Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-10

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Then there was a transformation
scene, indeed. The small man straight.
ened up like lightning and with a
quickness that seemed almost incredi.
BILE, showing his hauds in the side pock
cts of his linen coat, he drew them out
with IA cooked revolver in each.
Crack and the shorter rufiian stag.
gered and fell, shot through the heart.
Crack and his astonished companion,
with yell of mingled pain and rage,
sprang for his rifle, which lay beside
him on the ground but lac was too
late.
Before his fingers closed upon its
Inning barrel he tumbled forword to
the earth with ball through his BRAN.
The whole affair was over in ten sec.
onds.. Mr Smith repockcted his pis.
tols, and taking or his spectacles re
garded our astonishcd faces witb-=i.en.
cyolcnt smile.
Deadly weapons come handy some.
times, after all, gentlemen" lac remark
ed
And noticed q curious change ia hi,
voice and manner. So, too, did McAr
thur, who stood Tor a moment looking
at him with seeming perplcxity in the
midst Of his evident stupefaction.
Meanwhile, Ned, who Was OF prnc
teal turn, began taking from the
capacious pockets Of the taller Of the
two outlaws the yaluable- and money
Of which our little company had been
de.poiled, atthe eager suggestion Of the
two diamond.broker-, who had been
literally paralyzed with terror during
the entire scene through which We had
passed, both ofthcm having bccnrcl.oy
cd oi large amounts.
OF course they insisted upon receiving
their own property frat. Then came
our.. And. at the same time, from q bit
Of wa-h-!cather IN the same poke, roll.
cd diamond, Of such peculiar shape,
izc and color-i1r it wa- one Of tho c
rare gems. perfect rosediamoud-,hat
both Ned and myself uttered rim
ul,anrous CRY of as:on.shmau, and
delight, a. well we might, far IL was our
stolen diamond
"You are iu luck, gentlemen. quietly
remarked Mr. Smith, who had been
watching the whole procedure, while
Macarthur stood looking on with cove.
/ tous eyes. 81 see that this j. the stone
that YOU had stolen from you in camp
some day since. bad rlimps Of IL the
morning Mr. Girord here" noddinr at
Nod --"was showing it to jacobs, the
broker. on tho corner 81 krall street.
should know il among thousand
Macarthur. who, with his recovered
rcyolycrs. which he had bucklci ON. had
assumed hi. usual air OF bragsadocio,
wa. heard TO express considerable die
satisfaction.
cone diamond /. like another 80 he
crovloi.
And his idea was that under the cir.
cum.lanccs the whole bad sort Of
common interest in this ono, to which
the brokers gave ready assent.
I'D like to sec any one try to take
~ said Ned. with a dangerous glcam in
his cyes.
And littleMr. Smith, noddiug appro
inrly. removed from the dead mans
body the money belt Of which Mr. Nc
Arthur had been deprived.
But instead Of handing it to that
gentleman, he buckled it about his own
waist, with an agreeable smile.
"what the duce does ills meant
yelled Macarthur, whose face was purple
with rage, when, no less to his own
than TO our own astonishment, his arms
were pinioned by the little colporteur,
who seemed to have the strength oftwo
ordinary men. And in another instant
his wrists were adorned with pair Of
shining steel handouts.
"Its no use kicking, William
quietly remarked his captor, removinga
faded llaxen wig from his own head and
exposing 10 view a short crop Of stubby
black hair. II dident moan to have
pulled you till We got TO Wellington,
but this little affair has, so 10 speak,
prccipitated matters little"
And after we were all again en- roui,
having loft word at the next station As
to the disposition Of the outlaws bodies,
the pseudo Mr.. Smith informed us that
the soowlinR prisoner on the seat oppo-
site, who was kept in bonds by the sight
Of cooked revolver in the csptor's
hands, was one William Hardy, with
dozen aliases. whom he-Uennison