Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-01-24

upon her that instead Of a t.morons
mock burger the unfortunate Ja;k
might have to deal with gang OF
hardened criminals, and rae probable
result OF srch an encounter would 20
unset arrangements that Mary would
I'm future thank her to leave her af-
fairs alone. So the lit.le joke had de-
yeioped into huge tragedy, and JACK
must not be sacrificed. Even in the
hour Of danger she could not rtpress
smile al she thought how the papers
would make such a sensation of the
affair. No: Beatrice deciued that II
should not be. And so Jack slept on,
suconscious of the opportunities for
distinction tkat awaited him down
stairs.
In the meantime, the enterprising
young lady with the smudgy face and
ragged clothes had seizeo an old duel
ing pistol and intrenched herself in
the rear OF the sofa, from which she
could obtain an uninterrupted view OF
the proceedings within The room.
There she propped herself up, with
one arm extending over the back OF
the sofa, pointing an un.oaded pistol
in menaciug manner. Ind there she
meant to fight and die, as she had
heard her uncle tell Of brave men in
the trenches, for it was a desperate
matter now, and It was scarcely real
liable thar such terrible plight could
ever have originated in u harmless lit
tie joke.
A man crept stealthily into the
room through the half-open window
and east tie light Of his lantern in all
directions Then, upon q sign that all
was right. another long-ieg ggcd villain
followed. and the two conferred in
mui,ied tones. Then they carefully
shut tie window, closed the shutters,
III the gas ard pounced upon the safe,
That was Beats opportunity.
Hands upl"
II an electric wire had been connect
ed with the automatic figures. and a
button had been pressed, the upper
limbs could not have responded more
promptly than did the hands OF those
two desperate burglars. Scared and
bafilpd as they were, they staggered
round on their heels 10 dlsco'et 'ne
source OF that sudden command ana
encountered the irownlns mufzie OF a
pistol II was enough ine young Z
man Hfoa".d ana ,he o'o'r one s"'u
some'h'rs 0snea'H ms DIt t''n,
rive minutes passed auo uo' "u.u .',
was spo"tl. Two pairs OF n"nus sun,
mo'ea A'o'i ahu TWO par o' COW y
eyes ,ar' r'uS "a'cneu 'n' "lu@"'g e., Wy
the P'''ol' hut u never n"'eu' ne
ana was 'e'''>'
CrIy up guy nor. al ''S' o"''.
the SouhStI man. h'hs 'o' ."' s''
ants or "na' yer "Ne, on's No" '''
US ge' coo 'h cur a'm p''S'
In support OF "n'eu ne o'u'' III" ID
again Sworr' nu' ''e ''e'ol'o"S QUE
sara ho'hi'S' "".H t"e t''s'o' 'ON''"'
ued 70 iro"h 'hre"''h'hgly'
Two more minutes that seemed Ilk'
hours to the captured men passed nN
and the older burglar commenced To
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also began to Indignantly assert oI'
rights 10 humane treatment. ann ",' '
ters were JUST oeeou'hg S,'"'"su ""''
the door opened ana a poNsI, Io,'o" ,,
oy the "n''e 'a'f OF JACK "'n'"'''"
appeared upon the scene
1t was the first time Jack had taken
an active part in burglary case. an'
he was considerably nnnI'usSed 10 hn'
two hard-ieatured villains ''raln'n2
their arms 10 the ceiling at sight OF
common domestic poker. Eut h'
concluded IT must be ihr usual 'hinl
among such gentry, and his face re
gained some OF ITS color as Er icol
the cord from his dressinr-goNn aH'
requested one Of the men go hod dow
his hands TO be bound Nh'ch he oi'
with gFa'ttu' e.'nee' \ cur'a'" core
served Tor ihe oiher, ana 'ht two 'o.'
STOOD sac oy SIDE 'rus'eu "Ne COCK
ert,,' 80, ,,.,
N'"' men gu, uo,' ,''. .ne '..', o.oN'
D','.''u ,ne SOL! 10 sl''' 'N'' p's'o'
oIm ..n, .,n' ,o ~, ~, sN''''',su '..l,o.. one
'S'u'' """' F's'o''
JACK looked ronhd 10 lhe direcuol
'hoi'''eu' anu s,'F'ereo PACK as h'
encountered '"r I'o"n,hS n'uf<.e' h'
'dra suddenly occurred TO A.m ina
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