The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07
A NIGHT ADVENTURE IN LONDON.

no HIInt was II ucOuS uo hHtunu
gale. were blow ng terrific hnlri ane.
il WAS raining N torrents ! hal tho
ms ortuns OF dining out, not far from
Hampstead. in one Of those numerous
suburbs OF London where cabs on u
ra ny night or on any Ordinary IN IN ng
are as scarce as pleasure yachts on tho
SUNNI OF the Rocky Mountains. ! was,
there. ore. toling ankle deep In water
and drenched 10 The marrow, when
suddenly piercing yell rose for Sec
ond or two above tho cont nuons up
roar OF the tempest. rushed Onward.
A young and active policeman. emerg-
Ing at the same time from some inyisl-
bic spot, passed me with lightning ra-
pidity. quickly caught up with him
His helmet however. was already
drifting on the overlowoi 4 tier, and
he was engaged in fierce conflict Tho
villain he was lighting was mechanic
o. pom ferrous weight evidently IN ey-
perienced rulllan an old hanl at muir.
derous assaults, whom he hal disturbed
In the act OF kicking his W 70 ont Of OK
istepce. Tho unfortunate woman was
lying on the ground waking. Accord
Ing to the training OF the London
roughs no had anticipated the police
mans Intervention by trying TO ram
him down, II lex which IL 9 eGulcd by
vgorously pun ring one head in ones
adversary's stomach. Unlike m1st OF
tho members OF the MclrOpol lan force
whom ! have generally seen taken by
that trick. tho Oun! pol ceman varied
oil tho attack, and for n moment
stunned his foe by ting h head with
well-ju lged blow from The let. But
u was only an ophcmera success. The
villain head h d G. mo clear in time
out o olher nils. The policeman was
soon oyermat ho |, but he was nm OBJ
stinate young freshman. and he Fl ng
10 tho man asa wounded bloodhound
ton vii boar. Ile re- used TO be- shaken
or Tho situation was criti nj Sud
denly q band Of half do en- men riot.
Gus and drunk who ha iu,t been
turned out from u noghbJrin9 tavern.
came toward US h wiling u low cantaa
10 the ncOhe'cni strains Of n I n VIII slle
I'll lloa" exclaimed one o them,
"herc is Jim drumming Oh hObJy's
"Sm,sb ils mu,ylc linn ~ s,,l an
other.
..Wh.i mr.. vo, ;oyi,o oho,,or In
terfered n third "bll Ter the NJ f..
..rll ,w,nr Ior ihn III oJy ~, ~
cchosd ,ho m;scroa,, he a,r ~ sLe,v-
in,, h,n, Al, ,vor,h, ~ H." 9n'n',',o
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.Po 'n' '','o ""' oor" V'o','ou W
Wy nk W 'o','u'"u nu,'nlurupIo'' ",'ih'
hn' put no" w "Sht W uIu lcaVc II II
alone Ior n"h'lo fo'lullhlcj mo
WIN sue al Dcen near anu J 81 'hcn
TWO smlwart p h,emeh' 'ohg u'cd 10 q l
varieties OF rulnais' ia orcd by tho
Ghrkhesso' the hlHht ana tho noise
inc "lnd' unexpectedly appearc on inc
grouhi anu rapidly changed The pm ST.
ognomy OF AIRS Jim was secured
anu mTchch OIL ana one OF MS ir'cnds,
having H'ao uolerihiheu attempt NJ
res "ng him' was sooh' owing 10 INC
nrrl,m OF TWO mre cons'ao O. thouin
uhWhiihBy' o"ueu 10 inc inportihccot
inc process on AS 10 myself was III
vited ny inc ponce 10 como TO the sta
ton rs witness. Tho errand had but
little attraction, the walk had none, ~
tho Tempest was still at its h ghost, I'm.
concernrdly juggl ny with unrooicd and
unro0,ed stray fragments.
The station was reached. Our gen.
eral condition was so lamcniablc that it
seemed as II the wise inspector m ght
have his doubts Ms to whom he would
charge. Jim, however, was eventually
put behind the iron bars where every
prisoner ~ charged DO orc being taken
70 The Gel. In winch. unless bal Is ten
f. dered mud accepted, hcsrcnd the hours
VIII co sepa ate him from his appearan 6
before the magistrate. A policeman
stood by him outside the bar. j m'was
II part o larry Ypulsivc man, with n low
forehead. a curl OF hair on the temple, u
rough rod beard under tho chin. u
broken nose and relr evcr's mouth.
The scale on tho wall Il ed him at five
feet ten. lie had the hack OF brew
ers horse. His clothes were much
torn, and ho oNh bi,cd other proofs OF
the stead moss with which tho Irish po-
licemsn had played u losing game.
Nevertheless. he boro his late spir ted.
ly. lIc listened contemptuously TO the
cause given for his arprchens on by tho
constable who had arrested him to the
ms ector. When searched ho grinned.
when uestoned ms TO his name, his
age, his pro ession, his residence, he
meored de antly. and M he lookct
quito 70 reshod and rem ly for another
Lout moro poll, emen icntly groupc,
themselves around him in order Il
quickly overcome al troublesome no
pugnance that he night mani est at be
Ing shown to ces. This display o
f0rco probably convinced tho prisoner