The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-21

comlhg 30 late" Saying which be
slipped some money into the hand Of
the servant. who took Il without com.
ment. babe him goodnight and retired.
Rogers took on his wet clothes.
spread them out so that they might be
reasonably dry by the time he needed
them In the morning and fell asleep as
soon az he had thrown himself down
on the cot bed.
Ills awakening In the morning was
somewhat ~ a surprise TO him. lie
found himself rudely shaken by the
shoulder and on opening his eyes be-
held an elderly man Of gcntlemanly
appearance standing over him with q
pistol In bis hand Two countrymen.
one evidently a 4 Dom. stood near the
door regarding Rlm with every appear.
ance Of fear aud horror. They both
held cudgels. and were apparently
ready 10 attack him should he make
a dash for the door.
why. my man." said the elderly
gentleman, Il hope your sleep has been
refreshing"
III has. indeed. sir, thank you"
answered Rogers. but why these
warllke prcparationsf Am prison
err"
We'll. something OF that sort" r.
piled the old gentleman. astonished nc
the language aud GOODNESS Of his guest.
You are the master Of the house,
! take H."
"You are quite correct Is that your
bicycle out In the yardT
yes" answered Rogers. AT least
! placed Il IN the shed last night"
"Oh. did your We found the wretch
ed machine there this morning. aud II
led 10 our search for YOU"
"Nrciched machine" cried Rogers
sitting up In bed "Oh. come now. III
stand rudeuess 10 myself. hut III b,
hanged " I'll allow the bicycle 10 b,
snndercd. ! want you % know. sir
that this Is probably the finest aud
most expensive bicycle that exists In
this country. Its frame Is aluminium
and the cost ~ Il Is as great rs n II
we're made ~ silver. and ! Halter my
self that the non.slipplng tire. although
Il sids rather badly IN the mud. Is d
unique Invention II ] do say II myself
! want you 10 know that | am the IN
teut0r Of that bicycle. Il was con
sirucicd under my supervision. and
/ Il You win allow me 10 show you Il,
merits, ! fancy you viii change YOU
[ opinion ~ H."
THAT may be- So" rcloined the Old
man. putting bis pistol In his pocket
Tor be- saw that this was not the erin
/ inal he thought hc had captured. Fl
/ don't know very much about bicycles
~ perhaps you VIII be- M good az 4
/ dress aud give me some explanation
% how you came 20 le here"
-uh, that's very simple" said Rog
cts. Il lest my way last night. an,
I came mp your lane sometime after u
/ There was u lighi IN the kitchen en-,
/ found two ~ your servants hayin.
late supper. ] asked them Tor sheltc
and they put me IN here"
"Ah. ! SEE" said the old man. "Well
those two were burglars. aud hav,
made on With al they could lay thei
hands on that was valuable and a
the same time portable, My son ha
gone 10 town for the police aud ha
not yet returned Perhaps you can al,
us by giving y description 81 the n,cn
! thought az first thai you were on
~ the gang who had perhaps take
too much % drink aud oversight youl
SELF. hut see you are nothing Of th
kind"
Il shall he glad 10 give You every az
slsiance Ia my power" said Rogers
In a few minutes be was up an
dressed, and ON going outside "a,
that the burglars had keen appracig
ton of his invention. aud had take
away his new machine. lcayius one @
their own 10 IT. place
Il am sorry" said the oil man coul
icously, '1lat IN seeking our hospital
It's you should have becu robbed q
valuable cycle. Let ~ hope we INA