The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-12-28
ESTABLISHED 1879.
on or I'll Shoot. -

on, or I'll shoot.
The colonel had jumped up in his
wrath to make bolt for the door, but
the man arrested him and he sat down
with the muttered exclamation;
''Ye gods, but must 1 put up with
this?''
"You must, colonel, " said the man
under the bed. GIVE been ready to
come out for ten minutes past, and you
alone are to blame that I'm keeping you
up. Why not hold on to that peppery
temper of yours until we can come to a
mutual understandings
"Let a robber go after he has plum
dered me?''
"That s what ii must come to, colonel.
As soldier you see the situation.
can't get out ON account Of you, while
you can't stir from that chair on ac-
count of me. We have got each other by
the short hair, so to speak, but neither
of us is happy over ii"
"ShOuld / let you CO." said the
colonel, after moments reflection, 81
should always feel that l had disgraced
my record. No. sirl III sit right here
till doomsday but what I'll give You in
charge"
"Still ON the warpath, old man?''
laughed the man under the bed. "There
may be question of honor involved,
but think you'd better waive it. The
amount of stuff my pal took away won't
fetch 5000 at the outside figure For
such sum as that are you going to
have the police and the reporters over
run you with column after column in
the papers and carioature Of yourself
held up to the worldf You are too sensi-
bic for that, old man. Never give your
self away for cheap price. Besides
Besides whatF' snapped the colonel,
who was rapidly taking the robbers
view Of the case.
The family honor, you know"
what do you know about my fam
lily, sir?''
"a great deal, colonel. You had a
brother George"
g But he is dead I"
well, hardly. He was supposed to
have died several years ago, but as
matter of fact he is very much alive to-
day"
And you know him2''
Like book. He's the chap who
carried of the swag just before You
came in"
You are lying, sirl won't believe
word Of itP' exclaimed the colonel.
"Of your base again Your brothers
middle name is Yates. He has light
hoi
some mouth, and there is scar on his
right cheek from wound received when
boy. The last you heard Of him he
was in Dakota. Am right, colonslf''
Yes, yes. Come out and tell me
more, 4" whispered the colonel.
There's only this to say" said the
man as he crept out and stood erect
Your brother has gone to the dogs
that is, he is one of our gang. He didn't
know that this was your den, of course,
but he has helped to plumber 1t, and if
I'm jagged he'll get the same dose, and
the public will know his real name. Do
you cotton to that, colonel5"
And my brother George is a robber
belongs to gang of robbers?"
Straight goods, colonel Sorry for
you, but he's doing fairly well and may
conclude to reform after he's made his
stake. Can go nowf"
For answer the colonel pointed to the
door leading into the hall.
Thank you. / can find my way.
Don't take 1t too hard, colonel. OF
course l shall say nothing to George.
Good night, old man.
At the door he halted to look back
and say:
Yes, sorry for you, but things do
come about in a curious way. Good
night.
But the colonel had his face in his
hands and was weeping.