Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-30
cHs,,y, Of The Old Gradss.
By J. II. CONNOLLY.
CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
By J. II. CONNOLLY.

A.-tCOnIiHueuI
"Oh, but this is true" shouted seve2al
voices. Here, jim, lie down again! Oct
around. boys!'
Tn moment. one of the young men
stretched himself out on his back, upon
a log, holding his arms straight by his
sides, and half dozen others stationed
themselves. three on each side, with mere
ly the tips of six forcfngcrs touching
him. One of the bystandcrs exclaimed:
Hold in;' and the seven held their
breath. until they seemed to swell and
grow red, whcn-just as 1t was evident
they could not continue the restraint
second longcr--hc ordered Now" And
instantly the rccumbcnt man seemed To
float up in the AIR. not us a lifted weight,
but rather as cork. liberated deep down
in the water, darts up to the surface.
Manifcstly. the six had employed no en-
ertion. such as would have been neccs-
sary TO toss the sturdy young fellow ny
in that fashion under ordinary condi-
tons.
The minister was astonished, and felt
that his confidence In the law of gravi-
tation had been strangely betrayed. AS
for an explanation, he had none. and
having none, he very naturally, from his
point of view. was disposed to stigmatize
the incomprchcnsiblc thing as the work
Of the devil" a timc-honOrcd. clerical
way of meeting all sorts of difficulties. "A
fortunate diversion, however, saved him
from committing himself to even that
orthodox refuge. The arrogant hound
pup. that had followed him upon the
ground, overwccningly conscious OF dis
tinctiOn rs the minister's dog. had been
achieving Il steadily increasing unpcpu'
larity among the other dogs by his super
cilious manners. until eventually, a cur
of low degree. taking grievous offense at
his ostentatious scorn, suddenly mounted
him ana took sample piece from his
neck. The pups hasty comments on the
outrage were uttered In tone 80 pierre.
ing that all the other plebcian dogs seem.
ed suddenly inspired by q frenzy to keep
him up to concert pitch, and Joined In II
general melee. with him as the central
point of their fcrocous activity. A buck
ct of water hurled upon them put n
speedy end to the fight, but the fear of
having his tattcrcd pup still further dam.
aged was excuse enough for the minister
to hasten away without spending any
time in thcorizing upon strange phenOm-
eUu III HuturUl VHiiOsopuy. aS hc Ioue
off he called back:
"lf get time. l will send n communi.
cation about 1t to the Washington Intel
ligcncer."
Sim Mulvcil wheeled quickly to Goldie,
who was his constant companion, and
slappng him on the shoulder, exclaimed
in n tone of triumph:
1--WE got it, b. gosh"
Got whatT"
what l was trying to think OF. The
name Of that paper brung 1t back to me
1t was In the lntclligcncer l saw 1t. Il
good two months ago"
"Wcll. what was IL, anyway
"Ncver you mind just now. I've got to
so over to Washington and see the pa
pcrs that far back, before l say for Ger
tain. But you'll see the pride of that
conccitcd John Cameron taken down q
good many pegs before long, and with
them spoons. too
What. You don't mean III"
Eyes, do. But you keep your jaw
shut about 1t. III do nothing until | gel
good and ready, for when strike II viii
be for keeps. II / don't take him, II
quit bcin' constable"
'Why. Sim! You don't mean to sa,
them spoons are"
YES, | do. Stolen, b. gosh"
Lord! | hope you'll prove 1t on hin
whether it's 50 or not. III help you al
can"
"Well, you may be able TO swear I,
something when the time comes. Ont
way or another, I've got to land him il
iail or kill him."