Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-07-04

ly pulle0 Jne Dell out py the FOCUS, We
went around t. the back door to see II
VIC could gain an entrance there.
1t stood open. AS we came up the
steps we could see the interior of the
kitchen at a glance. EVERYTHING was in
confusion, chairs were overturned,
Mary's work basket and its contents
strewcd over the floor. and Mary her
self, bound hand and foot and gagged,
lying in a helpless heap under the
kitchen table.
She turned her beseeching eyes to
us, hearing steps approaching, and we
few to her assistance. My husband
carried her into the sitting-room.
while ran for camphor and ammonia,
for she was quite hysterical and for
some time could not tell us connected
story. What we finally gathered was
this: AS the evening was warm. Mary
sat in the kitchen with her work,
leaving the outside door open to catch
the breeze from the west. She was
sewing quietly. never thinking of harm.
when she heard stealthy steps and
looking up saw two masked figures on
the very threshold. In a moment they
had seized and gagged her, and with a
pistol at her head compelled her to show
them where the silver and my jewel
ry were kept. Not content with what
they found, they made up large bum
dies of Harry's and my best Clothes
then binding her hand and foot, so she
could not give the alarm, they had left
! her in the pitiablc state in which we
| found her. She showed us her poor
bruised wrists, where the rope had been
pulled so tight the flesh was cut and
! swollen.
| Our sympathy for poor Mary was SO
great that we hardly realized our loss,
| but in looking through the house we
found that the burglars had made IA
pretty clean sweep of everything &C
! value. They took such odd things for
besides the basket of silver my choicest
tablccio;hs and napkins had been
! taken uudcrclothcs. linen sheets and
| pifiowcuscs and several of my best
dresses and Harrys wardrobe had also
suffered. They had not secured much
of my icwclry, as most of it ! kept i'
a small safe which weighed two hum
drcC pounds, and was too heavy for one
man to lift alone.
Mary could give no description of the
men, rs they were closely masked. My
husband telcgraphcd to Philadelphia
for detectives and two We're sent up.
After spending several days in shad-
owing innocent people they returned to
the city, leaving us no wiser than be-
fore their visit, but with our purses
considerably lighter. The chest OF
silver in the attic now opened to sup.
ply the place of what had been taken.
called Mary to help me carry it down
stairs. How her eyes danced when she
saw the rich contents of the chest, and
, how fcrvcnt were her thanks that the
burglars had not known of this extra
amount.
We felt very grateful to Mary ant
cared tendcrly for her until she was
quite strong again. She said she sui
!. fered greatly with her teeth The gae
Z had been put in her mouth SO roughly
l that it had looscned some of them, ant
She now made frequent visits to The
4 dentists. Often She was gone the en-
Il tire afternoon. She always took
: bundle with her. Once when | qucs
4 toned her about it. she said that sh
c wrapped up the waist of an old dress L
q wear in the dentists chair to keep he
= dress fresh. and could but commen
C her prudence and careful forcthough'
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ic out, ! went for stroll with my hu:
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