The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-11

with sickening alarm which made hin
reel dizzily ON his perch. "rve gone
and croaked him. by gum, l see how II
has happened. That brute of dog has
chased him back and cornered him there
while I was dropping IT, and he hadn
time or the mouse to shout out. Blast
you, II / don't take the worth on II out
OF your skin. IN have your hearts blood
you ugly nend. for going and killing one
o. the best pries that ever stole crabshells
tc walk on" and thus vocifcrating un
der his brcath. coliy got out his knife
tl,at which have already describeo-un-
elasped It with his teeth, and warily be-
gan 10 descend the ladder. M which the
deg was now leaping and strainins I'm
a-coming, you blasted murderer, I'm a
coming 10 cut your throat he Kissed,
rs the dog began TO bay and bark more
furicusly than before and some windows
rattling up close at hand warned him
that he had little tine to lose. When
I'm done with you, you won't be SO
precious greedy to come to grabbing dis
tance"
When within ten feet of the ground,
coity leaped suddenly outwards from the
ladder and landed on his feet some dis
tance behind the growing mastift; then
when IL leaped round, he let Il get the
fun length of its tcther and then hurting
n great stoae into its open jaws, rushed
forward and stabhSd 1t vengefully In the
side The next moment. before he could
xtstt n fVtrr IA
the dog had him by the shoulder and he
was forced 60 drop the knife, that he
might have both hands 10 choke it off.
Ar this juncture an alarm bell suddenly
changed out within, followed by the APP
pearance OF Major Bartlemore himself
at cne OF the windows, with a double
barreIled gun in his hand There was a
shout, n dead pause, and then an eX-
plosion. and Colty heard ball whz past
his ears i'm "A manner too emphatic 10 be
mistaken. He wrenched his shoulder
from the frightful teeth of the mastit,
and without thinking of his knife, or
the pJunder, or anything but saving life
and liberty, Colty dashed for the nearest
wall ran up II like goat, and was gone.
During all the commotion and uproar,
The Daisy had never once moved; but as
soon &c the servants had armed them
selves. and thrown on clothing, they Is
hand, and picked up the PROSTATE thief.
whom the old soldier at first joyfully
took credit for shooting. closer inspec-
ton of his injuries. however, speedily
proved that Daisy suffering not from
. bullet, but a fractured skull The
plated idol had descended with the force
Of q cannon ball straight on TO his hard
head, which II had indented in way
which. had the man lived, would have
-
was still alive, but quite insensible: and
though he was speedily as possible
driven In TO Edinburgh infrmary In a
cart Uttered with straw at which place
ne fingered for some weeks, it could not
he said that he ever recovered his facul-
ties. lie let out enough in hts wander
inRs 10 indicate that he had not at
tempted the robbery alone; and the
Major spoke OF second man escaping
over the wall. and sent in the knife found
near the spot--not The Daisys. which
was found in his tceth--I anxiously rtrvoe
TO yecollect where and how 1 had before
seen the knife. Think as | liked / could
not recall the circumstances, and had al
most given up trying, when some one
chanced to remark In the office that
Colty had never been seen since the rob-
berry, when the whole scent flashed upon
me like an inspiration. and exclaimed
''Why. that old knife is Colty's. Strange
that we did not think Of him sooner. for
he was seen with The Daisy long before
this affair came Off"
"Oh, but Colty has had nothing TO do
with this affair. l know for fact that
he left the city a day or TWO before the
robbery took place was the rather
damping reply. Besides, he might have
lost the knife or lent IL. or had IL stolen
from him-nothing more likely. IL does
not follow, because his knife was found
out there, that he carried 1t to the place
and left too hurriedly TO pick 1t up."
| said nothing, but determined To- follow
up the clue. in hope of. perhaps. strength
ening the case as i proceeded. and was
soon rewarded by hearing beyond doubt
that Colty had been in the city, I'm hid
Ing, and somewhat disabled. day or two
after the robbery But this information
did not place the rascal in my hands |
searched high and low Tor him, but so
fruitlcssly that ] at last concluded that
he had left the city. Yet there was
something so sudden and mysterious
about his disappearance that j had a
lingering suspicion that he was cleverly
hidden. OF this suspicion nothing came
for about three weeks, when I'm pass
ing along the South bridge. I chanced
TO glance down lnfrfnary street and
swiftly noticed. among the motley crowd
there gathered awaiting the hour for the
admission OF the friends OF patients,
t.oitys wife. 4 was past the street be-
fore i had thought much OF the clrcufn-
stance; then ] started and pulled up be-
fore a draper's window. and had a good
think while apparently absorbed IN study
ing the beauties OF the latest foppish
necktle or stand-up collar. The woman.
] knew, had not noticed me. and thought
would wait little, and learn what
relative she was so concerned about as
10 wish 10 see. That she should Ne I'm
1cdinburgh. and her husband OUT OF Il.
was thisg ! could not for moment be-
licve. lie battered her regularly within
an inch OF her life, but she was never
q day away from his side; indeed Colty
often bewailed the fact that he could
not shake her OF. As soon as I saw the
crowd crush within the opened door.
moved down 10 the gate and tackled the
porter:
did you notice woman with bare
head. broken nose, and red shawl go in
Just now?"
II did. SIR shes in seeing her hus-
bard. isn't she? Her name is Brown