The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-06-15
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and threw it on the floor so that it went
well under my chair. I then resumed
my seat and awaited developments
| A few minutes later the man left.
/ and with my heart in my mouth / pick
| ed up the paper and spread 1t out Part
of the writing was burned. but what
remained almost made me yell with tri-
umph. It ran thus:
Attempt will be made tonight
Colonel Lewis house in
approach from back garden in Carbon ct.
Black Jake and Ned Sawyer.
That was sufficient for me. It was
plain that Colonel Lewis house was to
be the scene of q desperate outrage.
Probably the colonel would be murdered
and his residence blown up by dyna-
mite. I shook with excitement. It was
plain as daylight.
80 s4ss
! When the curtain Of night dropped
like a stormcloud over the palpitating
city "a rather fine phrase). 1t found me
concealed in the shrubbery of Colonel
Lewis garden in Carbon street.
Determined not to beAanticipated. ]
had reached the rendezvous much earlier
than was necessary, 30 had plenty of
time to work out my schemes.
''They will climb that wall, ~ sofilo-
quized. "They will walk along this
flower bed. SO as not to make noise on
the gravel and no doubt the FIRST start
will be made on that French window. ]
will let them go on. The great thing is
to catch them In the act. Their object
is not plumber. They win burst open the
window and go straight up stairs, with
Nemesis on their track.
"Then. continued, "comes the re-
ward of valor-the wreath Of laureis.
| the columns in 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 over my
mouth, and the. two together threw me
on my back with unnecessary violence.
For moment was stunned. When
my senses returned and I opened my
eyes, / could just discern the sinister
features Of my friend the villain, who
was kneeling spitefully ON my chest
The other man was there too He was
holding me by the hair.
'sDo you know him, Simpson p said
one.
emo; I've never seen him before that
can recollect.
"Seeras a sleepy sort for one of Jake
gang. /.
A light broke upon me- Gentle
men," I said, "are you"
! am sorry to say those few words
caused me 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 than procured a pair of 4handcnffs,
with which he decorated my wrists.
Having completed this. LITTLE pro-
gramme, they both eat on me and with
the coolest cheek you can. imagine.
After listening to their conversation
for quarter of an hour without
being able to join in. came to the
conclusion that ] had committed an
egregious error, From their remarks
gathered that the two persons whom
had the honor Of supporting were not
Black Jake and Ned Sawyer, but two
detectives from Scotland Yard.
tried to make them understand that
I wished to explain things, but they
smiled in most provoking manner and
were not at all kind to ma I tried to
think, but my brain wasin whirL Be-
fore I had succeeded in quieting 1t the
excitement Of the evening commenced.
A stealthy tread was heard, slight
rustling Of the grass, which I should
hardly have noticed myself. Two dark
forms crept along In the shadow Of the
wall They made for the French win
dows and silently set to work. Two
minutes later a pane Of glass had been
cut out and deposited on the ground.
One minute after that Black Jake
and Ned Sawyer were surprised to find
themselves looking stupidity down the
muzzles of two revolvers Of murderous
appearance. s1s Y9iil as
III ~ AOAScA1Scs JdkSs ad1Q my 1x10QQ
Of the morning. 'sYou are fairly bowled
ont this time, my lad. The house Is
surrounded andsesl have dozen men
within call 49,
] managed 70 get out Of II, although
cifcdnstances sfooked 50 black against
me- Detective 1fcF adden and his assist I
ant had noticed me following them.
They informed the magistrate that q
was more Of q fool than q rogue. which
opinion my employees. who IVES called
to give evidence as 10 my chaxacfef
heartily confirmed w
After this incident I tried many dif-']
ferent trades and professions In order toll
find the one for which I was most suit
ed, but without success Tit Bits.
Isolased Peopaes.
Perhaps the most Isolated tribe Sc
people in the world issthe Tshuktshi, "a
People occupying the northern portion
Of the peninsula Of Kamchatka and the
country northward toward Bering
strait These peorNe are practically in
dependent of Russia. who appears to
have reasons of her own for letting
them alone They have practically no |
with the outside world,
and have only been visited two or three