Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-01-11

- - You must let me remain in the house 50
all night. This morning as was going
to my work passed the open window So
of an ale shop, and I heard a strange
voice mention your name. The Voices 8
il the ale shop were speaking in French.
which,: you know, II have learned By
night study Well, heard enough to-
tell me that the strangers there were
two Of them tend to pay Dame Ursu-
la visit some time between midnight
and dawn and for no good purpose. So
here / am to act as your defender. 2 Il
But you should have told the police. -
sS Bah for the policew said Walte4s
Brandon. Am not "a match for two !
men who speak bad French?'' ,sgsss
But, my dear w alter s. So.
But Walter had glided into the house
and vanished as quickly as one of those
rats he had mentioned. ri iSE$
Leonora was in great perplexity, yet as
she had bou:ndless faith in the discretion
of her lover she barred the door and
FASTENED to her grandmother. s.s. SIS
#S You've been very long in barring the
door, said the old woman, as she closed
her huge ledger, which was to her what,
a Bible should have been Il thought / 8
heard the voice Of that impudent young
tkF
Please, grandmoth her, let me have a.
light, said Leonora, who trembled at
the thought Of spending that night in
darkness. s 5 . IT: .s..zzS Il :. :ss.s
ga lightv' screamed Dame Ursula, as u:
tonished at such extraYagance; away 4
with you; you will be asking for some
thing more to eat next.
:: That night, as the clock in the hall IS
struck 2, the dame was aroused from a {:
golden dream by a sharp pain in her 81
neck and a loud oath. f. ~ ~
4 Springing from her bed, she shrieked q
for. help, and pursued by the assassin
rushed. into the hall. She gained dis.
tant room IN time to lock herself in: Is
this instant her horrors were augmented IS
By: the report Of a pistol, Immediately
followed by shrill scream, and then by s
another pistol shot, and ere the echo had 8
died away the assassin burst the old door &.
from its hinges and was in the room. The 81
horror the dame endured as she crouched
against the wall, praying that the dark
ness might shield her, curded her blood 8.
in herEyeins. But suddenly the assassin s
sprung a light. Atzthe sight of this mar, i.
instead of crouching in fear or screaming
with terror, the dame sprang to her feet, S
saving: RS
$50 it is You, John Bond, whoshave re-
turned to murder your vi coward y -
2=Z '.liag.' Kissed the old man-yet he was
much younger. than she-.sdo you think .
because the devil lets you .ixe SO long
that you are TO live forever? Tell me
where you have hidden your boards. and
those Of your first husband, whom all
men say your poisoned to- marry ] ohm
Bond. & ss.. s
Io tell you. must leave this ROOM ~
said Ursula, as her corpselike yisage
grew liYid with hate and despair. So
ss s Whither, neacherous bag = 20 SIS
o the cellar, J ohm Bond. Come! -
And stepping boldly by him she went
on along the hall, lighted by the thieiS
lantern, which he carried.
# suspect treachery-n you cry for
shelp=-I will shoot you dead. 5Ursula 5.
Bond n.s: Ursula led the way. IS
80. sSf Lift that trap, John Bond, = said she,
pointing to a heavy iron ring imbedded
in the floor. sz
Lift it yourself, bag! II your treas
ures are there, you have made daily pracs
tice Of going down to them. $3.50
Ursula grasped the ring with both
hands and strove to raise it till, growing
Impatient he graspeds it himself and rais=
he staggered with the weight Ursula
into the aperture. "
q. Let us return to Walter. While Bond
entered the house from the front his acss
complete, brutal wretch from France,
had gained q noiseless entrance from the
rear Had Walter been at his post this
would not have happened, but poor Leo
nora, horritied at the thought Of what
might happen to her lover, had sought
him instead Of her couch.
8s Not until the sud- den flash from the 8
French burglars lantern streamed across
the room did Walter remember his SELF B
imposed office, and as he sprang to his 8
feet the burglar. turning to ay, was shot
through the lungs. But as he fell he res.
turned the sl ct. and Walter, with the
thought that hi sknh was crushed, 8 fell
.senseless. Poor I..eonora had READY
5swooned.
When Walter regained his sensesahe
found his. sweetheart weeping and cha e
ing His hands, and he was delighted tos
discover that the robbers bullet had ony
stunned him. The burglar was dead
5s Not SIX month from that night Walter.
became the husband Of the wealthy Leo
nora, who was sole heiress OF Dames. l1tss
ssnla' wealth, much Of WI ich. ~ gold wass
found secreted about the mansion he
year following. IS liter Wass directing
Sthes excavations for q new edffce Where
the old one had stood. his orkmen dis-s
covered q lantern and near It @ hum In
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