Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-18
A LUCKY HAUL.

Dad exclaimed Kitty unconcernodly
when the old man was comfortably en-
sconced in his chair, lyon mentioned to
us tho other night the name of Dan Fe.
loney, tho burglar. VIM You tell us how
you caught him? Jack would Ike TO hear
| the story"
AYE he was n clever rogue, was Dan,"
he murmurcd admiringly Us hc beut tat
TOO on the fender with two wooden stumps
that did duty for his legs "Hc was the
slipporiCst customer | ever knew, and for
years he baked all our efforts TO capture
bin.
at happened ono Sunday night about
five years after | first joined the force
My beat consisted thon of the shady part
Of Bornondsoy, which wHs intersectod by
tho railway, and / WIS generally kept
fairly busy about l2 o'clock with abusive
DRINKS and blasphomous rowdios of both
sexes.
There were not many Of tho inhabit.
ants who did not know me under my sig
nillcant sobriquet Of spider My pres
ence acted us an cffoctual sohorUr, quiet
word of caution from me being generally
"On the Sunday night of which I toll
you n cold, drilling rain had been falling
ever since came on duty. had been
walking round for perhaps M hour when
determined to shelter for u moment or
two in "A friendly entry.
1T was whilo pulling out my knife with
the intention % cutting piece from ny
plug that suddenly remembered that tho
sI,y,t, I,N,,, ,,,,. l...l,
broker.
II cannot think now what whim pos.
sesscd mo to walk up the ~ .anrr aud try
the door. II is ono OF the inPXrliiH1le
frenks Of fancy That happen to every rnn
and which sometimes change The whole
currcuG of his cxistrUcc
"phC fact remains hu~rv.r. that as the
burst Of light from my buiisryu shuru on
the heavy pndlucks | saw trnt they had
been tanpcrnd With, and The GugT Ms I'M
secured. | cautiously nudO !uy 10Y down
the ontry again and flashed ~? lilhl sir.
niilcautlr three times IN each Girurfiun
H. was the signal Of alarm rcr d on nt
night, for to sOurd the wiia'trw World have
been to put tho wary mnrHuC,r GpDn the
alert for possible danger.
II threw oil the Heavy regulation coat
and freed my truncbrOn from lts Cuso.
Pulling myself together, | ry5facod my
stops and siiontly pushed open Jho door
that led Into the passUga
"As hstCncd-rOS confess without
some feeling Of yrcpidat!on- lGrtr,IrG the
musical chink caused by tho lHudnny Of
metal substances. Nuiseicssly ! stole to
the door and DGcred through IL. SoyhOie.
1.-The interior was Gimly hLntvd up by
gntteTing candle fixed hy some ingenious
means 10 nm Cuor;,ouG safe that stood
against the farthest wall, and ms FH2Gd
perceived man on his knees busily On
gagged In trying the oifrcG OF various slele-
ton keys and other Conttivanccs upon the
lock
"ApparcnSly It dvficd his efforts for at
Length, with smothurCd curse, he slowed
them away and took out ANAL roll from
his cgpacioua inner breast pucict Qaick-
ly unrGsrenine 1t, hu displayed TO my wow
variety Of delicate INSTRUMENTS for sufo
lock picking.
at was ut this moment that puiseicss-
ly slid through tho door and stood Just
within, with one hand srnsping my
truncheon and the other on my lantern,
ready TO direct tho Hood of light upon
him. y murd6rous looking revolver luy
on the 'irrr close TO his right hand ! had
made &C. silent step forward when in
manipulating the glass he must hu9e
caught IA reflection of my face as | crCpt
warily toward him. Without appearing
70 notice anything, however he drCrpud
his hand unconcerncdly AS II TO take Up
one OF the picks, but with IL Sudden grab
he secured tho revolver, and al!uJa, cru
knew 10 had confronted me with the
weapon pointed at my heart
" stand back, Spider, curse you" he
whispered hatshly, ana with II start l rec
ognizcd h!m as Eclonoy. Stand back or.
by Joyo, IN let light through you
IT'S TO go Dam | replied Drop
that piaything The games uni Ny
mates outside only waiting for tho sig
nal. And advanced toward him
e" j dOnt believe your no snur!ed Gcs-
pcrntcly. Stand back, ! toll you don't
want u murder you, man, but If
with sudden movement he dashed
out the light, but even rs he did so witha
leap was npon him ClutchinG his right,
arm In deadly grip, we grappled for the
mastery of tho weapon.
Silently We engaged in the terrible
struggle there In the darkness, WHOM I'M
expectcdiy, as we swung round, locked in
close embrace, my head crashed against
the corner OF the safe, half staining mo
and causing mo to mOmcntlrily lose my
hold.
But IL was enough, for with u fearful
wrench Ia twisted his arm downward ana
fired the rcyp!NCr mt my body There WIS
an cxcruciating pain in NY loft shoulder,
and my arm fcl! holplcssS mt my side as
staggered backward to the wall
"pha burglar Turned TO fly, but even us
he did so the room door w8s dushrd wide
open, food vi light streaming upon him,
and trough the gloom | dinly discerned
the I, IN of the puwubraktr with uistol
eEtrrned full ut the breast OF the adyanc.
ing nuuscbreakcr.
startled 10y the dazzlirg light in his