The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-12-02

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myself out OF
came to The cone.
| indeed. worth living
The ground was IA
| the seat selected did
| most comfortable descn
fierce fire of my enthusi.
warm. | can even remel
lng that it was such u
There was darkness enough
anybody, but 4 good thunder
at least 4 deluge of rain, wou
made the adventure far more ii
Determined not to be anticipa,
had reached the rendezvous
earlier than was necessary, 50
plenty Of time to work out my sch
"They will climb that waiI,"I.
quized. They will walk along
tlowcr-bed, 50 rs not to make a II,
on the gravel. and no doubt tie first
start will be made on that French win
dow. | will let them 90 on. The
great thing is to catch them in the act.
Their object is not to plumber; they
will burst open the window and 90
straight upstairs, with Nemesis on their
track. | grew excited, and continued
in Il NOR; dramatic strain. with
tiendish cunning they open his door
and enter his apartment. The Colonel
wakes with n start; he sees the bright
CLEAN Of the assas>in's knife Help
help! he cries. \ deep voice rumblcs
through the room. Help is at hand.
Ii is the voice of Arthur Clarence Fitz-
Gerald Mackenzie. 'Nillains,' | cry.
'unhand that mani With one terrible
blow | fell the foremost rullian 10 the
floor, and, rushing upon the second, in
stantly annihiIate him. Ha.''
Then, | continued, comes the re-
ward of va!or-the wreath of laurels;
the columns i'll the newspapers; the
universal admiration of my country
men. ! shall be the idol of England,
the lion Of the age. shall-'
Something or somebody gripped me
suddenly by the back OF the neck
Somebody else put his hand o>>r III,
mouth, and the two together threw me
on my back with unnecessary violence.
The attack was so unexpected that
| did not have chance of defending
myself | am sure Mr.. Sherlock him
self wo; | have been as much surprised
as | was. For the moment | was
stunned.
am sorry to say these few words
caused ne still more humiliation. They
literally jumped on me, and finished up
by ramming two handkerchiefs into
my mouth. What surprised me most,
and partly confirmed my suspicious,
was that one Of them produced pair
of handcutfS, with which he decorated
my wrists. Having completed this
little programme, they both sat on me
with the o,lest cheek yon can imagine
\ tter listening to their conversation
for Il quarter Of an hour without being
able to join in. came to the conclu-
sion that had committed an egregious
error. From their remarks gathered
that the two persons whom | had the
honor of supporting We're not Black
Jake and Ned Sawyer, but detectives
from Scotland Yard. They had come
to forcstall Jake and his companion
and finding me had naturally assumed
that | was also concerned in the affair
l tried to make them understand
that | wished to explain things: but
they smiled in Il most provoking man
ner, and were not at all kind to me. |
tried to think, but my brain was in
whirl, and before had succeeded in
quieting it the excitement Of the even
ing commenced.
stcalthy tread WAS heard; slight
rustling Of the grass, which | should
hardly have noticed myself. Two dark
forms srept along i'll the shadow of the
wall, They made for the French win
dow pane and silently set to work.
Two minutes later pane of glass had
been neatly cut ont and deposited on
the ground. One minute after that
Black Jake and Ned SAWYER were sur
priSed to find themselves looking stu
pi'lIv down the mHzzlcs Of two rcvol-