The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-30


sudden. the oppressive silence of III.
midnight was broken hy the most aor
riiiic yell that ever assailcl my ears. n
fairly surdied my blood. so full Of the
agony Of fear was II. and SAL stilI and
! nrid my breath until second aud q
I third, not less hidcoua. reached M.
ears. ai.d then gathered myself IL.
geiher. rushed ~ the u indow and thre,,
up the curtain.
hy this time an was silent again. and |
half wondered IL had only imagined
the cry / looked out over the field ana
track. seeing nothing but the shifting
shadows, more bewildcrine than abs0
lutte darkness. which half moon throw :
through broken clouds II was par
ticuiariy CHASTITY Light, there was not
thing stirring. not even the wind. IN
Ill suddenly the bending figure OF a man
nj extreme speed emerged from the
gloom, sprang up the steps ~ a single
leap. and a second later the huge doo-
beneath my feet was shaken in furious
fashion
confess TO q feeling Of relief rs I
thought Of its tsvo-inch oak plank. nail
studded and heavy hinged. and knew
that the assailant. whoever he was.
could not gain entrance with anything
less than an old-iashionrd batterinu-
ram. | was also bit startled. for
could not at all make out what the
trouble was. The door making con
iinuing, accompanied by the kicks Of a
heavy foot and 4 series Of yells, / seized
the heavy poker from the hearth and
hurried downstairs.
When reached the door hesitated 4
moment. wondering if the man was
mad. and then tried TO turn the key with
my left hand, holding the poker firmly
in my right. In this I was unsucces So
ful. SO tightly WAS the door pressed by
the frightened man outside. i shifted
the poker to my left hand and put my
shoulder against the door; there was a
sharp click Of the opening lock. and the
next second i was hurled like a bolt
from a caiapult by the heavy door
rs landed on my back. Paddy the
Leaper" appeared with the suddenncss
the door after him. threw the bolt with
a single motion. and. shaping himself
on the floor. pressed his broad back
against the door as IL he feared the fast
cnings would not hold.
came TO myself first. and was begin
ring TO ask the crazy hog-trottcr what
was the matter with him. when he sud-
denly found tongue. and broke in with
husky: The saints save MS. Io.gly
hiyen hip us, Fur the luve nv God.
Misthar Brown, sit VI an put yer fut
ag'in the dure.'
| slung the poker into the PIT Of his
stomach. got on my feet and gave him a
clip on the head with the flat OF my
hand that would have fellcd man with
nm average thickness Of skull. The
liow from the poker resulted only in
grant. and while that Of my hand re-
liesed my feelings bit.it seemed to help
ra.dy's added brains not at all. lie
caught me by the leg. pulled me down.
and sat me up against the door by his
side as II / had been wax doll. saying
in a Numbering ard contented fashion:
.sl-.srh sI.r Nt.sI.~ rp....-~, So ......
- 49,. !.
..Safe ,,eweo I'm s,fa epo,--,. ~,
as for Won. YOU bowling IDIOT II Won Law
your hand on me again. vouIl wish Won
had STAYED outside"
Suddenly he looked up TO me ard
asked in a lord whisper: For the luye
of hiyen. Misthcr Brown. tell me whar
was it,
.Whes was it?" answered |. what
was what?"
"Si,se il was" said he: and al this re-
mar.able dialogue seemed perfectly sat
isiied. began to Groom and rock rrafn.
and larsed into n state of ~innc uous
desnetude.' as before
Deciding. al last. that the time f,-
heroic measured had arrived. tocs-
hold Of radfv's collar with both ntv
hands. shook him violently for few sec
onds. and then began To bang his heal
against the door. IL Ski not take mrnv
ra,,s against the hard oa.. 10 bring into
the vacant face hint Of reason. and. IA
last. with a good blow az ny fist. which
bOwled him over. told him either TO tell
me at once what the trouble was. or