Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-03-07


More than half an hour went by. I
was grow ny numbed and tired, and
Deg mn ng to think that we " ere maxi
n asses of ourselves. when | heard tue
attic OF 4 chain. and felt Carr s,on give
NV arm n warning touch. NO doabt
ny late host had made sure that his
ew door-!asienings wee equal to a
stronger t0St than that 20 which had
objected the TO. mer ones; 50 we were
Tse in not attempting 10 carry his
castle by force.
The door opened, and closed az in.
| saw the feeble 81 MINER OF n lantern
moving toward the out house in which
nv horse had been stabbed. heard a
light rustl ng in the hedgr. and. stretch
ng out my arm found that Carriston
mad left my lie. In the absence of
my comm4nd from him, l did not fol-
low, but resumed the Old occupation
waiting.
In few minutes tho light of the
lantern rcapp"ared; the bearer stood
On the threshold of the house. while
wondered what Carr!ston was doing.
ut as the doc" was opened for the
Doors re-admittancc. a dark fl. ure
>prang upon him. heard fierce GA h
aad cry of surprise; then the lantern
lew out of the mans hand. and he and
his assailant tumb,ed struggling
through the narrow doorway!
"Hurrah the door is won, anywayr'
[ shouted, as, followed closely by tho
doctor. l jumped err the hedge and
rushed to the scene of tie fray.
/ Although Carriston's well-conce we'd
| attack was so vigorous AMI unexpected
that the man went down und'r it al
| though our leader utili ed the advantage
ne had ga ned in q proper and laudable
manner, by bump ng that thick bullet
mead as violently rs he could AGAINST
he flags on VIII CHI it lay; l doubt it,,
after all, he could have dono his work
alone. The countryman was a muscu-
lar brute and I a ri ,ton bat a STRIPPING.
owever, our arrival speedily settled
| the quest on.
"Bind him!" painted Carr ston;
pcared to have come quite prepared for
contingencies. w, lie Carr ston still
embraced his PROSTATE foe, and Brand,
10 facilitate matters, knelt on his shout
,ers, sat on his head. or did something
e Sc useful. | drew out from the trst
pocket tried a nice length of halfnch
no. and ha the immense satisfaction
of trusting up my scowling friend in a
| most workmanlike manner. He must
have felt those turns on his wrists for
days afturward. Yet when we We're al
asst at liberty TO rise and leave him ly'
.ng helpless on the kitchen floor. l con.
slider exercised great self-denlal In moi
Destowing few kicks upon h m. as he
wore at lis in his broadest verna .lilal
n a way which, under the circum
stances, was no doubt great com OF
10 him.
We scarcely noticed the mans W fc
while We rendered her hu band he'll
ess AS we entered she attic pied tc
out, but B. and, with a prompltudt
hich l am glad to record, intercepte
ner. closed the door, turned an pocket
I'd the key. After that the woman "a
~ the floor and rocked herself to ane
TO-
For some moments. while recovering
mis- breath. Carriston stood and pc j
lively glared at his PROSTATE foe. A
asst he found words.
.. Where is she? Where is the key
YOU hound'" he Numbered out, stoop
ing over tho fellow, and shaking hin
with a violence which did my hear
good. As he received no answer saw
the unrecordabls expressions above