The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

4 rrise-I acted as only one could &C
{ who was possessed BY Some spirit O
0 mischief soE his own nndoing. Even &
myself tie imp1lse which comes owe
: me az times % play the fOol-to say o.
Do az the csit,cSl moment the one wore
: CT thins which ought TO be LETT unsaiC
, or undcne-is altogether unaccountable
T6lS uncertainty Of character, thi.
tendency 10 lose my head and 10 bring
tr-1tling about my ears by the utter.
s2Ce q a word the entire edifice which
] have perhaps spent laborious months
IN building mp, has been my stumbling
block through life, and must inevitably
stand In the way Of my ever becoming
good detective. But good detective
1 have, as the reader knows, never
claimed to be. We're il so, should IN.
doubtedly suppress the incident / am
about TO relate, for il tells very much
against myself without in any way
Strengthening the probability Of my
story.
When the man in hiding on the Gu
ban Queen lifted his head and looked me
In the face, l knew at once that was
IN the presence. il not of James Mullen.
at all events Of the person with whom /
had travelled to Southend on the occa-
sion when he had objected so forcibIy to
the striking Of fusee The bright.
prominent eyes, beautiful as WON
ans; the delicately clear complexion:
the straw colored hair; the aauiline
nose, with the strange upward arching
OF the nostrils; the curious knitting of
the brows over the eyes the full lips.
that spoke Of voluptuousness, unscrupu-
lous and cruel; the firm, finely nodded
cEin-all these there was no mis.aking
In spite of his woman's dress. As
looked at him the scene in the stuffy
smoking carriage on the Southend rail
way came back to me, and when in his
quick, incisive way he asked, "Well, sir,
and what have you to say for yourself?'
1 stammered foolishly for a moment.
and then, prompted by what spirit of
peryersity and mischief know not, an
swered him by another question which,
under the circumstances, must have
sounded like intentional insolence.
You re the man wot couldn't stand |
the smell Of fusees -
Had horns suddenly sprouted out ON |
each side of my head he could not have |
looked at me with more absolute amaze
ment and dismay. For very few sec
onds be stared wide eyed with wonder,
and then look of comprehension and
cunning crept into his eyes. They mar
rowed, catlike and cruel the muscles
about the cheeks frightened; the lips
parted, showing the clinched teeth.
heard his breath coming and going like
that of winded runner, and the next
second his face famed out with a look
Of such devilish ferocity and uncontrol.
liable fury as | pray God l may never
see on face of man again.
With howl of hatred more horrible
man that of any tiger-for no wild
BEAST is half so hellish in its cruelty as
your human tiger-he sprang at me,
beating at my face, now with closed
lst, now open handed and with clutch
ng, tearing nails, kicking with his feet.
'itlng and swapping at my hands and
hroat like dog and screaming like a
very mailman.
To this day it consoles me not little
or the lapse of self possession which
lao just before manifested to think
hat L never lost presence of mind dur
ng this onslaught. When he came Mt
ne, my one thought was to see that he
nade use OF no weapons. His wildcat :
having and scratching it was no diff.
uIt matter tor any one with a quick
ye and cool head to ward Off. but
'hen l saw him clap his hand TO his
Up, where, had he. been wearing male
lothing, pistol or knife might well
ave lain, the eye kept upon him was,
promise you, "a keen one.
FINDING no pocket at his hips remind. =
4 him no doubt of his woman's dress. y
Dr. ms hand slipped down to the side of
is SKIRT, where it fioundered about as
as fish out of water.
a woman's pocket is, to the degener- =
re male mind, fearful and wonderful
lece OF mechanism. The intention of =
le designer was apparently to offer spe- y
al Inducements to pickpockets, and so :"
construct the opening that the con- o.
nts should either fall out altogether
I'd be lost or should be swallowed nm u
dark and mysterious depths into =
hlch no male hand dare venture TO u
'netrate. The only way to get at any 81
ing which happens to be wanted "
ems to be to haul the entire pocket to
e surface, very much as a fishing net y, "
hauled from the depths Of the sea. l
I'd to turn it inside out in search of III
Q missing article. W
On the occasion in question Mullen SO SO
as In too much of hurry to adopt Ia
Is course, and, but for the seriousness u
the situation, could have smiled as al
'eid him at arms length to see him w
wing and fumbling among those nm. 20
nmbed depths. When at last he rose.
to speak. gasping to the surface. his II
nd was clutching a pistol barrel. but Tn
butt had in some way caught the WI
ing OF the dress. and in order to az. VIZ
cate It ne had to turn the entire pock- ~,
inside out. In doing 30 folded paper On