Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-01

Va "VAhNs RhA NtiA VIC N3bDEth
down upon by the majesty of an of
Tended law"
Eth, What. Didn't I near some one
a-knockin' ut the door,"
And. providing herself with n poker,
h ventured to unbOlt the door with
some caution. There stood a pale young
man with a satcheL A most unexpccted
vision; for the travelling peddlcr, who
had been intrusted with a note to her
from Mrs Banks, had forgotten all
about It n gone placidly by, with the
half sheet of paper at the bottom of his
pockets.
The widow Pceler grew pale, remen-
boring the sanguineous paragraphs she
had 80 lately been pcrusing. The bag
was small. but there was nothing to
hinder its containing dynamite: the
gun case and fishing poles. for ali she
knew. might be deadly instruments of
destruction.
Who BE- you?" demz1dedt the widow.
II am the Banks bozrder.- explained
Nr. wimple. in a. insinuating a ran
ner as possible "Wul you kindly give
me refuge for-
Refuge" screamed tho widow.
The bank burglar Well. II ever I
see saeh hardened impotence In all my
life.
And with az energ- and strength
which afterward seemed. as "a told
Mrs Deacon Gia>sey. y1-lJIvely super
human, she seized him by the collar,
dragged him into the little back room.
v=hara 49,. u~2E -~-- III I'll
up. and succeeded in Locking and bolt
ing the door upon him before he had
gathered presence Of mind enough
To demonstrate OF resist
The window is nailed up.r said Mrs.
Peeler, piling all the heavy furniture
against the door. land I'll go to Sarah
Jennings and serd her husband off for
the constables at once
But Mr.. Jennings was in bed with
rheumatism. and Sarah easily per-
suaded the widow that her captive
would be safe enough all night in the
little corn room.
This was the condition of things
when the three Misses Merivale and
Araminta Banks came over the next
morning. on pretense of bringing some
black curraat Jelly for Mrs PeeIers
cold, and gathering wild grapes in The
woods. The widow. being chrouicaIIy
deaf. paid no attent ion to the greeting
and introiucticns of Armainita. but
waved her bonnet in the air. crying on.
breathIeSSly-
~Gals, I've got hun.
"tiot whom eriei Araminta and the
three MISSES NerivaIe in chorus.
The bank burglar. Shut up in the
little corn room. screamed Mrs Peel
er. And Milo Beers has gone for the
constableS. and there II a rewa ard of
five hundred dollars offered. and IL
you'll be very careful you can Just
climb ON the wOod-pile and peep
through the outside stats Of the win
dow, to see him
Cautiously and with many little
shrieks of apprehension. Miss Daisy
Merivale and AraElinta Banks assembled
the dizzy height of the weII-Ssock~d
wOOd-pile and peeped through the muir
ky panes of the little window.
Goodness gracious me- cried Arg.
minta, nearly falling backward into
the kindling-wood with the sudden
start she gave Its Mr.. wimpIe, Sit
ting in acorner. with his hands cIasped
over his head. exactly like the Prisoner
of Chillon.s
MIR. Wimple.r screeehed Miss Neri-
vale. open h door, somebody, and
let him out,f'
And. after a certain amount OF
screaming into Mrs Peeler's ear
trumpet and a series of elaborate ex-
plantations. Mr.. origen wimple was set
free; Milo Beers and the coustabIes
were disappointed. and the widow
never got the reward
Il have been treated atrociouslv--
said the boarder- II shall never for
give these rustic savages, Its outra-
geous. It's perfectly brutal
Glad you feel 80 kindly about il. :"
said The widow. who did not hear a
word he said For how, in all ere
alton. when you said you was a bank
burglar, was ! to know that you mean.
the Banks boarder? Folks ought &c
speak more DISTINCTLY
But Mr.. origen Wimple. instead Of
returning to the Banks farmhouse, as
n three Misses Merivale had fondly
expected. packed up his things and
went directly back 20 the city
Il eanno afford 10 expose myself &c
insults like this he said. with dignity.
And. to say the truth. things had
happened rather unfortunately AMI
Randolph, in " Y. Ledger.