The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30

| quietly Until some time IN the nlGnt,
when was awakened by the furiou,
yelping Of "Frisk," a little black and
tan torrier, which was in the habit o
stealingly slyly under the sct: ~ .ia,
hall downstairs, before the door was
shut, in order to spend the night on II
I when all was quiet; had forgotten q
look for him. and had fastened HIM in
Then heard voIces outside OF my door,
mems voices, and some one said:
"Confound that curl he would raise
the dead; the girl must be awake"
The head Of my bed was just at the
door, and heard distinctly. Ifat up
in bed, instantly, my heart beating
loudly, so loudly, that it seemed to me
l could hear it, for the unexpected had
happened, and these were certainly
burglars. My first thought was for
somctbing to put against the door, but
there was nothing could move except
small table full OF books, which was
on the other side Of the door from the
bed. l knew it would not be much
hindrancc, but concluded that the over.
turning OF the table an1 the books, in
case the door was opened, might en-.
barrass and delay them for few min
tics; beng top heavy, it was certain to
ovcrturn il pressed against.
The knob was turned as / moved it,
and the door shaken heavily from the
outside.
"Open the door, said rough voice,
"or I'll kick it down, 'suiting the action
to the word by vigorous kick.
Another voice said:
"Hand out that money and them
diamonds, little gal, and we won't hurt
YOU"
How my courage was screwed up l
don't know, for l was too frightened to
speak, but remembered a little pistol
which had been given me, and which,
being very pretty, l kept lying on my
bureau. 1t was SO small as to be almost
toy, but it carried ono good sized
cartridge. knew where to put my
hand on it in tho dark and scizing it, /
placed it against the door panel, just
where the voice seemed to be, aud fired.
There was loud oath aud a cry, and
n voice exclaimed:
"The little vixen has hit me! inst
let me got at her and I'll twist her
neck" while the kicking and shaking
were renewed so violently that | knew
the door could not possibly hold out
many minutes. did not wait for it to
burst open, but rushed to the front win.
dow, and threw open the blinds; the
night was bright moonlight one, and
looking out could see that one blind OF
the parlor window below was open, and
the top not so far below that my foot
could not reach it while holding to the
window sill above.
swung myself out, holding IN to my
own blind rs did so, and after several
efforts stcadicd myself on the lower
blind. dared not let 60, but swung
there for u moment, sick and dizzy.
Then | saw that tho edge of the roof
over the porch was not over two feet
beyond the edge Of the blind when wide
open, and mp the side of the porch were
stout, wooden strips, nailed across to
support honcysuckle, which had been
ss% sF8SRg Vas hs5S a%Ss sG a, ag ss it,
small tree.
don't know how 1 ever did it; in
the day time, and in cold blood, it would
have been impossible for me to do it
again, but l managed to catch the
turned up edge of the tin gutter around
the porch. and swing myself so that my
feet caught on one Of tho supports to the
honeysucklc, and, step by step, managed
to Chamber down. AS the g~ound was
reached there was crash upstairs, the
door having given way, and, with it,
down came the table and books.
| waited to hear no more, but, half
crazcd with fright, flew across the lawn
towards the side fence, II few yards be-
yond which stood the house of one of
the tenants. In order to get to it had
to leave the shelter Of the trees and come
out into the bri Sht moonlight, my white
night dress making me conspicuous as
did so.
There were two windows to my room,
one on the side as we'll as ono in front,
ea1, S'1Tefo she goes; shoot her down
before she rouses the country on u.s."
There was the sound of shot, and l
felt something like a cut on my arm,
which, all at once, became wet | did
not realize that | was shot, but rushed
on over the grass in my bare feet, tumbl-
ing over the fence in some sort of
fashion, and finally falling against the
window Of the tenants house ! cried
with all my strength:
"Oh, Mr.. Jones! save me, save met"
Fortunately the house was low 20 the
ground, and the windows within easy
reach, and fell with such force against
the bedroom window that a pane of glas1
was broken and both Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
awakened.
| remember nothing more until
woke to find myself on the lounge In
Mrs. Jones's room, while she stood by
me hathino NIX hlaadin5e -oT,,,-- A---Io,aas
tnelr shot guns always kept on hand
for game-they had called the dogs and
gone after my two burglars. The moon.
light and the dogs had enabled them tc
keep close on their track, and had tho
satisfaction Of hearing next morning that
they had been caught, tied hand and
foot and guarded safe to the county Jail.
They had taken nothing from my
room, having been too uneasy about
Their own safety to Linger after they
found had escaped. l had shot tine
man had seen that day in the shoulder,