Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-10

laws of yours will bring curse upon
the land God will not let such wicked
ness endure" For an instant she sat
up, her cheeks flushed and her eyes
blazing from under the terrible mark
upon her brow Then the strong
soothing hand of the austere maid
drew her head down on to the cushion,
and the wild anger died away into
passionate sobbing. AT last she con
tinued.
II will tell you about last night. You
are aware. perhaps. that In this house
ali the servants sleep in the modern
wing. This central block is made up
of the dwelling rooms, with the kitchen
behind and our bedroom above. My
maid, Theresa, sleeps above my room.
| There is no one else. and no sound could
| alarm those who are In the farther
| VIM. This must have been well known
to the robbers or they would not have
acted as they did.
"SIr Eustace retired about half past
| 10. The servants had already gone to
| their quarters. Only my maid was up,
| and she had remained in her room at
| the top of the house until l needed her
| services sat until after II in this
ROOM absorbed in book; then ! walk
ed round to see that all was right be-
fore went upstairs. 1t was my GUS
| tom to do this myself, for, as l have
explained, Sir Eustace was not always
to be trusted. I went into the kitchen,
the buffers pantry the gun room, the
billiard room, the drawing room and
| finally the dining room. AS | APP
preached the window. which is covered
| with thick curtains, l suddenly felt the
wind blow upon my face and realized
that 1t was open. flung the curtain
aside and found myself face to face
with broad shouldered. elderly man,
who had just stepped into the room.
/, The window Is long French one,
which really forms door leading to
lit in my hand, and by Its light behind
the first man saw two others, who
were in the act of entering. stepped
bnck, but the fellow was on me in an
instant. He caught me first by the
wrist and then by the throat. opened
| my mouth to scream, but he struck me
savage blow with his fist over the
eye and felled me to the ground. l
must have been unconscious for few
minutes for when came to myself
found that they had torn down the
bell rope and had secured me tightly
| RI thu oal,on chair which stands Mt tho
head Of the dining table. I was SO
firmly bound that / could not move, and
handkerchief round my mouth pre-
! vented me from uttering sound. 1t
was ut this instant that my unfortu-
nate husband entered the room. He
had evidently heard some suspicious
| sounds, and he came prepared for such
scene as he found. He was dressed
In his shirt and trousers, with his ia
vorite blackthorn cudgel in his hand.
He rushed at the burglars, but an
other-it was an elderly man-stooped,
picked the poker out Of the CRATE and
| struck him horrible blow as he
passed. He fell. with a groan, and
| never moved again.
II tainted once more, but again 1t
could only have been for very few
minutes during which I was insensi-
BILE. When opened my eyes / found
that they had collected the silver from
the sideboard, and they had drawn a
bottle of wine which stood there Each
Of them had glass in his hand. !
have already told you. have I not. that