The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-06

Machiaveli when il came to scheming.H
1t so happened that Barlow. who was
one of the members of the sclf-constituted
vigilance committee was rooming with Os-
borne at that time. Aside from certain
peculiar advantages which that fact gave
us In the carrying out Of our plans, there
seemed to us to be a flavor OF spartan
justice i'm thus choosing a mans ROOM
mate and presumably nearest friend to ass
sst In his humiliation.
The first difficulty we encountered was
in deciding on the nature of the punish-
ment. "rll tell you what Wen do sug-
gested Teddy I'VE don't want TO give
him any more than a good scare, so Well
just duck him at the college pump, and
then tie him out for the rest Of the
night. TIN do him as much good as
| though he half killed him, and It wont
be 80 risky for us"
but hold on a minute" interposed Bar
low. He keeps big revolver 10 his pu-
reau drawer. and II he should happen to
hear us coming up the stairs he mighs
make things unpleasant. He'd be JUST
fool enough to shoot, and none Of US are
good enough to die yet"
1--WE can fix that all right" responded
| Teddy. wen send you down ahead. You
can pretend to be at the bureau undress-
ing, and i'm the meanwhile get hold of the
gun. Then you can easily make some ex-
cuse for going out again. and Wen be
This plan met with approval. and tbs
next night. being moonless was selected.
| The appointed hour found us on the cor
nor above the house waiting the return &C
Barlow, who had gone in search OF the re-
volver
| In the meantime, the latter, as we dis
covered later, was encountering some TIL
expected obstacles. When he entered tho
| bedroom that the two men occupied In
| common he found the gas turned low, AMI
| Osborne in bed and apparently SOUND
asleep. This was the very chance ha
wanted, and stepping softly he crossed this
room and began to search in the top
drawers Of the bureau where the revolver
usually lay. Suddenly he heard sound
| from the bed, and turning round he found
| himself gazing straight into the muzzle OF
very determlned-looklng revolver. He
had found the object of his search, but Ii
was in the grasp OF Osborne, now very
| much awake.
YOU'D better come to bed" the latten
remarked in a quiet voice, and Barlow.
/ for once subdued and silent obeyed
4 without murmur, not even stopping TO
remove his shoes or hat. II was humiii-
4 ating for Barlow, but he recognized the
\ futility OF argument under the circum-
stances and meekly submitted.
! While all this was going on we were
! cooling our heels on the corner above and
wondering at the delay.
! Finally Smith broke out, whats tho
use waiting here2 Barlow's got chickens
hearted and won't come back al ali.
Let's go ahead and do II without him.
Some Of the more tinid ones objected 70
4 this summary leap in the dark but
| Smiths scornful remark that surely
/ five men are more than a match for one,
especially If that one Is in bed and fast
4 asleep overcame even Langtits habitual
caution, and we started off.
The front door was unlocked, but the
| stairs were as dark as pitch, and In our
| efforts to go up quietly we made about
as much noise as a squadron OF cavalry.
! Upstairs we stumbled aroBnd, and by
dint Of much cropping found our way into
our victims study. Here we stood for a
minute or two crowded together and
breathing hard. Somehow we didn't like
| the looks of things little Bit.
The room was as dark and quiet az
/ the grave, and there was something
mysterious and inexplicable about Bar
! lows sudden disappearance The thing
that we had started out 20 do didn't seem
SO very grand or heroic now that we were
! fairly inio II. NO honest man likes a one
1 sided fight no matter how closely he may
/ think might and right TO be allied In his
favor. And some Of US couldn't help wish
| ing that the odds weren't so fearfuliy
against poor Osborne. l believe we would
| even have welcomed the thought Of possi-
4 bic defeat so distasteful had the prospect
OF our easy victory become to U.s.
The silence was broken by that odious
| Smith exclaimlng in a loud whisper.
"Pshaw! what are you fellows waiting
! for?" and he stepped forward and bodily
opened the door into the bedroom As he
did so. a shot rang out from the direction
of the bed. Smith gave cry OF mortal
agony, threw up his arms, spun half
around. and fell face downward on the
floor The two men nearest the door half
ran and half fell down the stairs and fed
/ for dear life, one Of them never stopping
IN he had put mile and a half between
him and the scene of his fright
Langit and / were too much horrined
1 to move. and stood stock still far moo
meut that seemed an age. Then Teddy.
In an awe-struck whisper, suggested that
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