The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-04

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and then went slowly down 70 the door
at which the man had halted, but TO
which as soon as he knew that the
full not to return.
There. seeing all so quiet, with the
green OF a tree showing here and there
above theswall. began to blanch and
wonder how l was TO take the next
step; and for half an hour, dare say.
/ sneaked to and fro. now in sight Of the
door and now with my back to It,
afraid to advance and ashamed to re-
treat. At length went through the
alley. and seeing how quiet and re-
spectacle 1t lay with the upper part OF
the house visible at intervals above the
wall, ] took at last, heart OF grace and
tried the door.
II stood so firm that despaired. and.
after listening. and looking to assure
myself that the attempt had not been
observed. was about to move away
when / espied the edge OF the ring Of q
key projecting from under the door.
Still all was quiet; a stealthy look
round, and had the key out. To draw
back now was TO write myself craven
all my life, and with n shaking hand 1
thrust the wards into the lock, turned
them. and in another moment stood
on the other side OF the door in a neat
garden. speclSled with sunshine and
shade. and all silent,
] remained n full minute. fiattened
against the door. staring fearfully at
the high fronted mansion that beyond
the garden looked down on me with
twelve great eyes. But all remained
silent, and observing presently that the
windows were shattered, l took cour-
are to move. and slide aside under q
tree and breathed again.
SIN looked and listened, fearfully,
for the silence seemed to watch me:
but nothing happened and everything
saw tended to prove the house empty.
l grew holder and sneaking from bush
to bush, reached the door at last, and
with n backward glance between cour-
age and desperation tried it.
II was locked, but that l hardly
noticed; for, us my hand left the latch.
from some remote part of the house
came the long.drawn whine OF q dog!
| stood, listening and turning hot
and cold In the sunshine; and dared
not touch the latch again lest others
should hear the noise. Instead stole
out OF the doorway. and crcpt round
the house and round the house again.
hunting for back entrance. found
none: but at last, goaded by the re-
Election tnut fortune Woulu never pe
40 nearly within my grasp. ! marked
a window on the first floor, and In the
side OF the house by which II seemed
TO me might enter. A mulberry tree
stood by IL and It lacked u shutter;
and other trees yelled the spot. To be
brief. in two minutes had my knee
on the sill, and sweating with terror
forced the easement In, and dropped
on the floor.
Then / stood an instant, listening:
In a bare room, the door OF which stood
aIaF. Somewhere In the bowels OF the
house the dog whined again; otherwise
all was still.-deadly still. AT length.
emboIdened by the silence, crept out
and stole along a passage seeking the
way down.
The paasage was dark. and every
board on which stepped shrleked the
alarm. But I felt my way to the land
Ing at the head OF the stairs, and was
about TO descend when some impulse,
/ know not what-perhnps q shrinking
from tho dark parts below. to which
! was about TO Ontrust myself-moved
me TO open one OF the shutters and
did SO, cautiously and but a little,