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_.—sent_ to_subscriburs living, out , of etunberiand county daughter of alpoor working'stone-MOSlOn,ofthw
must' be paid roi in advance, or the inyment assumed,
'byname responsityle person living in tlumberland noun. lowest degree.::lii hen' you were 'told: that this
AY.: :Theau terms will be rigidly adheretf . tnin all tasee t
vtes - cOtuntiY the frict,:yinraxprissodlyourns- -
' 'ADVIE4ViteistcalO:NTS. . . . ionialinititt 14 finding Me the Wife of one Of the
JargestAnd Ltichost . gentlonion-faromm in, all
the West of.. England: • 'She could never have
been more than ordinarily good-lookinr,' I
Ward you aiii, 'referring, to me.. 'She hi - nor
an • neoomplielied; woman . • Titers la; nothing
particularly brilliant preagaging'in her con
verstition.:• She can never have had a ferthitig
lof Money oftier
,own. .What, in.the name of
nil that's Marvelous, could have induced her
husband to;chOose her for a : wife, when, with I
his position Tin - the world, he might-hare had-'
beauty, and money, aud brilliatit,acoomplieh
ments,-altsiosi, for the trouble of 'asking l'_
Now, under,ordinary circusnitanooe, young
Indy, I should:not think it worthwhile to nu
-fiereTtiiiirspiesticin-of-youis—tiet-a-ver-y-ocitn—
' plimentary question tome—but.never Mind
that. You were brought from,-yOur distant
' -home.to ni.thouse, as a total stranger, by your
sister, with whom I eta 'not mord than barely
acquainted, to see how the planteiin my eon. ,
servatory wete.managed, as seine guide to' you'
-in'setting-wp-a-consetvatory-.of -your own:-. 7 :
Whoiryou„had got all the hinte you wanted—L. -
111'1'd „refreshed 'yourself with What l: am
enough to ihialt, wee -a good' and substantial
luneh- r and . had , pulitoli Calton youricavo, it
ntobable that"you:and ',I 'shoulitever
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• ': JOB PRINTING, .
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latest and most complete establishment in the county.'
Those. good Presses; and' a general variety of material
aulMd for Plain and Fancy work of every kind. enables
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aeneraf Coca( anformation:
U.'S• GOVZIP.NBEENT.
President—llltatrilla Pine&
Vice President—Jame D. Satan's. •
Secretary of State---Wat: L. Hamm.
Secretary of Interior—lioneuf :11cCiaLtarto.
Secretary of Treasury —Jauci - Ourarus. -
Secretary of War—Jsrrzasea
Secretary of Nary—JAß. C. Detunß.
Post - Matter Genes-al-4.oms. Olartual..
Attorney General—eaLau eclirs°.
Chia Justice of United States—lL It. TANEY
STATE GOVERNMENT•
Governor—James Po=ex. '•
Secretary or State--Amostw G. CURTIN.
Surveyor' General—J. P. linairEnr.
Auditor General—E. BANKS.
' Treasurer-11E1ga S. BlEomar.
Judges of the Supreme Court:—.E. LEWIS, J. S. 'Mac,
W. 11.,Lowate,41. W. WOODWARD, J. C. JOON.
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VOUNTIVOITICERS.
President Judge-4 on. JAMES IL GRAHAM..
Associate Judges—Ron. John Itupp, Samuel Weed
burn.
District Attorney—Wm. J. Shearer.
• Drothomitary—Lauiel K. Noel]. • •
Recorder, Sm.—John pi. °ma.
Itegister- , William Lytle. -
High Sherilf—Jaebb lloaman r Deputy, J. Hem
minger.
County Tronsurer---Adarn Senseman.
Coroner—llltcholl
Conn ty - Commiksioners.—tleiincei; IL 0 raham,-
Dant N. Ilenderscn, Andre* Rect.. Clerk to Commis
sioners. Michael Wise.
Directors of tho Pooi'-04orge Britt lle, John C.
Drown, Samuel Tritt. Superintendent 01.l'oor lions°
—loseph Loliach.
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• • xionouctxt ok - .rxcEas: •
Chief Burgess--Col. AIIIIIIcIONO Rosin.
' 'Assistant Bunpuz—Samuol Gould,
' Town . Counell—R. C. Woodward;. (President) Tiros.
'PI; Biddle," John Thorupsan, Michael Shearer, Henry
Glass, David Sipe, Robert Irvin, A. A. Lino, lkllelasel
Constables—JobirC Spabr, High Constable; Robert
HeCartueY, Ward Constable.
OFItritCHSS.
First Presbyterian Charon; northwest Angle of Cent
Square. WON. CONWAY P. WINO, Pastor.—Services every
—Sunday-mornlng.-at-11-o'elock,-.1“41.,and-7-o'cleck,
P. IU.
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'• Second Presbyterian Church,Coiner of. South Hanover
and Pomfret street.. ltev. Mr. Maus, Pastor. liervlces
commence at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M.
3t: Johns Church; (Plot. tplacopal) noltheast angle of
' Centre Square. Rev. Jicon 8.. Moans, horror. Services
at-11 o'clock, A. 31., and 3 o'clock,; I'. AI;
• English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Malu and
Louthor streets. Rec. JACOB gar, Nen.% ercices
4' at'll o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, I'. M.
Gorman Reformod Church, Loather, between Ilanecer_
and Pitt itreetit Kuswen, Pastor.' Services
• at. 10% o'clock, A. 71., and 6),‘ P. 31.
3fethodLtrE.Church, (Seat LThargo) corner of Main and
--Pitt streete.7-Ites.-..lonsr-.ll.42marreatnir—Berviceant
ck, A.' M., and o'clock, P. M.
mettist,.. E. • Church, (second Charge) Ror. TLIOUAII
• Divannarr, Vastor. tiers et% In CollogeChapol, at 11
• o'olook M., end 3 o'clock, P. M.,
Roman . Catholic Church, Pomfret, near East ArceL
-4 Rec. Jams lialuni 77 ,Baston Bartlett on the 2nd Sun.
day of each month. ' 4-4 • ;
. German Lutheran' Church, corner or Pomfret and
Bedford streets. Bay.L P..Naschold, Pastor. Service at
. • Minn changes to the abirie are necessary tha
p ro.
per persona arelogarosted tonotlfy us.' • I
~.107.9BMNSON'COLL:VG11.•
Pruidenttritid Pmfersocuchlorril
Science.' , , •
mermanll; ardiusdri,' professor or PhUthiopiii
And 'English Literature:2 ' -
James W. Marshall, Professor of Andent Languages,; ,
Hoy:Otis 1T: Tiffany, Professor of Mathematics. , , • ,
Willhug ( L -Professor, of, Natural &Mum and
Curator' orthii Muserim. ' •
Alexander Selmer, PfrfOsinV, Yeterr: turd yorleria
Languages. ' , • ..
Parcae IL-Millman, Principal qr the Grammar Serve
JnineeL Asslidatit 904:irar School.
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Osaptuat DstOrrnixit.—Preetdeiit, Itlebard Parker;
Ca/dater, Win. M. - Befit m;'Clerke, J. 1.." Ilasaler, N. C.
Ltlebard , Farker ;John Zug,
' Hugh Stuart, Thomas Faztoti,lt. (1.: 'Woodwork Robert
Mooro,,John Sanderson, Ilenry 'Logan, Samuel Wherry.
Oumnrauami Yuan It 'lt Rost; Coartar.*Presidouti
Frederick Wattle Secretary and Treasurer Edward M.
Diddle; Superintendanc - .L.KStottb., ptijengei trains .
' twice a daY. , ,East*aid, searing earthsto'atlo/6o'clock,
A.M. and 345 h'clock, Twotralos every day Wetdi
ward, tanvinlietuthde Art,l o ,4l3o7tlOck.A.NLands.4B,_Kid.
_ Mauna Qta asp Warm Coutratr. President...Fre*
ortek Watts:Secretary;: Limuel :Todd; Trviiomrp . o . noc,
Weotenupliettore, F.Watta nlchantParker,Leinnei
Todd; WO.
ver, iXeaq Gala An d M,Tilddle. • ' r
cuscsasuan VALI= Bartal=-I'reiddia,' /3. - 'l3ter T ',
• • sett; Cashier, If .A. Stargeorri.leller, J0e..0.. Flotterr7 ;
Di r wors;yphu g : Sterrett; yytaL.icer,,atotchio,tionn . i,
rnanAirchard %Vocals, John C, Dunlap, itci 10;1i Storrett..
_ /I, 4 ;•804rge 01 4.4 1 /d.P0 111114 . 01 , , Pu1de,. ' • .-
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'„ietteni of ane-half eOnen; walgbß or
under;ii contspfwpaid, (except toCallthroinandUr„gini,,
which is 1q cents .'i"
Postage on "Tux Ilsam.a7c,trilhin the Oanuty, slum
Within the Btate,l3 cants per parr. -To any part of the
United Statea, cent& ',ll'estage on all tcarndent papers
tinder. 8. ounces In weight, 1 'cent prepaid, or 2 cents
unpaid, Adrertlsed,littters charired.W/tb the coat
al!ortio.gy „. „ , ,
OAINICAT, EIMILED.CiIIIBIO;VOLIEg o
„bibiere,, Tuitions, ,Serefide, ,White &c
;cured nithout Surgical Operation by •
ramplet (2nd edition) on -the Troatpent
and &Nro oternnre,- Tantonsetnitelli'-he eept•
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-therefore,- I Tepeati-your.-qiimithininight well
have remained unanewereeby me; for Why
atteuld.l. corewhither .YOU.Weie atifonishkor
uot:at the poeiticin in life:whieh I now occupy?
In ninety nine • easbeTout 'ora hundred
should have-said lo•inyseif just such words no
those I hive written, - and - should aeon 'Baia
ftirgiittcvfyon and y.our..unoompiimentary ei
piessione•of arnagenient.' 'But, 'in 'your case,
J. Cannot ' Aim+ Something 'in your voice'
and look Interested me the netnin't we met;
and now ,that, you ,are gond, I 'cannot help
wishing to stand'Well in your opinion itivapito
ofimysolf.. I believeperhaps in opruteituenoo
of.my unaccountable partiality for you—that
the remarks yoVxnade to your sister about me
were only thoughtless 7 .not deliberately ittiL
kind: and I mean to tell you in this letter—
though it is, 1 warn. you,: a long story—how it
was that my rich husband keit Conceived the
strange resolution of aAking the poor stone
mason's daughter to become lilt wife. When
you base rend'to the end, I hope_ that your
view of the attractions Which liolpa woman to.
make a good marriage may . be enlarged. You
coo I am 'thinking of your advanstage_oe well,
as my own justification.. Very' strange, .is it
not, that I should take, all thls.interest in a
stranger? J:am surprised at It myeelf ; but
I .tnnst own 'the truth, and confess that if I
had ever. bad a daughter, I should kayo liked
to look at her all day if she 'could haie Chown
mit such a face as yours. ' . • • •
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To begin e.kthe beginning,' I muet take' you
back to the time after my mother's' death,
when my only' other bed gone to sea, When
olui'itt - servMe,'aud_:wheit I -lived
alone with my father, the atone-unison, in the
midst of a moor* the West "ef
The moor was covered with
. great limestone,
rook's - , and intereeotei_ _ero are
etreandels. The nearest habitation to ours
was situated a mile end a half off. where a
stip of the fertile• land etreiclied.otit into the
waste, like a tongue. Hero the out•buildinge
of the greet Moor Furor, then in the poesee
, -
Mon of my
. 1111360 ad's father, began. The
farm lands etretohed-destri gently-into-a-boau•
lifutrielkvalleyi.lying, nicely sheltered by the
-highylatform-of-dlieMmir. -__Mben.the.ground
began to rise again, miles and Miles away, it
led too country 4 house, called liolme Manor,
belonging to a gtMtletunirnamed Kniftoo.•
Knifton had lately Married a young lady whom
my. mother had'nursed, and ribose kindness
and friendship for me, her fostm , vister, I shall
'remember gratefullylo - tiro Ina d of
These, 'and other., slight : , particulars, it' is
ccessary-to'-mystery-that4 should-toll-you;-
and it is .also necessary that. you should be
especially carefUl to bear'thern well in mind.
...My father's cottage, then, stooiLa mile and
-
a half away freiin'the nearest habitation. In
till other directiotas we items four 'or.fire tithes
that distancer.ftOur7neighbors.„---Being . yery .
poor people , thbiloitely situation had ono grSit'
attractionfor , us7wc• livcd:rent 'free on it.—
In addition to that advantage, the . stones, bi
Ike a it,
lay 'ltitiliout. : lllo itt' his ritry 'door. - that
he ,thought pCitititht,:sOlitary as it -.woe;
,quite au anyiahle ono. can hardly any that
• . . .
• 1, ogreetl . with' him; though - I - Owner complain
•tiais Very_ fond of. my lather, arid snap.
aketl-to unikb..ihe 'beet ioaelhieva!iritti
the • thought ` to `]rim.
.11113, ,
Soiftcn wished . ` - to take eerviCe .
•whatiehi tnaFria4;
eneegb; fot noy ral.tivekpo . ke...:y . f.• bed ',gone ,
away, ha. would - h ave r liad nobody to:live; with
t i tT;;, *6o,er natple.rae.protnise,an her,
deiithttieJithat be should never be left- to-pine
awoy'tiluue.in the jxjiti!lt pf the !blank moor. ;
cottage;
atidantigirbdilt,:tritti stone' trent .ths,ineoty . '
'ea o -Matter of course..- The wails , Were tined
withinside and ' fenoed ! auteide,
'4 Mr. Knitioiti.failier to MY; This`
double VOV;Vinii'OTAOia 11111 . Cie ' 41C et ` .. 4rbiati
would havabeen" efiliartiunini in 'a sheltered
•
,position,liasabsolutelp nenrseary, in our ex.>
imatid , tituntibn,',o , ,keep out the cold winds
,pl~i~ti,e;oeptips jet . t he: eupiajer ;0?101"V
swept overheat' nually e att ,the.yeitr7iT - Hou .
buillt.state7Vnilitii-ray father protected egainat
thti
little, lio t''
lnlly When it nee eeea fronfi,p',4isptP;c9';` °ATI
sa. it bud aotia.ta tin'entle4
lined; even before I yea tiorii i lholitheicidet , `. ;
t , ,hairknasi • 't
.itenleri:Whieh it le dceirebteAbat'l.oit 'should-1
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know, and akenoe, to the 044-
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(theeloudy,ntitunin day, when I was rather
,more then :eighteen :years old,' IN 'berdemayi
walked:ovo from' Moor 'Farm with' a letter
*bleb' had been left there' form; father` , Yt
ca - me" - frem a: builder, liring, at..our ?aunty
town, half a day's journey off and it invited,
my father • to. come. t o bitn.and Ilia judg.
..ment.aboutan.estimoto .for somestone.‘fork
on n very large
,scale. :My father'B expenses
fOr thoeloss of-time—were-10- -poid,-and -he
was tolinve_ hit - 381 - mo of- einfloyrnont after:
ward, in preparing the atone.
too .giad, therefore, O obey the 'directions
which•the Tetier cOtitalited, - andlo prepare at
onco Air his long walk to tho county town.
.Considering the .time at , which ite7thoeired
the letter,trod the necessity-of, resting before
he attempted - to return,. it witajmOssildo for
him to . ayoid beinglway 'from for ontl , night at
least. He pro4losed to , mo, in casa.l disliked
'theing• left alone in' the 13lack Cottage; to lock
the door; and to take ine'do Moor.-Farm to
sleep with eny-of the milk - plaids who would
give- t ae
a share of herbed. -1 by no mane
liked:thi - notion of sleeping with a sirl whora
I -did not know, and. I saw no reason to feel
itiald of being loft -alone for only one night,
so radNOed; No thieves'had over come near
us; our povertywne suffioient yirotection-against .
them; and of
.other dangers there were
. nond
thrit even the most timidperion..cOuld.appre.
lend. Acoordingly, -I got my father his din
ner, la . ititting at the notion of my taking ref
.undttr.. this. protection" of -a ymilkruid -at
Moar. i!arm: He started for his walk no soon
hoc had donO, shying ho should try and be
liticYly — dinnii=iiino the neat day, andleaying
me and my oat, Pc*, 'to , taka,caro of the
house: .
_theAre' r and_,lmil_saVdowet tit my_wark;_vkith
the, cat dozing at: my feet, 'when I kentd iho
trampling of borsom'and,'running to the door,
eats Mr. and Mrs Knitter', with '!heir 'groom
behind them, riding up to - tho Black Coftage
It was a part of. thO }Mang - lady's kindness
never to neglect an opportunity of coming to
pay toe "a friendlrvisiti mid her kusband was
generally willing to acoomPany her • for his
wite"C sake. I tnadoimy best courtesy; there
fore, Withh great:der& of plcitisure, -- bui - With
no particular surirrium at, Seeing thorn. ThCy
ditliiiOnntettand'entered- 6 . 0 C 0 tt
and talking in 'great spirits. I' soon heard
that theyTierh-eding-to the -same bountk town
for 'Which my father was liountl. 7 llmt they'in.
tended. to stay with sinnejriends there for,a
few days, and returnlonto 'Mt horseback, as
they went out.
I heard this, and also dischvered thatilboy
had keen keying en . argument, in jest, oho&
money matters, as they rode along to our not:
tap. 'Mrs. Knifthu had hecused litcheaband
of:inveterate extravagonen, and of never being'
able to go out with moneyln,hinpochet.ivith •
out apCnding it all, if ho possibly could,
fore ,he got home again. Mr. 'Oaten had
laughingly defended himself by:d6olaring that
all. his•pooket money weitt in presents for his
wife, - and that itleo spoilt it lavishly, it was
under heir solo intlitonce - and'aeperintendence:
We aregoing toCliverton'now,' ho said, mini.
ing the hounty town, and ;Ivarmfng - hitoself-at,
our poor firo just as eitailynnd pleasantly to if
ho ha -been standinght his own grand hearth.
'Yon will atop to admire every pretty thingln
every one of -the Cliverton 'shop windows. I
shall hood' you the imise, and you will go in
and buy. When we have reached home again,
and you have had time to. 'got tired of-your
"purchases, you will clapour homitfin ninnzei
tnent, and declare that you are quite shocked
nt my habits of' inveterate .extravagatMe. 4-
am only the banker who keeps' the monej , —
you, My love, aro the imejidthrift .- wile throws
it - All away .
'Am I, Sir?' said M 9 Knifton, with n look
of-mock-indiguhtion.:- will see if Thm-to
be misrepresented in that way with impunity.
.flossio,_toyskar.L(titiMinti_to_l7o),_2you_shall.
judge how far 1 deserie the character which
that unscrupulous man h i s just given to me'.
• the spendthrift, am 1? And You are
onli the banker I' Very Well. BanlMr I giye
me my money if you please.'
Mr. - Nnifton laUghed, and tools some 'gold
and'silver from - hl tr.wai s too ar pocket.
.No, no, •said 'Yon may want
what you have got therefor oeceeearLei
see:. Is that all, the othoey you , hare ,about you?
What.do feel here?' And she-tapped her hus
band on the chest, just above.the broast-poeltet,
.pt' hie coat.
Mr. if.nifton laughed again, arid . . produced
hie pocket book. ilie.vrifeenutched it, out of
hie-hrind,, opened it, drew out some bank.notee,
put them .tinek again inunedietelyond, l elosing
the'pecket.hoOk; stepped. Miroki the"rome to'
ivaitiu. woad, boolt7opee'--.
the only, bit of valitable. furniture .we , bq in
'the 'mini.' .)- -1 , •+.
' ' liVlat'are You ;going to do therer naked lilt.:
Knitt 6 ". f° lll 'ili 4l 4.- w il9,.
Mre;•Htiiften opened, - the, glasiti dear of the
'hooltimee, put the pocket-book in a vacant
:place' sal one, of the; fetter, ehelitie, - elnead and
looked the ,doer again,, iO, 0719 nip the key.;
'inn ',ailed me a. , spendthrift,, , just` now, alto
saij,.. ; . 'Thera 18 my,,tinawar.., . Not one ra,r,lii,l,ii.
of that money you ippiieci 'a i : Cl , lv ertpri
,on
T.l. .Keep elit k<li•iXi.! 794 r P 0.494, ileallie. aid,
whateverldr, , ,Nniftoti may -bay, on no.aceotint.
let' him! linveit unfit we Chit again on inn , vo:as ,
tiaoli: , ;:4ccfiiifiqi , i). • 4 i 4', titit4;iph 'rittl! ,that mciney.,iti : y ß ur,:poo4et jp:iji:e . t9iyik . - iie, direr ! '
ton: ; livili,, sure of: yogi , taking : it' all i bom'e
again',' by , leaving it here . In More trustworthy
uat,iff`,..6iilit 'ya,i,ii,;',,i'iiii '4i; i.i . diE,l);,oli, 'lJeilite :.
sui dear, whatdd you any to that, ae,a leseonl
in ecouoiniiittlioted on a : prudent ituebmitil,yi
a.spendtliritt'wifar '. .. . c ( . :.,,•..• t .1 : .:'-i ....'t '
SheaeOlt!,:dr. Kaftan's arm while ehe spoke,
a%
and drew. hint' away,to ltio.deite....- He , preketl ;
ed and ' inthra ' e reale( antic,. but' elle' a/telly
carriedliir Paint,. 'iii4viiii 'fir' 6611 ind• if
.her to have a.' , P. 11 1 ,Pf Itio. <MP . 1 .!)..ni1.Y.Y 1 4 1 9g;
Matter eiietWeen .11teni. , —',What s ever..tlicr.men
41ghttii t :ii1r'.4iiirtott e vrai a' mkkiel Ittit'itadtt ,
13,' , .;iii . iiiiiiiiiiiMior the iVeliiait'"wilii`; 44if.
Sil6. . - - --.— -,'-. ' -''
''Ynu - af i , tio *ben °Quip hook; ilea.
#1O; /AIM' theii, , 3l.r:nho".6hr°blinker, nba the
fi^YIY; A 4 1d.904 ART; 41,19.b.11!),4 , 0 1 :t..Rcli 41F:
I
BERM
CARLISLE ; .' ':,p.4:,;;:1y - gp'N.ol)4Y,', - Fpiu:-A0 , . : 4;; : , I857';‘:: ..,
into! •,.
the'endd'lo; mounted hiteself, and away
• • ti ••
gp irepp e moor, oe reiid.au tl
happy pea couple.ofieliddren,
. 'Although my being"trusted with lkohey -
Nit'.
ginc l 4ellwo,Vi,fitxoeYekl kg PAY.Ael.4frek.
maker's bills), I did . not :tech:quite :Gaily '•el.
haeingiopokket-lidokLfdllef banlin - otes left
by her in . tpy l charge. , kadn9.,ieeitive..ap:
Lpreheitsiene about:ol9.94n) , of .the_deposite
..placed'ie my littndii,:buiLlt was one of the odd'
--pointsin.ipy i ch,arneter- - then -- (and - 1 think - it - is
;still); to feel niiL? primal Rbly ptyott g bj oo tio n
to charging_myeeltlwithroaney responsibilities
Of any kind, even ,to; emit rtho
„ptinveulenee of
• My.dearest,friOnde., ;As somips :Was alone
• ,••
thovery_ sigh t . 9f . the, p.ofiket.hook:behind - the,
glass demi of the book 'ease begun to worry
me; and 'lnstead of returning •to my' worki.T:
• • puzzled tette:eine about finding a place to.leak
it upin. , whereit would not be exposed te' - the
. view of anyiphatioepassers-by whe'roigkt strity
into,the Black Cottage. ' 3>. :
- This was not 'an eaey,tnntter to compasaln
•a poor Nouse like cure, :where we bad
- nothing
•• • valuable to put under. look and key.- After.
running eiervarique hiding:pined' in my mind,
-I thought of my tea•oaddy, n present from rd:
KnifttiN which •I
.had always •,kept
,oUtVof.
— RAP% wily in my ott — b - iiii , room. 'glisten,
luckily—os it kftt3rward turned out: 7 -litetuad,
• of taking the pocket book to the too
1,-
went into my. room first to take:the les.•:Caddy.
to.the pocket-book. I only not - ed .- In-:this
roundabout way front shier thouglitleeginn3S;,
end severely enough I was T punistiod-forit;•. - ae.
You Will.aeknowledgeTyourself When you have
read'u fin g 9, o r two more of
•,I was jiier - gettiifg — th - e - L . unlucky; tondCndlly
nut efeuphoard,:whep I hend,fimtoteps in the,.
• 'passage, and' running ont ,iinteediatefloaw
— two - mmi - walk --- Intfirtrkitoliketonirke
which I had rliceisMddllr.2o"ltlrs.A.CniftoO,
I inqulred wlint-thei Wanted,•.sharply enough,
and one oftheni_ ansWered , immediately that
they_wanted iuy fatfMe. turned, Of-couree,
as ho spoke, mid I reeogeizaltitn aso.stonir
mason, going amling his comrades by the'netne
of Shiny pick: :..H9bdre'aWer,Y • bad charaCter
for everything . hetWrostliug,—Wsport whisili
the, working men' of our paitli were fiiMoue
through the iiMinfry..:,'ShiftY:ltick was chant
pioniandlielad giitiiii : Parne'freersome tricks
in wrestling,for'whichlmwas coiclirajdd. He,
"--wenew tall;*ficary. Men, Witholewerieg;searr
ed face; and blige • hairy IJends—the: lest vier
for In the whole world Viet Inhould lutvirklien
glad ,to. See „underiiiiTeiientostanceS. • His
,
eemPattion:weztapt!apl . er, whom he addressed
by the rtama94, - derry.f.4 ; quiek, ; dopier, wick
ed looking-littlenian;,49 -took off his oap'to.
• mo'•wlth'zipm •
, -iolit+ese pita ohalwed,•llr
doing; a bald: hetiti„weillifacmie very
ing•knoti:Omlt:, .1 dibtrusted-iiiin worse than
I' Jid'Bhi'iy Diok', and managed'to get hetWeen
Lie le . m.ittg• and the bOok;ease„ as I -told
the two.that my fatlior.;..-se gone 'out, and that
I ditE net ; expeet him back till. the next day.
' The words
. werp'hardly. out of, my mouth'
hefore P . ..repouted . ,•that anxiety to get rid
of my : unweleome visitors had•made me incite:.
- Sous enough to beknowledge"that my father
would be away froM home fOr'tho whOle night.
:Shifty Dick:and Tooked each,
other when-1 unwisely tet the truth, but
muds no remark, except to ask if I would . give
them a drop 'of eider. I answered sharply;
that I had no elder in the louse-liaviog no
fear the coniequeneeS Of refusing them
drink, because - 1.. knew that:-plenty of men
were at work within ball, in(' neighboling
quarry. The tem looked at each miler again,
when deufwilinviug any tider'to - give - them;
and Terry (ao I am obliged to bull him, know
Mg no 'other mime by whioh.te distinguish the
fellow) took-off his cop to - me •onee mare, and'
• with a-kind of black•guard•gentilleYnitinhiii,
said they would 'Lave the pleasure of calling
the next day,
.when my father was 101 End. I
said good afternoon ad Togradoe as__poesi* .
• ble; and, to my great relief, they,both-left the
cottage iintoe'diately afterward. ••
Ae soon - as they were wall away, I watched
''them from thedoon They irtidged off Its the
••• direction of the Moor Farm; 'and as it was.be
ginning to get dusk, I soon lost sight of theni.
Half .an bout; -afterward I looked ouv,agnia.
The wind 'had:lulled with rho suuset, but is
mist was rising;•and - a heavy rein wee begin=
Mug tit full. Never did the lonely prospect of
the moor leak o , dreary as it' looked to my,
—eyes dint evenitig:•' - tlever.•dld I regret 19Y.
,slight thing moro • sincerely thin I' regretted
the, leaving, of Mr. Keittou'e,• pocket-book in
my charge. cannot say. that I-edffered any
:actual alarm, for I-felt next to cartnin that
nett hit; Shifty - Dibk.noi • Jorri had 'got a 'chance
..of setting eyes,en so small is thing as, the pocltz
. ebbook while .they wirein the, kitchen l. but
there was a 1514 - of vague' distrust on me—a
auefichin of the night-la dislike htheing left,
by myself, whioh Ikeve'r renieniberhavingez • -,
iterlineidl'before:'' This feeling `se increased
en tite; after bed'eleeed thecienr:eadiOne
bunk to the kiteheM. that • 'wil6n I hiMrd the
voices ',of thequerryMien,'A ilie . YlMseed our
cottage ; err their' way home, 'toTike , viliege in
.the v1111(11(41 , 1 , 1 0 9r-Fertn.l:elePPed out in:"
1
'le the passargo•-witiritr - neneentary - •notion
telling' Sleet b was:kit inite'd, • hedanking
theteflir:MtvleeLOMllMOteeiion.:,`lhadihardly
formed this idea.. however,before Ldieraieeed
it. • tfl?loe of fho. , :qUorryineti • Ifit4nitte
. ,
',friondd I laid a:
anon withihein, and Of*,to bet boon
men,,iks
,tlo:lßes pp i tny,own soin i!
mon. 00058 told Kneribat ,whot littl(vAnouloOge
!. of -their. obaraoora vOa'l3l tyl.:zoonne
uniot6 ir 4 rita
In'f4p ,p"!it.t43e,thp, P;;oi
et.b00k...,1,,1ia4!0(10110 ~ enotiigh of, poverty. pad
, poor mitup:i know what a teriiiile lamptation
*o a large ? u ,t,a 0
:(15p#0;1131,6„0?0t3ie
=1 weary, hard work. _; tO•iirlth
fine sentireents-'in:boolor obertilitinortliptible
"
: honesty, a ndano the r to put tboaelon!lthonti
`into practice. When . one dey'e'woF& ie np that
flag . to ' set' up''in the : na r y of ;.an o T betaolQ
tie only
o 474 i the ciVel; me
ri•ii4,•JO'f*(
Pei!itttolo437T,lf!.Ont
any 'rook necessityier . / totting , :sui3h,
rk;'dud; it thii;tit4Lviiiiiiii
EDE
It4LL
had, thank God, a strong spirit.of niy_owti;
_and the 0001, cOntemptuous insolence of the
man - Jerry elphildAlly 'roused it.
You cowyrdli , itillainar_ E'Creamed-at
them throukl. tho dhor.: 1 ;;:. You think you can
frightenittiClirehAuso 1 am oply,a poor girl left
%
defy. you both! Our bolts are etrong, - our
elintierit are thick. I saes' Hero, to' IsCop my
father's 'house 'safe; and keop it I will against
..an army of youj" , , ' •
You may imagine what a passion Lwasi in
:when Ivapore.d and blustered in that way. - 1
teardr.dCrry Shifty Dick swear a
whole' inouthfut of'oathe.; 'Then .there was
dead - raileneelor a:Minnie or two, and thou die
two vufnana.attuoked , tho door.
; I -rubbed: into the kitchen 'and' seised ili"
pbker, and then heaped wood on the fire, and
lightcl all 'the tioadlOs. I could, find,. for: I felt
As if I could keep up myAiourago:lietter if 1
had plenty. , of light. ' Strange .and improbable
:as It may appeal.; the'tio#
my, littetithitt-WOO. my itesy„ciontiliek up, :Fut
filo atrioken, corner.: :WAS so fond of
the- creaturo , _ that
arms and . :6Oklie l d 1Y 0 4 .66 #,' 0,1 1 1
put hOr insideiigybid:;l4 - OOnkieti!'tning to do
ti,SituatiOn oCdeadlYperil, was it nOtf but
'it ' Seemed''.quito: natural - an&-pOper:at, - the •
• TAll thiatha• blOwi wort, falltag Plater'
anti lhoter:O`a dcOr.
r 'Oo a lo c tur o d c. with hoary atones-picked‘.;np l
'fr'otn-the ground - outside.' .iterri:atitg• at hi&
tf
'orh;' and Dick : a* . :6ee.";:
lift the hedroOtu m .after',., pidtink the cot uncial. ,
cover ,1( hoard tholoirer panel of,tbe door be.
iirt to Orablr;+'' - • •
riOlki t'a't 4.,.§, i !Ofl'o., 4' .s; 4 : 4l .94:iiile:ta i kf
411Vir , toOlt the
-bank-noteaand, lid it .
in ihtt;hdo!atiTiir ifaa.
.t ° 4 0 1 ' n4
with ory life , . .NP . A Sll ”4, e 94Milh.Pfk9kot ,. .
:01* I. heard tho door splintering, and rushed
-.laic? tha pasidigtvagoitiltith
with .00,1414109 41 rig knoge.on,lt r =pushed'ju te
•thoipaosagothicstch-a.ircatiebtla.orialofdlie
liffferilanele . or
- Gil,l
Old,. my pride ' revoltedailhe idea of-Present- . . ''Get' oat,, you 'villain, or hi' brain you on
ing
.ingsolf in the oliaraoter of a eoward be 1 the spo!' cried'li threat:ening. him With the
fore the , people ' at, the :form Timidity Ii i' ) ,•itoke'r. Mr. Jerry icrok 411 e -head dot agiqn
thought, : rather. a graoeful .attiadtion ht 1161 4- ..Mash. faster thith he lied. put it In, •' ' . ''. ' '
!Idles, but•ottiong,poor'womenit.is soMething' .! The next thing that Coma.throngli the rent
te r be -49,00 at, : A__Wo*rut ,_-Woe;-Woe;a leag;pitchferk,,whioh-thekdarted-atme
tri
'of herOwu thonlitad; nod always shall have, • from'outoide, to move, me from the door, I
Would ,htivti : considered •twiew in my situation stint& ot it vithall might, - and the, lew most
before ebo.made up her-mind to'encounter the • hatojarred. im:hand of Shifty. Dick up' to his
jokes of plawiotto and the jeers•ottailkmaids.. . -.very , efintilder, for . :l•beritthliti - give a roar..Of
. Ae - for me, I hod hardly thonght of going to .:, rage antrinin. iefore_lieleould- eateli-at-the
- ,to . caeca perk° I despised myself%for , enter. fork with his other hand I theri , !diowsi itfin
tairiingony each aotion„., . 4 N0,, no,' thought I, side. ;pytliie time oven Jerry lost bititempee,'
.",1' ant,,not..th e_wonian..to . .walk- a-mile and or aiciq'sworemorevettlly - tb - aril:liel t liiiiitielr
heif through the rain,. and mist, and darkness, 'Then there canieanOther inioute.of respite.
to . tell a whole kitohenful of people that I nta ' I 'suspected they were .gone - to . get bigger
fifraid..., come. what ,may, hero., I atop till fa. , Stones!, and dreaded • the giving away of the
then iota ba9A,' 1 ' - whole . door. Running : into : ;the bedroom As
. Having:'arrivetVat-ithatialiant resolition,' this fear bola ale; I - laid hold of ply cheittof
the first-thitig - Idid was to look andbolt -the -drawers,, dragged it into the :passage; and.
back doors, nod; see to the security of eybry. . threw it down against . the door: On the top
shutter in the hoime. 'That .duty.petformed, of Ant r heaped my father's big tool-chest,
I mode a, blazing lire; lighteti'my candle, and three chairs, and a: scitttlefut of Coalti- z and,
sat down to tea, Os snug and comfortable as lust, I. dragged out the- kitchen-table rand
possible...
. ' •I _lnuit! hardly . believe now, with, rammed it Os7haril as' I : could :rgainet the
the light in the rootn, and the 'sense of seett 'whole, barricade. _They. beard "me - as- they
city inspired : by the closed.doors and shutters, :were coming up to the door with fresh stones.
that I had ever felt even the slightest appre.' "Jerry said, ' Stop a bit!' and then the two
ileilBloli earl* jn the day. I Snug 081 washed' :. .poaeukted together in „whispers.' - Lligened_
uprtlie - tealliings ;and even the 'eat seemed
to',Oatalt the infection of .lnynood spirfts.: 'I
never knew' the pretty creature so. playfal.l4
Oa, was that ; evening.
rho tea-things put by, I toolump my knit=
ling', ana worked away at. it solong:,tbat. I
:began at•litat to got droway. - The fire.vtail eo
hoightand , cenffiliting that:l could not muster
reiolutiori enough to leave it and go to bed;
gent-etariug-~ngily into -the blaze, - with tuy i
iiiiittfng mylap 7 sat till the spiaahlnvoil
the.riiin outside, and the fitful, tyllen, sobbing
•orr-tf 'lnd-grew fay mirTa-1;7.
be -giew fai 'fainter on my
oar. lasesouuds I beard :before I fairly
dozed.otf . to_pleep were the cheerful eraekling
of the s fira'and . We steady purring of the out,
16 , 8111", basked luiurleusly. In the warm' tight,
on the.:heartli. .• " .
Three :trete the 'last sone& before I fell:
. .
.asleep; The, sound that woke me was one
loud bang' at the front door
.IStarted up, with my heart '(aw - the saying
Is) in' my mouth, with a fiighttul znoteentary
Habadtidrlng!it the recite-of. my hair I started.
up hroathleis, nod oold, and motionless; tralt-•
log int',Oileitco; - I hardly - know for what;
ing,*at first, whether. I tutd:dresmed abent 'the
bang, at tlsploor,.pr. whether' the! blow-had
really been slynek tipon It. ' •
or less: there eamell second
bang, louder. than :the first. J..ran out into,
, .
the pasedge... . . . _
i,Whols,;tlterel' • :
Let; usin,' answered a 'voice, which I re=
cognized immediately as the voice of. Shifty.
Dick::.' , • • . . •
Wait .a bit, ray . thifir, and lot me
sold n second voioe,:in ti; low, oily, jeering.
tones of Dick's' ooMpanion—the nricke.llY.cio
ver little Man.whoto
. he called Terry.'
aro alone in the home, my pretty tlear.:. Yoti
may crack .your sweet voioe
and thorn's nobody near to boor you: listen
to. reason, my love, and let us in:. We'd'on't .
Want cider _this time—we only wait a :very,
neat:looking pocketbook thatiru happen,to .
have, and your. late cioellerit mother's four
silver tea-Bpath. that you• keep en nice rind
clean 'op' the chimney-piec e . If you . let, - ,Re
in - we won't hurt ahair of your bead, My chef.
rub, and we promise to go away tho napment:
tiro have. got what we want, unless you para•
colony wish us to stop to tea. If you keep
us_ out, WA. Omit ,_tio obliged_to_breakinto_pe
house, and thou
"And then," broke iu Shifty Disk, "we'll
,
math you!"
. •
"Yes," said Jerry, .
.mrsh you, •my
beauty: But you won't &rive its to doing that,
will. pit You will let ue in .
;This long porleignio me limo to recover
the - effect - It:hick thi — first - batrg - nt - the - door - had
produced on my,nervos. The threats' of the
rim — ylthilhe — tffillaThave terrified some wo
men out'of their eenses; but. the only result
they produced on me vrei violent 'indignation.
~ .~ ti
eagerly:and just caught acme' words :
Less trouble the other . ' way''" • • , •.
" Nothing more was• paid, but I board their
;footsteps retreating:treat the door.
'Are they going to try'the back door novq,?"
I-bad hardly asked myself. that question be,
fore I beard their voices at the other, tide Of
the house: The back door wasmueh sMaller
than the , front: built had•this advantage in
tlitrtvoy — of strength=it was made, ofMi ---, oW;did:
.caltboardsjoined lekgwitie, and strengthened
&Ws
''.. tliefrgnt door, but wile fastened by'a_bar
. and fitting at either and into•the wall. ••
'-
'They must have, thd•Vvholo..oottage (lore
- before they can break at that 'door 1' I
• • tbaught to myself.' • And 'theyebon toubd Out
-ea much -forthemaelves. • After five 'minutes
of_banglng.at the back door; they gavemp-any
. farther attack in thatdirectibu, and oast their
atedliati, - _ - ddwn•with __mircet.otfury awful
•to hoar, 'went into the kitchein etiddropped
7on' tho`.irindow-Bea -- To rd - stler a' nioment.
• fauepentio andexcitement together were begin.
ning totell upon me. The:persplrationbrOke
.opt think : on-My foreheed; and I began te',feel
had inflicted on my hands in
• A:flaking 'the berrioado • ori the front door. I
. •
had not lost a particle of - illy resolution,. but I
'was beginning to lone strength.: 'node yam a
„ •bettia - of rum in - the cupboard,
, ther the shilorbad left !MIT its.thelast_time
ashore. I drat* a drpp bf it... Never
.., -- rheforeor 01100 have I put say. thing down my
threat that - did-rae'half.iid g,getd . lis that
,:•iireeious mouthful of rum t • •i. •
'-Twas still sitting in roy'Vrindow-seitt drying
My . 'face.when I suddenly board their voices
close behind me. They were feeling the out
old° alba windoW against which I woe
it-was protected, likc all the other
:ivitideetti in the cottage, by iron bars. I list.
erred 'dreadful suspense/ . for the sound of
nothing of the • sort was audible.
_They,lad:Oviaently.retillotied•'tin frightening
•
nto easily into letting them-in, , and and collie
tuiprovided with•house-breaking tools, of any
A. fresh' burst of oaths informed me
ttiat they had,reCognized the' 'obstacle of tho
.; iron bars: ; I listened breathlessly for: eotino
warning of what' they plight do next, faa' their
, voices appeared to die away in the distance.
- ..lldij'rere:yetretiting-fronctlio window. Wore
they else retreating from the house altoieth-.
or t. lind they - given by the *it'd effecting
ailetilraiteelin despair!'• '
~..A long' silence Silence - which
which
tried MY: iiourage even' morn severely time
the tumult of the first attack on the cottage..
Dreadfatauspicions now -beset me-on, their
• beins.abieto,aocomplieh by - .:treachery what
kney'tite:cciAtaie, I began to , doubt whether
there might dot be ways of - cunbingly and •si,
letitly'enteting it •agaiest wlireT4 I-. woo not
providefi.•:Thetleking of the.ileok annoyed
me'; the crackling of Om fire 4attled• * me:'
leaked out twenti , times a minute. into the
aorneis of the . passage, straining my
eyes,:: holding my breath, anticipating . the
most preposteretis events, the • most imperil-
They really ,gone, or wtie
thei ire'editig still ribctri(: the , battik?, Oh;
,vrhat have givap only'
• to kitov,.•ediat.they were : both, "
about fa - that
interval of silinntfl
• J•was .. staitled at lest out of my" suspense In
the most aWful.mannar...-,,A, about from one of
them reitehefi my, ears " en,p, sudden dovin • the
kitchen chimney. It was so uneapeoted :end
so horrible in the•stiliness, that' I screamed
• for the feat time pinto the . attack on the
,4‘n.scrin:boqin g a had: never
aug
goofed to rate-That - the, two 'villitino might
Mount upcm.tharoOf..•l ,•.'!;.. ;
Let in,..ytd she-devil 1' - roared' ti voice
'down the chimney- • • - r•• „ r •
There , was , another, pause... Alto , make
' from the wood fire, thin and light a's it was in
. •
tho rod Mate of the eMbers et that' moment,
'Lad evidently oblidged llie man AO take his.
.I . fate' from. the mouthiof the chiMney.. , .leou'ri
"ted the tteeende , while itawnee. att;l i.oottjectur,
• getting JO • hreelb,agein, iln„,-Mea r lthatt,
halia minute, there come r chother Oman
Let u's in 'Or, 'the alltiee dotin
; ova .
. Burnit t 'Duni coeatit t"-TherelasLnething
easily combustible: but thelhatokett the'fboll.
0 a •
nd, that bed; heett soaked•mith thelheavy.
:had. now fallen inecesantly-, for
.:mare, : than ,six hours. ,BUrn •
the pfacecycr,
gew - : •
ives :; siilf casting - eh* *ply.' In
my mind 14' disoover what pootiibte7ilatidei
:there could be•of fire,•eneetthe heavy stores .
' 14 0 0; ;30.1A0IW:Jts?*,;ij, fgom, being
torn np;by hligh winda t CAM* thundering thawit
??,”r3(l .41e 1i!°9n41°147,
op
firnished place, with"
ibo it,' Would7haeOestt , egt- on. fire
e
, '.`vtityouerharet fitter a g
- i l4tirnittied.gave,Out oAlnell'of horningasiiirthe
filitlahoirer .emitersiWfileh the ~ tlr4 y eon,
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Pei an inatattt I.• 'ittood quits ' petrified • be
fore
,this new proof; of the'devilieh 4460014 r
of, the ,villains. outside., r;;Bitt.,,tbe tiontlitentt
danger I was now in, reintiledect.tojmyaensety7t,
immediately. [Vhere woe it large.......cou'lttl_of
Waterin and)” ran in,a,t.onetirto
fetch it,'.',Before could get book to theltitek r . :
en r aageo'ntistOnebhd boon tin : own . :dowlt,
end the- thior'4as
13everitl-pln f iri e ., rii • -• J,•i :;
had wi};otih4h ae hit the ; einOulderitiego'l
On fora moment - or two •Inerei ',and to..pc*,
the witoie efty,eanfutbf,Watercverrilla-,firuit
;111tforitflie third'aioad came down,'
the • shim
ney.. The 'live opibers on thii . flee'r
dieptilied of after that: The,man on' the; roof
mast Wave -heard thillasing of 'the `fire'` tat
put it out; itiothave felt the.change prcalueed-.'
in
.theatmeapher&at the v meuth' of tb'o shim
ney, for after thithird atone had deatainded,
no more followed it. As for either of the... ,
ruffians tlieinsol4a gropping ., down 'by the' ,
sameroad along whioh'the atones had come
that was not to to dreaded. Tbe chimney,'
as Ewell knew by.'eur experience in cleaning
it, was, too narrow to give pacaage to anyone
abovci the ciao of n small boy. l .
loo'ked upwaed as that comforting roftee.
tion-cr d inr
- croon"! my min( looked up . and saw,
aaplainly'aeT Bee the paper Ism now. 1///*
ing on, thepoint of knife enining through
the inside of the. roof just over my, head:l Our,
cottage batl,no upper story, And our' roams'
had no ceilings. • Slowly_and .wiok9dly the,'.
_knife wiggled he - Way•through . the• lry. 'wide
.thntoh lietween the rafters.•, It stopped for- a • • .
little and then
,eame.tha sound 'of tearing.
That, in its turn, stopped too; tharn_Was_a_l ;
great fall of dry theta_ on' the - floor, 'and'
saW:4lle yeayy,-hairy-L - hand:.-of - Shifir 01014 •• .
armed with the knife, come through; after the
fallen fragments. Ile tapped a thO rafters •:
midi-the-bit-eh :of - the,knifairin - test their
Btrength. , "Thtink God, they wore substantial.
' and close together 1 Nothing lighter than a .
lint•Shet would Hire inland to 'emove any
piirt of them. •
The tnurderetis,hand was. still tapping 'with
the - knife-When I:bearda shout from the maw
Jerry corning from the neigh'boriniod of, say ,
lattices' Stone shed in the . . back, yard; The ;
hand UndicnifddiaaPpeared instantly.- I - Wtydr - ,
tO Oa' baok.door; and put :my ear, to. it, anti
lloth:the mon were now firths shad:
. ado the most desperate •offorts.' to- call to •
mind_what , tools and other things Wore - roft In '-
it which might he used against me. But my
'agitation confused me. I could remember
no
thing dut my. father's big atone -elavrovhielf
was far to heavy and 'unwffifdly tO bd used on
the roof the'eolthgo. I was still puziling my
brains and Making my head swim to neo
pose when I heard the men draggiug seine
thimfout of',the shod. ,At the
,same instant '
when the noise naught my ear, the remota
branpaflashed across me likdlightning Of some
beams of Wood whlclibad lain in the shed for
'years fait . ..". I had Lardy' time en feeicerMin
that they -Weie 'removingone ortliesebeams,'
before I heardBhifty !Pick stiy.t6Jerry . , l
'Which door r.lo
Tboc. •
front;' wail the answer: ',We've creek-.
ed it . already; , we'll have it down in,,na.tinnf.'..
Benses less sharpened by danger than minx
would have understOod but' too easily 'from
these words that they wereabout to, use the
beam as a battering•ram against the
,door. ••
When that conviction overcame me, _I lost
. _
Souragomt inst. I felt. that the door moat
coma dCwn,tha t no suoh barricade as I had
constructed could support It for more' than a"
Tow minutes ngal ouch' shOoks as it wall now
to receive. • I eau do np more to keep the •
house against them," I said to myself, with .
.my knees knocking together, and the tears at
last beginning to wet my cheeks: '
'1 mu.si,trust to the night and the 'thick ..
'darkness, and s'avoMy life by running for it
while tldre.is yet time.' , " , .
• I huddled on My eloak and hood, and had
my band on the bar ' df-the-back - doit — rlw en a
piteous Mew from the bedroom 'reminded Me
of the.existenca;af-pitar.P3l. <l " trait in; and
huddled the creature up in my apron:•,l3.efore .
I wee out in the passage again, the first shock
fromithe'beam fell on ihe' door.
• The upper hinge gave way 'The afiairs'and
he coal:scuttle- forming thdtop
wide were burled , rattling, on On. the .itteer t, .f 7
but the lower hinge of,thetiver and tptirtiheek. ;
stfAlrartere.4incl;toti , ohotot-agg.iyinttheir_tiltio,..__
'4o no illore ' l 4 .l6prii the' eilleina:ory,—..
Onlimere - run irith - the r hotim . , nod down Ip all
°eines!' • •
Just as they•muet have . 'been:etnrting for
that one morn run,"4 opened the back• door
and iied,ont into:the night, with 'kW:wok full
.of batik-notes in toy,boSoth.the sliver ; -spoons;
in my pooket, and, the oat in 'my
threaded my way easily enough through the :
futnillar obstacles in the bitik yard, and.
out in the‘piteh darknotis of the moortefore I
:board the second shook and the. °lsiah; which- -
lold , tne that.theovhole doid. had given way. '..
In'a•fsw titinutes they, must havtidisoovered.:.:,.
the'faet of tny,liigbt with theTookot..bonk,fo>t•
lieii'ed,al,i4dtii iu the distance, aQ , if they,Were
i•unniag out,tci:pursuo tile. .12. ion, par uE Clip
top of I'dy'tipeed, nitd the hoitoi
"It - t , itsizio - durlCtlittr - tWonty •
two would lmve.found it usolem to follow me.
4oir ;944 wee ,befiuu l xertcled:the . form-'t
- .
plooo, toc nliiolt I contd . fly-,
Our rorup 7 inan not , toll you. ~ remember
that'iluid )uat,sensannonglt to Itnep the wind,
at my')ipok' (Ilivildii:6l3Berved ilinl!Oginninfi
Dr the; ovet!nii it tirow'tkivliid.fioiLrinn2, r " •
nod-tolgo on rosOlutely 'tbr'oiigh
In ull:Other reppeota I was by this time: bltlfj!o; ,,
inazodby,rllotfl . 6a. gone thretigl4., , .ll.lt4Lalt,
eo liaqopod 9/4 t4o,wlnd,!indolutngokaft4 L ai . ;
I ol ' mprvedlta i dkroptionpittlyin t4„ .. ,ifoyenjßg•
Perta—tiO'dl ~
of
.pro,idontlally it still Vow steadily dine' field ) ' 4 "'
blown foi
,hours pastl lCiitl r reatlied'ttie farin , ;
train'*4l • When' I' mad& my a 4, ,!.. •
arm door;:t had.all gon ~o; bed bat.,
ihe 'farineeceld cot een,.whomae iqtaug upilata c;
oven his pipe and newspayna:..;;;Jßflt.lFulS9l"o,4r-,-;!tx
• tronitli onouglkto,gox-olg,i.folLifor.dtl tell.
In a' deed • •-•.:
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