The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

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nervous. He was not Used to being out
alone after midnight. His great shoes
seemed to make a. tremendous noise on
the sidewalk. He began TO remember
stories In the newspapers about how
policemen had been assaulted by par
ties of roughs.
He wondered If there were any par
ties of roughs lying in wait for him. lie
tried to gather courage by tiourishiny
his billy, but somehow that didn't seem
to make him much drawer. The moon
kept coming out from one cloud and go
ing behind another; the clouds seemed
to be rushing across the sky In n very
unnatural way. AT last the moon went
behind a large cloud and did not come
out again. Peter wished 1t had stayed.
Even the moon was some company,
He would have run If he could, but his
shoes and clothes We're so clumsy That
1t was out of the question. He kept
thinking about parties of roughs SO
much that he felt that he must have
something to distract attention. lie
stopped under another lamp post ana
opened the book of rules again. This
time he lighted on the following pas
sage:
Article 81. No member of the force
shall receive II pecuniary compensation
for doing his duty"
Peter kept repeating this until he
knew it by heart. Unfortunately he
found he was thinking OF the roughs,
too. He recollected that he had seen
Fitzgerald trying the doors of shops to
see if they were all locked. So he be
gan to try them without any definite
idea of what he should do If he found
one open. He tried ten of them and
they were all locked. Then he remem-
bered that Fitzgerald must have tried
them already, so he did not try any
more. Oh, if he could only run! 1t was
SO lonely, and he had not gone more
than half way. He found IA little kitten
, asleep on n doorstep. He picked 1t up
: and stood for some time stroking 1t,
l while 1t purred softly. Then he would
+ have liked to carry 1t TO the station
D house for company, but the poor little
: thing might get lost, and, besides, 1t
| was hardly dignihed for n policeman to
carry a kitten SO as not to be afraid
All. what was that noise? lie put the
: kitten down and listened.
He could hear a stealthy footstep
coming along the other side of the
street. He stole into the dark hallway
t of the shop and looked with all his eyes
while his heart beat as II it would
break his ribs. The steps came near a
t lamp post and then he could see that
there were two men instead Of one-as
he had supposed. One of them hid him
| self In a shadow on one side Of n shop
that was still lighted and the other
: r awled across the front of the shop on
: his hands and knees. and concealed
himself in a doorway on the other side.
: Then they both waited perfectly still,
t and Peter waited, too.
| The shop was rather n large one. A
great sign hung over it. with the in
scription, "Phineas Gould, Jewelry
| and Silverware;'' and Money to Loan"
was painted across the windows. Meth
er Peter nor the men had long to walt.
In less than ten minutes the light was
put out. Then Peter could hear n faint
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later n man came out, locked the door
: and started down the street. The fell
low behind him left his place of con
cealment and crept after him. The
shopkeeper heard him and turned
around. At the same instant the sec
ond man also left his hiding place. and
both sprang upon their victim and
threw him down. Evidently one Of
them covered his mouth In some way,
for, though he struggled violently, he
did not cry out for help.
Peter was not especially brave, but he
could not allow a man to be assaulted
and possibly murdered before his eyes
without trying to prevent IL. The cour
age of desperation seized him. and he
sprang across the street 10 the rescue,
crying:
Let alone of him.
As he ran he drew his revolver from
his pocket and fired 1t several times In
the air, feeling that he might as well
die now as any time. one OF h men
turned aud ran when he saw what he
not unreasonably supposed to be an
officer OF the law who was full of
fight.
The other tried to follow his comrade,
but Gould. who felt that help was at
hand, held him till Peter arrived. II
was rather hard for Peter to ascertain
which was the jeweler an 5hich was
/ the thief: but. Judging It'll much sa
? gacity that the man with the necktit
| must be Mr.. Gould. he began to tai
D the other mans head with his billy til
the poor fellow lay quite still. ant
Gould sat on him.
Then Peter drew out his handouts
t They were clumsy-looking things. AM
$ he did not have the least idea how Il
put them on. He seemed to know some
thing.
g You put them on" he said. trying t
n speak grutfiy as possible. "and I'll looI
It out that the other fellow doesn't com
" back
1t Gould took the handcuffs and exam
5. ined them. He seemed to know somt
thing about them. for he slipped ther
o on the prisoners wrists without dill
1t Guilty. Meanwhile Peter picked mp hi
revolver. which he had thrown ava
T. when he came TO close quarters wit
'e the enemy.
did any of hose three shots tai
n effect?" inquired Gould.
u "No. guess net" said Peter, trutl