The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, November 05, 1896, Page 6, Image 6
0 f THE NEBRASKA INDEPEDEN sNov. si 1896 it Si uii Llit $U)y of Aenture on And And $ .7 Gwmmum jwvuw. (Copyright, MD6, by the Anthor. CHAPTER L TBI CASTLK AT DUDLEY. The village belli at Dudley have just ! Ctvnok the miduiRbt hoar. It is an English village on the Severn river, about 30 miles southwest of Bir mingham, founded, and one night say owned, by Lord Dudley. It is a quiet place, with little business and never any bustle. Many of the wealthy manufac turers of Birmingham have their homes here, and in summer time there are many strangers, although it is far from the sea. For an hour or more a skiff has been lying at anchor in the bend of the river jast above where the northern wall in closing Xxtfd Dudley's grounds re acnes the bank. There are three walls shut ting in the ten acres of ground, while tie river itself answers for the fourth. The castle stands in the center of the plat, and thu space not covered by it and the conservatory, stables, eta, is .riven up - to lawns, walks, flower beds, fountains and the like. A grand old place this, though the 10 acres should have been 80 or 80. It is a starlight June night, with something of a mist rising from the wa ter. Had any boatman been passing up or down he might have rowed within 90 feet of the rough and unpainted skiff without noticing it He might have passed within 5 feet of it without see ing its occupant, who was lying on the broad of his back and watching the faint stars above him in an absent man ner. He seemed on the point of going to sleep when the three bells in different portions of the rambling village began to slowly and solemnly strike the hour which marks the death of the old and the birth of a new day. Then he sat up and looked about and whispered to him self: , "That's what I've been waiting for, and here I got Wish I'd brought along a partner, though that would have meant a divide of the swag. " He lifted the stone by which the boat had been anohored and let the craft drift down past the wall. Then by a careful use of the paddle he worked it inshore until the bow rested on the bank. He was now within the grounds, but quite a distance from the house. Stepping ashore, he pulled the skiff half its length out of the water, and for a minute or two stood peering into the darkness. "Losing your nerve, eh!" he muttered, as a shiver passed over him. "It's your first big job, and you are a bit timid. Eurglary is a bit different from poach lag, but you'll get used to it, Ben John son! Take a drink to brace your nerves!" He pulled a bottle from his pooket, drained it of its contents and tossed it sway. A full pint of liquor had gone down his throat since 10 o'clock, and but for the adventure he had on hand be would have been sleeping the stupid aleep of intoxication. The effect of the last drink was to make him desperately reckless the condition he hoped for. Seeping clear of the graveled paths, that the sound of his footsteps might not betray him, he slowly and cautiously advanced to the house. Not a light was to be seen, not a sound came to alarm faim. ;.',-;' 1 "Second storyabove the portico--three windows," he whispered to him self. "One window in her ladyship's bedroom, two in her sitting room. She has her own safe, and it's in that sitting room. Key to be found lying' about somewhere jewels money out again and nobody the wiser. No need of any violence unless the old gal has the im pudence to wake up and discover me. No, I won't hurt anybody unless I'm . cornered. Come, now I Up you go!" He advanced up the steps leading to a private entrance and kicked off his shoes and placed his bat and jacket be tide them. Then lifting himself up to the railing he grasped a column sup porting the portico and noiselessly as cended to its roof. The sills of two win dows were only two feet above him. Not the slightest ray of light had been reflected from either, but from his new position he made a discovery which was impossible from the ground. The curtains at the window of her ladyship's bedroom were down, but a glimmer of light escaped from the side next to, him. She was a woman 80 year of age, in failing health, and per haps she was ill and a nurse was sitting up with her. It might be only a night lamp, however. The man remained crouched on the roof for ten minutes without motion. He heard no move mentno voices and finally decided 'that it was safe to go ahead. He ex peoted to find the windows looked, and h lost no time in trying them. Pulling Liaself carefully up to the north win daw of the sitting room, he stood up, fcew long, thin piece of steel from Lis breast and in 80 seconds had turned tie catch by inserting the implement between the sashes. There was a dull click, and he crouched down and waited five or six minutes to see if any one tad been aroused. "Co far so good!" he whispered when ftlzled that no alarm had been created. "I'd feel better if I had a pal on the nrzXh below, but I've gone too far to tz Jti out now. Only that window be taen iae and 5,000 of swag 1" rcrrcally did he raise the sash that t :l try era been sitting in the room zzlxil awake they would not have : t - a sound. His entrance into the c:m c:j fact as cautiously made. It ttij rtl icU ice bad closed the sash be- t"l ? 13, rrraiced the curtains to I ' -j C i Ii"t and then listened in vain t t C fcuvv br&athina of a oerson in sierp mat ne toox tne oars tauKxn rrom the bog in which he carried it aul threw its light around the room. It was an apartment perhaps 80 feet Jong by 20 wide, with a door leading into a hall at the back end, and midway on the north side a door which the burglar at once decided communicated with her ladyship's bedroom. The man had no eyes for the elegant surroundings, bat flashed his lantern here and there until the light fell upon the door of an iron safe built into the south wall. He had heard of that safe and its contents. That was the magnet which had drawn him to the castle that June night which had made .him turn burglar which was to change the current of his life. In those days no house safe was pro tected by a combination. They were locked or unlocked by a key, and tha lock could be readily attacked by a burglar's tools and implements. Kneel ing before the door, the man took a lock pick from his bag and began work. He was a bit nervous, but neverthelesi he worked with caution and patience. Inside of ten minutes he bad shot tha bolt, and be was just pulling the door open when a hand was laid on his shoul der. He had placed the dark lantern on a chair behind him, so that the flood of light fell full upon the door. It also fell upon his head and face as be worked. "My God, Ben Johnson, but havt yon come to this!" It was the voice of a .woman. Sha bad knelt beside him and uttered tha words before he could obey the impulsa to spring up. The voice was familiar to him, and the face of the woman, hall brought out by the bullseye, was not strange to him. No, not the face of s woman, but that of a girl not over 18 years old. . It was very pale as he found it within two feet of his own, and tha big blue eyes bad a look of horror in them as they gazed into his black onea He had been so suddenly and so com pletely surprised that he was rendered stupid for a moment "Ben! Ben! Do yon know where you are what you are doing?" whispered the girl as she laid a hand on the arm outstretched to pull the door open. "Aye, you minx It's you, is it?" he growled as he drew a breath of relief. "Of course I know what I'm doing. I could have got along without you had you been asleep, but as you are here I'll make use of you. I suppose the old gal is asleep in her bedroom? If she's got anything worth taking in there, I want you to fetch it to me." "Ben Johnson turned burglar!" gasp ed the girL "Ben Johnson here in hei ladyship's private rooms to rob her! Oh, Ben, I can't be awake and in my senses! You surely haven't become so desperate all at once." "Keep quiet, you fool!" he hissed as he dropped his arm to take hold of her wrist with savage grip. "I told you last Sunday that nobody would give me a show and that I intended to do for myself. Because I've been man enough to take what belonged to me I've been sent to the jail and outlawed. This very Lord Dudley, who has no more right to wealth than I have, has had me watched and hounded and marked down for a bad man." ''But you turned poacher, Ben," she replied, "and you refused, to work like other young men." "Poacher! Aye, that's the law of the country as made by these bigwigs. If a poor man wants a bit of game now and then, he must risk the jail to get it But what are you doing here?" "Her ladyship is ill tonight, and I am sitting up with her. She is asleep just now,' but may awake at any mo ment Ben, listen to me. Go away. Go the way yon came, and none but us shall ever know that you entered the oaBtle." "Are you a fool, MaryJ" he savagely exclaimed. "I came for the swag, and I'll not go without it!" "And we love each other have passed our words and are to be married in the fall!" she moaned as she put out both hands to seize the arm he had extended again. "More'H the reason why I should make the haul I haven't had enough money the past three months to pay the wedding fee. , Hands off, you idiot!" "Ben, do you love me?" "HuBh! This is no time for non sense t Go fetch any stray jewels from the old gal's room while I clean out this box." "You shall not touch it! Ton shall go away! Go now at once or I will call for help!" "D'ye see this?" he Whispered as he drew a long, keen knife from its sheath and flashed it before her eyes. "Aye, I see it, Ben Johnson, and would to God you had driven it to my heart before I learned how base and un worthy and wicked you had become! j Father and mother were right, and I have been headstrong and obstinate. Both of them have always distrusted you have said that you were bad at heart" "I don't care a curse what they have thought nor for your own opinion either. I am here for the swag, and I'll have it and your life as well if yon trouble me further. Hands off! Get away, wench!" Had it been another man in the place of Ben Johnson, the girl would have creamed out at sight of him. She had barely restrained herself as it was, and only because she had instantly recog nized her lover's face as the light fell upo. it She had softly opened the door of the bedroom and entered on tiptoe in search of a fan. Had another man men- aced her with a knife, she taight have j fainted. Ben was savage and desperate j and might murder her, but she did not j hesitate. Rising suddenly to her feet, J she flung her arms around his neck and pulled hira backward and shouted j "Robbers!" "Murder!" "Help!" at the ' top of her voice. As she pulled him over she struck the chair and kicked the Ian t tern off, and the room was at once in midnight darkness. 'You've spoiled my game, but I'll have your life to pay for it!" shouted tha man as ha tore bar arms loose and struggiea up. He moved here and there in search of the girl and for 15 seconds no alarm followed her loud cries for help. Then the door of the bedroom opened to let in a flood of light, and Lady Dudley stood on the threshold to look in. Oh, my lady, it's a robber a mur derer!" screamed Mary as she dashed across the room. "So there you are, and I'll give you this!" shouted the man as he sprang after her. The girl dodged past Lady Dudley. Ben stopped short within arm's length of the invalid, who had as yet uttered no sound. Rendered furiously desperate by bis defeat, he raised the knife as if to stab her, and probably meaning to do it but wiiih he held his arm poised she uttered a feeble, choking cry and sank down in a heap on the floor. At the same instant doors were heard opening and closing footsteps 'sounded in the halls and it was evident that the cas tle was aroused. Standing over the un conscious form of Lady Dudley, Ben called to the girl, whom he could not see: "I'm going, you hussy. And let me warn you that if you give me up to the law I'll have your life and that of every one of your family. " He was on the roof of the portico as Lord Dudley burst into the room. He was safe on the ground and sheltered by the trees as the latter arrived at the window and looked out It was ten minutes before the servants oould be roused to search the grounds, and by that time Ben Johnson was floating down the Severn in his skiff. Lady Dudley was dead when lifted up and placed on the bed dead from the shock she had received at sight of the burglar and his knife. Mary was so upset the; it was some time before she oould give her account of the affair. At first she had declared that the man wos un known to her, actuated by a lingering spark of love for the man instead of bis wicked threat, but when, she learned that Lady Dudley was dead she con fessed to the master that her own a knowledged lover was the midnight in- "If you give me up to the law I'll have your life." trader. She had- conversed with him. She had restrained his baud. She would have flung herself between him and her lady, but she did not know that he menaced the latter. The girl deserved all praise. She had been more than loyal..- "It's this way, my lord," said the police sergeant who was summoned from the town station as soon as pos sible. "The girl is accessory. No doubt of the pair putting up the job together, bat they were disturbed by her lady ship. Then, to save herself, the girl ories out for help and makes a great ado, thinking the man can get away without being recognized. " "But she has been in my service for many years ever since she was 10 years old," protested Lord Dudley. "She has had charge of her ladyship's jewels for the past year, and even now has the key of the safe. " " Yes, my lord, but those things don't help her much now, " observed the seigeant. "She is in love with that scamp of a Ben Johnson. She! oould not resist his arguments. They were going to make a big haul and then skip the country for America or Australia. It's all as plain as day to me, sir, and I feel it my duty to lock her up. " "Why did she tell me it was her lover when none of us had seen or sus pected him?" asked his lordship. ' 'Emotion, sir overcome with sud den emotion on hearing of her lady ship's death, and the words came out before she realized what she was saying. I've seen it in 20 different cases. By tonight she'll take a different tack and declare that the man was a perfect "Well, I am very sorry, for we have always looked upon Mary as the most faithful of servants. She may have been argued into this by that villain, as you say, and perhaps it is best to lock her op." "It was a great temptation.no doubt said the sergeant, "and it may be that we can find extenuating circumstances, as they calls 'em. We have the whole force out after Ben Johnson, and no doubt we'll have him fast and sure be fore morning. And now, sir, if you'll bring the girl down I'll walk her to the I TO BE CONTINUED. ' FREE! 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The only permanent cure for itching piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile Cure, not only for itching piles, but for every other form of piles, blind, bleeding or protruding. The first application gives instant relief and the continued use for a short time causes a permanent removal of the tumors or the small par asites which cause the intense itching and discomfort of itching piles. Many physicians for a long time sup posed that the remarkable relief afforded by the Pyramid Pile Cure, was because it was supposed to contain cocaine, opium or similar drugs, but such is not the case. A recent careful analysis of the remedy showed it to be absolutely free from any cocaine, opium, or in fact any poisonous, injurious drugs whatever, Sold by druggists at 50 cents per pack age. A FILIBUSTER DEFIANT. Captain IiOmm of the Dauntless Dare the Wlndom to Fire on Him. ' Atlanta, Ga., Oct 81. A special to the Journal from Fernandina, Fla., says: "Captain Lomm of the fllibus terer Dauntless, now lying under the guns of the revenue cutter Windom, Captain Hand, says . he is going to Jacksonville to-morrow. Hand says he will sink the tug if she moves, and Lomm replies: 'All right, get ready your small boats to pick up my men, for I shall certainly make the at tempt.'" Many Oklahoma Farmers Robbed. Pehbt, Okla., Oct 31. Twenty miles east of here five masked highwaymen went from farm house to farm house Wednesday night and forced the peo ple in eachfc) stand in line under guard of two of the men while the others went through each house. Cris Jones fired on the band as they left his house and several shots were fired but no one was known to have been hurt. The robbers were followed into the Osage Indians country where they were lost truck of. - ' ' Fatal Blot at Speechmaklngr. Ashland, Ky., Oct 31. At Pres tonburg, Floyd county, silver Demo crats led by a deputy sheriff, are said to have tried o howl down Augustus H. Wilson of Louisville, when a fight took place, and a young Republican named Peary was stabbed to death by a young Democrat named Marrs, and others on both sides were roughly handled. Chief Justice W. H. Holt of the state court of appeals said that a gold speaker took his life in his hands when he went into those mountains. Member of an Unlucky Family a Suicide. Pebbt, Ok., Oct- 81. Ross Sowers, aged 15, was the son of a man who is in the Kansas penitentiary for an un usually serious offense. The boy's mother was burned to death a year ago, and his sister also had been un fortunate. On account, it is tnought. of the family troubles, young Sowers drank carbolic acid with suicidal in tent Sunday, and, being saved by doc-, tors, cut his throat this morning.deatb resulting. Depew Mr. HeKlnley's Gaest. Canton, Ohio, Oct 31. Chauncey M. Depew reached Canton about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon, his private car being attached to the Cleveland, Can ton and Southern train from Cleveland. He is here for a social visit with Major McKinley, and the major met him at the station in an open carnage. Aged Ten and a Bride. Lnrs Creek, Mo. , Oct 31. Nathan Jackson and Efiie Woods of Nonsuch, Camden county, were granted a license to marry by Recorder Laswell yester day. The bride is a mere child of 10 years and the groom 26. It is the oiily marriage on record in this county where the bride was under 14 years of age and the people of ' the community are indignant at the parents giving their consent to the marriage. - Judge Grosscup at Chicago decided that postal fraud orders were applica ble to all frauds, not lotteries alone. FEAR TRICKERY. Election Return Blauks Cause Mlsglv Inge Among Kansas Fnsionlsts. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 3. The fusion leaders have learned that Secretary of State Edwards has furnished election return blanks to the county clerks, providing for the tabulation of the votes cast for . the Bryan and Sewall electors under separate heads Demo cratic and People 's and they look upon it as a scheme to cause confusion, and thus open the way for the Repub licans, if not to steal the state, to in validate the election, should the elec toral vote of, the state be thrown to Bryan and the result ia the nation binge on the Kansas electors. This forenoon John W. Ureidentnai, J. Mack Love, (1. C. Clemens, David Overmver and other Populist and Dem ocratic leaders held a consultation lasting three hours. At this it was de cided to notify the ropunst ana uem- ocratic county committeemen through out the state to watch the count to-morrow night, and if the judges of election should not tabulate the fusion votes under one heading, to secure writs of mandamus in the district courts fo compel the county commis sioners to so canvas the result rTiaay. It was also decided at this meeting to take a similar step in the Supreme court to compel the state board 01 can- vasaerr 0 so canvass the vote on state and legislative candidates when the board shall meet on the last Wednesday of November. ISO. 8. EIBKPATR1CI, jtn:rr.:y td Scl::it:r. BooBsMaadMl OoaaeelferBe MISSOIRI ESTIMATE, rhalrmaa Cook Seee a Big Bryan Ma jority Republicans Hopeful Sr. Locis, Mo., Nov. J. The officers of. the State Democratic committee (five out the following forecast: In 1892 the Democratic pluraity was 0,00a The most careful and trust worthy estimates show that outside of St Louis city the gold standard Demo- ratic defection will be more than off set by silver Republicon accessions. The People's party vote is solid for Bryan. In 1892 this vote outside of St Louis was 40,000. This would give Bryan outside this city a lead of 80,000. Allowing the Republicans 10,000 stay-at-home votes in 1892, Uryan will still have 70,000 outside of tiiis city. Ihe Republican State committee ia confident that there is a bitr surprise party in store for the Democrats, and say that their state and national ticket will carry the state. ELECTION DAY WEATHER. Snow In the Northwest, Clonde In Cen tral States, Fair Elsewhere. WASHnrsTOJi, Nov, 2. The weather bureau to-day issued the following special election day bulletin: WASHracTOff, Nov. 3. Election day weather: The weather bureau fur nishes the following special bulletin to the press: Fair and pleasant weather with about normal temperature pre vails this morning in all states except is follows: From two to three inches af snow have fallen over South Dakota uid snow is staj.1 falling with a prob ability that it will continue to-day and to-night; in North Dakota about two inches of snow have fallen in the south ern c central part of the state and the conditions are 'favorable for moderate show fall to-day and to night in the eastern half of the state; in Nebraska light snow will probably fall in the north half of the state tonight; in Minnesota, Wis sonsin and upper Michigan the wea ther is cloudy with indications strongly indicating an unpleasant day Tuesday with light rain or srtow; in lower Mich igan clouds are gathering and the con ditions are favorable for warm weather on Tuesday . with cloudy and occa sional showers; in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa the weather is warm and pleasant to-day, but clouds are now gathering and the conditions are uncertain for . 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