THE TIMES NEW HLOOMEIELI), l'A., NOVEMMlt H, 1881.
Coffin.
t "WOU ie not nfraltl. Mauley"
I "Me afraid!" nalil Mnirpje.
" IM no fi'iir boru with ine. A for H
Jiouse, Its the atrongm fastened ever I
m'hs In. You say yourself there's no
lock ft burglar oouhl force, and I'm not
one to lot tramp or the Ilka In of my
-own fiee will. Uotl know the lce
will le wife f iioukU wlien you come
back as iare tu though there were ft
regiment of aoldlrrs In It; ami I'll have
all bright for your new wife, Mr. Archi
bald." Bhe called her muHter Mr. Archibald
wtlll, this old woman ; but nhe was the
only one who still UBed his Christian
name. He was an elderly mau hlmseir,
und had few Intimate friends, hospltall
ty not being one of his virtues.
He was rich, cuid there was much
that was valuable lu the house ; more
ready money, too, than most men keep
about them : but then It was as secure as
a bank vault patent locks and burglar
alarms that first sent a bullet Into auy
one who sought to enter by stealth, and
then rang a bell to wake the household,
were attached to every door, and ft furl
ous watch dog, that lived on raw insat,
was In the back garden. The Van Nott
mauslon could have withstood ft siege at
n moment's notice.
Mr. Van Nott was a money dealer,
lie had ways and means of accumula
ting property which were mysteries to
his neighbors, and they were suspicious
that the little buck parlor, sacred to bus
iuess, had eveu seen such lesser dealings
ns the loan of money on the gold watch
es, cashmere BUftwls, and diamonds of
genteel distress.
"Two or three mortgages that he had
bought up had been rather cruelly fore
closed, and he was a hard landlord and
a bad person to owe money to altogether.
)u the whole, he was disliked lu the
place, and, rich as he was, would have
found It hard to get ft wife to his liking
anions his neighbors sit Oakham.
However having resolved to marry
again there had been Mr. Van Nott,
who died years before he sought out a
wealthy widow of saving disposition,
who lived on ft small farm some miles
out of town, and having already disin
herited her daughter for espousing an
-estimable man of small means, and had
turned her only son out of doors for
equally prudent reasons, was not likely
to bring any troublesome generosity
into his household, and had offered him
eelf to her and had been accepted.
And now, though both their economi
cal souls revolted agalnBt it, custom de
creed a wedding of some sort, and ft
honeymoon trip somewhere, and they
Lad decided to do it as cheaply as pos
sible. For this brief time Mr. Van
Nott must leave his business and his
(houses, and it was on the eve of depart
ure, that he held the above conversation
. with his old servant, standing with his
Vortnianteau lu his hand, and regarding
lier gravely.
' Yes, yes,', he said, " I presume it Is
all safe enough. And I'll speak to the
night watchman, and give him ft dollar
to take a particular look at this house.
Well, good-bye, Maggie; make things
as neat as possible. If they look dirty
my wife may think the furniture old
and want something new for the parlor.',
And Mr. Van Nott departed.
"lea, yes," said old Maggie, "no
doubt she'll have flne,extravagant ways
Poor master 1 What ft pity he should
marry, after all but old fools are the
worse fools. A young thing of eight
and forty, tco, when he has' a sensible
servant, sixty last Jauuary, and knows
what belongs to good housekeeping. If
he wanted to marry why didn't he ask
me Y I'd not have gone gall van ting and
spending. Ah,well, he'll suffer; not I."
' And Maggie trotted away to begin her
sweeping and dusting.
She had truly said that there was no
fear boru with her ; but as the night
drew on she began to feel somewhat
lonely. Her master's presence was
strangely missed out of the great house,
and there was something ghostly in the
look of his empty chair when she peep-
ed into bis little back office.
"If I was superstitious," she said to
'herself, "I should think something
. -dreadful was going to happen. I feel
chilly up aud down my back, and I keep
thinking of funerals. I'll make myself
a cup of tea aud see if I can't get over
it."
And accordingly old Maggie shut her
self in to the snug kitchen, and lighting
'two candles, drew out a pot of the
strongest young hyson, and putting her
feet close to the cooking stove began to
rfeel much more comfortable.
The old clock ticked away on the
mantle, the hands pointing to half past
eight.
"I'm going to bed at nine," said Mag
gie. "I've worked well to-day. Much
(hanks I'll get for it, I doubt. Hark I
What's tbatr1"
It was a sound out side the door
Iow solemn grating of wheels. Then
feet trod the pavement, and the bell
xang faintly.
Burglar ia tho
"A carriage !" cried Mnggle. ."Has
he changed his mind and brought her
home at once V Ruths can't be he's
not married yet." And taking one of
candles, she trotted to the door, but not
before the bell had rung again.
Who's that Y" she cried, holding the
door slightly Bjar.
"A stranger," said a voice, "one who
has something particular to say to
you."
"You'll have to wait for to-morrow,"
said Maggie. You can't come In to
night."
"My good woman," said the stranger,
'are you Margaret Black V"
"That's my name."
"Mr. Van Nott's housekeeper for
twenty years Y" '
"Yes."
"My good woman, If you are attached
to your master I have very had news
for you."
"Gracious Lord t" cried Maggie, but
hut she did not open the door much
wider only enough to thrust her head
out. "Don't scare me mister. What
la it V"
'The worst you can think of," said
the mau. "Mr. Van Nott traveled on
the road. There has been an acci
dent." "Preserve us 1" cried Maggie, letting
the door fall back, " and him on his
way to his wedding. He's hurt badly
then?"
"He's dead," said the man. "Dead
and we've brought him home."
Maggie sat dowu on a chair and began
to cry.
"We've done what we could," said
the mau, "The lady he was to marry
and her friends will bedowu to-morrow.
Meanwhile my Instructions are that you
shall watch bin), and allow no strangers
to enter the house. There are valuable
things here, I'm told; and Mr. Van
Nott's lawyer must take possession of
them, aud seal them up before strangers
have access to the room.
'Oh, dear, dear!" cried old Muggle.
"That it should come to this. Yes, I'll
watch alone. I'm not afraid, but oh
dear!"
Then she shrank back and let two
men carry a horrible colli n Into the front
parlor.
They came out with their hats off, and
the other man held his also hi his hand.
"I don't mind that," said old Maggie,
but It's terrible, terrible!"
"If you'd like me to stay," said the
man.
"No," said Maggie. "I've no fear of
living or dead folkB. You can go."
Then she locked the door, went into
the parlor, putting the candle on the
mantle, looked at the coffin through her
tears.
'He wsb good enough to me," she
said ; "poor Mr. Archibald ! And this
comes of wanting to marry at this time
of life, and gallivanting on railroads. I
wonder whether he is changed much.
I'll take a look," and Maggie crossed
the room and lltfed the lid over the face
of the enclosed body.
'I'll take a look," she said to herself
again. "I'm not afraid of dead folks."
In a minute more Maggie dropped the
lid again, and retreated, shaking from
bead to foot. She had seen, within the
colli n, a face with Us eyes shut, aud
with bandages about the head, and the
ghastly features of a clown in ft circus
minus the red mouth.
But it was a living face, well chalked,
and not her master's ; and Maggie knew
at once that she had been well humbug
ged that this story of ber master's
death was a He, and that a burglar lay
in the coffin, read to spring upon her,
or, perhaps, murder her at any moment,
She could of course open the door,
and try to escape; but the accomplices
of the man were doubtless outside. It
was a long distance to the nearest
bouse, and even if they did not kill ber
they would execute their purpose and
rob the place before she returned.
"Master looks natural," said Maggie,
aloud, and tried to collect ber thoughts.
Mr. Van Nott's revolvers were in the
next room, Bhe knew, loaded six shots
in each. Maggie could use pistols.
Bhe had aimed at troublesome cats with
with great success more than once. If
she could secure these pistols she felt
safe'
"Poor, dear master," she sobbed, and
edged toward the back room. "Poor,
dear master." Bhe lifted the desk lid.
Bhe bad them safe.
Bhe glided back to the front parlor
and Bat down on a chair. Bhe turned up
ber sleeves and grasped a pistol in each
hand, and she watched the coflln quietly,
In half an hour the lid stirred. A cau
tlous hand crept up the side. A wiry
eye peeped out.
It fell upon the armed figure, and
closed again.
"You'd better," said Maggie to ber
self.
Again the bead lifted. This time
Maggie sprang to ber feet.
"You're fixed quite handy," she said
cooly " No need of laying you out if I
fire, and I can aim lirst-rate, especially
when I'm afraid of ghosts,, as I be
now."
The head bobbed down again. Mng-
gle reseated herself, Hhe knew that
this could not last very long that there
must be ft conflict before lung. It was
as she.supposed. A moment more and
the colllln was empty, and a ferocious
young fellow sat on its edge, and thus
addressed ber :
"We meant to do All quiet," be said
and I don't want to frighten an old
woman. Just put them down."
'I'm not frightened," said Maggie.
'I'm coming to take them things
away from you," said the man.
"Come," said Maggie.
He advanced one Btep. Hhe took aim
and be dodged, but the bullet went
through bis left arm, aud It dropped by
bis side.
Furious with pain, he dashed toward
her. Bhe fired again, aud this time
wounded him In the right shoulder.
Faint, and quite helpless, he staggered
against the wall.
"There, you've done It, old woman,"
be said. Open the door and let me out.
My game Is up."
'Mine Isn't," said old Maggie. "Get
Into your colllln again, or this time I'll
shoot you through the heart."
The burglar looked plteously at her,
but saw no mercy In her face. He
went back to the colllln and laydown lu
In. Blood dripped from bis wound and
be wrb growing pale. Maggie did not
want to see him die before her eyes, but
she dared not call aid. To leave the
house before daylight would be to meet
this man's companions, aud risk ber
own life. There was nothing for It hut
to play the surgeon herself, and in a
little while she bad stopped the blood
and saved the burglar's life. More than
this she brought him a cup of tea, and
fed li i in with it as If lie bad been a baby.
Nothing, however, could induce ber to
let him out of his coflln.
About one or two o'clock she heard
steps outside, aud knew that the other
burglars were near, but her stout heart
never quailed. Bhe trusted In the bars
and bolts aud they did not betray her.
The daylight found ber sitting quietly
beside her wounded burglar, and the
milkman, bright and early, was the am
bassador who summoned the officers of
Justice.
When the bridal party returned next
day the house was neat and tidy, 'and
Maggie, in her best alpaca, told the news
in a laconlo fushion.
"Frightened 1" she said iu answer to
the sympathetic ejaculation of her new
mistress. "Frightened ! Oh, no ! Fear
wasn't bom lu me.
A Desperate Deed.
SARATOGA was greatly excited re
cently,on the discovery of an appall
ing and unnatural crime. We give the
particulars hastily fts they come to us
As the guests of the United Btates Ho
tel were departing for the races, Ell Per
kins walked briskly up to the desk and
Informed Mr. Gage, one of the proprie
tors of the Btates, that Governor Jewell,
of Connecticut, bad just thrown his son
out of the window, and to please
"What window where '("'Interrupted
a dozen voices at once.
"Out of the fourth story back," said
Mr. Perkins, "on to the picket fence"
"What I threw bis own son out of the
window Y" broke in Mr. Vanderbllt.
"Yes, I suppose it waB bis own son,
said Mr. Perkins, quietly, "a weakly
sou. You see I wanted to see "
"By heavens I What are we coming
to?" exclaimed Robert Cutting to John
Kelly, wringing their hands "and
what was the provocation Y What had
the son done Y"
"Nothing at all," said Mr. Perkins.
"You see I asked Governor Jewell if his
son was there. He said 'yes, on the
lounge here,' and threw"
"I know," interrupted Mr. Travers
"the uu unnatural ff father m m
made a g g grab and thth threw
his sou down on the picket fence b b
below. O, thth the f-f fiend !"
"Just so," said Mr. Perkins, lighting
a cigar.
By this lime there was great excite
ment throughout the hotel. Ladles,
beaded by John Hay, white with excite
ment, came ruBhlng over from the cot
tages, wringing their bands, and the
strongest men, like Benator Frelinhuy
sen and Governor Cornell, were ready
to lynch the author of this fiendish act,
As the local reporter of the Saratogian
arrived on the spot, Mr. Gage and Mr.
Tompkins, accompanied by Leonard
Jerome and Col. Kane, ran round the
hotel to see the victim of this horrible
crime. Benator Warner Miller and
Mayor Smith Ely accompanied them to
take the dying boy from the sharp pick
ets and to take the post mortem state
ment.
Ell Perkins was the only unexclted
man about. He sat quietly reading bis
newspaper.
"AVby don't you get excited about
this fiendish act, Eli i"' exclaimed Mr,
Marvin.
"Wba'. fiendish act r" asked Mr. Per-
, kins.
Why, a man throwing his sou his
only son out of a four story window. "
I don't see anything fiendish about
It," said KM, "It was an old sou And no
use to the Governor, And"
"No use to the Governor Y and do you
think because Governor Jewell bad no
use for bis son he had the right to throw
such a son out of the window)"' luler-
rupted Isaac Phelps,
'Why of course he had A right to do
as be chose with his owu son," said Mr.
Perkins, "As I was saying I told the
Governor to toss It dowu to me and he
gave It a throw, ami "
"It V What do you mean by calling
boy an Itf" Interrupted a dozen
voices."
'Why who said It was a boy 1"' said
Mr, Perkins, greatly surprised. "I said
Governor Jewell threw bis Sun his
weekly Sun, out of the window. It was
an old &tm ; he had read It.and I wanted
to read It myself, aud "
In Just two minutes, by Judge Fitch's
old yellow watch, the office was cleared,
and no one knew how Ell Perkins 11 n-
lshcd the sentence, Bomebody told our
reporter that Ell was trying to Illustrate
the proverb " That trutu,absolute truth,
is sometimes stranger than fiction."
A WEDDING IN WYOMING.
CAMPING near the towu, we secured
our stock and then went In. Enter-
lug the leading store, I Introduced my
self to Mr. Btlles, one of the proprietors
and the Postmaster.
'It Is now half past -', aud at 8 there'i
to be a wedding down the street at Jonas
Burton's. Old Jonas Is a rough old ooou
that we elected Justice of the Peace about
a mouth ago, aud as this will be his first
attempt at a marriage, I think we will
see some fun. Come and go dowu with
me."
We went to the old 'Bqulre's cabin.
We found him poring over a large vol
ume of the statutes of Wyoming, swear.
lug like a horse and looking terribly
auxlous. After greeting us he said:
'Btlles, the durued galoots thet got up
these 'yer laws hadn't gumtlon enough
to last 'em over night. I've ruu through
the blamed book a half dozen times; an'
can't find a dod blasted word about met.
eruiony, or how the hltchlu' process Is
proceeded with. I've Just got ter put
the clamps on this couple hit or miss,
an' ef I don't yoke 'em up legal I can't
help It."
"Oh!" said Btlles, "Just do the best
you can. Any kind of a ceremony will
do In this country, fur people'!! never
question the legality of the thing. I'll
post you as well as I can."
Btlles then explained to him about how
be should proceed, and the old man
finally thought he could worry through
in tolerable shape. Ere long the couple
appeared, followed by a crowd of the
ctll.eus of the camp. The candidates
stood up before the 'Bqulre, who began
"Feller citizens, this 'yar mau an' this
'yar woman have appeared before the
court to be bitched lu the legal bands of
wedlock. If auy galoot lu the mob
knows of anything that mout block the
game lf.tuk to a higher court, let him
now toot his bazoo, or else keep bis Jaw
to himself now and foreverinore. All In
favor o' me perceedlu' as orthorlzed by
the law, say' I.'"
Everybody said "I."
"Contrary, 'no.' "'
Nobody said "no."
"The motion's carried unau'mously,
an' the Court rules that thar hain't
nuthln' to pervent the tryln' of the case,
Grip yer fins."
The candidates Joined hands. "Amos
Peabody, do you solemnly swa'ar thet
ye 11 freeze to 'Mandy furever an' ever Y
Thet ye'il love an' pervlde fur 'er An'
treat 'er squar an' white, accordln' to
to the rules an' regulations sot down to
govern slch cases in the laws o' the Unit'
ed Btates, so help yer God Y
"Yaas, sir; I do, sir."
"That fixes your end o' the Larguln
'Mandy Thomas, do you solemnly swa
'ar that ye'll bang on to Amos for all
comin' time, that you'll nuss him in
sickness an' be squar' to him in wellness,
that ye'll always be to him a good, true,
honest, up an'-up wife under the penal,
ties prescribed by the laws for the pun.
iahment of slch offences : do you swa'ar
this, bo help yer God 1"'
"I swa'ar I will."
" Then by the power in me vested as
Justice o' the Peace, in an' fur this pre
cluct, I pronounce you, Amos Peabody,
husband, an' you, 'Mandy Thomas wife,
and legalize ye to remain as slch now an'
furevermore, an' ye'll stand committed
till the fees an' costs in the case be paid
In full, an' may God have mercy on
your soul an' blees this union with bis
heftiest blessln's."
The fees and costs were adjusted, and,
after receiving ihe congratulations of the
assembly, the newly made husband and
wife departed for their cabin up the
creek.
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Elevated K. 11. Cars and still nearer to the broad
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Aug. 21. 'oo 1 J f K. UASKELli, Proprietor.
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