El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24

l want to come in without being OBJ
served.
Mr.. Ingram, who was reading, made
no sign, but went quietly on with his
book In a moment or two, however.
he rose, and. taking his pipe from the
mantelpiece, stood against the table.
with his back to the lamp, which he
thus obscured, as if looking out into
the night Seeing this. L at once
dropped on all tours and crawled swift
~ in through the French window,
luckily left open on account of the
heat.
'sStand as you are, 1 muttered as l
crawled past him into corner, Eand
presently close the window as though
you were shutting up for the night.
This the squire did in the most nat
ural way in the world. "All fast, SER
geant,'' he said in low tone. "But
what are we to do now2'
First of all, let in Foster, who is
round at the back. l answered, max
ing for the passage ''Hellol What's
that 2'' There was sound of scuff1ing
outside, heavy fall and then silence
again. Rushing to the back door, 1
flung it open and nearly fell over Fos-
ter, who was holding man down on
the ground.
"Who have you got there, Tom?" 1
asked as 1 recovered my balance.
"Don't know" said he. 81 found
him sneaking round the door, and as
he couldn't give an account of himself
1 collared him. l threw him just as he
was going to draw on me.
= "Quite right. Bring him in and let
us have a look at him.
Foster disarmed the man, and, fore
ing him to his feet. pushed him before
him into the dining room.
"Murphyl' exclaimed the squire in
establishment.
: eyes; thought he would be some
where about" said. ''But we are in
luck's way to get hold of him like this.
You must have had firing day, Muir
ply" l added sarcastically. "Did you
come up to the house to do little car
pentering at this late. hour2 Or have
you done the job already?''
The squire looked bewildered at this,
but Murphy stood in sullen silence.
Look here. my man" went on,
changing my tone, 1.-The game is up for
you, at all events So you may as well
tell all you know Do this for me and
Ill do what | can for you later on. If
you persist in keeping silence. you can
take the consequences.
Murphy opened his mouth as if
about to speak. but hesitated
''Come," 1 urged, lit is your best
chance. You have tempered with the
locks somewhere. Where is it?'
''He can't possibly have been in the
house. sergeant, exclaimed the squire
cor I must have heard himl'
'tHe has been in the house, Mr.. In
gram. OF that L am perfectly sure. He
saw me safely away by the coach. as he
thought, and then bolted back here to
make his preparations. He must have
had horse hung up somewhere or he
couldn't have done it. -
At this Murphy broke out into
dolorous whine. I'm tell you every
thing" he said, eff you'll only let me
off. /"
81 can't promise that" 1 answered.
"But I'll try to make things as light as
possible for You. 1t is all for your own
sake, you know We can find out
everything just as well without you.
Speak out now
81 seen the captain said Murphy
half an hour after you left by the
coach. He give NE my orders. and l
rode over here bareback on colt l
roped in on Fairley's paddock.
81 told you so, said 1 to the squire.
"Well?''
'sId Earned the lay of the house
since l been here, went on Murphy,
land l saw as one room warn't occu-
pied. 1 let Flower know this, and as he
thinks you're out of the way on the
Sydney road he's goin to crack the
house tonight -
'Were you to let him in p
'No; 1 was to Mobile the window
Foster left the room at sign from
me, and Murphy resumed
81 had just finished the job when l
heard the master talkin to some one,
and, guessin somethin was up, |
made tracks through the window, and
I'd got clear off if l hadn't run against
the trooper at the back" he finished in
an aggrieved voice just as Foster re-
turned.
'Well, Tom, what did you find? p
''The window rope is cut. the sash
lifted out and the bolt screwed off the
communicating door," said Foster
''Ahl Who sleeps in the next room
squire?''
"My daughter answered the old
gentleman. turning rather pale.
''Humph 1t is as well we came
Now, Murphy. is Flower coming over
alone2"
Eyes; he had squint at the house
a couple of days ago. and he knows the
lay of the window.
"Where can we stow this fellow for
the night. Mr.. Ingram I asked.
''He can stay here said the squire
81 will look after him"
every good. You have your revolver
If he attemntS to raise an alarm Use ii