Telegram-herald., 1891-07-26

and hsr frecssss fssssy dAassd with de-
hight ''Cosss On. sDr; in rssiy Tor
I'm. shs sid - sBs tucked up her
sleeve aud enctosed . bsesps hke .
toii.sg pan. Aims nomens Enks nsia
ths pistol toward hsr- "foo are .
woman. Mary; take tss And defend
yourself - sne LAST.
IWfn Isss - Az"
She eyed the weapon contemptuo1siy
and waved IL Away HaJestlcaiiy ne
aEvis ny away wid your Old otundsr-
eusnt- I'd cesi rather have Petssy
asAsher."
Jinks however insisted and Mary
Ann took u IEst TO please hiIs. NOW
Mary - he v b .soered, "you take tnls
aud 20 around the houss thai way and
/ will 70 the other Way. Ii yoo meet
anybody Iust pull the trigger and ene
qua viii do the rest
"ysver Tear cor; I'll hx him."
Jinks prided himseif on bis general
ship He bad planned 10 20 slowly;
80 that Mary Ann would be sure 10 fasl
Ia With the mara uder. for he knew
that the fellow woatd have ~ beat
hAsty retreat or sue would scatter him
ali oyer the yard Suddenly he
thought OF contingency that he bad
made no allowance for. The burglar
might escape unseen and IN that case
ne nimssil wouId Do ths man 10 fail IN
with Mary. iis bounded into tho Little
vine covered SIDE porch ami waited
With his tingers janimed into hIs ears
IN momsatary expectation OF an earth
fendng report that would announce
the burgisf's doom. Once he thought
ne heard . struggle and pcering out ne
saw Msry's shadowy Outline sg.inss
the grxss where she had stumbled over
. Hover pot. sho goa up aud as she
was drawing nearer JlnSs began to
| feel nervous. lie tyied the doVg but u
Was Locked.
A Tragedy He naamr rianned.
He eouid hear her breathing fieic 'lv
| through her cicnched teeth as " she
Was thlrsting for gore. but he dared not
| speak for lear she migh. shoot. In
| front Of .hc porch shs stopped and
| peered susp.ciOusly into the sna,i,,w.
| The chsttering Of Jinks' teeth gave
| him away and Mary Ann raIsed the de-
stroyer and leveled 10 ut his stomach.
| "Aha mishter man, l find you nj
| lshst do |? Come on out o that nov,
for I'll make SKINNER OF ye presently
and don't want TO spite the house
while I'm doin' IL. A purity man ye
are comm prowlin' and meanderIn
around whin dacent people are IN their
beds. BE lively now or I'll putverszs
| ye where ye stand
Jinks could not speak. his tongue wa.
| frozen TO the roof OF hIs mouth with
| horror as he thought of his predica.
| ment. Mary Ann braced herself FOL
| the impending shock and squinted hel
| eye along the cluster of cleaning bar.
Tels, but before she could pull the trig-
| ger her victim gave frigttiul yell and
| dove head hrst through the vine GOV.
| cred treIiis. He Was speeding away
through the garden like startled fawu
when suddenly there came 4 binding
fash, report like the eruption of Il
volcano, and something struck HIM at
the summit of his left leg. A thousand
stars danced before his eyes, and wav.
sring moment with oulstretched
hands, he fell to the ground with an
obtusc, nAuseating thump. When
Mary reached him he was senseless and
when che discovered who ne was, she
WAS nearly 90. She dragged him into
the house, and the neighbors who had
been awakened by the explosion came
fiocking IN. A phyncian was sum.
moned who discovered that the ball
had glanced around under the skin in
fiicting only q slight flesh wound. but
Jinks has had an experience which he
will never forget. d. b. THUD.