Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-18


him up with the cord so as to render him
incapable of moving limb. There are
thirty-two yards of it. With that GUAM
tity and the exercise of little skill you
should be able to make him tolerably Sc
cure"
As Miss Jones said this it almost seemed
that Miss Welsh started. Mr.. Bennett
certainly did. Miss Welsh looked at him
with such piteous eyes; Mr.. Bennett
favored her with an unmistakable scowl-
a scowl, indeed, of singular malignity.
Then she proceeded to tie him up. In do
| ing so she showed considerable skill, and
conscientiousness to boot. She first passed
the rope two or three times right around
him, so as to pinion his arms to his sides.
Then, putting her foot up against his side,
so as to enable her to use it as a lever. she
hauled the rope as tight as she could. She
did not seem 10 enjoy the hauling part of
! it-nor did Mr.. Bennett, for the matter of
| that. She was woman of uudeniable
strength 1t was a wonder that she did not
cut in two the man she had promised TO
marry. When the rope was at its utmost
tension she made most dexterous
knot. He would have been tolerably
secure had she done no more. But she did
| a great deal more; in that conscientious
| way she had she ran the rope about his
legs, hauling it fast with the same ingenu-
ity of method-with such energy, in fact,
that she hauled him off his legs, and both
he and she fell fiat upon the floor.
'Pick yourself up, Hannah, and you had
better continue to tie Mr.. Bennett where
he lies-you will find it more convenient,
perhaps"
Miss Welsh acted on Miss Jones hint.
But, however it may have added to her
convenience, so far as Mr.. Bennett was con-
cerned it made the matter worse She per-
formed her task in such very conscien-
tious way she rolled him over and over,
she knelt on him-to give her leverage in
hauling, she even stood on him-she stood
him on his feet and on his head 1t GER
tainly was not favorable example of the
way in which a young woman should use
her best young man.
Now, Hannah, you can stand Mr.. Ben
nett on his feet" remarked Miss Jones,
when she saw that Miss Welsh had COM
pleted her task. "If Mr. Bennett is I'M
able to stand, you had better prop him up
with his back against the wall"
@hloo NSlou PlopPeu -hi. ocHucIi up
with his back against the wall he would
certainly be unable to stand alone. Miss
Jones addressed herself to him:
"You see, Mr.. Bennett how entirely /
have Hannah under my control. She is
beautifully subjective. As | pointed out
to you before, assure you l have obtained
some really remarkable results with Han
nah. l hope that you have enjoyed all
that you have seen-have your
Mr.. Bennett feebly shook his head. He
did not seem to have sufficient energy left
| to enable him to say he hadn't. He was
too much tied up. Miss Jones went on /;
"Before we part-and we are about to
part, for the present at least-I should like
to address to you a few appropriate re-
marks. Burglary, ! need not point out to
you, Mr.. Bennett, is criminal, and not only
criminal, but cowardly You choose, as a
rule, the night. You choose, preferentially,
house in which the inhabitants are help
less. You steal upon them unawares, pre-
| pared, if necessary, to take their lives at the
moment when they are least able to defend
| them. You yourself are a coward of the most
| despicable sort, or you would never have
| come, in the dead of the night, certainly to
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woman. ] cannot describe to you the salts
a case of the bitter bit When | think how
conscious you yourself must be of how COM
pletely the tables have been turned, / as
sure you that | am ready to dance about the
room with joy. l trust, Mr.. Bennett, that
you will perceive and allow that these few
remarks point moral and adorn tale
| What | am now about to do with you is
/ this, You brought that chloroform to
stupefy me. On the contrary, with il
Hannah shall stupefy you. When you
are stupefed she will open the window,
she will drag You to it, and she will
drop you out. There is only droE
of about twelve feet. There is flower
bed beneath. l hope you will not fall
hard. You will damage the flowers,
am afraid; but under the circumstances !
will excuse you that. You will lie there
through the night. In the morning | viii
take care that policeman finds you there
He will see the inscription written by
yourself and sewed on your breast by Han
nah. He will see that you are George
Bennett, the burglar, and he viii
act on the hint contained in tn,
last line = he will make furthe
inquiries at Acacia Villa. I assur,
you l will answer them. / will prosecute
you with the utmost rigor of the law. You
have doubtless, in the course of your ca
reer, been guilty of multitudinous crimes
think l know means of bringing every
one of them home to you. You will b,
sentenced to a long term of penal servi
tude. For a considerable time to come
shall know where to find you should de
sire to subject you to further experiment.
AS Miss Jones made these observations
which she did in the sweetest and mos
musical of voices, she continued to enjoy
her cigarette. A fairer picture of femi
nine indulgence in the nicotian weed, i
is not improbable, was never seen. Blu
neither Mr.. Bennett nor Miss Welsh
seemed to appreciate the opportunity they
had of observing the fair picture under
circumstances of such exceptional advan-
tage-the gentleman even less than the
lady. After short pause the beautiful
young smoker gave few instructions tt
Miss Welsh:
Hannah, take that bottle of chloroforn
and that sponge. Empty the contents o
the bottle on to the sponge; then press the
sponge against Mr.. Benefits mouth anc
nose, and held it there"
As Miss Jones said this, an expression
of great agony struggled through tn,
stupor which was the prevailing charac
teristic of Mr.. Benefits face. 1t seemed
as though he struggled to speak. But hi.
tongue was mute. Miss Welsh, too
seemed unutterably sad. At the sam,
time, she did as her mistress babe. She
drew the cork out of the bottle, ant
emptied the contents on the sponge. A:
she did so, Mr.. Benefits eyes passed
from Miss Welsh to Miss Jones, and
from Miss Jones to Miss Welsh, with
something of that look of dumb agony
which it is so painful to see at times upor
the face of a dog. Miss Welsh emptiec
the bottle to its latest drop. She advanced
/, toward Mr., Bennett, labeled, tied, anc
nronned nm AGAINST the wall He made