The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-07-21
A QUICK
RECOVERY
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911.
By MARJORIE cLoUcH

l hdu just ehtereu society at the age
Ii nineteen when my father died I'm.
solvent and from affluence we were re.
duced to poverty.
found a position as goyerness in
lhe family Of Mrs. Woodward. n
widow with several children. Lucy. n
grl nearly my age, was the Oldest
daughter and. Of course. / had moth.
Ipe to do with her education. Then
sere was a son, Harry, absent at.
|endlng lectures He came home dur
bog vacations. but paid me no atten
tIon whatever during these visits. He
Twas Interested In young ladies occu.
Ipying the social world In which / had
just made my debut and disappeared
|He used to talk great deal about
them, and / thought chat had It not
been Cor my misfortune had he met
me In the gay world he would have
spoken of me In the same way.
.aMy duties were to take care of the
'lIttle children who had only begun to
learn. l was something, but not much
better than a nurse.
Mrs. Woodward was taken down
with typhoid fever. The doctor order
ed trained nurse. but when she came
the ;avalld directed that be with her
constantly while the nurse should only
|attend her when necessary This
threw upon me the brunt of the nurs.
ling, the trained nurse only carrying
vt such work as the doctors assist
amt And just when she was most
Needed she took herself Off to accept
permanent position.
The night the nurse left the patient
had had hemorrhage, and the doctor
dreaded her having another. he told
me to keep her in the utmost quiet,
for she was in dangerous condition.
Her life depended on this.
In the middle of the night my mis-
ess asked me feebly for some Cruel
Rtepped into the hall and was sur
a nsed TO find the lights that had been
left burning below were out and all
was in darkness. returned for
matches and went down the staircase.
At tho bottom n light was flashed In
my face and a mans voice called
erufHy:
II want the valuablesr'
| was always a timid girl, but in
this case my mistress condition con
Quered fear. told the man that
there was-an invalid upstairs and II
.lhe knew he was in the house II would
kill her. He evidently did not believe
me, for he spoke very harshly to me,
holding n revolver right In front OF
my face and ordering me to tell him
where the valuables were kept.
1 Now. there was not a bit OF silver
f ate or jewelry in the house that was
not in the siclxroom. My mistress had
always kept them there in health and
insIsted on the silver being carried
there every evening after dinner
lThey were nothing TO me beside her
llfe l begged the man 80 bard to be
. lieve me, at the same time telling him
that I would bring him everything OF
value. that he permitted me to go for
them.
But how was 10 excuse myself 10
my mistress for carrying the things
out2 II l told her nothing Of what
had occurred would she not believe
that I was robbing her when she was
too I'll to stop me? Her son and
daughter were both in the house, but
/ to awaken either one OF them would
be death to their mother. I must
think quickly. What put the plan ]
adopted into my head know not. II
came like a fash.
Going back into my mistress room
began 10 turn the gas up and down
finally turning It out as II by mistake
ooh, dear" said. how unlucky!
And don't know where there are
matches"
While I pretended TO be hunting for
the matches was gathering some val
liable Jewels that knew were kept
in drawer of the bureau. Taking
them and picking up the box In which
the silver was kept. went downstairs
|T.te burglar was waiting for me. He
y )fned his light on what brought
him and remarked that there was
GOOD lot Of swag. Then he ordered
me into the kitchen and. taking
'clothesline hanging against the wall.
tied me to Neavy table In vain
begged him to Iss ne go to my mis-.
tress. ooh. nor he s,zd YOU'D eau
the police"
He went away. and I began ar 5Se'
trying TO free myself My joints were
4ery supple. and soon slipped my
hands out OF the rope. after which il
was no great work to free myself
Taking up the Cruel that was on the
range. went back TO my mistress ana
relighting the gas, gave her what she
would take Of II. Then, telling her a.
try to get some sleep. ] went down
stairs to the telephone and reported
the robbery TO the police. Fortunatei!
the burglar had not had time to GET
TO a place OF safety with his swag.
aud by communicating quickly with al
the policemen within range he was
captured.
The next morning when ] told Harry
and Lucy what had occurred they were
beside themselves with terror I'LL
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