Telegram-herald., 1890-01-09


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stress ouleahere@ ai1 agt answer.
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"a t1e h9-sa. 4a3 it es,le6 ias3 ~
dad t1zt perbzps uy Trap Lid hesn
sprung got 0-t % BED a11 oeg4n rap
tdly - dress.
What sre yea geiug 70 aof7 4nEios.s-
y ssAed uy wife.
zu going . see whst kas hap
penet. SAID 7 Az rhat moment there
Vas another noiss. This e.s Ake TAO
~ three 1e&sy footsteps. followed y q
Sudden teumP. bet q eas noi - loa4 Ss
t1e Others
'JoAn cried ny Sife. 'dont STIR an
inch, It's burglars, md SIZE sprang CIT
of BED md seized ne by the arm.
Il mast % down I sad, .'bu. there
Is really no reason FOR your being fright
ene1 l shall ea1 David. and shah
carry nay pistol 50 there IS really no
danger; II there are thieves ia the house
they have probably decamped by this
time, that is II they are able - 90 80,
Tor u course they nust know that moss
would awaken the soGndest sleepers-
My wife looked a. me and then slow
" Withdrew her hands from ny arm.
You promise ne, she said, # yon
End burglar downstairs in the posses
sion OF his senses you viii Immediately
come back 10 me- and George William
promised her, and slipping on some
clothes / went out into the second-stOry
hall carried no light. Before ! had
reached the bottom OF the back stairs
heard David, my man, coming down. To
be sure IL was be and not a burglar |
spoke 20 him in low voice, my pistol
raised in case OF an unsatisfactory reply.
Il heard that noise, SIR" he whis-
pered. land was going down 10 see
about it."
Are you ready II it's thievesP"
whispered.
Il have got the biscuit-beater, he re-
piled.
Come on, then" said /, and We went
downstairs.
had left no light in the library, but
there was one there now, and IL shone
through the open door into the hall
way. We stopped and listened. There
was no sound, and then slowly and
cautiously We approached the door OF
the library. The scene l beheld as
founded me. and inyoluntarily / sprang
back step or two. SO did David, but
IN an instant we saw that there was no
need Of retreat or defense Stretched
upon the floor, not far from the door
way, lay tall man, his face upturned
70 the light OF bulrs-eye lantern
which stood by the mantel-piece. His
eyes were shut, and it was evident that
he was perfectly insensible. Near by,
in the wreck of the small table, glasses
and decanters, lay another man, APP
parently Of heavier build. He also was
as still as corpse. A little farther
back, half sitting on the floor, with the
upper part of his body resting against
the lounge, was another man with
black mask over his face.
Are they dead?" exclaimed David,
IN an undertone Of horror.
NO" said /, ''they are not dead, they
have been caught in my trap.
And ! must admit that the conscious
ness OF this created a proud exaltation
of spirit within me. had overmatched
these rascals, they were prostrated be-
fore me. II one Of them moved David
and could kill him. But did not be-
lieve there would be any killing, nor
any moving for the present.
In high whisper which could have
been heard distinctly all over the house
my wife now called to me from the top
of the stairs. What is it?" she said.
what has happened?''
stepped quickly to the stairway.
Every thing Is all right" | said in
loud, distinct voice, intended TO assure
my wife that there was no necessity for
caution or alarm.
Il will be with you presently"
81 am glad 70 hear that nothing Is
the matter, said Aunt Martha, now for
the first time opening her door. II was
afraid something had happened"
But l had business to attend to be-
fore I could 90 upstairs. In thinking
over and arranging this plan for the
capture OF burglars had carefully con-
sidered its various processes, and had
provided against all the contingencies
| could think OF, therefore ! was not
now obliged to deliberate what | should
DO. Keep your eye on them" said %
David, and II one OF them moves be
ready for them. The first thing TO do
Is TO tie them hand and foot"
/ quickly lighted a lamp and then
took from another shelf Of the closet
large coil OF strong cotton rope. which
had provided for such an occasion as tho
present
Now" said I 20 David. 'I will tie
them whilo you stand by 70 knock over
any one Of them who attempts 20 get
up"
The instrument with which David vas
70 carry out my orders was
one. In tho days Of my
youth my family was very fond of
' Maryland biscuit" which owes much
y its delicacy % the fact that before
baking It Is pounded and beaten by
piece of heavy iron. S0mo people usei
nc kind % a beater and so7no another.
1ut we had had made for The purposn
lesvy iron club little o-pr foot long.
arEe and heavy a. one end and
andle ~ the other In ~ present
lolsehoid Maryland biscuit we're never