Arizona silver belt., 1890-12-27


 who soon entered the room. Then l could guess pretty well what they did which of course was to lug the fellow of the bed, thinking that would wake him, but, although he fell onto the floor with a heavy thud, it appeared to do nothing of tho 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 I trembled lest, having taken n half dozen doses of the fascinating mixture at once, he might never re- cover from his sleep Sc stepping for ward l stated iny surInise as to what had happened and said, You had bet ter send for doctor immediately.
 Well, p'raps so, sir, agreed the con stable; it would be best anyways, for he's about us heavy bit of goods to move as I've como 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 of 'iicers til the doctor arrived. He did so just us ny hosts and their friends returned from their excursion, and you may judge of the excitement that fol lowed throughout the household
 The medical man, after due exami- nation and suggesting certain touches of cold water, etc, treasured us all with the hope thGt he would not die. My assumption as to the cause of his coma was so feasible as not to admit of dispute Doubtless, by aid of his dark lantern, he saw the bot le of wine with its label announcing it to be Medoo of the first quality. Tasting and trying, and finding it to be light and agreeable fluid, he drained the bot. tie at guIp, probably as the first step toward giving him the necessary cour age 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 feel. ing. himself suddenly overcome by a drowsy stupor had staggered to the bed and thrown himself helplessly upon it. The fellow had entered the room, of course, by the balcony, having hauled himself up with hooked rope which was discovered with the remain ing tools of his fascinating craft.
 At the expiration of some three or four hours, and in the dead of the night, he recovered sufficient conscious ness to stand up and he was then marched of between the two co 5ta- bles locked up, and eventually pm ished according to law.
 "On tae whole, said the doctor tc me later on, when we were laughing over the adventure, "on the whole, sir, 1t is good thing for you that you tried the effect of the narcotic on some one else Fiat eXperimcntum in eorpore viii Take my advice, sir, and don't resort to narcotics; they are always dangerous, and that must have been especially SO The drug clearly was a very powerful one lou have had a lucky escape every way ,o. had como in conflict w,en that gentle. man -renemh@...ag ..ag how he was ore pa" ,lln afraid he would have left 5 mark on you. whereas you have turned the tables, and, after a fashion, left yours on him 1 wish the law would help you to make it indelible on his back with a good round dozen oi the eat, 1t. is the only way to put a stop to this armed business; it is the only thing these rascals dread. How ever, he win give blind men wide berth for th4 future, prognosticate, now that he has found one of them such capital thief taker Chambers Journal.