The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31

When Stampr came to the gable OF the
house next but one to the public house,
and the wall Of which formed one half Of
the northern boundary of the yard. he
paused and listened. He could hear no
sound of life or movement near him be
yond the snort or cough Of i horse now
AID then.
After n pause Of two or three minutes.
he stopped. slipped off his boots. SUNG
them round his neck, and having hltchcd
the crook Of his heavy stick 10 a belt he
Wore under his waistcoat he laid hold Of
the .aterpipc that descended from the gut
ter of the double roof to the yard, and he
gan ascending the gable of the house with
surprising agility and speed.
In less than TWO minutes from the time
Re first aeized the watcrpipc he disap-
lcGred in the gutter above. He crawled
in 4 few yards from the edge and then
reclned against the sloWng states % the
roof 10 rest The ascent had taken only
a couple Of minutes, hut the cXert'0n had
Iccn very great, and lie was tired and
ont Of breath.
Then he unscrcwed his ferrule and
Withdrew the hampton and unscrcwed the
handle of his stick, and was busy in the
darkness for awhile with the weapon he
carried.
lie particularly wished to have steady
hand and arm that night, 50 he made up
his mind that he would rest until five min
ates 10 l.. Then he should get into
position. lie should creep down the
gutter until he came to the gable wall
standing up over the roofs Of the houses
on which he now was lying. He should
then be almost opposite the window 1T
which he last night saw the dwarf wind
NJ his clock He should he a little out
Of the direct line but not much The
width of the street was 20 moro from
house to house than fifty feet. The dis
lance from the wall Of the house he
should be on then. and the wall of Forbes
bakery could not be moro than sixty feet.
r'he weapon he carried was perfectly
trustworthy al 4 hundred and fifty yards,
or more, He had been practicing that
afternoon and evening at an old hat forty
wards, and he had never missed II once.
Forty yards was just double the distance
h should be from that window if he were
Oh a parapet instead Of being at the coping
tie lying on the inside slope Of the roof
Allow another ten feet for that This
would bring the distance up to seventy
feet at the very outside, and he had never
missed once at Il hundred and twenty feet
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good deal Of practice with the gun. for lie
enjoyed peculiar facilities; because the
factory wal! by which the lane at the
lack Of his place ran. prevented any one
seeing what he was doing, and the noise
Of the factory drowned the whir OF the
gun and the whiz Of the bullet.
At half-past j that night the private
bar Of the public house held about half
q dozen customers, but ii lacked the ele-
waiting presence Of Oscar Leigh, who al
ways gave the assembly distinctly in
tlllectual air.
4 few minutes later. however, the spir-
its Of those present rose, for Mr.. Oscar
Leigh came IN rubbing his forehead and
complaining Of the heat.
Il have only Il minute or two. l must
be of to wind up" said Leigh. Ten
,1inutes to II by your clock, Mr.. Will
Jams; that means a quarter o right time
1T is, l have heard. the most wonder
ful clock in Chicago" spoke an acquaut-
ance.
IN Chicago. In Chicago, In the world,
SIR. 1t IS the most wonderful clock ever
conceived by man. Well, my time is up.
Good night, gentlemen.
He scrambled off his high stool and was
quickly out of the bar. 1t was now five
minutes 10 II o'clock, right time He
crossed the street. and opening the pri-
Nate door IF Forbes, went in. closing the
door after him.
As ne came out John Timmons turned
into the street He went on until he came
opposite the win low Of the clock-room
Here he stood still, thrust his hands deep
down in his trousers pockets. and leaning
MS back against the wall. prepared ia
y-gtpi. u-i-l his own t.y-a- thu
the clock
In less than five minutes the window of
The top room, which had been dark grad
ually grew illumined until the light came
full through the transparent oiled muslin
curtain. Timmons could see for all prac
teal purposes as plainly n through glass
There Leigh is, anyway" thought
Iimmons. working away at his lever
Can il he he was doing the same thing
- TINS hour last nightE Nonsense. He
was walking away from this place with
u" 2 this hour last night as sure as |
an here now. | must be going mad
There. he is turning round now and nod
ding 10 the men at the bar They said
ir did the same last night and. as live
there the clock we were under striking
die quarter past again: | must be going
mad. ! begin to think last night must
nave been al a dream with me. | don't
mink he's aiI right. | don't believe in
r,itchrraf'. but there's something wrong
here: III watch this out anyway"
WIFI uhiz,
WHY, what's that over headr'
Ilmnons looked up. but saw nothing.
Its some young fellows larking
Tie glanced back ut the window.
What funny way he's nodding his