The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-03-04

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the place was Blaneombe and the
man himself unknown to me.
led him into the surgery aud
turned ur the gas. As l did So he
took of his oyercoat aud flung away
his hat.
I've done the trick this time, and
no mistake he said, with loud
laugh.
l started. All traces Of The police
man had gone, A man, in the rough
serge dress vf the county Jail sto cd
up before me. A tall, muscular fel.
low, with a number upon Ills breast,
his hair cropped close, prison fashion,
aud about as wickodlookiug face
as you could we'll dnd, search whore
you might. Wonderfully bright
eyes, but villaiuous forehead, and
a large coarse mouth, revealing as he
griuned--and he grinned at me fright.
fully as stood staring at him--a
fierce array Of yellow teeth. 1t was
a face upon which there was written
--as with firm sharp peu--a whole
history Of atrocity.
| understood my position. Indeed
thero could be very little mistake
about Il. l had to do with a convict
escaped from the Jail ofwhich Blan-
combo vas SO proud.
"Well,H he said, moving his head
from side TO side with a sort Of face
tious menace abouI his look.
"Lotmo sec your hand, if you've
really hurt it, - said, as calmly as |
could.
l suppose that he saw that meant
him no HARM Ii was not clear TO
me, l may add, that | could really do
him any harm had meant il ever
so much. Ho was my superior 10
strength aud activity beyond all
question. Had il been otherwise, |
dou't know that | could have taken
other than the medical view Of his
condition, to which | felt it oxpedient
to condne myself. AS to his power
of injming me, that was, Of course,
quite another question, upon which l
felt neither confident nor conllorta-
bic.
whats the matter2'
"Look here" lie held up his
great ugly hands. They were black
with dirt, were cut aud scratched,
and on tho inside were bleeding, toru,
almost raw, indeed
eve must have some hot wator to
begin WITH said, aud placed my
kettle over the gas-stove.
"All right. You're trump, doc
tor Meauwhile-"
lie flung himself on the floor with
curious sort of roekessuess. |
then saw that his feet were naked,
except iu so far as they were coate d
with mad. There was an iron ring
round ono Of his ankles, and from
this hung n broken fetter Of chain,
The "loose iIon heel" l had faucied
was thus accounted for. He placed
his foot upon the hearthstone side
wise. He then took up tho poker,
and with one blow, most deftly ad
ministrated, snapped the rug. IIc
hurt himself but little in performing
this operation, which, it occurred to
me, was by no means easy to accom-
plish. Ho then stood up free. A
very stalwart and iorbidding looking
creature indeed,
"Stay; | won't leave these here,
he said presently, as he picked up
the fragments Of tho ring and chain.
"Ill chuck them over the bridge.
They might be evidence, if they
were left here. How l hate evil
denco r.
| bathed his hands, applied a To-
ton to them, and bandaged up
for him.
"What brick you are doctor !"
no said with an oath. Indeed his
language generally highly seasoned
with expIetivcs Of a most hideous
kind.
81 'barked' myself horrid getting
out of that internal jug. My fault
for being in hurry but prison fare
makes fellow nervous. It's really
the easiest jug to get out of, OF any
know. Ridiculously easy. Why,
a child might do it,"
BY 'jug" he meant tho jail of
course. His contempt for it was SUI
preme. He did not know how high
it stood in the estimation oft town
of Blauoombe. Probably if he had
known, he wouldn't have cared. He
would only have laughed more horri-
bly-openiug wide his great cavern
Of mouth--as he had a way OF do.
ing.
And SO you took me for a bob
by ?"
"Yes," said. l wanted to have
as little conversation with him as
possible. But he would talk.
"A bobby That l should have
been took for bobby !" This idea
appeared to afford him iu6nite
amusement.
"And yet you don't look such a
very great fat" be was kind enough
to say Of me. 81 suppose in the
dusk, with those togs 90, | might
pass very fairly fer bobby"
He began sort Of comic burlesque
dance, slapping his legs with his
hands and Knocking his knees togeth-
er. But this evidently hurt him
He WINGED aud held up his hands,
aud began to limp.
"My ankles bad" he said. 81
sprained it in dropping from the wall.
ought to have done it clean, but l
come on to some roughish ground
0 my ant my ankle bad Have a
look at it, will you, doctor2 Do,
there's a good sort. I'm not a bit Of
use to myself as | am"
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