Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-23


night rides he had contracted the habit
of talking to himself. Ito kape me
company" as he expressed 1t. ''COwld
as ii Is, and late. too, he ought to be
ashamed to ask any one TO come this
distance. Besides, l don't believe he
meant 10 ring for q bye, onyhow. as
the annunciator only fiuttered bit.
and did not turn In a full call. In
act, this circumstance had led the
night clerk to suspect that II was not
a call, and he was once on the point OF
telling Larry not TO answer 1t.
1T makes me mad to think all this
/ Is for Col COllamore," muttered Larry.
.'the most disagreeabie Ould curmudg-
con on the line. Didn't he have me
taken to the station house last sum
mer, charged with stealing his pears,
whin I'd been TO his place to answer
call? There's no telling how 1t would
have ended. either. IL the mounted POI
| lIceman on the beat had not come in
with the very bye from the reform
| farm that be had caught with bas-
I ketful OF the coloners pears. An the
/ colonel niyer so much as said, i beg
| your pardon, Larry" for the hurt 90
| me feelings. As for that. he does not
/ seem to know me name, and only says
+ W0Fl he sees me, IteuO, lNtlltl SIN
I Is that your Bad luck to him and the
/ eowld weather together"
1 Having restored the circulation In
/ his benumbed ears, Larry increaaed
| his speed, and with head bowed down
/ against the cutting wind. sped out the
/ avenue ut a rate which soon brought
! the dark outlines Of the CollamoFe
/ villa to view. This was large three.
/ story Queen Anne house, sitting back
/ some distance from the avenue, and
/ surrounded by trees and shrubbery.
/ As he rode mp to the side entrance,
ne was surprised to see no light In the
+ colonies llOrary and office. The only
/ light visible was one that shone from
a second-story bedroom. The absence
| of light In the library led Larry to
I believe that the call had been n mis-
I take. for if messenger were needed
/ the colonel would be in that room.
/. which he used as an office. Larry
/ knew that tine colonel would likely he
alone, for tine family We're in Florida
I for the winter.
/ He dismounted. and. leaning his hi
/ cycle against the carriage block. was
about to ring the bell. when he was
startled to see that window leading
into the library was open.
hilns now w nat hbtN tHi0
maneT' said Larry, half aloud. follow
ing his haDit OF talking to himself. He
approached the window, and then he
saw large semi-circular hole in the
bottom of the upper pane. the piece
Of glass that had been removed lying
upon the ground and near It gunny
sack which ratified when he touched 1t
/ with his foot This discovery caused
/ something like a cold chill to course
down his back.
Burglars thought Larry. as he
stopped down and felt the tools In the
bag. Within the next few minutes the
boys busy brain did great deal Of
thinking. His first impulse was TO
ride away and leave the burglars I'M
disturbed.
why should bother mesllf looking
out for him? thought Larry. bitterly.
"Sure, he's treated me badly enough
and 1t would only serve him right
Almost Immediately he was ashamed
Of himself for harboring such thoughts
and the better nature Of the sturdy
Irish lad came to the top.
"Faith. III gtt even with him an
other way" he thought. "and do me
duty, too. I'm the only one that can
save the colonel from n robbery now
and I'll do It," II occurred to him to
mount his bicycle and ride for assist.
anee, but he remembered that the
nearest police station was nearly two
miles distant, and unless he should
meet some struggling patrolman the
burglars would have time to get away
before help arrived. While debating
this matter his eye fell upon his bicycle
lamp, which was making broad
streak Of light on the driveway. He
quickly rolled the wheel aside and hid
It behind the shrubbery. turning out
the light.
Then Larry resolved on bold step;
he would go into the house by the
way the burglars Ind entered He felt
sure the maraudcrs were up stairs ia
the vicinity of that light, and Larry
had an idea which, II I. could be sue
cessfully carried out, would furnish
the quickest means of obtaining as
sistancc. The lower sash was raised
to its full height, the burglars having
out piece from the upper pane TO en-
able them to get mt the window fast.
ensr. Larry silently climbed through