Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-26
A NIGHT ADVENTURE IN LONDOy,

A NIGHT ADVENTURE IN LONDOy.
The night was h deous. The autumn
gale were blow ny n terrific hurricane.
10 was ra ming m torrents. / had the
m s.ortune OF dining out. not far from
Hampstead. in one of those numerous
suburbs Of London where cabs on n
In n night or on any ordinary m I'm NO
are rs scarce "A pleasure yachts on the
~ nm Of the Rocky Mountains. / was.
there ore. toilng ankle deep in water
and drenched To tie marrow, when
suddenly piercing vel rose Tor a sec
Ond or two above the cont nuous up-
roar OF the tempest. | rushed Onward.
A young and active policeman, emerg-
ing NJ the same time IRON some invisi-
bic spot, passed me with lightning RI
pidity. lucky caught up with him.
His helmet however. was already
drifting OH the over 'OweI 2 tier. and
he was engaged in herce conflict. The
villa o he was fighting was a mechanic
o pom ferrous we ght evidently an ex-
perienced ruIlian an old hanI ut muir.
derous assaaltS, whom he hal disturbed
I'm the at Ol kicking hs " 70 out OF ex-
istcnce. he unfortunate woman was
lying on the ground waIlng. Accord
ing to the training OF the London
rOughs he had anticiTn ell the police
mans iniervcn ion by trying to ram
him down. a { icl which : e ecuted by
v gorOusly pun ring ones head in ones
adversary's somach. mike most OF
the members o. the MetropoI tan force
who n lave general, seen taken by
thai trick. the Noun pol ceman war,led
oil the nj ack. and for moment
stunned hs Zoe by Ii ting h be ID with
n well-lu gcd blow from the le L But
II was only an ephemera success. The
vi lain head q C me clear i'm time
out o o her mills The policeman was
soon ovcimat lie !. but he was an OBJ
stinate young ir shman, and he clung
To the man Is n wounded bio ldhound
to awl boar. He re- used 10 b. shaken
o. The sItuati was crit al. Sud
denly band of half do en- men. riot
Gus Hnd drunk, who nal ust been
turned ont rom n neighbour, tavern,
came toward us h wing low cantata
To the incOheyent stra nSo atnwh stle.
I'll lloar' celia med one them.
here IL Jim drumming OH hobby's
att C."
50 mash is muzZle, JIM" sal an
other.
What are you iawing about" in.
ter'cred Il third; ''blr ter the M. T.,
JIM. and IN him. an w"
- II sw ng for the bl ,ody 'og,"
echoed the miscreant. by way OF show
ing HIM elf worthy of the encourage
nCnt....
The p Gceman. however. did not WIS.,
lb'l ca or ANYTHING but his hut He
had u>t succeeded in bl DNinga VIII lie.
pto tn time had been .cunied ~
try n TO revive the h murdered w m.
an, but now tn ught w uld leave h ~
alone Tor awhile. Flo. tunatel; the
VIII stle al been hear and st then
two stalwart p licemen, long used to
var.et es q. ruil'aTs, a Orcd by the
q rknesSO the night and the noise (
the w MI. Unexpectedly appeare ON the
gloun I and rapidly changed the pm ST.
OgnOrdy o n airs. Jim was sec red
ana marched of and one his fren Is,
having. made determined attempt mt
res "a NJ him. was soon, owing TO the
arrAal OF two more conslab es. thou h
unwillinglv added To the mpo rtance q;
the prOcoSe on. As To- myself, was IN.
vIted by the police to ome tn the SIT
ton as witness. The errand had but
l tile attraction; tho walk had none. "a
the tempest was still mt It's h CHEST. I'M
con ern div juggl ne with unroo. ed and
unrootrd stray agn ents.
The station was reached. Our gen.
criu condition was SO lamentab!e that il
seemed aS % the wise ins cctor IN chit
have hi doubts n TO whom he would
charge. j m, however, was eventually
put behind the iron bars where every
prisoner is charged be ore BIN, taken
To- the cell i'm VIII CHI, unless bail is fen
dered and acce ted. he spend the mo Irs
wh ch Sc n ehim from his APP learan
DC ON the magistrate. A policeman
STOOD by him outside tn bar. J I'M was
n patio larry repulSive man. W tn low
forehead! curl o, hair on the temple. a
rough red beard under the chin,
broken nose and n retr ever mouth.
lie scae ON the WALTZ eel h IN ut five
feet ten. lie had the rack of a brew.
ers horse. His clothes were much
torn, and he eNh hited other PROC O
the steadne,s with which the IRISH po-
llceman had PLAYED losing game.
New eri hele>s. he bore his fate spir ted.
~ lie listened contemptuoGsl, to the
cause given for h s anprehens On by the
constable vino had arrested him TO the
ms ecior. When searched he grinned.
wien uest'Oncd rs to h $ name, his
4 his pro esSion. his res dence. he
&c anty. and us he looked
liite re reShod and really Tor another
1opt, more poll emen emily grouped
themselves Monnd him in ordsr t.
quickly overcome aI1tfoublesome re-
nugnance tina, he IA ght mani est ut be-
pg shown TO n Aeel. This d splav OF |
orre PROBABLY convinced the prisoner
% The puil two a sally. for when or =
Tered ioret r. he S mp INDUCED in n I
ew eNtemporized I'm -reest ons. which i
en- IN tho police hall ms il laanche | i
IT ight out of hell. 4 had 70 give INV
'ame and address rs witness and was
oid by the inspector that h. would ex- |
'teSt m, on the next morning az ten !
clock NJ the Police Court. 81 q
rf 80