The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-04-13

A lad of fifteen has not yet come to his
strength, but he can at that age outrun any
full grown man. l was particularly good al
this exercise, and having previously removed
my shoes with hope of some such chance
| made the attempt Two bounds took me
out of the room. heard one say: whats
! that?" the other answered, "A cat | thought
there was one about me to-day when we were
on the roof" as flew down stairs.
/ The outer door was closed when reached
/ it, but not locked. / did not pause to shut
| it, but flew up the lonely uubut street as
no boy ever flew before, and found my
fathers house still lit by lamps and candles,
my mother weeping in terror, and my father
just returned home after frutless search for
me.
1t was past one o'clock, and the lone
| theory was that | had gone into the river to
swim and had been drowned, and great was
the JOY al my return.
VI course my story created great
excitement, and my father at Oucc notified
the police. A procession of some size took
its way TO the building on the hill, the door
of which was found fastened us usual 1t was,
however, burst open.
l had accompanied my father and the
men who joined the little crowd, and it was
| who, armed with II lantern. led the way To
the spot where the poor landlord lay uucon-
scicuss He was bleeding from u terrible
wound In ihcNback OF his head, and was quite
nsensihc. Doubtless he must have been
dead before morning, had not assistance ar
rived; but he was yet alive and, being ut
once cared for by Il doctor of the party, was
| borne to his home, where lie recovered
The roofers were arrested next day with
their spoils yet about them, and one of them
made full confession. He said that they
hal seen Mr. - receive n large sum of
money in a real-estate office, and had known
that he did not deposit it anywhere. A talk
about his imprudence in going about with so
much uoon his person ended in following
him. He attended meeting of Masons thai
night, and in returning crossed the lonely
hill on which his new house stood. He
paused and looked up at the windows
why shouldn't we have that money ~
said lin.
well have it, said Sam.
Then Jim struck him with knife he CARR.
ed in his pocket, and Sam gave him blow in
the back, and he dropped senseless
They knew that he always carried the pass
keys ofthe buildings in his pockets and the
thought of hiding him on the upper floor
seemed bright one, and but that had been
shut into the house neither of the men could
ever have been suspected. | was the only
person who could give positive evidence
against them.
As for Mr.. -, when he was well again he
sent for me- and thanked me heartily. He
told me, when explained why had enter
ed the house, that if lie had known that,
should have seen it and welcome, but that
his experience of boys was that they were
generally up to mischief and not be trusted
Then lie asked whether had fixed on n pro-
fession, and if 1 had thought Of being an
architect.
The thought delighted me, and shortly l
heard that Mr.. - had interviewed my
father on the subject.
In fact, he declared that | had saved his
life, and that his conscience would not be
clear OF ofdebt until he had done something
for me. lie placed me with master Of
architecture, and after l was qualified to I'M
dertake orders on my own account, saw that
| was never without work.
On his death he left me exactly the sum of
money had been the means of recovering
from the thieves, and the very residence in
which | now reside
Therefore you see that on the whole my
adventure might be called Il lucky one.--Ne,o
York Ledger.