The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-05-21

st5ee here. nv lnfly. yousre N n1onc
and e our mercy@-fust opcn The door
| quietly ana Ne won't hurt YER ! bit. An
| W want Il boodIe--that ere Thousand
dollar ver. lxnow. III yer don.t ven AZ
yer Ike Ne ala the dog. Tor wen nj IN
anyway. and
4 thunder clan stopDed the rest ana
| the rain becan - All Is torrents.
The money. I Isst uavment 70 -
made IN fhe n1sse. vvrs ur,rtairn n nv
bureau.
To ret il was INV flrst impulse then
70 hide il the tower loft-if could qet
there IN time
before 1 had strenoth 20 move. =.
crash ~ broken 1Iasa sent Idlv faint
inc Z, the fIoor. couldn't leave her.
no matter what happened. Ouiclxlv
thou0h she revived. ana commenced
drac0in0 her 70 the hack staircase.
passin0 the dor n thu hall leading
q the cellar somethiu0 sbininr ard
mczine ~ tie kev-hole made me pause.
Il was Z thin. steel saw. ana TIE rob
her. evidenfiv n ~ cell.r were
Elock.
Retracinr NV steps took the front
lstairs. pulling and lifting the rirI a
best could. gained INV room And the
money. and few M AGAIN ID the tower
room and the ladder. There. with III
lie strength left. I pushed Lilv ahead
and through the trap-door. followed her.
barely hoisted the ladder inside and
dropped the tran when / heard INV mr.
/ sucrs chasing M the stairs and into the
4 tower-room below me.
"We're safe now. Lilv.o said. ..and
You must rouse Yourself for need vour
/ help: but be careful not 10 touch anv
| wires.r
Assured BY NV forced calmness she
pressed INV hand and whispered: .Dem
ole buppeliers can't cotch ms now. NO
how" Then she gave blood-curdling
shrek as a fearful thump came from be-
! low on the trap-door. raising II a few
/ inches. The fellows had returned with
= pole and were using ii.
Before they could strike again / had
bolted the tran. 90 the NEXT blow was Of
no avail.
But they soon discovered us and yelled
they'd soon have the money and me too,
70. If INV husband was not ten miles
| awav. +. cried Then + thonoht ~ tha
telephone to his factory, where he
might he ON dntv though twas mast
midn;oht = p"s'
| A. *. naxt a..h 80 l;,,ht,,;,r I f,,,,,a
! and rang tbe Instrument hell M IN.
aver i rano aga;r
Hnrrah, nv s;gnal wae rat,,rnad
.sHellop, 7 cs,ied ;rto n and str.;ned
=, co.'s ~. : ra,,Ir
..Halloi,, ca,ne hacl ..yybo are 10, .,
4NIrs Dean I'm II danger Cal nv
husband Hnrrv,,,
II saa,,,ad a., 90 haforo - an.,,a,.
came The hell ;;nolad .sMr nsan i
ant 1va,ve sent fa, lin, s1yhat,. +,e
at+.,o,,
s.I,n, .t+ocl,od hv h,,rolars - +,,a
bo,,se In tow minutes they'll have
mo u,,,.r,,,,.
= could hear in the telenbone confused
voices mi rndarstood rotbirg After
an s.yf,,,lv long Will. nc SIGNAL hs1l
sounded o,ca ,oore ..yva,v. ry;rsa tha
ra;lroad stat;og, n vow v;llaas - sard
helrs mi rava l., ,.a,,l-, 80 yv.,,1 -
aoa;n How lono ~ von hold o,,to,,
..No+ ,onr Hava -, fo,,nd ~, h,s-
bando.
.sNr -. 1900 -. r., ,.,,,,-
conraoe,,, : -
81 hoxv rnuch eas;arA said than dona
For some time the robbers had been
silent hut I knew tbev were nlann;no =
wav To oet NJ ne psrbans thev vvera
making some sort Of : ladder ana would
manare to force omen the tran door n
the floor In edark without = weanon.
with no strength tn ,,se one Il i had a
/ was HELPLESS. Mavbe thew w. would
think of the sloping roof. and. reaching
II. climb IN through window.
Ieaying the now Silent tel.nhone
bade J.;ly como TO the window with me
and stand there on ouard.
"Don't be feared. missus.n she whis-
pered. ..de rood Lord will sabe ms. Use
heen q nray;n, fob him 70 send down de-
angel wild de b;o fam;no sword an, chon
Accommodates, heads Off,
The storm had cleared and the fnll
moon was sh;n;nv brightly
81 ,oor down The road iilv.I sa;d
..and lot me know the instant won see
anyone coming They NAV he in time.
VT. ana watcb the roof
ssSnec, de b,Opellers Kin oft mn dar
m;sspsa, -
..rhav r,;oht +. .nswered
WHEN tha v;l,,;n. entered from th.
roof might iumn ont ~ the onposite
window but abandon Lilv I conldn,t.
20 dismissed that IDEA
All 70 he done. therefore. was TO trust
and - wait and3;f NO deliyerance came
Roht ~ tho death
90 INV, Can't Won ace a wagon com
;no mn the road vet2 Loos charm
Thev ta,soranhed from tbe citv 10 orr
ra;lwav station about us,
..Don,t seq nutfin ro;ssus-ves, dars
.nr,tb;,,, ,,ov;r, toy, AZ h;,l down varn
WAS ID halno + snranc 10 the yvindo,v
There ,,as ! snecL ,.v ,yay down tha