The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

cred. but he got out of the building by
one of his clever tricks
Later on Phil made another trip to the
he was locked in. The real villains of the
order were Joe Grady and Bill Bohlen.
They confronted PHI, sMRereupon Phil took
a shot at Behlen. found secret spring
flew into the gloom of night and to safety.
On another occasion, while Phil was
making an inspection Of this same house
he was cornered again. There was but
hole In the wall which he had discovered.
The hole was just large enough to adj
NIT the body Of man. and he had no
idea where it ended But his enemies were
hesitate. Action for Phil So he crawled
in the hole and worned himself alorG the
dark passage way. When little ways
pose" he said to himself, my enemies
should follow me? I couldn't turn around
to shoot them, for there isn't room enough
to turn around In this damned hole. II
Had Hlm<'In a Hole.
About this time Pills lantern went
out. and feeling. in his pockets he discov-
cred that he had but one match He would
save that for some emergency. Meantime
he had no business fooling along there
He had places he wished to visit So
he discovered light cleaning through a
crack He found another secret spring.
touched it, and presto! there he was in a
polished six-shooter held in the hand
Of one of the most beautiful young wom
en- he had ever met. But she didn't look
as If she had murder in her heart, so Phil
took his. eyes from the six-sheoter and
let them rest on handsome oil painting
that hung above the mantelpiece. The
young woman soon listened to Pills story
Of how he got there (Which wasn't the
frI1t OF oil CHI Z az Irsd n
replied that the other girl on the canvas
was her sister. and wanted to know why
Phil thought So But g,a Phil kept his own
nings' lost child; the. woman who had
presided at the meeting of the Silver
Stars" was the other one. What was
the young lady's name whom he was then
she know the other girl whose likeness
was on the canvas? A cousin and a
daughter of Bohlen? All, the rest was
easy f5y,, n,as ,,r.v AZ Tho +rou - pon,An
and Grady, and these two desperadoes
knew him and knew he was after them.
Again Phil visited the home Of the gang.
looked around until he ran into the right
place. Here he was captured. bound and
gagged. Then the villains set fire to the
house and scampered away: a.Just as the
smoke got binding and Phil had given
himself up for lost a woman rushed into
the room, united him, saying as she did
so. For Margaret's sake; for Margaret's
sake!" The two escaped.
Used Up Lot Of Pens.
In writing this thrilling story Mr.. OCon-
nor consumed dozen penholders and two
or three boxes Of pen points. He COM
menced work on it early in the year and
was eight months finishing. it. Most Of his
writing was done at night, when there
was no hauling orders to look after and
when compliments about lost shirts and
collars were in bed or out in the parks.
He says the physical task Of holding the
pen between his teethsiwas not an arduous
one. 1t was seldom that his brain and
jaws got tired at the same time. But
when such things did happen why, he
went to sleep.
O'Connor has been a frequent contrib
utor to the vox popuH columns of the
Chicago newspapers when matters affect
ing th ne a1n OF g s a sue
heart out Of some of the worst newsboy
storms that ever was brewed.