The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28


enter it. my man is there right enough
[ exclaimed to myself in great glee. I
then shouted through the aperture; "I
know you are there, Scales; it will be bet
ter for you if you come down at once.n
There was no response; so l decided to
have the region explored. l called to Will
Jams to keep a lookout for policeman.
and almost Immediately my comrade
shouted to me that he had secured the
services of constable. | thereupon sum
moned Williams to my assistance, leaving
the Jew in charge of the policeman. Pla
cling the rickety table under the trap, Will
Jams speedily crawled through and gained
the attic. Knowing the desperate char
acter we had to deal with, l considered it
expedient that my comrade should be pre-
pared for an encounter; so l unfxed his
bayonet and handed il to him together
with the lighted candle. Crawling over
the creaking joists in the direction of the
gable in which the window was fixed,
Williams made a careful examination of
the interior, while in the room below l
waited with breathess excitement.
anybody thereW erie !.
zone moment; haven't had time to see, ~
| Williams replied; and then began to search
the opposite end Come out of that, you
rascal" he at length Indignantly shouted
give got him, sergeant; he's slowed in a
| cornern
1 then heard the fellow hiss out: give
| got knife, and if you come near me I'll
cut your throat, if l have to swing for it ~
Fearful of exposing my comrade to the
peril of a hand-to-hand tussle with such =
ruifian in the circumscribed area of the
| attic, [ called Williams to the trap-door,
and placing a cartridge in my Snider |
| handed it to him. Then mounting the ia
BILE, thrust my head through the trap and
held the candle. My blood was now up,
| and determined to order the rascal to be
| cbn ha tn 81 mr.
Surrender in the Queens name" ]
shouted ,-T
There was no responses; but the click of
the lock of Williams rifle, as he placed the
hammer at full cock, must have been dis
| tinctly audible to the runaway.
"If you don't come out before count
five, you are dead man. One-two-
| three!n
stop! For mercy's sake, give me a
chanceW now pleaded the wretch in o
| husky whisper.
First throw your knife this way and
| then come Out.n
The villain tossed his knife to Williams,
who threw it behind him to the other ok
| tremity of the attic; then leaving his re-
treat he crawled toward us and l wassur-
prised to see by the dim light Of the candle
that he was attired in plain clothes. When
| he got near us we were astonished beyond
measure to find that he was not the man
of whom we had been in search, but Scales
compa Mon, the deserter who had been
suspected of riding the officers roon
Il own | took the thingsn confessed the
man doggedly, seemingly anxious t. make
a clean breast of it; "but Scales1elped
me, and old Nathan put us both IN the
| job
/ "Scales has been here" 1 interrupted.
| "You may as well tell me what yot know
about him. it WILDE the better for you"
Eyes, replied TIE deserter, when lp drop
ped through the trap on the fioor,"I had
| got off his handcnffs, and here the. are"
scattering a heapof bones and Displaying
| bracelets" each receptacle for thewrists
| being filed in two.
Now" | continued, eff you can five me
any information that will enable me to
catch Scales, I'll report in your hvor at
| headquarters. Perhaps it will save you
something when you are tried. Where is
| he mower
| "Well, sergeant, Nathan gave him suit
| plains, and he went out. | don't know
where, he has gone But | don't mind
| rounding on him, and I'll tell you this
He's to be back here tonight at twelve.
Nathan's to let him in by the little window
| that looks into the yard.n
| We then descended the stair with our
| prisoner; and the man perceiying tle Jew,
| broke away from us, exclaiming: you
| old villain! if it hadn't been for you,
wouldn't have got into thisl' and before
| we could prevent him, struck the miserable
Israelite a terrible blow. This act of cas-
| tigation, under the circumstances how
| ever, rather pleased me than otherwise
Two additional policemen having be,u+
| summoned, the deserter and Nathan were
taken away in custody. When they hid
| gone, L was rather amused WIN
| Williams informed me that despte
the jews extreme trepidation while /
was examining his upper story, his con
| merclal proclivities did not for monet
desert him, as he attempted to open neg,-
tlations with the private regarding tie
| purchase of his war medals. Two d.
| tectlves now arrived to search the prem
| lses: but of course this investigation di
not lie within my province. No article If
| a eliminating nature was found, howeve,
except Scales uniform, which was cor
| cealed beneath the jews filthy mattres.
l lost no time in dispatching my companim
| to an adjacent blacksmith's shop, in order
to have the divided parts of the handouts
welded together, and this operation was
| completed within an hour.
1t was now dark; the JEWS house had
been locked up by the police; so my com
panion and turned into the back ward. in
order to await the expected return Of
Scales. We first made sure that he was
not concealed about the dilapidated out
houses, which consisted of disused coal
cellar and she'd. In the latter place we set
couple of boxes, and seating ourselves
upon them, with our loaded rifles within
reach, patiently awaited the return of the
runaway-prepared if need be, to give
him very warm reception. As the night
wore on, the sky became clouded, while
the oppressive heat was apparently the
precursor of Thunderstorm. Suddenly,
we were startled by loud clap, fol
lowed almost Immediately by a binding
flash of lightning, which. as we
could see from our place of vantage,
wildly lighted up the towering chalk cliffs
that overhung the town. Then rain began
to fall in torrents, and the decayed roof of
the shed proving most Indifferent shelter
we were compelled to put on our great
coats To add to our misery, the floor be-
came regular pool, occasioned by the
overflow of a huge water-butt
After awhile the storm ceased as suddenly
as 1t had begun; and being perfectly over
powered with fatigue and the DAYS excite
ment l. fell fast asleep, and slumbered
until Williams shook me up and informed
me that the town clocks had struck twelve
Being stiff and chilled with the drenching
had received got on my feet and took a
turn about the shed, keeping at the same
time wary eye on the wall, every minute
expecting to see the form of the fugitive in
the act of scaling it. The monotony of our
vigil was now little relieved by the ap-
pearance of the Jews cat q large brindled
animal, which came purring aud rubbing
against us. Williams took puss in4 his
arms and caresSed her for some time: and
when he got tired of this amusement, he
stepped over TO the water-butt and, acting
on sudden mischievous impulse tossed
the animal inside. To our surprise, a howl
Of pain proceeded from the interior of the
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