The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26

| But they Kept at 10 until they reached the
leUel ground.
quently pausing to gain breath, peering
upward and wondering how many more
miles remained to climb. But they kept
at it until they reached the level ground,
! perspiring and in such state of collapse
that they sat down and did not utter a
! word for 8 minutes.
If we had run right against them
coming down." observed the leading
officer, when he had finally recovered,
Il would have taken off my hat and
said, Gentlemen, we're yours to COM
mand. ~
How do you feel now?"
Fully rested and hungry. Come on. "
1t was like recuperation to walk on
level ground, and after time they de.
bouched into the highway at the point
where Palisade avenue ends on the
bluffs of the Hudson.
Gone gave us "a diagram drawn so
well that we cannot go astray. I've got
it so fixed in my mind that there's no
need of consulting il.
And the stone house is on the left
as we go toward Englewood?"
Yes. Not quite half mile back,
right i'll front of where we are to turn
i'll, is an oak, with a gnarled branch
about 20 feet from the ground. Cone
made sketch of it, so l shall recognize
the limb the moment my eye rests on
it.
That's all well enough, but Discoe
and Huke will have some one on the
watch. Pity it isn't a darker night"
IF 1T was we should never find the
right spot.
Having settled upon the correct
course, the two began walking in the
direction of Englewood. 1t was after o
O'Clock, and without knowing the right
hour at which to make the intended ar.
rest, they had accidentally hit upon the
best that could have been selected.
Both OF the men had had experience
In dealing with criminals, and both,
therefore, knew it was Indispensable
that whatever they did should be in the
nature of surprise. If the desperadoes
suspected what was on foot, the whole
scheme must come to naught.
This will explain what occurred
within the following few minutes.
The two walked beside each other in
the middle Of the road, as the three
tramps had done short time before. In
the bright but uncertain moonlight
they were looking sharply for the oak
with the gnarled limb.
Some minutes later the marshal whis-
pered:
This will do. Gomez
They left the road and entered the
wood on their left, turning suuarely
about and retracing the direction whence
they came.
Ihelr intention was to approach the |
sentinel undecided if possible and make |
him prisoner
Thus the two officers reasoned:
The fellow against whom they had al
most brushed was one of the criminals.
lie was stationed near the highway.
since all danger was likely to come from
that point.
itwould be comparatively easy to CIR
Gle around III the wood and come upon
the stone house from the rear, and in
doing so they were quite sure to catch
.he other rogue or rogues at fault, but
the man by the highway would take the
alarm and escape.
The true course, therefore, was first to
capture him, doing it with a sudden
energy that would allow him no time IA
warn his confederates. =
10 90 this he must be approachb r;S
with the stealth Of an Apache-a
that was almost insurmountably =
cult, since he was evidently ON hisN
against such movement.
The officers held no doubt ths~AI
simple ruse had deceived h