Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

T A GENTLEMAN'S SON !
s& By CHARLES b.. LEWIS. 4.
| J. l.
Copyright 1885, r9-SS-S+
ny CHARLES b. LEWIS.


chairs, and table, all new and cheap.
felt quite sure that any racket |
might make could not be heard outside
the house and would do no good, and
at the same time | argued that the
men must soon discover their error
and set me at liberty. ! was sound
asleep on the lounge when n man
brought in my breakfast on tray, and
fair breakfast it was. He was
grim-faced fellow, rather poorly
dressed, and as he placed the tray on
the table he looked at me in an insolent
way and said
"The grv'nor will be here in half an
hour, and you'd better get that bust
ness over with him as soon as you can.
The guv'nor amt got much time to
fool away, and he's bad man if you
try tricks on him."
/ made no answer, and he went away
by the side door and left me to the
breakfast. 1t had been disposed of and
I was enjoying cigar when Mr.. Wake
man entered, babe me good morning
and said:
"Well, hope find you feeling in
mood for business. Have you any
checks with you, Mr.. Fisher, or do you
wish me to procure some? We can
finish in couple of hours il you will"
laughed at him as I went over the
ground of the previous night. He had
captured the wrong man, and it was
useless to waste any more time over it.
| had no letters or papers with me to
prove my identity, but my garments
bore the name of New York tailor,
and he had but to send TO my hotel
to get all the facts wanted. He smiled
sarcasticOlly at first, but | soon had
him doubling, and he went away to re-
turn in half an hour with Saunders.
This man looked me over with care and
said to the other:
81 have known Mr.. Fisher by sight for
three years, and I am sure this is the
man. lie is simply trying game Of
bluff. Better not carry it too far, young
man! We are not the sort of people
to stand a great amount of NONSENSE"
answered that had nothing in par
| ticular to do for three or four days,
and If they desired to board and lodge
me it would be TO my liking. II they
insisted that | was Fisher | would
sign a check with that name for So
900 if they desired. This offer was what
set them TO doubling, and they started
out to find my references. They must
have found things as | said, but
neither Wakeman nor Saunders came
near me again. II was four o'clock in
the afternoon before anyone appeared,
and then the man who had brought my
breakfast suddenly walked in. | at
once saw that he was in bad humor,
and he did not wait long before say
ing:
"Now, then, you ought to know bet
ter than TO play any such game on MS,
and am going to give you a humping
to even up things!"
started TO argue with him, but he
rushed at me in furious way and was
plainly bent on violence. was no
match for him in strength, and for
three or four minutes avoided him by
lodging and running about. lie grew
more ugly as he failed to get hold OF
me, and at length declared that he
would kill me before he left the room,
The tray had rot yet been removed
from the table, and on il stood pitch
er which had contained milk. While
lodging about, ! seized this pitcher,
and as the ruffian penned me up in a
corner | whrlcd it about my head and
sent II flying full at his face. ii
knocked him fiat, and he lay so still
that | thought him dead. He had shut
and locked the door after him and had
the key in his pocket. AS | began
searching for it the fellow showed
signs of coming to, and unbuckling
the belt which held up his trousers,
rolled him over and made his arms fast
behind him. Then | removed my sus-
penders and tied his feet, and had
Just turned him on his back when hs
began struggling and shouting and
cursing. 1t was well for ne that
had him secure, as he was in mood
to do murder. lie rolled about for hall
an hour threatening me at every
breath, and when he was physically eX'
hausted lis eyes glared at me like 9
mad dogs. The door-key was in his
hip-pocket, but was a full hour get
ting at it. Though fast bound he re
sisted my efforts to turn him over
and | had to beware of his teeth as
worked at him. ] finally got the key
and opened the door to find a vacan
room behind it with a stairway lead
ing down to the rear yard. This yart
was only about 30x30 feet, surrounded
by blank walls of other buildings, ant
though ! searched around for an houl
| could find no way out of it. The
back door of the first story was locked
and | finally had TO return to the room
upstairs and see what could be don,
with the door leading into the hall. IL
the yard ] found a stone weighing
about five pounds, and with this
presently attacked the door. The maj
on the floor had cooled off a bit, ant
when he realized that | was bound t.
batter the door down and make my es
cape he said:
i've got a bad temper, and can't al
ways hold myself. l don't say you arr
TO blame for not being the man we wa
: after, but | was so put out over tn
mistake that wanted to get even. |
: you'll unite me III call it square an'
show you the way out of the yard"
, looked him in the face and decided
, not 20 trust him; and when told hin
so he said be would kill me If he hat
, to follow me TO the end of the earth
, With the big stone | pounded away a
the panels of the door until | finall
( had the whole thing so shaky that