The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-07

ments) -''Young man, you set down t.
that machine, and send what tell you"
The telegraph office at C. was oper
all night, and with his command came t.
me the vision of plan of rescue, so read
lily complied.
''Now, this here notice goes to j. P. D.,
Brighton HOTEL
telegraphed: "Clark, you there?-don't
answer-wait for message"
whats that you said ?" demanded my
''boss''
81 was just calling up the operator at
c." l answered.
'sAll right; now tell him to tell J. P. d.
to come down here just as soon as he can
come on hand-car-important business;
he'll understand that ha, hal
answered that / must wait for reply
from the office in C. before could send
any more.
/ waited longer than is usual when no
reply comes, in order to gain time to men,
tally perfect my plans. Having resolved
just what to do, secretly caused a ticking
with my thumb under my hand and an
nounced it as reply. Then | sent:
'Clark, go out Immediately, and find
two or three policemen, and send them to
Warrington, on hand-car, if necessary,
without moment s delay-attempt to rob
the station safe-two rascals expecting
that am telegraphing for a pal of theirs
waiting here with revolvers pointing un-
comfortably towards my head. T."
In an instant came back, "All right
keep them-ean find two policemen in five
minutes-will come with them"
''He says he will forward the message
immediately said, turning to the will
Inns who stood guard over me.
Being thus assured, they sat down to
await the coming of the all-necessary Pete,
and passed the time conjecturing how long
it would be until he arrived.
Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes dragged
slowly by, and the hand-car did not come
l began to fear that, after all, the officers
would not undertake the 'job" on such
night. and was trying to think of some
new plan for outwitting these wretches,
when heard rumble in the distance,
which recognized at once as the noise of
hand-car.
Then feltsure of success. and impatiently
awaited my deliverance; nor was | kept
much longer in suspense.
Nearer, nearer it came, until at last it
stopped in front of the station. One of the
burglars sprang to his feet, and again COW
cred me with his revolver; but the other
sat lazily awaiting the entrance of their
ally.
In moment an officer sprang into the
room, to the utter establishment and dis
comfture of our heroes of the night.
Course the traitor yelled my guard
and, quick as thought, he pulled the trig-
ger of his revolver; but the officer grasped
his arm, with grip of iron, just in time to
send the ball into the ceiling instead of my
head.
Another policeman had by this time Sc
cured the other rogue, and, with Clark $
assistance, they soon had them securely
bound on the car, and safely started for
c., where they were lodged i'll Jail.
Before they left Warrington, | commune
Gated to the officers the message and adj
dress which the rascals had dictated to me-
and advised the arrest of ''Pete'
he was-as an accomplce.
The next morning went to G. to APP
pear against my acquaintance of the pre-
vious night. The court room was crowded.
Shortly after my arrival, the Judge enter
ed and the session opened. The prisoners
were ordered brought into the court room.
Imagine my amazement and horror, if
you can, when l saw the constable march
into the court room-Benedict, Davis and
Arnold
~. P. D." alias Pete" proved to be
Mr.. Davis, who had so often kindly walk
ed home with me, and who had, as came
out in the testimony, taken an impression
of the key-hole, sometime when he had
been waiting for me to finish with the
books, and had procured duplicate.
Twas a telegraph operator then, as said
in the beginning OF my narrative, but with
the New Year resigned my position, and
accepted one as a detective in C.
Ny three friends served out just pun
ishment for their cowardly conduct, and
then left for parts unknown.
Youth and will may resist excess, but
nature takes revenge in silence
1t is easier for a woman than for man
to hide emotions from woman.
The instructive craving Of every nature
is for that which supplements itself.
Self-interest rules the world. Party is
the madness of the many for the gain OF the
few
Do not accustom yourself to consider
debt only as an inconvenience; You VII
find it a calamity.
Only those who brood in idleness ovel
the misfortunes and disappointments o.
life are destroyed by them.
What an infinite difference there is be
tween love for a woman and the stronges'
friendship between man and man.
The fruits of true wisdom are modesty