Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-08

ana remained much calmer in the grasp o.
this marauder than some hours later when
the reaction came
"If you attempt to move or utter a wore
above whisper / shall kill you,n ht
breathed in her ear. A pencil lying on the
mantei CHANGED to meet her eye. She
reached it with difficulty and wrote upon
the smooth white surface: "You are Ter
rance Mooreand were confined in the pen
itentiary at c. in 1881" AS he read the
words his grasp frightened involuntarily, but
almost instantly relaxed under the impulse
of a recognition now mutual. He withdrew
his hand from her lips and stepping back O
pace rested his elbow on the mantel
Don't speak loud, = he whispered "You
are perfectly safe with me- If had known
you were in the house / should never have
entered it. | would die ten times over be
fore would harm hair Of your headn
'You must goat once," she said.
The door of the chamber, already aiar
was pushed open at this juncture and an
other man, also masked, entered with foot
falls feline in hghtness. ''Weu, I'll be
blankedp' calculated the newcomer under
his breath. who'd have thought, Gull
you'd run agin mash in this plantn
'5crew your nut and cheese crackin', 2
replied Moore. sThere's a new finger in the
drum and the jig Is up
what are you speelin'!n asked the other
incredulously.
"We've got to do quick lam; she's goi
me dead to rights
'"rhen-" and the second burglar drew
his finger across his throat with a gesture
of horrible significance.
Moore shook his head with fierce We
hemence. Turning TO Miss Wessling, ht
asked:
''If we quit now and leave every thing
will you promise not 10 disclose my iden
tityln
II promise--for Gods sake, gol" sh,
pleaded the mental strain beginning TO plal
havoc with her nerves.
The other burglar suddenly emptied
wal upon the sponge with which he hat
been fumbhng, and, springing forward, ap
Piled 1t TO her nose before Moore could in
terpose. Moore threw himself savagell
upon his partner in crime. alarm tn,
houseln he shouted, seeing that she wal
already affected by the pungent fumes o
the chloroform. With shrek she threw
herself against the window, breaking tn,
pane she knew not how
Course your howlcd Moore's pal, think
ing now only of safety in flight "Let me go
blank your soulr'
Rendered desperate by the sounds OF th,
awakened household he broke away by {
mighty effort and sprang for the stairs
Moore followed, but whether TO effect hii
own escape or TO detain the other burglar
can not be told. His confederate must have
regarded his intentions in the latter light
for he turned and fired two shots in rapid
succession, at point blank range, both bull
let's finding billets in Moore's breast, anc
gained the open air through the door, which
in burglar fashion, had been left open K
facilitate sudden departure. They
dragged Moore back into Miss Wessilng's
room and it required no physician to inform
the startled group that gathered around
the dying criminal that his moments were
few. He motioned TO Miss Wessling anC
she lxnelt beside him.
"You-spoke = the only kind words
I've heard for years. | lOved-you for
them LoolI-here," and he touched hi:
breast, gaspcd and went before the Eterna
bar for his last sentence, In a channels
skin pouch worn upon his breast next th'
skin they found the withercd remnants o
rose and a card Inscribed: "Mabe
Wessling, l14l L. avenue, c." Or
the other side was written in bold hand:
''The slightest kindness may leave an in
delible impression on the human heart, ant
those who SOW in charity have known
single seed on the stoniest ground to bea
rich fruit Nj. IL. Ross.