The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-20

Don't you think 1t was feckless
thing to draw the go, 900 and take 1t
to that stone house In Jersey"
''The results answer your question. F."
"True, but those men carried weapons,
and your strength could not avail you
against q revolver"
"Just so, but Discoe was like Marshal
Welling-he was 60 confident Of being
able to crush me to earth that he tried
to do so before resorting to deadly
weapon, and when we once came in
contact he was a babe in my hands,"
Nevertheless, why did you take SO
much money with your
Because had given my promise. :"
"Thst is not the reason. Why did
you give the pronfise?"
"To make my victory the more COM
plete."
IT suspected it."
"And now you know it. Could you
blame me?"
II can't say that I do. But this mirac-
ulous strength of yours seems to be a
sudden thing"
ION the contrary, 1t has been with
me all my life. But I resolved while
still boy never to make vain display
Of it."
"What Of your performance with the
boat the other night"
"That was idle display. There was
no necessity for yanking that craft
ashore as ! did. Had paused to reflect,
I would not have done so.''
"And the breaking of the darky's
tablet"
''That was another instance of which
I am ashamed"
''Now, however, since you have bro
ken your rule, there will be no harm in
going little farther"
"What do you mean?"
"Give me private exhibition"
Haven't you had enough to convince
youa''
Eyes, and enough to make me wish
for more"
did not like this, but my eye hap
pened to fall upon the safe in the next
room. recalled what had done before
Harold Westcott, when there was reason
for my exhibition.
"I'll do one thing and no more for
you"
VERY we'll, provided that one thing
is sufficient
Advancing to the next room and turn
ing my side toward the mass Of iron,
precisely as in the first instance, ex-
tended one arm across the top and lifted
it from the floor. the detective giving
utterance to gasp Of amazement.
But strange thing impressed itself
upon my onsciousness-the safe was
heavier than before. What could be the
cause? 1 was the only one in America
that had the combination, and I had
added naught to its contents.
started to walk round the room, but
the burden was SO great that when half
way across I abruptly retraced my steps,
setting the massive structure back in
place with bang that shook tho upper
floor.
Nevertheless it was most astonish-
ing feat, and Detective Cone declared it
surpassed everything of which he had
ever heard.
"Just one more demonstration.
II shall do nothing else of that ma
ture," said, thrilled by shivering
fear that had already done too much.
Every WELL and thank you for your
kindness I would give 81, 200, 600 if it
were mine for that gift, which is one Of
the marvels Of the century,"
"Of what good is superior strength?
The most dangerous desperate Of whom
I ever heard was youth in Texas,
whom a schoolboy could handle, but he
was lightning with,th revolver. Mans
brain enables him to make all the forces
Of nature his servants. 1t is the brain
that is king"
but, all the same, the power Of
lion is a handy thing to have about the
house."
"There may be instances in which it
is convenient, but the possessor is liable
to presume upon it to a fatal extent. I
can see now that If Tom Discoe had
known how easily could vanquish him
he never would have given me the
chance. If he is acquitted, shall be at
his mercy"
"How?"
Simply because he never would per-
NIT mo to get within reach of him. I
cannot handle pistol like him, and,
standing OFF at safe distance, he could
shoot NE at his leisure without my be-
ing able to help myself
"As to Tom and Jake, it doesn't look
as if they will gaze upon the blue EN-
pyrean vault for an indefinite number
Of years to come They have been at
this business for ten years, and the off,