Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-02

Yard. went back b M, "a scotland
pewlidered and uncomfortahi. . ag
horrible idea took possess;nn ', ana z
,nst had been tricksd ana - me
IKE rat in q trap "u caught
q, = - s'a not las. long, happily for I
81, " Work and reasoned viii, M
s:n On the folly Of nv r,sr;
clons' Despite his evil ,r ssP''
my companion looked ba.s",sl,
enough;. and, besides / was INES
ana on the alert. Somewhat rea ss,,.Is,
!. set 70 work to make n vself sa cIss'
Iortabie The valise with the so JJn :
took from the netting onnos;sa 'u !
placed beside me on tie seaf N, anq
a 1au las'ea my rug oyer my knees
h has. ~ =, aoing SO, partly covered the
Sag men ! SYSTEMATICALLY, and ,,er.
maps foolishly, took the revolver I fro sr
the pocket Of my great coat ena
placed 1t also beside me, but outside a H.
rug. s'se sne
naiioi you've got barker, I
see, said auckland, who was wa,ch :
ing me. And he grinned.
Finally, ! took out |. pair of smo,,.,
spectacles, with which / alwavs 49,
tect my eyes when make lony ;d p'o
ney, put them on, and then searched
ior my cigar case in order to smoke
! could not find it, and vet / co,,Id
nave sworn that | dropped il into the
right hand pocket of my great coat he
fore | left the city. wal "
Want o weed2" said Rncklona
Here; help yourself. And ~
handed me case. I'll answer for !,
life" "nor ~ your
tried the cigar, and after a n,ff <.
TWO acknowledged that il was first
rate. nis'
Buckland lighted one also and ,ve
smoked in silence while the train f,ew
ON through the darkness -"
Suddenly | gave a great start A
nod forward woke me up, and [ reused
myself, feeling rather queer.
"HalloT l said. THAT will navar
do. was just off,"
opened the window and a,nr
away the end of the cigar. The fresh
cold air that rushed in refreshed me
and took up one Of the papers / was
provided with and prepared to read
But very soon felt that was going
OH again, and, after a few frantic 81,
forts, must have succumbed for ri
that point my memory is blank.
what woke me thoroughly al last |
have not the faintest idea. but /
seemed TO come suddenly to myself
AND what the instinct was that i'm.
PEELED me to keep perfectly quiet, as II
were still asleep. / do not know to this
day. All know is had most vivid
impression that something was wrong
and that my life depended upon silence
and quietude. Through my smoked
glasses, which were, luckily, still upon
my eyes, could venture 70 look at nv
companion; and very cautiously | did
so. He was now seated in the other
corner of the same side of the carriage.
and before him, on the opposite seat,
was my revolver. By slight pres
sure OF my arm against my side |
found | still had the smaller one in
my inside pocket Beside the stolen
weapon were number of bags exactly
the same as those had in my valise
filled with the gold. and | at once
jumped TO the conclusion that these
bags were duplicates belonging to the
sham detective. Also, that they were
filled with some heavy substance
lead, probably-in order that, when
they were placed in my valise,
sho Z not miss the weight. The
money that was to tide the Liverpool
house over the fatal morrow the per-
senator of Buckland had transferred
TO his own pocket. This is, he had Sc
cured the gold. The notes were still
safe on my person; but how long
would they remain so-that was the
question:
| When quickly and quietly the thief
had finished his task, he rose and APP
preached my corner, valise in hand.
| closed my eyes and began to breathe
heavily as if asleep; but, in spite of
my pretended calm, tremor passed
over me. Suppose the villain were to
make all secure by quietly shooting
me as lay there at his mercy! But
murder as we'll as plumber had not APP
parently, up to that moment at least,
entered his head He leaned over me,
suppose, to ascertain if were really
asleep; then he replaced the valise I'M
der the rug, went back to his corner,
and, closing his eyes, feigned sleep.
say "feigned, for am sure sleep was
far away from him at that moment.
Suddenly an eypedient occurred to
me, and hailed it as positive inspira-
ton. If could but get my hand on
his throat | was younger then, and
stronger, YOU understand, and more
athletic, SO there were several chances
in nv favor. But to get him into po-
sition for attack | must employ ruse.
The first act in my little drama was to
wake up from my long nap artlstical-
ly; so, calling all my histrionic pow.
ers to my aid. made sort OF half
strangled sound between a sigh and
yawn-turned half over, rlghted my
self; threw up my arms with vlgor,
GUS stretch, sat up broad awake, and
took off my glasses.
The noise | made woke up my enc,
my in the corner; or rather started
him in private theatricals on his own
account, for, of course, lie had not
slept wink. a.. -.
"Hullol" he said, lazily rubbing his
ewes. been asleeps Well, | rather
think | must have dozed myself.
wonder how the time goesf
"Do you often sleep at your postf
asked.
lord bless you, we often nod at
Scotland Yard-the whole lot OF us
lie answered with covert sneer.
A few more remarks passed between
us: then, with shrek from the en-,
| =. into q fIlnnal and