Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14
THE SETTING OF THE TRAP.


her on tho street,"
eyes, that's what he did, repneo the
chiefs assistant.
"What imprudence! I didn't want
him to do that. He might have been
seen by tie parties who abducted her"
II don't think they were. He ran her
up to the next corner and caught the cab
there, and was off in a jiify. They at
tracted attention from nobody; was be-
hind them all the way
"All right; if the alarm has been given
it can't be helped now. | say, chief
station two men at each door opening
from the outside. Let each man take
his shooter, and one have bulls eye
ready for use. You and l will take our
places at the middle door, one in each
room. Shadow, you run down into the
street and slip up into the hall outside
there, SO as to give us plentyof warning,
if any one comes upstairs"
Il can't; the stairs are enclosed and
the door locked" replied the Shadow.
Il had forgotten that" said Tom.
"Pick it, can't your said the chief.
"IIeres a set of skeletons.
The Shadow took them and disap
pcared.
Now" said Tom, "to place the table
and chairs where they were"
When this was done. he added:
Now, to your places, and out witt
the light"
They were in total darkness wha'
light there was came from the dormc
windows and the broken skylight
They waited some time in silence, re
lieved only by the breathing of the men
Presently they heard a light tread OF
| the outside OF the door; then a scratch
ing sound.
us it you, Shadow" asked Tom.
Eyes"
"All right. Conceal yourself and don
let the man see you when he comes"
iii make sure of that"
Then there was longer wait and &
longer silence.
This was broken by the quick pattei
of bare feet on the roof, and voice:
Hes a-comin up de street now. GIVE
it to i'm good
1t was the imp, who had CONSTITUTED
| himself a skirmisher on the outside, a
the skylght.
Tom could not restrain laugh. Al
| public service is performed through self
ISL consideration, ne thought.
In moment more a scratching wa.
heard on the door.
Some ones coming" whispered Tom
Watch both doors"
Then they heard hasty stumbling on
the stairs, heavy step in the hall; til,
door opening into the rear room wa,
tried; and then further steps and the
front room door was tried,
Il must have left that stair door opei
myself" was heard in a rough voice
with an oath,
A key was inserted, the bolts draw
and the door opened.
The owner of the voice advanced int
the room, closing the door behind him
and shutting bolt from the inside.
so, my ladybird, yer didn't light tn,
lamp pervided yer with, hey?'
A light flashed in his face from tn,
chiefs bulls eye, and the barrel of re
| NOlNcI Was llcStlllSu iuii III Ills lace.
Down on your knees!' cried the chief
Death and d." cried the man
starting back.
He turned with the evident purpose o
Selling something, for his arm was out
stretched in wild reaching out.
Another bulls eye was flashed in hi
face, and another revolver presented a
his head.
That's what it is if you don't drop,
said the man who presented the secont
bulls eye.
He swept the revolver of this mai
away with quick motion of his arm
and made a wild rush at the chief
Tom, who had entered from the ad
joining room, felled him to the floor b.
a quick blow on the head with the but
end of his revolver.
Before the man, who was stunned b
the blow, could recover himself, one O
the assistants, at a word from the chief
clapped pair of handouts upon him.
Search him." said the chief.
A pair of def hands went through hi