Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-19

nor.
Apparently he was satisfied with his
scrutiny, for he handed me the slip. 1
lighted my cigarette. put cut the paper
and threw il on the floor so that 1t went
well under my chair. l then resumed
nv seat and awaited Developments.
A few minutes later the man left.
and with my heart in my mouth / pick
ed M the paper and spread 1t out Part
of the writing was burned. but what
remained almost made ne yell with Fri
umph. II ran thus
Attempt will be made tonight
Colonel Lewis house In
approach from back garden in CG-son Sc
Black Jake and Ned Sawyer
That was sufficient for me 1t was
plain that Colonel Lewis house was to
be the scene Of a desperate outrage.
Probably the colonel would be murdered
and his residence blown up by dyna.
mite. | shook with excitement II was
plain as daylight
When the curtain Of night dropped
like a stormcloud e the palritating
city Ga rather fine phrase it fo1ud ne
concealed in the slr1bbgry Of Colonel
Lewis garden in Carbon etreet
Determined not to be anticipated. |
had reached the rendezvous much earlier
than was necessary. 50 | had plenty of
time TO work ont my schemes.
"They will climb that wall. | solilo-
quized "They viii walk along this
flower bed, so rs not to make a noise on
the e,.cvel. and no doubt the FIST start
Will be made on that French window |
viii let them so On. The great thing is
to catch them ia the act Their object
&c not %plunder. They viii burst opcathe
window and 20 straight mp stairs. with
Nemesis On ;heir track.
Then. | ,DItia7sd. comes the re-
wsrd Of yalor--tha wreath of ~laurels.
the columns in the newspapers. the
universal admiration Of my country
men | Shall he the idol Of England, the
lior of th9 nge. | shall
Something or soEssbody rripped me
suddenly hy the back Of the neck
Somebody else put his b1nd ovcr my
mouth. a1d The two together threw me
on my back with unnecessary violence
For IL moment was stunned. When
my senses returned and / opened my
eyes. | could jGat discern the sinister
features OF ~ friend the villain. who
was knecling spitoful!y OH my chest
The other man was there too He was
holding mc hy the hair.
"Oo you know him. Simpson, said
one.
"Eo, rye never seen him before thst
| can rccoicct."
"9eems a sleepy scrt Cor n Of JaGe's
gang,
A Eight bcoke upon me "Gentlo-
men. | said. are yen
| ain sorry to say those few words
crused me still m0yehamiiiation They
literally jumped On me and finished
mp 10y rammiug two handkerchiefs into
my mouth
What surprised re most and partly
confirmed Ly suspicious was that one
Of then procured Il pair Of ha~ndcuti5.
with which he decorated my wrists.
Having completed this little pro
gral0me. they both sat ON me ana with
the coolest cheek you can imagine.
after listening to their conversation
for a qgarter Of IN hour without
being able to join in, | came to the
conclusion that | had committed an
egresious error. From their remarks |
gathered that the two persons whom |
had the honor Of supporting were not
Black JAKE and Ned Sawyer. hat two
detectives from Scotland Yard.
tried TO make them understand that
| wished to explain things. but they
smiled in Il most provoking manner and
were rot at all aind to me- | tried to
think, bat NJ brain was in a whirl. Be.
fore | had succeeded in quieting 1t tho
eSciteI1ent Of the evening commenced.
4 stcuithy tread was heard. a slight
tustliDg Of the grass. which | should
hardly lave 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
Oae minute after that Black Jake
and Ned Sawyer were surprised to end
themselves looking stupidity down the
muzzles Of two revolvers of murderous
appearance.
mo nonsense, Jake, . said my friend
Of the morning. lyon are fairly bowled
out this time. my lad. The house is
surrounded and l have a dozen men
within call
l managed to get out Of it, although
circumstances looked so black against
me. Detective AcFadden and his assist
ant had noticed me following them
They informed the magistrate that l
was more Of a fool than a rogue, which
opinion my employer. who was called
to give evidence as to my character.
heartily confirmed.
After this incident | tried man die-
ferent trades and professions in order to
find the one for which 1 was most suit
cd, put without success. -Tit-Bits.
IHOluted Peoples.