Telegram-herald., 1891-02-21

cane a1e terror. ! sltr4Hg - hsr aSs..t-
arse. Whom or what Lad ve eanxhs2
Imagine yoaarsslf holiing aa~n the IA
of shoNlnans box, ~ith = boa-s
stFietox writing bensash. OF keeping =
cage tsp la It's pl4ee 81 yoar wes.rht
alone, WIKI hyena struggling u tear
h,s way oat aud dss0ur yoa Bat we
were aot long IN suspense. Horria
exsera9ioDs. hslf German. half Englssh.
eallled car very hsarts, =nd we Anew
that there. Ia ths midnight, only TIE la
Of al Old chest " a. between ourselves
and Hans schmidt At times II started
up. aRd once 90 twice his fngers were
caught n the opening Then. nnding
car combined weight too much for his
strength, = would become evident that
he vas sndeaxoring - force cat an end
II the chest hut be could not work u
advantage Cramped within such lin
tts. his giant power muscle Was not
wholly available; he could neither kick
nor strike with full force. and hence his
chief hope rested upon his ability 20 lift
us up ia AMI ali Even then, ia the ab-
solate terror that might have been sup
posed % possess Ter, a queer feeling OF
exultation sprong az ia Juha's heart
Il was right, Mery." she cried. they
went think me q fool now, viii they?
/ shant be ashamed 20 see Harry iry-
ing
Poor Julia' Under the eircum-
stances. the idea vas really ludierOus.
but nature win everywhere assert her
self and julia hated a coward Thump'
tnnnp, thnmp' Id and side. and end
alternately felt the e~amped but pow
erftl blows Then came the lift-the
steady, straining, desperate lift; and
Jalia cheered me when the cover shook.
and rose, and treIabled.
''EIe can't get out. Mary, we are safe.
only keep your fun weight on the lid;
and don't De nervous either, it's almost
norniss."
She knew i was rot one o'clock. Bu,
one o'cloct came. How wished j, was
five! And two o'clock came, and three;
end we hoped that our prisoner had
finally yielded 10 u fate which mus,
now appear inevitable A small aper-
ture at one end of the chest where
ther- was n fracture IN the wood. sup
piled him with air; and hence we could
not hope that he would become veal;
through suifocation. He was evidently
resting from the very necessity of the
case, for his exertioas had been pro-
digious. There was faint streak Of
morning in the sky; and there, upon tho
chest, we sat and watched for tho
CLEAN 10 broaden.
Suddenly there was tremendous
struggle beneath us, as IL the rufian
had concentrated all his energies in a
final effort At my end of the chest
there was crash, ard Immediately the
Germans feet protruded through the
aperture that they had forced in the
board. So horrible now appeared our
position that | uttered n scream. such
as | do not think | ever at any othe.
time have had the power to initiate.
did not know that I was about TO
scream, SO terrible was the fright Of
which this was the involuntary out
burst.
TO get of the lid, in order TO defeat
the movement through the chest-end,
would have instantly been our destruc-
tion; therefore, still bearing our weight
on the cover, we caught at the project
ing feet. In doing this, however, we
partially lost our balance, and n sudden
bracing up Of the muscular shape below
SO far forced opon the lid, that the head.
arms and shoulders of Hans Schmidt
were thrust forth, and, with iearful
clutch, seized Julia by the throat. Hor.
rificd by the spectacle, threw myself
forward. bearing down with all my
might upon his head, as lay partially
upon the chest.
Just then heavy crash was heard at
the door below, the foot-tramps spring
ing toward US as il some person were
tearing up the staircase with the full
need. The dim day hardly re
vealcd its identity, as he rushed into
our room, but had faint perception
that young Harry Irving had come to
Us in our peril. Some time during the
morning found myself in bed. with
Julia and several of the neighboring
women standing about me. Julia
clasped me in her arms and cried, she
was so rejoiccd that the fright had not
killed me.
1--WE ere safe, Mary" she said
"Harry Irving was near the house all
night. He returned after seeming TO
go home. 1t was not right, he said 10
himself, for US 10 remain alone here
all night, especially rs our father was
to k,- hc c.
he kept ont of sight, but remained
near. The least scream he would have
heard as he at last heard yours; but I
am glad You did not scream before, for
now we have had an experience. and
know what we can do. IL was tedious:
but don't wish TO be thought afraid
of my own shadow. and I'm glad we
had 10 hold the chest down a good
while"
Hans Schmidt had evidently decided
upon the chest "a n safer hiding place
than that in which Julia first discovered
him Upon the very morning on which
Henry Irving stunned and secured the
rufisn in orr room, the officers Of
Justice were searching FOR the old Hes
sian scoundrel as a supposed murderer.
and he was soon afterward convicted
and hung.
Julia became the wife Of Henry frT-
irg. and \ most excellent wife she vas.
Nagnsninous ard unrevengefuI. SIZE
was perhaps the only one who felt DO
eradication at The fate Of CID liars
Schmidt, belt rathrr a pity for re ig-
nornnee which had steeps,i him In
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