The morning call., 1890-10-09

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| fellow is sound asleep, whoever he IS, put
we may as well make sure who he Is"
These orders were rapidly carried out ;
| and in less than half an hour two stalwart
| policemen arrived. One Joined the. men
under the window, the second. the head con-
| stable went upstairs with the butler and
| me. He was the first 10 enter the room. L
| slipped in last to listen.
'Hullo, my man, what are you up to here?
| Come, wake up-give an account of your
self"
| A pause.
"Why, he is as sound as top still!'
A noise as Of shaking something--another
"Oh, yes, of course. here's the little
| me-dark-lantern rolled over on the moor,
jimmy and crowbar, box OF noIseless
matches, etcette-rarr, etcette-rarr; | see.
Here you! wake up! This ere kid won't
wash; get up and come along with me
quietly" Another shaking.
On, you wont, wont you Hullo,
what's this? Oh. indeed-armed, ay? Yes,
loaded, too, no doubt! Wen see to that a
bit later. An! and knuckle-duster, too, by
iigs! You are an ugly customer and no
mistake, you are! What a lucky thing
you're so sound aslePp-to-o-o be sure, and
I'll make sure of you, my friend, while I've
got the chance, anyhow. These ere brace
lets Will fit you like gloves. Therep
A pause again; little fumbing. followed
by the audible click of the handouts.
Call up my mate sir, will you please?"
This, no doubt. to the butler, who, going TO
the window and opening it, shouted to the
man below. who soon entered the room.
Then i could guess pretty we'll what they
did, which, of course, was to lug the fellow
off the bed, thinking that would wake him,
but, although he fell on 10 the floor with a
heavy thuG, it appeared to do nothing of the
kind.
Then the thought suddenly flashed through
my mind that he had drunk deeply no doubt
of my particular brew; and remembering
that the bottle was empty l tremblcd lest,
having taken half dozen doses of the fas
cinating mixture at once, lie might never re-
cover from his sleep. So stepping forward
| stated my surmise as to what had happened
and said: "Y on had better send for doctor
Immediately
We'll, p'raps so, sir" agreed the consta-
bic; lit would be best, anyways, for he's
ABOUT as heavy bit of goods TO move as I've
come across for long while"
Then they laid the huge, burly burglar on
the floor, propped up his head and left him
in charge of the officers till the doctor ar
rived. He did so just as my hosts and their
friends returned IRON their excursion, and
You may judge of the excitement that fol-
lowed throughout the household.
The medical man, after due examination
and suggesting certain douches of cold
water, etc, treasured us all with the hope
that he would not die. My assumption as
to tn cause of his coma was so feasible as
not 10 admit OF dispute. Doubtless by aid
OF his dark lantern ho saw the bottle of wine
with its label announcing il to be Medoc of
the first quality. Tasting and trying, and
finding il to be a light and agreeable iiuid.
he drained the bottle at .gulp, probably as
The nrSt step toward giving him the neceS-
Sary courage and strength TO proceed with
the business of the night. In this he was
probably interrupted by the RAPID action OF
the excessive DOSE and feeling suddenly
overcome by drowsy stupor, had staggered
TO the bed and thrown himself hclpeSsly
upon it, The fellow had entered the room,
OF course, by the balcony, having hauled
himself up with a hooked rope, Which was
discovered with the remaining tools of his
fascinating craft.
At the expiration of some three or four
hours, and in the dead of the night, he re-
covered sufficient consciousness TO stand up,
and he was then marched off between the
two constables, locked up aud eventually
punished according to law.
"Un the whole" said the doctor to me
later on, when we were laughing over the
adventure, ION the whole, sir, it is a good
thing for you that you tried the effect Of the
narcotic on some one else. Fiat expert
mentum IN cOrp0re Will. Take my advice
sir, and don't resort 10 narcotics; they are
always dangerous, and that must have been
especially so. The drug clearly was very
powerful one. Gu have had lucky escape
every day, for if You had come in conflict
vita That entleman-rempmbern how he
was prepared-l am afraid he would have
lett his mark on you, whereas you have
turned the tables, and, after fashion, left
yours GU him. / wish the law would help
you to make it indel bic on his back with
good round dozen Of the cat. II is the only
Way to put a stop to this armed business; it
IS the only thing these rd5calS dread. How
ever, he will give blind men wide berth
for the future. l proSuosticate, now that he
has found one of them such Il capital thief
taker. Chambers Journal.