The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01

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'Liiibridge Lap,ock :" finally shouted
! Mrs Laplock in towering rage. will
: YOU stand there like ribJering idiot and
+ see YOUR wife defed-deiz d on Mount
Etna in the presence of CC-nning hire
/ linEs,"
1t is positively Astounding gasped
/ the sympathetically indignant Miss Gov
entry
'.Antoinette Won Houler Coventry Lap
/ lock-. ] most undeniaoly. unequiy ocaly
/ and unqualhedly DO. This thing has
f gone on lOug enough. There are one or
/ two people in the Laplock family besides
/ yourself-not all Mind. perhaps. madam /:
/ put stiil, matter; matter. madam that
/ from TINS latitude. longitude. altitude,
I time, date. hour minute. is going 10 be
+ taken slightly into account
Never before had the patient little man
/ conducted himself ike this Besides. the
I reviewers were again IN his hands, and
the dellrium Of Joy at discovering himself
al last an emancipaoed man Was 50 great,
that It set him dancing and whirling
around and around upon Etna's lava
shoulder, like mariOnette at a fair.
Mrs. LaplOck shrieked and Miss Covel-
I try also shriehet. No one Immediately
coming TO their assistance they slid down
/ upon the ground together, tumultOus
/ heap OF humiliation and defeat; victims
of arrested female development al the
hands Of tyrant man.
Then the guides kindly stood them
upon their feet again. while Mr. Lap1ock
ran back TO the Casa e1staticallY Rugged
both Of the Young ladies while vOWin2
that the three would stand together the
ress OF their natural lives; left them his
firearms ana the injunction TO be com
/ Portable together as well and as long as
they could; and then, in domure but still
hilarious defiance, re oined the party.
assuring the ladies' that ne was at their
service for the ascent Of the peak. or the
descent or the crater itself, if it would in
the least contribute to the happiness of the
LapiOck family Mind.
Back at the Casa, Cecil and Janet built
rouslng fire. barred the outer door:
tried the door communicating with the
third apartments as well as its outer
door, which faces the path to the crater:
cuddled themselves upon the hunks for
another refreshing sleep and, when
they were at last awakened by the late
morning sunlight streaming through the
little windows of the hospice set them
selves diligently al the loving task their
conspiracy and successful rebellion had
made possible.
This was letter to their betrotheds
written by Janet. interlarded and
amended a score of times by both. and
finally hastily Transcribed and read aloud
BY Cecil as follows.
Lear Winfield and Tom We write hastily
to YOU from the Casa ln-lesi. near the sum
NIT OF Mount Etna. where we nave secured
rev hours privacy. through an act OF absO-
IGte uenance. WHAT may he IT'S dreadful re
suits VIC cannot possibly imagine. We are
very miserable. tcsils mother is deter
mined that we shall never see either OF you
again
She also goes on terribly about lots of other
things.
We could not have secured this fortunate
opportunity OF writing. had NOT Cecil's poor
papa also successfully r5vOlted II was g ter
ribie scene We are very proud Of him row
and love him more dearly than ever.
But THINK, i you can how we are situated
Utterly alone at this moment in an old
stone nut, at the to9Of this dangerous vol
CGuO. Savage beasts may e prOE,inE about
us. The more dTeadfuI bGlaitti may at any
time attnos Us. lndect, only yesterday the
guides and Cecil papa saw them lurking
around the Casa where we are. Bat Nr. Lap
ioch LETT MS pistols with us. and we are re
solved to sell our lives dearly
1t is all too horri le to wri about further
We 10th never relived human beings could
Cc quite so wretched.
Did you call at Rosemary villa: Do write
Us at once to the hotel Continental. Paris.
where we shall Ue in the latter part of Nav.
BE sure TO send the letter ia MI Laolock s
care and TO pat personal o. the envelope
In several places.
DO believe US when we assure. you we were
n cruelty deceived as yourselves. We we're
ordered from brighton TO EOlkestOne.
through a deceptive dispatch from ,eciIs
mother. When we learned the trlth we
could scarcely bear It. How yoI both must
have felt, too II was all perfectly dreadful.
We have thought YOU might do some. hing
You would have M. Lapioek's nanful CO.
operation now. lemomher where We are to
Le in NAV. We do not know whore We are to
be dragged TO from Paris. We are experI n
the folks uack from the crater at any moment
and must close; hoping and praying for op-
portunity to post TINS at Catanta
P. S.-Don't ferget to send your letter in
Mr.. Laplock S care.
?. s.--write to Us the very moment you re-
ceiye this
P. s We are both Of US wretaelly rlisera-
BILE, c. and J.
The reading of the letter was scarcely
finished, when the door leading to the
locked apartment of the Casa was flung
open and two bury, bearded men, clad in
the picturesque garb OF the Etna region,
sprang through aud in another instant
Cecil ana Janet, speeches. from fright,
were securely pinioaed in the intrude~s'
arms.
There could now be heard the voices of
the returning guides, calling TO their
tethered cattle as they descended the
mountain, in advance OF the weary L
locks; and the CaptOrS stole out of the
Casa TO intercept them. There followed
violent gestures, excited chattering. the
payment of money and then the disappear
ance OF the tfeacherouS guides.
The disappearance of the Lap,ocks
which Immediately followed, was more
star ling. Mrs. Laplocl5 and Miss Cow
entry entered the Casa at the outer door
previously closed, that faced the noun
tain side and now stood open. which was
Immediately shut and barred by an out
stretched hand from behind the hut. Mr.
lJap.ock, who was following st some dis
lance, was quickly seized and shut and
barred within one Of the little stone
stables standing some distance from the
hut. He struggled manfully against in
generation. bat lew swift words from
his captors compelled silence.
Then the men in Sicilian garb ran into
the Casa, as screams of women issued
from the his oric hut
"Lillibridge,' shrieked Mrs. Laplock
wildly. But there was no answer. &c
cil!-Janet. Are yol alive and still IN
harmed"
Yes, yes but in the hands of the same
captors as yourself!" came uncertainty
from the main apartment Of the Casa.
You will perish before you will accede
to their demands"
NO, / won't, Cecil; no. indeed, |
won't, Oh what are they Cecil,
dear! Quick Reveal them at once, and
they shall ell be granted! Won't tn g
banditti let YOU come little closer 10
our door! Oh, please do, Misters ban
ditti!'