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BUSINESS CARDS.
IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE; IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE.
No. 38. SANBEESYILLE, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870.
VOL. XXIV.
BUSINESS CARDS.
I
BOLSIIAW & SILVA,
Importers and Dealers in
(rotKcry, China and Glassware,
KEROSENE LAN1PS AND ©IL,
Cutlery, Britannia and Plated Ware,
AX»
Bouse Furnishing Gqo^S Gener
ally-
152ST. JULIAN ASB 14B BRYAN STS.,
Between Whitaker street and the Market,
PlILASKI MOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA.
Wiltberger & Carroll,
PROPRIETORS.
BUSINESS CARDS.
,'E. OnOOVE»,
Savannah,
C. V-. STUBBS,
Savannah.
A. T. MACINTYRE,
Thomasville.
Jan. 19, 1870.
JMy
SAVANNAH,
Aug- 31, 1870
GEORGIA.
34*iy
Cormack Ilepkins,
Dealer iu
Tin Ware, Stoves,
HOUB£rf ; URNISHING GOOBS,
ji.iltB WviftE, WOOD ,/.ID
WILLOW WARE.
Owing to the late fire which occurred in JLiscpie
Hall budding, I haye removed my Pfltjre Stock to
Jo. 167 Broughton and Bull Streets,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA,
Two Doors above Weed <& Cornwell,
WHICH I AM OFFERING VERY LOW.
C. & H.
Aug. 31, 1S70. 34—ly
JOHN lM. COUP EH & C
Ctrotr Whitaker ct St. Julian Streets,savannah, oa.
Wholesale and lletail Dealers in
HRS A STATIONARY ALL KINDS,
COPYING*SEAL PRESSES, DEN KNIVES,
v vs & Book Printing Paper & Ink,
^FENS, FEN AND PENCIL CASES,
ig & Colored Papers
■ Blank and Job Work,
Printers’ Cards, &c-
yYisrk Batts.
Li. QuitntQQk.
’ 6 m
Henry A. Siultt
W. W. CASTER. H. O. CARTER. J. T. CARTER, Jl*
W. W. CARTER & SONS,
Cotton Factors
AND.
General Commission merchants,
104 Buy Street,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA,
Ijggt- Projppt person?,] attention given to Orders.
Platers supplied.with Bagging and Ties at
Lowest Rates.
Aug. 1«‘, 1870. tf
8. E. BOTH WELL,
W. B. WOODBRIDGE
BOTHWELL & WOODBRIDGE,
COTTON FACTCRs,
AND
General Commission
MERCHANTS,
74 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Aug. 19, 1859. ly
“CAEPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MA.TTLSTGS,
LACE CDRTAiN AND SHADES-
IF’orfc
If one
JLotv
Promptly
Rates.
at
LATMROP & CO.
Feb. 28, 1870.
iy
UNBAR & CO.,
Importers and Dealers in
^RANDIES, WHISKIES, GINS, WINE§
SEGARS, TOBACCO, &c.
.147 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEQRpIA,
An 11, 1870. 8-tf
I L. PALK & Cq“
" —ONE PRICE—
Wholesale and Retail
flothiug Warehouse,
No. 147 Congress &147 St. Julien Streets,
SAVANNAH, G 4.
A large Assortment of Fnrnish'ngGoods,nats,
Trunks, Valises, &e., always on rand.
Manufactory, 44 Murry Street, New York.
Goods made to order at the shortest notice.
January 19, 1370. 8—ly
palmer & peppish,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
hardware, Rubber Belting, Agri
cultural Implements,
Powder, Shot, Caps Rag Lead,
Congress and 67 St. Julian Sis.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Wir-SO, 1870. '*'■ ly
, New lusifc
On the Beach of Long Branch, Comic Song GO cts.
The Gay young Clerk in the Dry-Good store,
Comic song, 40 cts.
The Lord will Provide, sacred song, 5u cts.
Mur\ ! O ! (.Vine back tome, illustrated Title
song, 40 cts.
A heart that beats only for thee, illustrated
Title song 40 cts.
Katy MeFerran, illustrated Title song, 40 cts.
You’ve been a friend to me, illustrated Title
song, 40 cts.
Tassels on the Boots, comic song, 50 cts.
Upin a Balloon, u “ 50 cts
O ! let me kiss the Baby,* 1 “ 50 cts.
Music'sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt ol
the price ahnd^ed.
HERMAN# L. SCHREINER,
Bopk and Music Dealer,
SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA.
March 30, 1870.’ 32-ly
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
. COTTON FACTORS
General Commission Merchants,
94 Bay Street,
SJiyUJVW&H, CLf.
J53~ Bagging > Tics, Rope and oAer Sup-piles
Furnished. '*'&%
Also Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
ments for Sale or Shipment to Liverpool or Northern
Forts.
aug. 31, 1S70. 6m
PERRY M. DeLEGN, [ CHAS. C. HARDWICK.
D*LE0N & HARDW1K,
COTTON FACTORS *
AND
Dealers in PJE1ZTIJjI%ERS,
94 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Agents for Chappell’s “Champion”
Superphosphate.
Aug, 31, 1870. 34=1 y
s. G. HAYNES & BKO.
GRAIN AND
€ Ginmissioit
BUSINESS CARDS.
S. A. PUGHSLEY, JR.
». T. MORRIS.
PUGHSLEY & MORRIS,
General Dealers in
MERCHANDISE,
SW AlNSBORO, GA.,
OODS given in exchange for all kinds of
Country Produce.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and Wool
consigned to them for shipment.
June 8, 1870. tf
BERNARD!. SMITH,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
T1JST WAKE,
SANDEESVILLE, GEORGIA.
A LL kinds of work iu Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron,
&o..&e., done on short notice. KoofiDg.Gutter-
ine, Vulle-ying in town or country, promptly atten
ded to.
Merchants will be supplied with Ware of the
best quality on the most reasonable terms.
JjgT" Orders solicited.
April 28, 1870. tf
A. J. MILLER & CO ,
Miscellaneous.
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Jim. 19, 1S70.
M. FERST & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Wines, Liquors, Segars and
FANCY GROCERIES, CANDIES, &c., &c..
Removed to corner
BAY and WHITAKER hTREETi
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
House iu New Yoik, 449 iSroftdw&y*
April 6,'ThTO. ly
J A. 31ERCIER,
Furniture W arehouse,
150 BROUGHTON STREET,
Savannah, Georgia.
New Work made to order, Repair
ing, Bell Hanging, Mattress Making
and .Upholstering,
SHORT JTOTICJE.
A. J. MILLER.
Aug. 31, 1870.
C. P miller.
34-ly
DEALER in
Corn, Cats, Hay, Bran,
And all Kinds of
FEED, GRIST, and MEAL,
NMENTS SOLICITED
Orders Promptly filled in every channel
of Trade.
153 Buy Street,
One door cast of Holcombe, Hull & Co.,
SAVANNAH. - - GEORGIA.
All Orders will receive Prompt Attention.
May 11, 1870. IS-Iy
ESTABLISHED 1840.
John Oliver,
Dealer in
Sashes, Blinds | Doors,
Win dote-Glass, Oils, Tur
pentine, Varnish, Brushes,
foully, Etc.,
Hope $ Sign Painter,
Vo. 3 Wl\Haker Street, Savannah, Ga.
Ausr. SI, 1870. 12m
J. Finegan, J. B. Parramore, J. Rutledge Finegan.
JOSEPH FINEGAN & CO.,
COTTON FACTOKS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, : : GA.
Liberal Advances made on Cotton consigned to
us or to our Correspondents in New York and Liv
erpool
nvtg. 31, 1S70. 4m
C. Y. HUTCHIKST
Wholesale Dealers in
Hay, Grain |Pr«dnee,
133 and 135 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
reff^.el'ces,
Ketehu.m 4sHntlildze, Say.; Hunter * Gamtnell,
Savannah ; Business Houses generally, Sav.; J. H.
Smith & Co., Baltimore; Marshall, Philips * Co.,
Pli hulelphia ; Williams * Morrison, N. Y.; Lew
is Brown A Co.; Bo-ton ; 4. L. Griffin * Co., Buf
falo ; E. AY. S. Nefl, Ciuciuuutfi.
•11. ’R7« ‘ 18-Iv
CO.,
ME1KHARD BROS.
W holesale Deglers iji
BoQt^Shoes,flat^
Ready Made Clothing
GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING GOODS,
|11 Broughton Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
II. MeiNIIAKI), t
I. Meimiaku,
S. Meinhakd,
E. A. 'Well, j
.Am. 19, 1870.
CFFICE,
j- 80 *82 Whitest.
NEW TOItK.
■ WEBJIF & CORNWELL,
Importers and Dealers in
[ r on, Hardware and Tin Plate,
Savannah, Georgia.
% 11,1870. fun
M. HAYWOOD,
Dealer in
CENTS’ FURNISHING GOO^S,
combs,- brushes,
Mttmtak
American and Imported Vetfuniery/
, Cor. Bull anti'Bryan* Streets, ‘
Hannah, - - Georgia.
.Vn. i87c. tf
i„ E ;«°0bMAX, H. Mvebs, F. Mvehs,
i t ““ ur g> Va. Savannah, Ga. Lynchburg, Va
GOODMAN & MYERS,"
r TOBACCO
(2$$7c^an£4j
- And Dealers in
Wgars and JPipes,
137 Bay Street,
savannah, ga.
I'tek^'vu® el> ^ S ^ 0r rar i <)ua Manufactures of
■“’enii’a U' are prepared to fill orders for every
* 8t J’ e ’ at M anufacturerj’ prices.
'/‘uJssgisaa^K“ fob
?■ '»»
BLAIR & BICKFORD,
Dealers in
Doors, Sashes,Blinds,
Mouldings, Balusters
jyetvel Posts a^d Wand
RAILINGS,
169 and 171 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, C3EO.
May 'll, 1870. 18-ly
S. g- MILLER,
[J?ext door to Weed & Cornwell.]
DEALER IN'
Jtlahogany, Walnut If Pine
Fl l! MTU I! K,
IPreiicli & Cottag^
Chamber Sets
AND,
loosis*
Mattresses Made to 0rd;r.
No. 155 and 157 Broughton Street.
SAVANNAH, GA.
July'6, 187B. ly
CLOTHHTQ.
Heidt, Jandon A Co.
No. 135 BROUGHTON STREET,
SAVANNAH, gA,
Have now in Store the largest Stock of Cloth
ing in the City, of their own manufacture,
which they offer to .--ell very low at Wholesale
and Retail. Their Stock' of '
FURNISHING (GOODS
is unsurpassed, all of which, they invite those
in want of goods to call and examine.
8«j»t. 7, 1870. lm
HACKER, mow & CO.,
Produce Commission
HIOTTSIE],
EL.OIR, B.iCO.V, Wilis RET,
CORJf', BIS C UIT,
AND FERTILIZERS,
SEEDS.
IV e call cur patrons attention to our Seed
trade list. VV e are the only Wholesale Grower
and Importers of seeds in the State of Ga. 1st
premiums at Ga. State fair, Ala. State fair,
Penn. State fair, United States fair for Celery
seed and Early Rose Potato, and a complimen
tary reprt on account of our fine Fruit. Wheat,
Oats, and Grass seeds furnished pure, free from
trash, grown especially for the trade by us.
Catalogues and price list furnished on ap
plication.
89 DAY STREET,
84 VANN AH, -r - GEORGIA.
WM. HACKER, “hila.
E. G. DIKE, Say.
Aug 31, 1870
FRED. ENGLE, Sav.
T. J.MuLON’Y, “
34—12m
ff*e Defy Competition!
THE undersigned have
moved to their large new
Shop on the Public
Square, are now doing
all kind ot °
w
Carriage,
Buggy
AND
W AGO 1ST
work. Also making Plows and Shoeing Ilorsef
We will sell all kind of new work of OUK OW
manufacture, made of the BEST MATERIAL i
low as tlio same article enD be laid down here trot
Aew York. We have inour employ wood workmen
and Blacksmiths that are without superiors. Give
us a call before purchasing elsewhere. A:1 work
warrented. RENFROE & BROTHER.
Saudersvi’le, March ’23, 1870. 12-tf
CVAJVGE of SCjlEMPUDE.
O l
No Change of Cars Between Savannah,
Augusta, and Montgomery, Ala*
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL fi. K., 1
SAyAXSif, August 14, 1868. J
N AND AFTER SUNDAY. 1KTH INST.,
Passenger Trains oa the Georgia Central
Kailr^ad will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
LtfAVE. ARRIVE.
Savannah.t,. S:St' A.. M.
Maeon 6:40 P. M.
Augusta 7 5:88 P. M.
Milledgeville 1 g:58 P. 41.
EatentoD.... 11:00 P. M.
Connecting with trains that lcave Augusta8:45 A. M
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:uu
Savannah 5:80 P. M.
Augusta .,5:88 P. 11.
Connecting with train that leave A ugusta 8:45 A. M.
DP NIGHT TRAIN.
Savnnnah 7:20 P. M.
Macon........... 6:55 A. M
Augusta 8:18 A. M
Connecting with train that leave Augusta 9:88 P. M
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon : 6:25 P. M.
SavancAh, 8:10 A,- M.
Augustu...... 8:18 A7 M.
Milledgeville... 4:80 P. M.
Enlouton ,2:40 P. M.
Connecting with train tliatieave Augusta 9:83 P. M.
A. Jl. trains from Savannah and 'Ai)gusta,
and P. M. train from Macon qonheet with Mil
ledgeville traiu at GofSou' dally, Sundays ex
cepted. ' ■
P. Jl. train from Savannah connects with
through mail train on Sontb Carolina Railroad,
And P. M. traiu from Savannah and Augusta
with iraius on Sooth Westertl and Muscogee
Railroads. ... . WM. ROGERS,
Aet’g Master of Transportation.
June 1, 1869. ' ‘ '
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
- A Thrilling Story,
In the second year of our late civil
war I was married, and went to live
with my husband in a small village on
the Hudson, some fifty or sixty miles
fiom New York. The house we oc
cupied was a large, rambling mansion
of considerable antiquity for this coun
try, and stood a little apart from the
rest of the village, surrounded bv broad
fields and commanding a glorious view of
the river and the hills of the Highlands.
It had been built before the Revolution,
by my husband’s great-grandfather,
and though destitute of many ‘modern
improvements,’ was still a comfortable
and pleasant residence.
My husband was a lawyer, and a large
real estate owner in the neighborhood,
and at the period of which I write was
greatly perplexed, like many other
persons in the North, by the perilous
state of the times, especially about the
safe investment of his funds, as the
suspension of specie payments, the
great rise in gold,^nd the military dis
asters in Virginia, mac^e it almost im
possible to tell where it would be safe
to deposit or to use one’s money in aoy
large amount.
Iu liie course of his transactions in
real estate, it happened one day that
he received what was to us then a larg
sum, about ten thousand dollars, which
he brought home and placed in my
charge, telling me at the same time
that he should have to be absent during
the evening attending to some business
on the other side of the river, and
should not be at heme till about mid
night.
‘You can place the money in the
safe, dear,’ he said as he gave it to me,
‘and to-morrow I will try to find some
way to invest it securely.’
So saying, he stepped mto the bug
gy which was standing at the dpur,
and drove away taking with him our
hired man, Simon, and leaving me with
no one in the house but Dinah, an old
colored woman, wdio fulfilled, in our
modest household, the function of cook
and maid-of-ali-work, as she had long
been m the family of my parents, who,
on iny marriage, had yielded her up to
me as a valuable part of mv dower
Dinah was indeed a character. She
was tall and very stout, weighing she
would never lel 1 how much more than
“two hundred pounds. She was very
black, and as lazy as she was black. I
do not think any one could move more
deliberately than Dinah did, that is to
move at all. And by a wonder dispen
sation, she seemed to feel that what
ever her other faults might be, she was
strong on the point of locomotion. For,
when she had been moveing with
ponderous slowness, about maddening
to a person of ordinary quickness, one
of her favorite expressions w r as, ‘Well
Miss Lillie, what shal. I fly into next?
How she accomplished all she did the
brownies only know. We used some
times almost to tremble when there was
special hurry about our domestic ar
rangements, and yet Dinah always
managed lo bring affairs :o a consum
mation just when a minute more
would have ruined everything, and
with undisturbed front, would slowly
enunciaie, ‘Well, Miss, what shall I fly
into next?’
It was nearly dark when my bus
band departed, and after giving my
orders to Dinah, or rather my sugges
tions, J left her, and made the tour of
the lipuse, to see that all was right
and properly locked up. This duty
attepded to, J went to my bedroom,
intending to pass the time iu reading
till my husband should return.
It was a large room on the ground
floor, with two French windows open
ing on a broad verandah. The win^-
dows were draped with long yellow
silk curtains, between which the moon
light faintly entered, dimmed by the
shadow of the roof of the piazza, and
partly intercepted by the fringe of the
woodbine which hung from it. My
bed stood with its foot towards the
windows and its head about half a
yard from the walls. It was an old
fashioned structure, hung with yellow
silk like the windows, but I slept with
the hauging dfawti back and fastened
to the headboard. The bed was so
large that no one ever thought of mov
ing it, except in those seasons of panics
called house-cleanings, when the com
bined strength of three or four men
was called into requisition lo draw it
into the middle of the room. So elab
orately carved was it, that it went by
the name of Westminister Abbey in
the family. At one end of the room,
at no great distance from the bed, was
a large safe, built into tbe huge chim
ney of the rnansiou, with a door high
enough forapeisun to enter standing
upright. Here I was accustomed to
place every evening our silver plate pD
shelves which extended ajpund the
sides, on which ajsp were pjaped boxes
containing papers and other valuables.
Opposite the foot of tihe bedstead, be
tween the. windows,, waaa mirror, run
ning from l ^ e fjfooralmost to the ceiling.
Like all other furniture in the room, it
was old and handsome. How many
happy scenes it had reflected in the
hundred years it had stood there!
The nignt was extremely hot, and I
therefore left the windows open, though
I drew the curtains before I seated my
self at tbe table in the centre of the
room, lighted the candles and began
to read in order, to pass the heavy, time
before tbe return of my husband!.
After it while I beard the clock q^rike
nine, at whioh hour Dinah always went
to bed. Her ohamber was in the attic,
the third story of the house. Remem
bering some household matter about
which I wished to speak to her, I start
ed hurriedly up and went into the en
try to intercept her before she got up
stairs. I had to wait a minute before
she came, and our colloquy continued
three or four minutes more.
When I re urned to my bed room,
feeling somewhat tired, I resolved to
go to bed, as at that late hour in the
country it was certain that no visitors
would call, and my husband could let
himself in with the latch-key, which
be always carried. I thought, how
ever, I would try to keep awake by
reading, and accordingly placed
a ligliL-stand and candles at the
head of the bed. I then closed and
fastened the window, undressed and
got into' bed. The key of the safe
placed, as usual, under my pillow.
After reading perhaps an hour,
grew weary of the book, and quietly
laying it down, remained for some min
utes meditating, with eyes fixed on. the
mirror opposite the foot of the bed, in
which I could see myself reflected, to
gether, with the yellow silk curtains
behind my head. I was thinking, not
unnaturally, how happy I was with
such a loving husband and such a large
sum of money secure iu our safe, when
suddenly I saw in the mirror a sight
which made my heart stand still. A
hand appeared between the curtains,
drawing them slowly apart, and grasp!
mg cautiously the headboard. It was
a man’s hand, large and coarse and
dark, as if belonging to a mulatto, or
to one greatly tanned by exposure of
the weatber. My first impulse was to
start from the bed and scream for help
I repressed it by a strong effort of will,
and lay perfectly motionless, except
that I partially closed my eyes, keep
ing them only sufficiently open to
watch the mirror. As quick as lightn
ing rny mind look in the situation. In
tire few minutes of my absence from
the room while talking to Dinah in the
entry, a thief, a robber, possibly a
murderer, had stolen in by the piazza
window, and had had hidden himself,
either under the bed or behind its
draped head. He was doubtless arm
ed; and i*f I cried out, or attempted to
escape from the room, he could easily
reach tbe door before I could, and for
his own security, would probably put
mi to death. Dinah was too distant
and too feeble and clumsy to afford me
a-iy assistance, and was by this fasl
ideep in the third story. The man
ioubtless knew that my husband bad
ihat day received a large sum of money,
and had gone across the river, leaving
me alone, or nearly alone in the house.
He had entered, caring only for the
money, and, anxious above all things
to escape undetected and unrecognized.
If I Jet him know that I was aware of
his presence, I should expose myself
to murder, and perhaps to outrage worse
than murder. My obvious policy was
to keep quiet and to feign sleep. I
thought also of the money, and was not
altogether willing to resign that with
out an effort to save it, and to have at
least some clue to the identity of the
thief. I confess, however, that this last
eons deration was a very strong one
and am afraid that, if I could have
seen my way clear to an escape from
the room and the house, I should have
fled incontinently, without stopping to
see more than that terrible hand.
A moment, which seems an hour,
passed while these thoughts rushed
through my mind. I lay perfectly
still with my half closed eyes watch
ing the mirror. Slowly and noiseless
ly the frightful band pulled up its
owner, until I could see the head ’and
face reflected in the glass and glaring
at me with fierce, yet wary eyes. The
man was a mulatto, very dork, with
evil passions written ia every linea
ment. I could scarcely refrain from
huddering at the sight of his hateful
visage, and speedily closed my eyes
to shut it out.
I was not quite ready for the ordeal
through which I knew I must soon
pass I wanted to move mv light
stand a little out of the way and so
arrange the bed clothes that I could
spring from the bed without impedi
ment. I therefore gave a sigh, and
moved as if about to wake, slightly
opened my eyes at the same time. The
head and hand instantly disappeared.
~ then composedly made the desired
changes in the position of thestaudand
arrangement ot the clothes; put my
watch with the key of the safe under
my piilow—so near the edge that they
could easily be taken out, as I jenew
they would be, extinguished one of
my candles, said my prayers, and clos
ing my eyes, resigned myself to my
fate, with no very sanguine ordefiinite
hope of escaping from
sition.
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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1 week.
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$7.20
$12.00
$2o.r$
2
1.75
3.75
4.00
5.00
9.00
12.00
18.00
30.00
3
3.00
4,00
5.00
7.00
12.00
16.00
28.00
-40.0$
4
3.50
5.50
7.50
9.00
18.00
25.00
35.00
58.00
5
4.00
7.00
9.00
12.00
20.00
28.0R
40.00
60.00
6
6.00
8.50
12.00
15.00
25.00134.00
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closed lids, which must have quivered
though he did not seeni to observe
their motion. Heaven gave’-me
strength not to move nor to cry oat
Satisfied, appearentiy, he put back tbe
candlestick on the stand, and his band
crept slowly under the pillow, and one
by one he removed my watch and tbe
key of the safe. He stood so long
looking at me that I felt impelled to
open my eyes suddenly upon him- As
he walked softly towards tbe safe, I
did partly < pen them, and cautiously
watched him through my eyelhsbes.
I heard him fumbling with the lock,
and ouce he looked over towards tbe
bed. My eyes were wide open, but I
closed them in time not to be detected.
Watching him steadily, Isaw him open
the door of the safe, go back to tbe
stand for the candle, and return to tbe
safe, which he entered without draw
ing the key from the lock.
Here was the oppertunity for which
I had waited and watched. I sprang
lightly from the bed, with one bound
reaebed the safe, dashed the door to,
turned the key, and with one loud
shriek fell prostrate and senseless on
.the floor of tbe dark room.
How long I lay upon the floor I do
not know, probably for a few minutes
only; but I was as uncouscions it seem
ed, when I came to myself, as if the
interval had been a long one. I was
aroused by his blows upon the iron
door, and found myself weak after tbe
long nervous tension, but still calm.
I rememder the satisfaction with which
I thought, as I lay there before raising,
that he could not escape, mingled with
a vague and foolish dread that be
might in his rage burn the valuable
contents of the safe.—He pounded
desperately on the door and swbte
fearfully at finding himself entrapped.
But, as I took no notice ol his out
cries, be soon grew quiet.
Presently I rose, and lighting a can
dle, dressed my self with ail possible
haste and with trembling fingers, turn
ed often to look at the safe, from under
the closed door of which I more than
half expected to see blood trickling-—
why, I cannot tell, except that nty
mind was full of of images of horror.
I was soon in readiness. I had no
means of ascertaining the time, as ho
had my watch in his pocket, and there
was no clock in the room. Taking
the candle I hastened to arouse Dindh,
who, as I shook her slowly, opened her
eyes, and with scarcely any more than
her usual slowness pronounced b?F
formula; ‘Well, Miss Lillie, what
shall I fly—Lod-a-massa, what's de
matter wid de child? You ain’t seen
a ghost, hab you honey?’
“No, Dinah; I’ve seen something
worse than a ghost. L have caught a
robber, and he’s in the safe. What
time is it ?” and looking at the clock
that ticked slowly and deliberately, is
how could Dinah’s clock help doing, I
saw to ray great relief that it was near-:
ly midi.ight.
We had scarcely got down stairs
when I heard the sound of wheels. A
moment more and my husband was in
my arms, listening with amazement'to
a rapid narrative of my singular adven
ture. I would not suffer him to opqn
the safe until Silas had summoned as
sistance from the neighboring houses. I
feared that my desperate prisoner might
still escape. When the safe was opened,
there sat my burglar on the trank, half
stupefied for want of air, a knife in ode
hand, the package of money in the oth
er, and tbe burned-out candle at his
feet. He was recognized as an old of
fender, who had not been long out of
State prison, to which, in due course of
law, he was soon sent back for a term
of years, which, I devoutly hope, may
last as long as he lives ; for I confess I
should not feel easy to hear that be was
again at large. The look of rage he
gave me on coming out of the safe will
not soon be obliterated lrom my memo
ry.
My husband, I need hardly say, was
greatly pleased with my investment, and
complimented me highly on the courage,
and coolness which had doubtless aaved
my life as well as the money. '1 he love
and j ride with which he regarded me,
and with which he always, to this day,
rehearses my exploit, were of them
selves a sufficient compensation for the
horror and the agony of that long sum
mer night.
I mad.e my breath regular, and q, lit
tle louder than when I was aw^ke, and
lay with my cheek on my hand, coun
erfeitiog sleep. At last the silliness
became more terrible than even my
first agony of fear. Several times I
fancied that I heard a soft step ap
proach from the place of concealment.
As often I was deceived. Then again
that dreadful stillness, iu which Icoun-
ted the tick of rny watph through the
pillow. It was a positive relief when
became from behind the curtain, stop
ped at the table, and stood looking at
me, as 1 was well aware, though my
eyes were closed. I forced, myself to
breath regularly and audibly. He
cap?^ closer; he bent over me. He
passed tbe lighted candle slowly before
my face two or three, times. Ifelt the
heqt and $aw the light through my
How SheHad Him.—The Newark
Courier says: A man named Hotch
kiss, over in New Market, the other
nighr, thought he would have sonic
fun scaring his wife by dropping a loose,
brick down the chimney into the fire
place in her room. So he crept softly
out of bed, and with nothing on but
his night shirt, sneaked np stairs anti
my perilous po- got out op the roof. Mr. Hotcbkise
' e dropped nineteen bricks down the
chimney, each one with a vigorous slam,
but his wife never screamed a solitary
iim&- So then Mr. Hotchkiss gave it
up, and thought he woultf go down
stairs; but be found that Mrs, Hotch
kiss had her head out of the trap ddQi
watching turn ail the time, and when
he bad fiuished she had shut the trap
and fastened it on the inside. It may
be as well to state Mr. Hotchkiss spent
the rest of the night siitiDg-on the sharp
peak of the roof, with his trailing-- gar
ments of the night fluttering in
evening breeze, singing Tin Lonejpr
To-Night ’ Mrs. H. intimated terher
confidential friend that she thought sfr*
had him-
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