never thought of questioning.
r did as he directed, and heard them a
7 go upstairs to one of the vacant chan
Y bers. Soon the men, two of then
1 came down and rode away in the ca
rage that had brought them; and
a few minutes Caleb came in and too
Q his seat with us at the table. He sippe
e his tea in an absent kind of way, an
r | caid obrpptlr.