The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

after all, for II you were not a fool you
would understand that nothing is impossi-
! BILE 10 God. Could you be present in a
| million different places at the same time
Well. and He can. He is over yonder
while the bells are ringing, and He is here
/ watching you try TO kill an innocent man
,, The position looked around him instinc-
| lively as If he wanted to ascertain wheth-
er God was really looking at him OF
| course we don't see Him, but He sees us
all right. And this is another trick you
could not play. Could you do 1t! or
course. you could not. l am an educated
man, yet I don't know how thing of
this sort could be done. But God-He is
ali powerful. He sees every sinner com
nit his sins. every murderer commit ms
crime. Yes. His eyes are upon you at this
moment: they are upon these hands OF
yours as they are held in readiness to take
the life of a man who has done no harm
The chimes continued to play upon the
pOsdlion's fancy. Gradually his hands slid
from my throat TO my chest and then TO
my sides. Suddenly he dug his hand into
the bosom of his sheepskin, and, fishing
out the roll of notes, threw it at ME with
a curse and said:
Come. It's getting late. / was only
joking. II you think you scared me by
your talk, you're mistaken, master, I'm
no murderer. but I'm fond of fun"
Il know I answered. And if you think
| was really scared, you're fool"
The rest of the conversation took place
in the sleigh as it flew over the smooth
road. even more swiftly than before.
But if you ever tell the police about it
I'll kill you in earnest. of course, may
not be able to kill you for how can a fell
low strike a man with an axe when he is
in prison; but l know a strong peasant,
oh, how strong he is. He is twenty times
big as | am, and when he strikes one
with his finger on the face no beard grows
on that spot. Well, he's a particular
friend of mine, and when he hears that
you have got me in trouble he'll know
what TO do. He's tail as that fir tree
over there, and he can crush a horseshoe
into a powder, he can"
He was taking his turn to play on my
imagination now, and rather enjoyed to
hear him talk that wa.
Can he?' said, with wel-acted fright
He must be an awful fellow to meet.
man of his strength has no tear of the po-
lice. has he?"
He fear the police! liz could smash
hundred constabIes with one swing OF
his arm"
But. look here" I interrupted him.
You know nobody saw you play that trick
on me. There were no witnesses, were
there? Now. the law says that where there
are no witnesses there can be no charge
Suppose l am foolish enough to say that
this little joke of yours was a real at
tempt to kill me. Well. you will say it's a
lie. and the bailiff will say 10 me: Have
you witnesses, sir? You have not? Then
the case is dismissed For that's the
law
The brute had heard something of wit
nesses and lawsuits. and what l said SEEM
ed to him quite plausible.
Il know all that" he answered; "but
still, II you dare give me away or say
word about my taking your money from
your pocket for a little while; if you say
this to any living soul, to your wife even,
I'll kill your whole family"
About fifteen minutes after I saw the
position pinioned, with q gendarme by
his side The two sat on bench hard
by hot oven at the next station. The
gendarme was drowsily smoking cigar
cite while his charge was grimly gazing
at the ioor.-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.