The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-21

A fash OF light streamed forth from
the opened slide or the dark lantern and
went slowly and steadily round the work
shop, unuer the benches, and into every
Corner likely To conceal man.
Faith, the villains hauling out what's
best TO take away Wild him. though
Nj 5weony, with chuckle, as the iignt
passed him. Now he's AT the wrong end
OF the place. and l. m betwixt him an the
door-nows my time'
Slipping out of the heap CT shavings.
and taking a liberal covering of them
with him on his coat head and tery
whiskers, MSweeny suddenly flung his
great arms about the intruder. shouting
OUT
Now, We murderin' Glasgow keelie.
drop, the lantern and give In. or. begorra.
III be worse for ye.
The man sprang round with a shout.
and did drop the lantern. which fell 10
the floor and fortunately was instantly
eXtinguished. but, far from tamely sub
mitting. ne only throttled M'sweeny with
all the skill OF an experienced garroter.
. crying I'm turn
II thoucht L heard somebody in the
place, and I've got ye at last! dmna
want to hurt ye. but IL we force me tillt.
OF course I'm no responsible"
A laundering thwack over the skull
with Msweeny's baton STONED his milo
and merciful reasoning and made him re-
lease the neck Of his prisoner and drop TO
the ground TO grope about for his heavy
billet of wood; and In an instant without
x
strength across M Sweenys legs. efectu-
ally bringing Ireland 10 the ground and
making the Scotch thistle once more
raise its head I'm triumph. A vigorous ex-
change OF yells, blows and squirmings
over the floor followed these clever feats,
and on the whole the heavy billet OF the
Glasgow man had the best OF II. NJ Swee
ny so felt it's weight on his back. and
sides. and lower extremeties. that at last
he cast aside his own baton and closed
with his aSsailant. Intent only upon de-
priving him OF the terrific weapon. What
puzzled him most was that the man had
made no attempt TO escape-an opportu-
nifty for which, j suspect. NJ Sweeny had
more than once given him while groan7
ing on the floor or gingerly feeling his
bruises: and perhaps faint wonder OF
the same kind at length crossed the mind
OF the Glasgow man. for. during pause
TO breathe. and while they were locked
in each others arms and hair, he hissed
out
moo. We Irish thief. as ye neither seem
inclined TO rim ava nor bide in peace. let
me tell ye I'll no be responsible for your
life. I'll land ye in the office. though
should hae TO kill you in the attempt. A
dead thief is Just as guide to us as Nv
ing ane-a lot better, indeed: for he's past
mischief. and needs nae meat"
That's lust where / mean TO land YOU.
painted M'Sweeny dexterously tugging
back Sharpe by the hair. and nearly dis
locating his neck as he did so. m Swee-
NY, the great detective. has a reputation
10 ha-p up' o"" uiS i"S' '
A shout OF 6lismay. and the sudden un-
clasning OF the mans desperate grip, fol-
lowed the speech; and MSweeny nattered
himself that the magic OF his name had
been enough TO bring one OF the most
desperate and daring OF robbers In abtect
submission to the ground. But an impre-
cation and groan OF disappointm,ent ,e rom ron
tion. and made him tremhle with fear
that he had again distinguished himself
onlv I'm pugnacious stupidity.
You NJ Sweeny, and, like n fool. never
let on" reproachfully groaned the other.
I'm a detective. too-Sharpe, from Glas-
gow-and was set to watch the place by
my cousin. Archie Hooker. who has had
q LOT OF his tools stolen"
''The devil Won wasi" blankly answered
MSweeny. feeling the pain OF his bumps
and bruises for the first time In all their
anpalling strength. And ] was set 70
watch Brockie's tools-them all. In fact:
and instead OF the thief we've only been
beatin' each other. Ochone. how ever will
I look Jamie I'm the face wild my head All
IT. Faith. I've good mind to take you
wild me. and call ye thafe, Just TO save
my reputa toni
II was thinking o. takin' you ;" groaned
the other. showing his little stan OF au-
thority. while MSweeny did the same;
"weei. I've got enough o. this wark; III
ava hame for some whiskey, and BAN
dages. and sticking plaster.
shaking the other by the hand with mel
ancholy interest. I've only had ten
minutes OF 1t. but sure I've got enough
TO last me dacent hfeume, Come
along Sharpe; the less we say about this
affair the better for both OF US.
Thus they consoled each other, and then
got out of the building as quietly as pos
sible. and led each other of through the
deserted streets. leaving the cabinet
workshops TO take care OF themselves.
M'Sweeny had fully resolved TO say as
me, but the moment | sighted his bat
tered face and bandaged arm, ex-
claimed
wrong man, as usuai?" To which he dole
mo, Jamie. you're wrong. as I'm sorry
pitching yd i into into me. me- lie did IL well. too.
though he's laid up with his exertions and
my own. But. sure. that would be a tribe
only this morning one of the mems been
What has the thief been at II again7"
i exclaimed. in chagrin and surprise.
too" feebiy returned Msweeny. II
must have been done after we left. and
before six I'm the morning. Well have TO
try something together; We always work
ugh. YOU blockhead 70
81 wish l had been. for then ! shouldn't
have felt the walloping." dolefully re-
turned my chum and thus i left him TO
see after the case myself.
M'Sweeny had described them, another
batch of tools being gone, and no thief
visible or traceable high or low. / had
a deal TO listen to-. and received innumer..
able suggestions from the men and old
Simpson, and even from the principals of
the firm, but merely heard them. and
solved to manage things in my own way.
and let no one know what my plan was.
I could have got the use of Hooker's key
10 admit myself but even him l resolved
TO keep in ignorance, the more so as / had
noticed I'm the next yard the Identical lad
der by which MSweeny had been ad-
mitted the night before. j got to the
place about eight O'Clock. and watched
from safe place until old Simpson had
gone 10 his revival meeting. when ] got
and after search through every part, TO