Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03

y,rng. aud Carr shuuici Z" mm Z" stop;
hut thrrrupbl h. lashrd mp his hure
lll away hc went Ike the winds. NJ une
street aul down another, ull had lost
al IDEA where We we've. Carr, who was
: uns ani active, did all he could, hut
Inc clhman. who am afraid must
live ls.-l intoxicated, took not the
slightest notice. and continued driving
Eiadly. heaven knows where.
At last. after getting into "a very dinsy
nei..hh0rhOol. We turned up a crooked
dark stnrt. mlit 10y any lamp, a street
50 narrow that thought every moment
the cab woulI be overturned. In an
other moment | saw two men rush out
OF "A doorway. One seized the horse,
which was much blown by this time.
and brought it violently 10 standstill,
while the other flew az the cab, and
catching Carr by the collar proceeded Ia
drag him out 10y main force. suppose
Carr did his best, but being only AN
American he certainly made Il very poor
fight of it: and while was laying into
the man who had got hold Of him was
suddenly caught 10y the legs myself from
the other side of the cab. | turned ON
my assailant. saw heavy stick levclcd
at me. caught at il. missed 1t, beheld u
series of fireworks and remembered moth
ing more.
The first thing heard on beginning
to come to myself was a series of sub
dued but evidently heartfelt oaths, and
became sensible of an airy feeling, UNI
pleasant in the extreme. proceeding
from an open condition of coat and
waistcoat, quite uusuited to the time of
year. \ low chorus of muilled whisper
ing was going on round me. As |
groaned involuntarily it stopped.
He's coming to-! | heard Carr say.
"Go and fetch some brandy An.
felt myself turned right side uppermC t,
and my hands were rubbed, while Carr.
in a voice of the greatest anxiety, asked
me how | felt l was soon able to sit
up and to become aware that-l had a
splitting headache, and was staring at a
tallow candle stuck in bottle. Having
got So far got little farther, and on
looking round found myself reclining On
sack in corner of disreputable look
ing room, dingy with dirt ana faithful
to the memory of bad tobacco.
Then | suddenly remembered what
had occurred. Carr saw that | did SO
and instantly poured forth an account
of how we had been rescued from con
dition of great peril by the man to whom
the house we We're in belonged, to whom
! he hardly knew how to express his graft
| tude, and who was now gone for sOnt
brandy for me. He told me great dca
about it, but | was SO dizzy that forgO
most of what he said, and it was not un
til our delverer returned with the brandy
that became thoroughly aware of VIVA
was going forward.
could not help thinking as thanked
the honest fellow who had come to GU
assistance, how easily one may be de
ceived by appearances, for more for
bidding looking face under its fur cap
never saw. That of his son. who pres
emily returned with four wheeler whicl
Carr had sent for, was not more prepOs
sessing. In fact they We're two as VII
lannon's looking men as | had ever seen
After recompensing both with all on
spare cash we got ourselves hoisted sti fl
into the cab, and Carr good naturedl
insisted on seeing Inc home, though Ii
owned to feeling, as he put it, "rathe
knocked up by his knocking down" w
We're both far too exhausted to spea
much antil Carr gave start and gas
and said, by Jove!"
What" | inquired,
"They are gone" he said tremulousl
my sapphires. They are gone! Stolel
I had them in bag around my neck, /
you told me- They must have bee
, taken from me when was knocke
down. say" he added quickly, "ho'
about yours? Have You got them a
right
Involuntarily raised my hand to IN
throat. A horrid qualm passed over IN
, "Thank heaven replied with a sig
Of relief. "they are safe at home wit
Jane. What mercy! / might hav
lost them"
might" said Carr. "You would hav
lost them to dead certainty; and min
are gone" And he stamped and clenche
/; his fists and looked positively furious.
{ Poor Carr! | felt for him. He too
5 the loss of his stones so to heart, and
' am sure it was only natural. | parte
, from him at my own door, and was ,glaC
on going in, to find Jane had stayed Il
t for me. soon figured in her eyes /
the hero of Il thrilling adventure, viii
s her clever hands applied sticking plast'
t ad libitum. We were both 50 full of Il
: events of the evening and the lett,
) which was to write to The Times abol
it the next day that it never entered Il
: heads of either of us, on retiring to be-
, to remove Sir Johns jewels from the tt
/ caddy into which they had been temp
! rarily popped in the afternoon.
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