Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-29

with his work as coolly as II his victim
were the only human being within u
hundred miles.
He had cmpticd my friends trous-
Crs and coat pockets aud was now
feeling about his breast for his watch,
q very valuable one, as | knew, which
Frank always carried In the Inside
pnckct of his vest, secured by a strong
silk cord passing arC-Hhl bis lr------S
The robhcr, always working IN
grim silence, soon found the watch
and, not bothcriag TO cut the string,
ierked his prize violently away The
shock seemed To- restore Frank 10 par
tim consciousness aud lace druWslly muir
INJURED: Hello. what's upT
AT the sound of his voice all my be
number faculties awuke to instant life,
and, rushing forward, still unseen hy
the iootnnd, ] dealt him Il terrible blow
on the back OF his neck and he fell, in
sensible across the body OF his pros
tratr prey. Quickly rolling him aside |
pulled OF his Grape mask, revealing
most yillainous face.
Then | assisted Frank 10 rise. He
seemed quite recovered and none the
worse for the assault. After securing
the stolen property we took out pocket
handkerchCfs aud tied the fellows
hands firmly behind his back. He was
still entirely HOPELESS and uuconcious I;
~ NH' W Us Nl Nht lttN anu inc Olllcf
| ~ the feet, we carried him of TO the
village, uuresIsung,
"On arriving ut the little police sta
ton The officer ON night watch asked:
What have You got there. gentlcmenE
Nothing very nice, ] guess, replied
Stayner; he knocked me down, however
and picked my pockets In good style
THE officer flashed his light upon our
| prisoners face, Why, SURF as you live
he exclaimed, IFS Ike Berry On noto-
| rious crook of whom I'd often hppr,O
| that we've been after for the last three
| months. Dump him down anywhere
All right, said /. let go. Frank and
/ we dropped our burden with a crash to
/ the hoor. At that moment womnu's
/ the mnttcrT and I awoke to Rnd myself
! sprawllng ON the carpet and the whole
| aiinir Il dream"
"a rather lively one, certainly. Phil. "
said but I've heard lots as curious "
by man alive. I'm only beginning
my story You don't suppose Ia bore
| you with such stuff II that were all? As
! said before I'm no believer in dreams
never N my life knew one to como lit
| crazy truc-but somehow this particular
cream 80 Impressed me that / couldn't
| get u out of my mind
Having q dread of ms wifp's good
| humored rnllery | did moi tell her in,
| 1900 AfN' thf meat hlkNl l really uii
| 80 over TO Stayuer's | took him into
my confidence aud asked him 10 20 with
me over the ground which had In
imagination, traversed the evening be.
fore.
Frank laughed, but readily agreed.
az mere lark, 10 take the proposci
walk Before starting ont each af ms
armed himself with heavy black Thorn,
shiUalah' two of which / had brought
from the 'oulh sod the year before nnd
presented 20 my chum.
IN coming 10 the little creek. with
'leai water sparkling IN the moon
light FRANK banterlngly said. Wei
everything looks quiet enough here. oi'i
IehoW. ! guess your dream-rohber won't
Even as he spoke Thought saw
an especially dense spat in fhe cl,,,nn
OF aiders ahead, gnd, although / really
ma no serious miPivine. rather INK.
WessNely said; Wait Cor me. Frani
b.n ! go up The hank alone
li,hV1n' nonsense he replied as he passed
he had now gained fully sivt, Zoo,
~ H. 'ne ana was walkiug carclessly pasi
lhe grove when the black sDot ma,
Mnlsh NY eye1 were fixed nnteJ
swiftly toward him, aud | yelled 'Tis oop
NJ warning came won nigh ton lsto
! - las words hgl bar IS uascl 'nv ~.