The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-30
1contlnued from wednesday }

| was driving west III II tdp oi'Hh
street, while / was going east after
newly arrived swell mobsman' VINO olu
not know me. and whom ] was anxious
10 get out OF harms way. before he had
time to do much mischief.
/ was sure OF ths sailors face. though
It vanished swiftly from the cab win
dow the moment his eyes lighted on me-
but decided to follow the pickpocket as
more legitimate game. As soon as col
Jared him In the net and handed him over
10 one OF the staff and the man on. the
beat. / went west 10 the railway station
and easily discovered the scam,n ans
werine Brennan's description had taken
ticket for Glasgow, aud left by train not
nftecus minutes before nay nrriN al AT
once telegraphcd To Johnny fsrrvl 10 go
and meet him, ana try 10 iolloW num-
.as 1 had no authority To detain or arrest
1,,,, nsarelv 10 satisfy my
curiosity. but though Johnny did
meet and follow him he had lost nm
somewhere on the way to the river anu
upon my arrival with the next train nad
nothing but apologies for his stupidity 10
offer 1 stayed in Glasgow all night, ana
the next day wcnt out on the hunt, ana
chanced 10 catch sight OF Brennan COM
ing out OF q shipping-office near tne
river Again the frightful look OF dis
nav and pallor crossed his face, and
again n s.fft dart and n terrific race
placed him far beyond my reach, ana,
brca thless. but unsatisfied, Slowly mace
my way back TO the office which ! had
seen him leaving. This way not an easy
matter, as in my haste ! had taken lit
ne note OF TN. name or LEGALITY; but
when / did find the place / thought my
chase wa. at an end, for l was there
shown the articles which Brennan had
signed, binding him TO sail with an Aus
tralian liner then lying In the harbor'
and te Join the ship that very evening.
TO give him time 10 be aboard, de-
layed my visit TIL dusk: and then, accom-
panied by Johnny Farrell. who had be-
come a. interested In the case as myself.
/ went aboard and confronted him. With
the first glance at my face he uttered
cry OF terror and would have dashed past
us for the Broomieisw. but seeing johnny
and myself with arms quickly out
stretched to intercept him, he waVered
and turned and, before we could antici-
pate or prevent he had rushed to the W.
posite taffrail, clambered up, and with
one great Jump vanished into the dark
river The startled crew and we at once
ran 10 the ships side 10 peer over in nope
of seeing him rise, and very quickly
boat was lowered but he was not seen,
and IL was feared. by me at least, that
he had been carried away by the out1oM-
ing tide and stream and drowned. From
this fear was joyfuly relieved next day.
when 1 was taking out ticket Tor Edin-
burgh at the railway station, by seeing
him pass the station at n brisk pace
seemingly not n bit the worse for his inn
mersion. we ssn,9u s, ,,,,. tin,s was deter
mined not to lose him. he did run, ana
had Joined me. ..arroypdsd and n pinned him
s~yond the cnance q ssVapu, pa 90, ,o
What on eartn mas ihuuceu YOU
vas nvoiu h1e me 20 nsnt 10 Gut Z a word why,
was aplo ~ W pe. r.sra yo,f fraid ofp',
MY name isn brenhan. ipn % We ra1nn- nris-
TOOK me LOT suino oho rsai,y heyanHto
lousy anSwea o snnalinr the truth tiIl
rear tnat nc was ne,,ae 10 co tisfantorv
found tnat ny couiu sxv sv s,,oh desnerats
reason LOT aNg,"s r2 nissadsd AZ so hard 10 he let
eApeulents' l.e P,. s r,,. rsct ~ he bad done
so, tnat 1 pesSn W hl,ns dstsinaa and
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with great show OF su.nor,ny' m,,ys' in,osso ,nstst
MN VII an o'lhu h,,n sccompsnyins me 10 the po-
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~ admit I'm Jim Srennsn, man al Mr. Me- acni-
dent ! didn't mean 70 Touch hri,, nun, i"r
iess is,i iet ne hiu n,,,,as ",o,ioh whom, I
amszedly enc echoed.
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gel my ,,hI..,, drans rf' ,orsnirstion
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