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"|E: z ABBEv1LIE s. c. WEDNESDAY,; MARCH III

ed nervous too. He moved uneasy
in his chair. =
'Ain'ti it about time ye heard from
Jim ?" he asked at length. -. I'D
/ "We shall get word from him in a
few moments. now,' I answered, and
fell to watching the clock again.
Five minutes moro passed. Lynch
got up and began pacing to and fro
across the room. At length he paus.
ed and said.
ri don't believe I'll wait any more
I've got to see a man down at the
Pennsylvania House, and he'll be abed
eff l don't git thar pretty soon.'
Hold on q moment and I'll see
what they're up to- I cried hastily
and I touched the key again. Make
haste was my message, i shall lose
him if you do not. Not a moment to
spare Straightway came the reply,
short but encouraging: "A squad Of
police started for the depot FIVE min.
utes ago. Thank heaven! They
ought to be here now. I looked at
Lynch and thought of the FIVE hun.
dred dollars. '''''"
;'Wal, what's the word {? he growl.
ed impatiently. g..
"Your friend is coming I answer.
ed for want of better reply.
Comm! Comm Wharf,
Coming to the Office Of Cohoe
He probably has an answer for you
sAn answer for me?. Jim Fellers
What should he answer for? Lynch
stood in stupid thought for a moment
and then he looked at me with q dan
gerous light in his eye.
Look a here, young fellow he
cried, It's my private opinion you're
lyin', to nae. And eff 20 are-'here he
uttered q horrible oath-I'll cut your
skulkin heart out. Idon't know any.
thing bout that thar masheen, but !
swar Jim Fellers hain't got nothing
to answer. More like he'd git up
and scatter when he heard that mes.
sage
He stood glaring at me as he utter
ed these words, bis hand on his revol-
YER. Icannot account for it AS !
before remarked, l am. timid man
by nature. But this action only
made me bolder. Everything de.
pended upon keeping him few Sec
onds longer. 1t must bc done at any
cost. I tried a new plan.
what do you mean. sir?' l. shout
ed rising, "by coming into this office
and talking in that style o. Do you
think III endure it? Leave this room
at once, Sir, or I'll'-and l advanced
thrcateningly toward him. My unex-
pected attitnde seemed to amuse him
moro than anything else, but it 81
lenced his suspicious. He put his
hands in his pockets and delivered a
loud laugh in my face. '.''' s.. ..''. 80
wal, wal, my bantum, ye needn't
git So cantakerous. Who'd thought
such little bfeeches as you had such
spunk? Haw! haw1 'haw! Why l
could chaw yon.up 'tHout maxim two
bites of you
i Weli. sir,'-I said,. still apparently
unmollifed, either sit down and hold
your tongue, or else leave the off ice
And he good naturedly complied. z
Once more We were sitting listening
to the ticking Of the, clock, as the
minutes, dragged their slow length
along. Would help 'nover como ?
Three minutes moro, Great heavens!
The suspense was becoming intolera.
bic. l must 60 to the stair and listen
if l die for it. l arose and took q
step toward the door, but q voice
stopped me. 9..: i .-..n..g.n. -.
"Hold ! shouted Lynch, standing
upright, all his suspicious aroused
the more yer can't 60 out of thet
door afore me. Come back here 7
'Sirr- T... -. ...: .'. ...I,..c.:- D..
~ Come back here, orby the Eternal
and the pistol muzzle looked me in
the face. He stood now half turned
from the door and 1 was facing, ID:
Slowly without particle of noise, l
saw tho knob turn and face under a
blue cap peep in. Thank God! Help
had come ! I felt JOY uncontrollab'e
come over me. must keep tho mnr-
derers attention an instant longer till
some one could spring upon him from
behind. I walked straight up to him,
but his quick ear had caught a. move
ment behind, Ashe turned wit h an
oath I sprang upon him, and bore
down his arm just as tho revolver
went off, the ball burying itself harm
lessly in the floor. Before he could
free himself from my, grasp half q
dozen officers were upon him and he
wss quickly secured. - .,-'..:
The next morning the papers were
filled with. glowing accounts OF the
capture of the murderer, and praises
of my conduct. The principal busi-
ness men of the town made up purse
Of five hundred dollarsand presented it
to NE; ;and this, with the reward that
was paid me the following week, ena-
bled me to get married at Christmas:
But Lshuadoi. at the remembrance OF
that half hour spent alone with
Tim Lynch; ; and | don't think one
thousand dollars would tempt me to
go through it again.
A Dubuque boy was rather trou'
bled for fear that he would not know
his fnther whom they both reached