Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-06
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At this point Jimmie's meditations
were interrupted by a short, thiek-set
man with an evil face, who came over
to him and said:
'Hello, Jimmie. Doin' anything to-
night?"
''Nope," was the reply.
''Got a job for yer" said the other,
laconically; meet men Bill at the old
place; same times usual"
"An right, Kid" said Jimmie, and
the man went away.
Shortly after twelve had struck that
night two men, a boy and a dog
emerged from Baxter street alley and
proceeded DIP town When they had
gone a considerable distance Jimmie,
for he was of the party, asked:
"Where's the crib?"
"It's old Johnson's, the bankers
house" the Kid replied.
Up town they went until they came
to the street where the nice little girl
with the yellow hair lived. Then they
turned, went half way down the block
and stopped in the shadow of a stoop
opposite where she lived Jimmie's
heart began to beat rapidly, and me-
chanically he placed one hand on the
dogs head. Pete looked up into his
face and then pressed close against him.
"Now, Jimmie" whispered the Kid,
''we'n put you through the transom.
You open the door for u.s."
Il dom wanter to go in there" the
boy said, beginning to edge away.
Quick as a flash the Kid seized hila
by the throat. One hand the Kid put
in his pocket, and when he brought It
out there was a long, cruellooking
knife IN it.
"See here" he said, ominously; do
yer see that knife? Well, you'll git 1t
if you come any funny business. We
amt got no time to fool with you. Now,
go ahead"
Jimmie and the Kid crossed the street
and glided up the stoop. Bill and the
dog remained behind. Pete had been
on such expeditions before and knew
Just what to do.
In moment Jimmie was through
the transom and had opened the front
door. The hall was dark and Jimmie
was glad, because he didn't want the
other to see his face; but he was afraid
the Kid would hear his heart beat.
When the door was opened Bill
came over. The latch on the front
door was fastened back and both men
entered. "YCu watch out for the cops, 1"
was the Kids injunction to Jimmie.
The boy slipped to the other side of
the street and crouched in the shadow
of stOop. with Pete beside him. On
the second floor of the house he had
come from faint light was burning.
lie remembered that he had. seen the
little girl at one of the windows there.
Suppose she should wake up and cry,
and the Kid should get her by the
throat? He rose quickly to his feet,
glanced hastily up and down the street,
and started on run toward the ave
nue., the dog beside him. Looking
eagerly up and down the avenue, he
ran down f7r block and into the arms
of policeman.
Several minutes later half-a-dOzen
policemen ran swiftly up to the bank
er's house, with Jimmie and Pete in the
lead. One of the blue-coats whispered
to the boy. He went up the steOp to
the door, opened it, and, as he did so, a
man bounded out and cleared the stoop
at Il leap. Jimmie saw pair of hand
cuffs flash as a powerful hand seized
his coat-collar and drew him into the
dark hallway. lie heard the latch click
as the front door was shut. Then he
heard the voice of the Kid, which NUT
tered: Damn yer, yen never go back
on anybody else, if | SWING for it
Jimmie Thought of the big, bright
knife he had seen that night, and
wrigglcd out of his coat. lie put his
hand against the wall and tried to fol-
low it. When he had taken three steps
he was seized by the neck. Then he
felt Il pain in his side, and cried "Pcte!"
before he sunk to the floor.
The glass in the hall door was
smashed into fragments as a long,
black object shot through it. Before
the Kid could withdraw the knife
something had gripped him by the
throat lie tried to shake 1t off, but it
only clung the tighter.
He began to choke and tried to find
the knife that was sticking in the boys
body, but could not. Then he clutched
the dog and tried with what strength
was left him to tear it from his neck,
but with each effort the animals teeth
only sank deeper. For but a moment
longer the struggle in the darkness
went on, and then the Kid lost con-
sciousness.
When they lit the gas in the hall
they found the carpets and walls
sprink1ed with blood that had come
from a dozen deep gashes in the dog.
'WeTl have to get n couple of
stretchers for the bodies said one of
the policemen; 1--WE can throw the dog
out in the street" Then he added: 81
wonder who the boy was?"-N. Y. Sun.