A NOCTURNAL SENSATION.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3323, 16 August 1879, Page 1

A NOCTURNAL SENSATION.

Everybody. h*s : ,read; 4 ,pf^^he, brajre , woman who, when alone io her room one evening, cdtughj. a glimpse of the brawny head ,of a desperado, who waa concealed under a table, and who,'with magnificent • courage, went oklmly on Bew{ngWni"rhe servant-girl entering the ro6m, she sent ' the latter with' a' note to her absent husband, and'then fainted in'hit liiia when he came, after an hour of suspense, to the rescue.' Everybody, we fiWwiio takes "a paper hits read 'this .remarkable anecdote a;few thousand times, and'njis it ty heart, even to the eempliment piitt by the Tillain'on;the, scaffold.to the bfa,ycry of ..thp, la,a/., Mrt' Gitfif' .^w's'^o^6 Western .Addition, had j^ija^d)doyn a 1 paper containing the same oldao^odq^e the | other.uigbti when; as.*he stopped |o Ipfjpk up her thimble from the floor, *l|f«b«held huge.hand of a burglar' Underneath? tie bed. As; she sat .trembling $n«&l«.eliair, «ftet recollected tbafcthe cook had g<&nr<mt ifor'tHe'evening; and-thktfheirai'sehras asleep with the childr«n:Hp!stairs, s#hile , Mr Gfarry was dptrn at the pffice^gejting ,iip the yearly balance-sheet. 'Her Bear* fro?e wiiH'horror 89 she contefajrtsfeiftne Situation. If she attempte'd^^'a^ne ' room or raise an alarm the -murderer would be. out upon her in a moment. Ha! there was tbe- telephone; \tfeftok v' henven ! She crossed the room, ;sith the cold perspiration (rickliu^ down^^J^er back, and clutched tile "mouth-piece eagerly. But "bow'"to apprise Mr G. of her peril without warning the listening burglar? Site turned the handle. I " Well, what now ? " growled Garry, from. ; down in Front street. . " Mr, Puieubiry t has been here, .'my dear,,and Ke wants. you to call at J.,446. Cbowder, street' rijj^t t ] : avay.!' *• 1,446 Ck —r-t-why^hat'ifW house; what do you mean?" "So it is —how stupid of we, 1' went, on the ajjouisetr vonjan, trying ,t^ IttMgp|r. « voice." •' I understand that the whole of Square No. 1,446 is on fire ; ;; hadi^t you better, step round and see about |t| "■ » « Square 1,446! Why, that>' the| <|ne \ we .live on. . What on, ,eart,b 'do you mean talking that way P Is anything .the matter? ■'. - ";No; no," hurried on , the wretched •• I just wanted to let you know, that^A^fi^a f - Ann Bbggu—understand,, ?Amelia Ann Boggs—was dyiiigt and wanted to see you right-away.,"., " Ameljia Ann^%TV#7» t&t vwa/ydu^ rna^>'beTo^w^Rre married. What in'the name of —1 Are you' going cra^y ad/wlyP" But | Mrs'Garry did loot kns'weK, and After conLtiding -to the head clerk his conviction that .his wife bad been out to sapper at some place where they put wliwy in the tea, aud that he thdufht he had better. ' gd'' Kdme'Und see that shedido't give the baby lattuantm

for paregoric, Garry got on a car and repaired to his house. He found Mrs G. on the floor in a dead faint, and when she had come to and explained matters, and Garry had fished out an/old boxing glove from under the bed, Mrs Garry sat up and made some general remarks concerning the publishers of sensational papers that would hate made even those unfeeling wretches blush with shame.-^San Francisco News Letter* i ? '