Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28

was very koch. so that II was reaiis
not surprising that had come under
the ban OF the ST. Petersburg hurenu
! George and arranged our little pro-
grnmme together Each armed with an
/ Intensely black and suspicious look.
Ing bag, after the style AFFECTED by re-
cent uynamltnrus We dartcd cautiously
out OF a secluded street. where we
expected to md our man on the watch.
Sure enough. there he was. ! had
rugged George up In an oily black wig,
trailing well on to his coat collar under
a broad, SLOUGH hat. mounted hard,
pltiless bowler" struggling beard,
ana n thrcadbarc overcoat We were
50 obviously disguised that sc could
not fail to attract attention. With an
elaborate ana altogether demonstrauve
! caution we wendell our way homeward
by the most unfreduented route. With
an excess OF care we avoided all pos
sible chance of collision with the pass
ers-by
Occasionally would snatch George
| away from The too near proximity of
lamppost, In order OF course. 10
avert a terrible explosion, the while
casting glancos of the most furtive and
suspicious Kind, ] noted at intervals
that our shadow was apparently talk
ms II all In. A nervous rush for our
door completed. | felt sure, the effect
we wished TO produce on our follower;
ana as we stripped on our disguise
Indoors. l was convinced that very
short time indeed would elnpse before
we should hear nm authoritative knock
at the door, and n atern summons to
surrender Ia the Queens name, To
carry ON the farce we had disposed n
couple OF ominous cylinders. onvcloped
In many wrappings, IN our tags. They
contained only harmless honey from
the comb. but they looked uncommon
~ like bombs,
We were lust nnlahing our usual
meal, with tho black bags ostoutatious-
~ displayed aud open ON tho aidpboard,
whom the knock we anticipated rang
through the house I could not help
real start and. as n iirm tread was
heard upon the stairs. vague possi-
hilitlcs OF the finale began to obtrudo
themselves.
our good landiady's lntimation. "a
gentleman to see you, sir," was
drowned by tho abrupt tones Of nur
visitor, "A tall, keen-looklng man, saying
az he addressed me;
Mr.. limbs. | presume? My name IL
Belvillo Inspector BelNlllo Of"
What" ! said. lnterruptng him. my
confidence returning, The great Bel
vlllel Tits Is indeed an honor" While
brother George, uH per arrangement,
made two most tragic strides towards
the window, eNclaiming IN his best
melodramic style (Which was somewhat
him, Betrayed, by heavens"
Tho worthy Inspector never moved u
muscle.
well" I resumed. In su0ve tones 81
hardly expected this | wae not pre-
pared for Lundou'B Wcntcst effort" ana
here 1 turned my head aside 60 chucl,le,
because [ meant TO keep the thing up
nH long as possible, and to humillat0
the great detective before his Buperin-
tcndent at the station
The inspector smiled induigpntly and
said, "Wvll, cir, as YOU know what rye
come for and have nothing to show for
IT, perhaps to nut things In order at
once we'd better be MOVING" Hero he
glanced with "A friendly eye at 0yp. who
nolslly resented the intrusion Now
THIS war getting decidedly tame. Moth
ing TO show for 10, indeed Could he. the
kren-cyed officer. have overlooked the
natal indications OF our profession, the
gaping bags aud the palpublc dis.
Buiaos lying about2 He had certainly
ignored their presence so far
futtinE on u stern, unrclenung eX-
preston ! said;
You are a brave man. Inspector. 10
confront unurmcd two desperate men.
but" ! continued witherinely. Il sup
pose you have q crowd outside"
Again the same benign, altEhtly puz-
zied smile, accompanied by the mild
rcloindcr,
W. wv ~. I IfItItAllA llNnuEo thtNp
things single handed"
looked incrcdulous
What, no handouts. no on1clouR ser
gcunt and body NJ men to ns,ASt In tho
capture of couple OF dcapcrndors2
What Hes these newspapers tell" /
muttorod,
As the tail Inspector moved towards
the door, allowing us TO pass before
him, lac ala not oven secure the bags.
! had quito suttled In my mind TINT.
at least, there was bound 10 be a
fuur-wheclcr with two policemen IN
aide and one on the box Not vcatlgc
OF such q vehicle as we reached The
outer door George Iool,,e bewiIdcred
II must really protest. Inspector
against proceeding on foot DO you
want us TO be torn TO pieces by the
Infatuated populace2'
"Ah' came the answer, ~ you pre-
fer 20 ride, Hir itg all the same Ia mo "
Forthwith four wheeler was called.
ana under the supervision OF this one
fearless man we started. / ala not
quite catch tho direction given to the
cnbman, 80, somewhat Hwcd. | asked
tho hll-powcrful one 10 which station
he was taking us.
"Oh, the head Office In --- atroet.'
naming n street within u couple Of
hundred yards. such short dis
lance, you see. I thought you would
prefer To walk"
but j fetofted, impationtly, there
IL no police office In street 90
mo sir, | don't suppose there ~,
now that you mention t. but we don't
want to 30 there. We have our own
office, you know"
inspector lclvlle.' ! said. deter
mlnedly, ~ insist upon your taking
us 10 the nearest police station. or
to that from which your document
was issued" and I pointed TO q blue
document which he still held In his
hand. u decline" continued now
assuming an air Of righteous ndignn-
tlon. ITO be party To covering mp tho !
egregious blunder made at headqunr-
tors"
II fail TO zee my mistake. air." re- |
turned our custodian, Fat least. on my
part I saw the dog with my own eyes, |
and as you seemed TO have no license |
to produce. why--I-"
An hnpertineDt Question.
There's man In Chicago who has a |
mania for collecting all sorts Of queer /
fncts In history, science, aud 80 forth, |
and his wife cant appreciate him at All. |