The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-11-09
A MARINE BURGLARY

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vuh use oaly uy maa Hstrr. Who .
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cock.
doet ibtuk tssr enjoyed myse
more thsa to- DE, lcur aetks spent {
thels..ua IT, toe J. o-niug took to Il
sstst. on 20 IA WbIk fer 40 our Ct $
ilrn wf tp ~ three Z lo7rs aud in Il
ansuoae read sud loafe3 and a, blRl
slsrt Some dafs aoaIi roo over I
the msl1laod SOD every day Henry wet
yer after the mail. utl-ss ia was storm!
souellnes / bad friaui or tao tn duv
~ D. M, bot go woman sss allowed {
come ashore there.
aas rigid 10 my determination 90 tbi
20 Ut. hr bad not one Isabel, Nrrto
'to'i metvo weeks balote | ben. h' To-
isl,ud that she d,d not r1Ipk ~ss th
kind Of a man aoy woman ought TO mar
.y2
S .g bs3, aud for tust bad i,rsswout
II WON p.
I A. say, vas supremell h,ppy oil by
. my-,il ,Kcepulg Of c5urse the huH
G.ah ia bad done M, and think thai
was hea Ing sosly, when ole night The
el'lte scheme vas oy.Ithrown
That light vas dark on-, but quite
stu, aud seut g. bed feeling lslrly
CON fort ,be asa Colrle Of my friends had
/ b,el with me until 7 o'clock and were to
returl eaiy in the morning with sail
bo Tor a fishing trip out to deep wat,r
About ! O'Clock, or perhaps later | was
awakened ly hesrng a disturbance Of
some sort down stairs and before bad
my eyes fully opened Henry rushed into
he room. slammed the DO and locked
What's the mstler2 exclaimed.
For Gods sake, msI1r, be gasped, get
NJ aud help me. There burglars ia the
house and I'm done fjr
Then Henry went down on the fl Ior ia a
tolp, and lit lamp, a. there camea ter
rded banm rDg on the door.
The Light shove me Henry covered
Wnh blood, bis throat slasbed, lying there
dead or dying, as supposed
What to do | did not know, for the only
ms 10 the touse wer. across the hall
AID the burglars had re shut OIL from
that dir. ctioD sud rapidly demolishing my
door
They swcre and pounded. entirely rel
gerlless OF the ordinary rules OF burglary,
Tor they knew that so far away from the
shore they were perfectly safe
Go dowrst an get that Ok, heard
one Of them say, and we'll have this door
out Of the way in a minute We've done
one Of EN-, and now we've got to do up
the other: so there won't be any telling
tl'ts out Of school,
Then be laughed, aud heard footsteps
down the hall and stairs.
knew there was 10 help for me there,
aud only a chance snyS here, and ! took
hat. One window Of my room opened
7ut on back roof, and from that it was
only a short distance to the ground. Once
)ut Of the house | had one chance in II
million Of escape. In a minute | was out
II the window. over the shed on the
ground had on only my psjamas, and
be sharp stones cut my Ieet cruelty, but
did not think Of that, 1t was life, and
lie is very sweet to us, even though some
sir Isabella my have slipped drop Of
litter iDtolt
Oy,r the rocss aud stones Ae", goi
knew not whare, thinking Of nothing
lut escape,
" hat brought me to my senses some
'hat was my rulhlng into the water. and /
It first | thought OF winning ont audry !
az 0 reach the mainsud, but was only /
poor swimmer, and ! knew should be
+ wned or caught aud ktooked on the q
cad 10 the water by the burglsri as
unter might knock a muskrit 10 the head
I'd the horror Of 1t drove me back Then &
thought oi NY own boat. but before ] ,
tarted that way. | remembered that my /
~, ids had moved il over TO the mainland
o return at daylight with the sslit ol'
.,ying me only my rockets to ,IgDsl the :
ore 10 case Of need, and what ", 70 sig
ls now, Q Iy means whereby the
lurderers might discover me
one thinks rapidly at such moments, |
.ucy, and sll this Ok place 10 IN ach
r,s time that It requires TO tell IL; but y
here was time enough Tor the burglars to
rorn vas not 10 the room. sud with .
nr.r 4uick eyes see the Wind through
Lich had escaped std heard some OF
b. IN coming along The course bad taken g.
I'D one Pcirg down towards my boat b
,udirg to cut me of there.
Then smiles sgain aud utterly dszed.
began to circle be Irtle Island, running -,
q toe beach, They ulI not see ne /,
al my bare fe,t made 10 rose 10 the -,
md sod ! r3,b+j madly ahead when slJ
once vent down with terrible crash
at tle bparh TEey were