Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-06-16
BarIlaby's Escape.

| oa = I ~ EVER had nephew better rea-
b d / IN sons for striving to keep on good
Iaa1 terms With his uncle. There was
| Judlhe pro1 Il bIe business in the city which
| h 101Iu EoId0y had promised should be
b rbIs when he retired. and there was
|iys Bessie Barnaby Morton thought q
M good deal more of his pretty cousin
] hfhou Or the business-naturally, for the
asbl1SI0eH8 had no mind to change, and
Il BessIe had.
| m They were not engaged. John Gold
N My. perhaps, for reasons of his own,
NJ possipIy ID Bessie's interest had for
htIsbiddup HIM to ask the momentous ques-
| ! tI0u until she had seen a little more
LOT the world.
|th There's plenty of time for that" he
4 leajd and refused to listen to argu-
m mant Had bis answer been favorable,
m0st ilkeiy Bessie would have laughed
! ,.in bot lovers face-they had 80 long
/ been a. 6Pofher and sister. But she
| >. liked him better than any one else, she
I had told him SO.
/. Such Was ne situation when Barnaby
u WINS requested to look after his uncle's
n house during the absence Of the family
ut Brighton
\ Il don't want you to neglect the bust
mess. you now" John Colby exclaim-
M ed. You can leave an hour sooner,
qthen you get here at 6. Don't be alb
sent at night on any account; and if you
ego ont for q walk, mind you come in
early. The parlor maid goes with us,
nhut the cook will be here to attend to
5ou.
II His concluding words were:
Now don't let there be another burg
u Harry.
~ Barnaby promised to obey every in
pjuncfi0n faithfully. But-he wouldn't
\ have believed that Bessie's absence
Z could make such a difference-he found
|lsthose evening" at Mayhorn Villa deadly
|oudull. Seven Be them he bore, then tenn
pered bis altitude with friends. to
WHOM be gave little dinners in return
ssxor their eolhpanionship.
y One afte<noon the most obliging Of
these young gentlemen, doctor whose
practice had scarcely begun to sprout,
called at Mr. Goldbys office in the city.
h want you to do me a favor. Nor
tom said he. "You know Miss Trevor
|ul We persuaded her to let me take her
TO the theater tonight. Her aunt goes,
Imof course. should be eternally
Obliged Il You would contrive to meet
/ jus quite BY accident, you know-and
take charge Of the old lady. She's
| ruspolled every opportunity I've had so
| Car. and I want to bring the affair to
"a head
II, I'm very sorry, Selby," Barnaby re-
I, Joined. fYOu know 1 promised the
! governor would spend every evening
Kat his house,
IN Yes; but you're the only fellow I'm
acquainted with who knows Miss
\. Trevor and her aunt. I'm afraid
/ stranger to them wouldn't be able to
help me much When is the governor
/. Expected backT'
\. 'ro-morrow."
And be has been away three weeks.
Burglars don't work haphazard. If
robbery had been planned, your pres
..ence every light would have spoiled it.
| Besides. you get home before IL. Come,
Y 4 make a personal matter of it."
~ Barnaby hesitated, and of course was
Palost. But be did not abandon the posi-
lion all at once.
|'q 4 know ought not to go, Dick. It's
Dn1y two Years since the house was bur
PspEled. r anything were to happen,
y uncle would never forgive me. Still,
were n your place, you would help
| me out II you could"
||1 Yes. I WOULD. But why not set a
few burglar traps? You'll be all right
hen, u this very improbable event
9should take place."
Il tfWhdt sort of traps?"
" "Sone Of my own invention. You've
|s4aeard Of MeCloskey's whisky that kill
II Ad at forty rods-dropped the drinker
y ut any tateT'
Bar0aby nodded.
swell. my traps are like that I'll
sun back 10 the surgery and get the
I TfufES Need me at Waterloo at 4
Is ycIock.H
|l11 They met at the appointed hour. Sell
y had the burglar traps in a medicine
bottle Ihirty-five minutes later they
y we're at Neythorn villa, preparing to
~ tnfte VIII be sufficient" said the
|bsnveHtor. "One for the pantry, where
~ ne plate ID kept; one for your aunt's
10 AressiE8 room where you say she keeps
per Jewels; the other for the drawing
ID com. which Is Uttered with valuable
|u1lck-kn4cks. Half fill three decanters
IA 9Th mixed port and brandy-plenty of
| S'fandy you know, for the burglar may
aHte the stuff-and get three wine
IT, fsrnatx procured these adjuncts.
4 @elby divided the. contents of the medi-
~ ine bottle between the decanters.
ia *lfs strong preparation of opiates,"
N & 6olIaIned. "All you have to do is
! y tut i deeanter and glass in each of
4 1e safes md another In the drawing
| II e0m II burglar enters any of these
4 eQMa tAc hrst thing he win see win