The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-02
81 took you for John +" replied.
with well assumed nouch alance.

nut ulun suppose hc was afte
anything valuable in my room, excep
one thing, and--by the way, il fyo,
arc not the unluckics fellew 10 tb,
world"
"How 8 that 2" growlcd my visi
tor.
well, I have a very good watch
but IT you want togct 1t, you must pay
a visit 10 the watchmakers after you
leave here, for ] had what | considered
the bad, but what now seems the
good fortune, to break the spring yes.
lerday, and left it for repairs"
You're precious cool one ~ be
said, evidently astonished ut my in
difference.
WHATS the use of my getting OK.
cited or attempting 10 resist you
You are armed aud you SEQ | am not.
And it you had no weapon, your
fighting weight must be at least thir-
teen stone, while mine is not more
than nine and half | have 20 idea
of interfering with you. If,hc room
were filed with diamonds I would not
lif' my finger to save them. Take all
you can find | am going to sleep-so
don't make any more noise"
Hold on - said the fellow
where's your keys2'
IL suppose you want to make as
much haul as you can" said $50
look in my pants hanging over the bed e.
post there, and you'll iiud my pocket
book. with few stamps in it,"
1t was nearly time for tho police.
man to pass and paused TO listen. |
must in few minutes, put my plan
into execution.
A glance quick as Lightning showed
the that tho key Of the door was ou
the outside.
My H'tning expression did not es
cape the sharp aud practicei eye Of
my grim visitor. 1t was curl GUS
scene. no doubt. sitting in my bed
with my night cloths, unarmed, aud
this slalwnrt rutlian, pistol in hand,
glariog half suspiciausly, half fero-
clously at mo almost in the crouchiug
attitude Of u tiger about 10 spring up
On his pray. But there | sat, cooliy
converting with him, the necessity Of
the moment keeping my wits too wide
awake TO allow my fears to get the
upper hand for an Instant.
"What are you listening ?" asked
the burglar.
" l thought heard cry of fro"
In that instant, aud 10 the dead still
ness of the night, | heard the tramp
OF the policeman. 1t was some dis
lance of.
You will 6nd," I said. "somc
clothes ofWiue in the press they will
however, DO too small for you. Good
night the keys are in the middle
drawer"
He turned to the drawer indicated
and, as he did so, with one tremendous
bound | cleared the space behind my
bed and tho door, slamed the door and
looked it Upon him. Obvious of my
GshabiNe, | spraug to the steps. |
had two flights to descend and the door
to open before could reach the yard,
but ii was hardly possible for him to
decend the lader more quickly. Bound
ing rather than running down the
stairs, | flung back the bolt and dashed
in the yard. He was half way down
the ladder. Shouting Police y lust
lily, / seized the ladder at the bottom.
aud, using all my power, brought it
aud the burglar to the ground with
crash. The pistol he held 10 his hand
fell from his grasp. / made q dash
for it, aud he, springing to his feet
like cat, rushed at mo, aud, as |
stopped, seized me by tue nape of the
neck. l turned the pistol upward and
pulled the trigger. 1t merely snap.
ped-there were no more charges in
il With u terrible oath, the bafIled
villain wrenched ;he weapon from my
grasp and raised it aloft to deal me
what might have proved a fatal blow
when there was rush behind him
and be was felled to the ground. The
policeman had heard my shout, and
was just 10 time to rescue me.
The burglar was soon secured, aud
10 my excitement / was about to re-
late the story ] have here told, when
The policeman with a smile suggested
hat ! might "ketch cold in thsy,
clothes"
! then remembered, for the first
lime since | had snrnnn from he'd