The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-20

stumbled and fell.
 As the animal lurched forward, the man who was driving gave a cry--an exclamation of horror with a ring or agony in it--and he jumped wildly to the ground. ran up and protfered my assistance. The man was shaking, ab- solutely trembling, with agitation, and, as he accepted my services and bent down and fumbled at the harness, he gripped my arm eXcitedly, and said: No, no; don't let her move, don't let her novel"
 However, he quickly recovefed him self, and, bidding me hold down the animals head, proceeded to unbuckle the harness from the shafts. This done, he pushed the dogcart back a few feet, and then together we managed to get the mare on her legs.
 Ten minutes later the man climbed into his seat again and seized the reins. I was holding the mares head at the time, and 1 noticed that her knees were bleeding I remarked upon it, and asked him whether he had far to go. "Oh, mo-" he replied; mot far, only about quarter of a mile. I live at Low Hill. Goodnight, and thank you"
 "H'm," mentally commented. What fringht the fellow was in, to be sure. Why, he couldn't have been more so had he been carrying dyna- mite." Dynamite! In flash sus picion passed through me, suspicion that became certainty the more dwelt upon it.
 I need not detail the many inquiries I made, nor will dwell upon the various means whereby l arrived at the final result that led me to wire to London for a warrant, under explosives act, for the arrest of Antonio Bisocca; suffice to say that, before the fortnight was over, 1 was closeted in consultation with the local police, with whom l discussed plan of action for the purpose of bring ing my investigations to successful issue.
 About six o'clock in the evening 1 was walking up the broad, well-kept avenue leading to the threshold of Grangeleigh, in which pretentious 1hJ llldh WdS lOtdbt0s III buC rear of the house, abutting on the lawn, was an orchard, and amid the trees and beneath the thick undergrowth belt ing them some half a dozen able-bodied men were concealed. l relied upon them in the event of resistance, al- though, having learned something of Bisocca's temperament, I considered their presence unnecessary.
 After some little delay I found my self scraping my feet on the doormat, waited for moment until an answer to my knock was given, and then passed in.
 Bisocca was seated at writing-table left side toward me, and as my gaze travelled from his face downward, saw something that made me blink my eyes and set my fingers tingling for grip of him. On sheet of paper rested his left hand-a brown, muscular hand, with stub fingers and a gap between theml He threw down his pen, sprang up somewhat hastily and came forward, peering up at me from under his shag- gy eyebrows in a questioning manner and wrinklirg his forehead inquiringly.
 I came to the point at once and told him to consider himself under arrest. He sprang back, wheeling on his heel half way round and staring at the op- posite wall as though doubting his senses. I took step toward him. As did so he suddenly snatched some thing up from the table beside him Thinking it q weapon of some sort, l rushed and grappled with him. Then his grip met mine, and we stood there locked together; he with his sallow face, now flushed. close against mine and his hot breath beating upon my face,
 You have trapped me-" he panted, glaring up at me and breathing heavily. You have trapped me, but-I-do- be taken. You saw me just now-pick-up-something. My -friend-I advise you-let me go. It was bottle-of-nitro-nitro-glyceri "a leetle bottle, and-unless you re- lease mel mean-to-tum ble-you- and - myself = to -the ground, and we'll die-together!"
 l shouted for help and redoubed my efforts to overpower him. Then, amid all the jerking, swaying and severe struggling, something like a wave of inspiration swept through me. Slowly. inch by inch, hugging him tighter and tighter still, pushed to that side of the room pierced by the window. An other lurch, spring backward, crash. and the broken glass fell in pieces over my shoulders. Then I screamed, yelled as l had never done before A scurry- ing rush of footsteps, cries, crashing