The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
But your bagr' I exclaimed.

"Oh, 1 dropped that down on the soft
turf before got out myself. You see the
way l come to have the bag at all is
that the thieves must have brought 1t,
thinking that it might contain something
of value; but when they found nothing
but clothing and some books that 1 was
taking to read on the voyage, they re-
turned to me-
''You have certainly had a most re-
markable adventure, madam" l said.
And wish to- congratulate you not
only upon your escape, but on the pluck
and determination that accomplished it.
Why, not one woman in thousand
would have had the courage to attempt
what you did. I only hope those p.1s-
creants may receive the punishment that
they deserve"
81 don't think care very much wheth-
er they do or not, now that I am safe,
was the reply. my only desire is to
reach my husband; and 1 am going to
ask you, sir, to say nothing of this mat
ter to any one until after noon tomorrow.
You could not report the matter to the
authorities without giving them a clue
to my whereabouts, In which case
should inevitably be detained for wit
ness. My husband and I must sail to-
morrow morning. his health requires 1t,
and we cannot afford to lose the passage
money"
T.,
81 know what you are going to say, that
I am asking you to stand in the way of
justice, and all that" she interrupted.
But just look at the matter calmly for
a moment. In the first place my sister
has. of course, heard from TIE coachman
about the attack upon US and my subse-
quent disappearance, and has without
doubt put the matter in the hands OF the
police; therefore, the machinery Of the
lox &c al a work. and should the
men be caught, there is always the coach
man to testify against them. am the
person principally concerned in this ar
fair, and having gotten off without any
thing worse than a bad fright and the
loss of my pocketbook, do not feel
called upon to seriously inconvenience
myself, and put my husband to an ex-
pense that he can i'll afford, In order to
appear against two men whom 1 could
not identify with any degree Of certainty,
since I have never seen their faces.
"But If 1 take no steps IN the matter,
they may escape before tomorrow" I ex-
claimed.
They may have done so already" re-
turned the lady, "They will hardly remain
after they discover that am gone
| AS l thought 1t all over began to see
| certain advantages to myself in a course
of silence. I felt that Louisa would dis
! approve highly of my being mixed up in a
! criminal case, and would consider it detri-
mental to me professionally. Then I
! should feel rather like a brute to interfere
with the plang Of this anxious young
! woman and her sick husband; and lastly
| it was an abominable night, and wanted
to get home and go to bed.
And so within sight Of the depot I gave
| her the required promise.
! AS we drew up to the steps my COM
| panion jumped out quickly, taking her
bag with her, for the train was whistling
| only short distance away. Suddenly
remembering that she could have no
money, I unbuttoned my coat and took
out my pocketbook.
You will want something for your
fare" said alphabetically.
IT was forgetting about that she an
swered Five dollars will be enough
Thank you. I will return 1t by mail
Your name is"
''Dr. Charles Littlefeld. Goodbye. mad
am. You have my best wishes"
Goodbye, DR.. Littleteld," and she
turned and hurried toward the train,
which was putting loudly at the other
side of the station.
The next day was an unusually busy
one for me, and it was not until evening
| that I found time to sit down and read
! the morning papers. I was looking over
the political news, when Louisa, VINO was
reading the evening paper, gave a char
| acteristic exclamation, which she only
uses upon rare occasions.
Great powers and mercy, Charles, we
! might all have been murdered in our
| beds! A gang Of desperate thieves has
| been hiding in the Grayson house, not
! five miles from herer'
I trembled in anticipation Of what was
coming, and held on to the arm Of my
chair.
What do you mean, Louisa2 Read the
article aloud" I said family.
It seemed that three nights before, on
the 13th,' the store of one Of the largest
dealers Of precious stones and silver
ware in Boston had been robbed Of
Jewels valued at 100000 The Waterman
had been overpowered and chloroformed,
and the safes opened with a dexterity
and neatness that evidenced an expert
enced hand. The job was believed TO be
the work of Buck Finney's" gang, all
of whom were well known to the police.
The detectives had lost no time in con-
hrming their suspicious, and had got
ten clue which enabled them to trace
the burglars, who were travelling by slow
stages to New York
The account went on to sayi
Three of the men were surprised and
captured at o'clock last night near
Glenmore in the untenanted house which
belonged to the late Mr. Grayson; but the
jewels were not found in their possession.
1t Is now thought that they are in the
keeping Of a woman belonging to the
gang, who goes by the name Of 'Madge
Wilson, alias Blonde Bess.'"
I calculated something which I think
| must have been 1.-The devil" for Louisa
stopped reading long enough to say re-
provingly:
Charles, you forget that the children
are present" and then resumed: r
e 'Madge Wilson, alias Blonde Bess.' -
She paused again, and, looking across the
room at me, asked impressively:
do you hear that, Charles? Blonde
Bess,' and yet believe you have some
| times implied that my prejudice against
| yellow hair was unfounded
was unable to make any reply, 20