Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-04-13

| III TO an auJacent city. Inere III was
called for and taken away by dray-
man who likely was an accomplice OF
the burglar, for no one at the station
knew him and nothing further could
be learned regarding the trunk, at least
for the time being.
Now comes the strangest and almost
incredible part of my story.
Some months after our robbery
was on weeks visit at my uncle's
house in distant town. Like my
fathers, it was spacious, and showed
evidence of the wealth it contained.
One evening after supper and while
we were all gathered in the parlor a
telegram was brought in and handed
to my Cousin Alice. OF course my
detective curiosity was aroused at the
similarity of the event and when it
turned out to be almost identical in
its reading with the one sent to me
the night before our burglar, L in
stantly knew what was coming. So
did the rest, for they, as you may
guess, were not ignorant of the af-
| fair.
For some moments we gazed at each
other in speechless astonishment
Then Uncle John, bound to joke, no
matter what happened, asked me with
mock seriousness if | would like the
expected trunk set i'll my room, which,
being the guest chamber, was the
right place for it.
My look of terror made him smile
-, ,.,1,@o oF1 1,,e ro,n
"No! Mop gasped. 81 should
die at the sight oft Oh, Uncle John,
do send for the police at once. I'm
sure we'll all be murdered in our
sleep"
eyes, but we want to trap your bur
glar friend" he laughed, ''and maybe
recover your jewels. However, if you
are so unhospitable, perhaps Alice will
take the stranger in.
But Alice, with face more scared
than mine, declared positively that
she wouldn't
"Well, then, will do the honors, :"
said uncle, Glancing mischievously at
his frightened wife
John you shall do no such thing, "
opohc up uuHtit, Nith tltllpllHS
voice. 'I'll have the trunk thrown
down the well as soon as 1t arrives.
No burglar, dead or alive, comes into
my room. The idea !"
Finally we settled down to business
and fixed on plan to catch the com
ing burglar redhnnded and without
any danger to ourselves.
Al / 1
the guests chamber TO my room with
cousin Alice. Then my deserted apart
ment had its windows securely barred,
so that our expected guest could not
escape through them should he feel so
inclined, and its door was fixed to lie
strongly bolted from outside, in the
hall. Some old watches and jewelry
the dressing case to tempt the rascal
and keep him IN innocence of our
crafty scheme.
Several well-armed men were to be
stationed quietly in and about the
house, to do whatever fighting might
be necessary, though our plan was to
let the burglar rest i'll fancied peace,
in the trunk, we were To follow and
capture his pals in the city, and SO re
cover the previously stolen articles.
'Tis needless to mention our excite
ment, of waiting all the next day for
the trunk, or our scarcely concealed
agitation when, toward evening, it
arrived
Uncle eJohn himself, loudly proclaim
ing his glsdness at the pleasure of the
visit it promised, helped the unsus-
pecting expressman up the broad stair
case and carefully left it in the guest
chamber, right side up and where it
could be observed from the hall by
peeping through the key-hole of the
we'll fastened door.
Before dark | mustered courage
enough to steal in stockinged feet TO
the key-hole and peek in.
Yes, the trunk was the very one |
had entertained and even sat on in my
room ut home, with never thought
of iti horrld occupant. Ugh The
sight of il sent ehills through me aud
aroused feeling ON my scalp, as il my
hair was trying ta erect itself. Hastily
! ran away from that worse than Blue
Beard chamber, and never stopped
shivering till supper wac over.
lon may be sure no eyes were closed
ia the house that night. The men
guarding the hall heard the knob of
the prison room door softly tried,
hut, If course, It didn't open, which
was lucky for the rascal within.
At last daylight came aud relieved
us of some oi eur awful suspense.
After breakfast Uncle John noisolessly
uuhelted the door and, carelezsly hum
ming a tune and concealing handy
Weapon, entered the room. The trunk
stnod just ~ u was left the evening
before. bat the iewelry aud staa had
disappeared from the dressing ease
When brave Uncle John returned b.
us o. report his eyes shone with
hunters delight llis game was
trapped aad ready 81 be basgei when
the siule came.
iust before dinner the other tele
gram, almost duplicate oi mine,
arrived, and alter 4 the eApressman
iur lhs trunk. Aszin anele and the
stiii uususpielaas man lifted the
hursisI receptacle and placed u un
ihe saaan a. - - the railroad sta
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