The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-09

me by the vciled lady. and wrote full
Instructions indeed by this time I had
become deeply Interested In my lovely
patient-how TO treat the wound. what
was Ia be her diet. etc. At the foot OF
the sheet ! put these words: IF any
dangerous symptoms appear, do not
fail To seek my aid. You are safe with
me now and cvcr.-J. -, NJ. ID"
You have done your work well. doe
tor for which 1 thank you-nay.
could almost fall on your neck and kiss
you. She Is my own child, and you
may perhaps guess how l love her"
Madam ] said, this has been a
strange experience for me. / do not
know who YOU are, nor the mode of
your life; but | am glad TO have rem
dcred a service TO that lovely creature
whom You call Your daughter. one re-
quest | should like to make"
What is it,"
Let me touch her check with my
lips"
The lady paused moment I saw
her breast hcavc ami swell. ms her
dark eyes flashed upon me through her
veil.
"Gran,cd." she said; ''but l beg you
viii do II quickly and unseen by the
pNilNiS
turned 10 the bel apparently TO see
that Ill was comfortable. | put my
ear To her face rs though listening 10
her breathing. Then. for just one mo
mcnt my lips rested on her check.
Turning around, | saw the yelled
lady with the bandagc ready for my
eyes.
is IL necessarily" ! asked
1t must b.; dare do no other" she
answered
Then | submitted 10 be- blindfoldcl
once more. but my hands were left
free.
Here is Your fcc--a hundred gum
cas-" said the yelled lady.
"A hundred guincas"' | exclaimed:
1T is too much-tcn would have been
sufficient"
You are welcome. Remember. We
have bound YOU 10y an oath. but not Il
word 10 IA living soul Of what You have
seen and done. | should be sorry To
ID" your enemy.
Madam. | am silent as The grave
l need not prolUng my story by re-
lating the return journey. ] WAS taken
back alone in The strange conveyance
used 10 convey me thithcr
INV. 'Ii 'ii'NEii " Ia
Der the startling discovery made 10y |
the police. some twenty years ago. of a
band Of female hoilscbrcakers. The
whole country was reused IN intense
excitement 10y the revelations then
made. Tie newspapers for weeks pro-
vided the most thrilling accounts of the
dcprcdations the gang had committed,
dressed in mems clothing robbing gen
tlcmcn'S mansions and the bettcr-cl;IsS
houses. only three Of The gang We're
captured. an elderly woman and two
Younger ones; The rest escaped. AMI
nothing corld persuade those captured
Ia bctray their companions In crime.
The elderly woman WAS said III belong
To Continental family of title. and
IL was supposed that She was the lead
rr of The gang.
On the day of the trial went Ia the
court for Il strong suspicion had taken
possession of me thai my strange cpl
sole some years back had II connection
with This gang Of female burglars
When the PRISONERS were brought into
The dock ! III once recognized the form
If The vcilcd lady. Casting her eyes
round the coulr they fell upon me-. L
saw She recognized me- She gave Il
faint smile. plt her fingers Ia her lips
'lllIl Ntll'Ht INC IL MISS. ~ ;tIllllllN wiz
this done that even The lynN-cycl re-
portcrs failed Ia notice the action. and
50 missed what might have been u
very romantic biz of news for The mil
lions who read IN account Of III" trial
nest day. She and her two compan-
IONS were sentenced to long terms ID
and so "ndtsi The great
female burglar ease
| have often wondered what hr"llut |
# inc fair creature. whose check my
lips pressed for The first AMI last time.
Did She iii" uf her wound! II living.
will she read what | have written? II
she reads my narrative. hope she will
pardon my giving Ia The public what
has been locked up in my OWN breast
50 many years the telling of which
annot bring harm Ia The gang Of
Llli"r,S who prIcti,'rd their unwumanly
;!ling moro than a quarter Of Il cen.
tuy ago Ti-lsils.