The Globe-republican., 1903-05-21
window, which she succeeded In open
Ing after a great effort. The fresh all
seemed to revive her, and she came to
me. staring with her big eyes, and


me, staring with her big eyes, and
said.
'"What is 1t, and what Is this?" as
she drew a handkerchief from under
my chin.
II tell you we've been chloroformed!
There are murderers In the house. and
I'm off for the pollcel" 0.
jumped out Of bed and ran to the
crib, but the child was sleeping sound.
ly, and breathing regularly.
In less time than 1t takes to tell 1t,
Becky was dressed and away for help,
and | locked my door until I heard her
return with some one, who proved to
be the police, sure enough.
There was no doubt chloroform had
been administered to both ofus, for We
were not then free from Its effects. !
had not noticed before that my bureau
drawers had been opened and ran.
sacked, and, oh! terrible to find that my
precious all was gone! Two hundred
and fifty dollars and twenty-five cents,
every cent I had in the world, be-
sides my dear Anthony's watch, and
some valuable jewels Of Becky's. 1t
was too, too bad, and we followed the
officer of the law upstairs to rouse
our boarders, and tell them Of our
loss. Imagine our surprise, if you can,
when we found that the birds had
flown. The beds had never been slept
in, but there were the trunks In their
usual places, and they were not empty,
as we were assured by their weight.
These will be something to fall back
upon to cover my loss, thought, as
well as to help pay for their last two
weeks board, for we all believed they
had committed the robbery, and I
knew their clothing was worth some
thing.
When l had legal permission to open
the trunks they were found to be filled
with blocks stolen from the sawmlll
close by, and this accounted for the
humping sound we heard the night
before the thieves left They had pro-
cured box and one filled 1t from be.
low, while the other drew It up and
in at the window; while their clothing
was, no doubt, removed in the same
mysterious way, and secreted some
where until an opportunity offered for
procuring the means Of escape. 1t
turned out shortly after that they had
passed number Of bogus bills In the
neighborhood, and that they were con-
nected with gang Of counterfeiters.
I was very chary about taking In
strangers after this sad experience,
and may say that l have been very
fortunate, on the whole, since then,
with just one exception
A few years ago, q gentleman who
had been living in the South, brought
his wife here by the doctors advice.
She had been raised not far from this,
and It was thought her native air |
would be of some benefit; but the poor |
thing seemed dying from some IN.
known cause, and pined away day by
day. | tended her as II she had been |
my own sister, and she died in my
arms at last. Poor, poor thingl They
said her disease was not consumption,
but when she was laid out, her arms
were no thicker than a three months
old baby's. Her husband took her
death real hard; and he was such a
nice man, such feeling man, and so
thoughtful; he reminded me Of An
thony so much.
He stayed on after his wife died, as
If he hated to 60 away without her.
He was so kind to Hetty, too; every.
thing that would save her trouble he
was ready to do. And for mel well,
hate to think of 1t now, but 1t did
seem as il Anthony had come back
again, and the old feeling Of having
some one to depend on grew on me
unawares. daresay it was foolish Of
me to think he had taken fancy to
me as I had to him. l see it all, now
that my eyes are fairly open; but dear,
dear, 1t was hard to bring myself to
believe the truth
There was to be a grand concert, a
Saengerfest, they called 1t, in the city,
about twenty miles away, and Mr.. Hu-
bert (he was German by birth) would
have Hetty 60 with him and hear the
fine music. did not like to refuse
him anything, but was little disap-
pointed that he did not ask me, seeing
was so fond of music. | never had a
thought Of mlstrusting him with the
child flor she seemed but a child to
me, though nearly twenty-two) any
more than IL he had been her own
father. You may Judge, then, Of my
establishment when next days mail
Brought me note from him, stating
that they were married.
Married! Ny Hetty and Silas Hu.
bert! | couldn't believe 1t; 1t seemed
Just then; but, as l thought
over 1t for days and days, | wondered
how I was 50 blind as not to see that
t was her all the time, and not me.
Foolish woman that / was-in love at
Yes, I must confess 1t;
but pray you, don't think hard Of
ne, for 1t was all because be was so I
Ike Anthony. I
Silas Huhprt toOk nv daughter ia