Connecticut western news., 1883-07-04

They came up fast; then they stopped
 suddenly. To the watchers everything
 was audible, and every sound magnifed.
 When the drag stopped it was like a
 railway train pulling up. Men leaped
 out, and seemed to shake the ground.
 When three figures hustled into the hovel
 it sounded like rush of men. Then
 came 8 thrilling question. Would the
 thieves examine the premises before they
 looked for the booty? The chances were
 they would.
 We'll, they did not. They were in great anxiety, too, but it took the form of hurry. They dug furiously, displayed the booty to Barney all in 8 hurry, and demanded their price.
 "Now, then, one hundred pounds, or take your last look at 'em"
 'One hundred pounds p whined Bar ney. "Can't be done."
 ''Very well; there's no time to bar gain"
 "I'll give eighty pounds. But shall lose money by 'em."
 "Blarney They are worth thou sand. Here, Jem, put 'em up; we can do better in Dublin
 Barney whined and demonstrated, but ended by consenting to give the price.
 The words were hardly out of his mouth when the hovel gleamed with 8 lurid fire, so vivid and penetrating that every crevice of it and the very cobwebs came out distinct.
 The thieves yelled with dismay, and one ran away from the light, slap into the danger, and was dazzled again with opening bull's-eyes, and captured like a lamb. The other rushed blindfold at the entrance, but his temple encountered cold pistol, and 8 policeman immovable as statue. He recoiled, and was in that moment of hesitation pinned from behind and handcuffed--click As for Barney, from whom no fight was ex- pected, he was allowed to chamber up the walls like mouse in trap, then tumble down, until the four-wheel they had come in was brought up by Paddy O'Raferty. Then the thieves were bundled in, and sat each of them between two honest men, and the fence was at- tached by the wrist to policeman, who walked him to the same destination; but, like friend Virgils bull, naulto rel1ctara- tenn, hanging back in vain, and in vain bribing the silent, impenetrable Bobby.
 Pat slept at the station, and next morning the jeweler gave his thirty guineas with good heart, but omitted the blessing. Patrick whined dismally at this very serious omission, and the worthy little fellow gave it him with eyes, For," said he, "I'n own now, the loss would haNa- ruined me. find by my books they cost me thirteen hundred pounds" So then he blessed him solemnly, and Pat went home re- joicing.
 When he egot home he told the story in- accurately, and like a monomaniac that is to say, he suppressed all the fortitude and sagacity he had shown. These were qualities he possessed, so he thought nothing of them
 Luck and ,divination were what he prided himself on. His version ran thus he had the luck not to sell his COW ill night-fall, the still better luck to be 'obbed of his money, and compelled o sleep in the neighborhood. Then, thanks to his superlative luck, he Queens jeweler had been 'obbed of silver salvers the size of he harvest-moon, two-gallon tea-pots, pearls like hazel-nuts, and diamonds as Jig as broad beans, and seeing no other l vay to recover them, and hearing that the | wise man of Gannachee was in the town, lad given him a good dinner and his pipe, and begged him to use all his pow ITS as seer; of all which the upshot | vas that he had put the police on the fight track, and recovered the booty, nd caged the thieves, and marched lome with the reward.
 In telling his romance he was careful o take out the thirty sovereigns and in ,le them, and this musical appeal to the enses so overpowered the under landings of his neighbors that they widowed the wondrous tale like spring Tater.
 After this few were bold enough to re- ist his pretensions to luck and divina- ion. He was often consulted, espe- ially about missing property. and as he ow and then guessed right, and some ines had taken the precaution to hide he property himself, which materially increased his chances of finding it, he assed for seer.-Harper's Mogo-