Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-24

Was that BY evening he had thought u
= plan to revenge himself upon AIDE
laide for her sighting innuendoes. aud
al the same time prove % her. perhaps
that h. was not wholly devoid Of cour-
agc and chivalry.
That night n the Union club. he
took Jack Lemon into his confidence.
Jack vas Bennic's particular friend.
and a. unlike Bennie IN personal APP
pearance and character A. a be inn
agined lie stood six feet one inch In
his stockings and was darkly handsome
a. Amadis Of GauL lie had a heart
brave n a lions. and an eye soft a. a
woman's, and he would do anything for
his friend. particularly tonight a.
Bennie had just given him a pointer ON
the Suburban. Jack heard Bcnnit's
scheme through in silence. Then he
looked out Of the window a couple Of
minutes before he spoke.
.Humph! wouldn't mind going into
the thing for a lark The only point /
dislike h frightening u slip Of a girl out
of her wits.
"A slip of a girlg calculated Bonnie.
"Wait til you see my sister Adelaide.
she's nearly as tall as You are, aud can
row and fence and ride a. well as you
can. She isn't afraid OF anything
Can she shoot?' asked Jack. a little
anxiously.
Indeed she cam replied Beunie;
but she hasn't got a revolver. The
only firearms about the house are those
In my room"
Indeed! Well. you see | naturally
thought your sister was like you, Ben
ME. But have you thought of the POI
lice?"
"Yes. I've thought Of everything. II
Is very simple. The safe where her
jewel box is stands in the back parlor.
This ] win open, and you will have the
box when | discover you. Then you
rush upstairs, through the hall and into
my room Mt the end, TO the left. | dash
after you, you jump into the closet, and
| run TO the window and fire 1--WE shots
into the air. The robber has gone down
the fire escape, and | hold in my hand.
the jcwelbox which | have wrested
from him. See?"
Eyes. | see, and II sounds, as you say.
very simple; but don't lose sight of the
fact that it's n risky business, and be
sure there are no guns lying about,
otherwise II might be awkward, you
know. Where does your uncle Sleep
ION the the third floor; and you
couldn't wake him II YOU were To bonn.
bard the house"
Jack wheeled suddenly around in his
chair.
IL say, Bennie, what are you doing
all this for? It's something more than
a mere joke; what has your sister been
|, doing?"
"Nothing-nothing, Jack" replied
Bonnie, hastily. II only want to give
her a little scare for some ridiculous
things she was saying this morning.
She's got an absurd idea, you know,
that no woman really cares for n man
until he has carried her or some other
woman down a ladder. or"
= Down II ladder! What for?"
/ YES, out of u fire, you know, OF
!, jumped into the water after somebody
-risked his life, you see; then it makes
. no difference if he's a butcher or a pile
driver or what, every woman, she says
is ready to plump down ON her knee,
and adore him."
"Still | don't quite understand. You
don't want her carried down the fire
| escape, do you?'
> mo, no, of course not. should lik,
to see you or anybody else try it! Blu
she made some remarks of rather a dis
agrecably personal nature, and ! don
r just care to have her talking about hel
/ peculiar notions to-to-other people
: So, you see,-"
''Oh no! Yes, / see quite plainly
now. You want sister Adelaide "a
well as-'other people, to see that Ben
ME De Forrest has some grit in him
that he's not such a fool as he-as PEG
pie might think; in short, hat he's q
; hero. Now why didn't you tell me tina
in the first place?'
because said Bonnie, who wa
very red, although you may have tn,
idea, you don't-it isn't ut all what you-
well. yes, Jack, il is something lik,
! that"
| IL was midnight in the DE Forces
mansion on West Seventy-third street
Every soul was slumbering peacefully
save one. A slight young nan in hi
stocking feet slid out OF a rear room on
the second floor, and down the stairs
: In a few moments Il dim light shone il
| the back parlor, and the young maj
came out and softly unlocked the from
door. A tall figure entered, and with
out speaking, donned a black mask
I The two men entered the parlor, ant
: the shorter pointed to "A small saf'
in the rear room, which stood open.
5 Ills that the SWING. pard?" asked thu