Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-24

stairs. 'ne gong down
NY heart leaped into nv no,,.,
nu' no' = was only the rushing 81 nv
~ Watch was always INV n,ost
oDedlent servant, and he see,..d -
y, what was wanted ~ -
me moment | opened the door 80 =.
oarted with such savage growl that I
"as nan AFRAID Of him myself. A series
OF yeips, then scream and an oatt,
TOLD me that Watch had fonrd -,
game. could hear them rns,;.
through the sirubbery. Presently tber =
was great noise, more oatbs ard
knew the man had fallen over the wa,,
In the back yard, which raised Il se -,
erai feet from the garden
frightened as was I could mt ho,n
laughing. ] knew Watch wouId I.e
faithful, so l no longer feared the ont.
My chlef desire now was to reach NV
room; that had strong lock
Madge. a'Aeo
with laugh babe her wait unt;,
we were in our room before she made
me tell long story.
Inc door was open, and az reacbad
the head of the stairs the moomI;oh,
showed me distinctly in the large mir
ror the reflection of a man bnrriedlv
secretlng himself in the wardrobe
frightened nearly to death stood
moment undecided what to do. There
wasn't room in the house where we
would be safe. thought OF the three
revolvers hidden in the bureau and de-
cided to beard the lion in his den.
1t happened that Madge and myself
were expert in the use of the deaf and
dumb alphabet; it had served us many
a good turn. and resolved it should
now.
Madge was in an unusually talkat;va
mood-talked necessarily as she nm
fastened her long hair. never saw
her look more lovely. managed to
attract her attention, while with nv
fingers said:
Man in the wardrobe. Saw him
Keep quiet. Three revoIvers in the
bureau. Guess we can take care Of
him."
Every particle of color left her face
but her voice did not tremble as she
continued the conversation, talking
brightly. just as she always did. Then.
with her fingers, What shall we dor
Aloud, Sue, don't let us 90 to bed
yet; this moonlight is too bewitching
not to be enjoyed"
"Can you use revolver9'
A shake of the head for answer
II ought to write half a dozen letters.
Ii you are not sleepy l will write; you
can read, you know"
But you did nor tell me what that
fearful hubbub was"
told her the whole story, laugh
ing as told it and making her laugh.
Il tell you what it is, Sue; saw two
mer in the village"-
why, Madge, did you notice them,
toor'
Yes; but, provoking thing, you
never let on that you saw them, so
didn't dare say word about them. l
was sure, though, that they were going
to give us a CALI
well, Watch will teach them to
consider their ways and be wise; they
won't dare come again tonight"
All the time was racking my brain
for a plan whereby We might escape
the danger. Finally settled upon this
we must have Ann with us-she was a
host in herself
At o'clock the stage passed along
with passengers for the early train.
We must manage until then and get
assistance from the stage.
This | impaired to Madge; she vol
unteered at once to call Ann. kissing
me quietly she glided away.
All me! such long minutes as those
were while | was alone with that
wardrobe. Once the door opened a
wee bit, then closed again. Would
they never Gomez Maybe they had
deserted me. Just then Madge APP
peared, and holding her watch before
Inc showed me she had been gone only
| five minutes.
Ann came soon, making grea
racket, as she always did.
"'Deed and she wasn't going to sta!
down therel What with the beast of ;
dog and Jenny's snoring she couldnN
sleep wink"
We leased Der, and had as muci
fun to all appearances as we would
have had under the most Favorable
circumstances.
Only - o'clock!
Il shall be gray as rat if this mo
| notony continues much longer" tele
graphed Madge,
AS for me, had a perverse desire Il
drop to sleep.
Madge commenced reading aloud
yawned SO ominously that, browning
savagelv upon me, she tossed the bool
across the room.
As minute after minute passed, witt
no sign of life within the wardrobe
AIMS face settled into incredulity, am
| fully expected she would investlsat
matters for herself. One o'clock
| Out stepped our man with gailan
bow.
Excuse me, ladies, but your ward
robe is uncomfortable, and as 20