The Irish standard., 1902-11-01

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back-alley bolt for it?!"
"No. They have the place sur
rounded by this time. Do as I tell
you"
Griswold peeped cautiously behind
the window shade on the street side.
"They are going to rush the place
and smash the window or the door,
or both. L shall save them the trou-
bic, if you will be good enough to do
as l tell you"
! The detective stepped behind the
high desk and Griswold unlocked and
opened the front door, tlinging it
wide. When the thing was done, the
foremost rank of the rioters found
itself looking straight into the sight
less eye of the leveled Winchester.
What the man with the gun had to
say was said in the moment of sur
prised silence which ensued, and he
said it quietly, rs one who has
weighed and measured all the pos
sible consequences.
"You needn't trouble to break in,
men; the door is open, as you see.
But l give you fair warning; you'll
have to kill me before you come in,
and I'll kill some of you first
The answer to this was a fierce
yell of wrath and defiance, but Girls
void held his ground. Then there
was rush surging up from those in
the rear, but those in the front
ranks held it back in Difference to the
one determined man in the doorway
the man and the leveled rifle. And
so it went for what seemed to Grit
fin an intermnahle lifetime; cries,
shouts, stones flung, a shot now and
then from the outskirts of the
crowd; pandemonium let loose in the
mob; and fronting it all one man
with his wits about him, and stead
fast determination to do or die, or to
do and die, if need be, shining in the
cool eyes of him.
And in the end the one man got the
victory. For some soul-trying min
utes, score of them it might have
been, he stood in the doorway in in
slant peril of his life, but he neither
finched nor spoke again. How long
he could have kept the raging mob at
bay he was not to know, for in its
own leisurely time the alarm spread
and help came from the town. A
squad of freshly sworn-in deputies
poured into the street, fought it's
way to the great gates and joined
forces with the armed guard in the
yard, and so the rioters were slowly
pressed back and out of the street
and dispersed Then, and not till
then, Griswold lowered his weapon
and spoke to the man whose life he
had saved.
cit is over for this time," he said.
1--WE can make a circuit now and
reach the hotel without difficulty, 1
Think
They went by Il roundabout way,
and neither of them spoke again till
: they stood beneath the portco of the
st. James. Then Griffin thrust out
his hand
81 owe you another-a good deal
bigger one, this time, Mr.. Griswold."
> Griswold seemed not to see the out
I stretched hand. do you? There shall
be no charge in my book, Mr.. Grit
1 fin.'
cts all right for you to say that;
l but happen to be a man like other
men, and | keep Il set of books of my
!, own
Griswod was still ignoring the
Il Il hcld-out hand. "lf you think you
owe me anything, you can pay it i'll
D an answer to Il question. You arc Il
l detective, as those men said you
> wcre?"
L "Ycs"
inlay ask If you came here on ac-
u cout of this strike?"
: ut wouldn't he past belief, would
it?"
{, mo. But in that case, who sent
u you hcrc??''
, Griffin hoggled at this. but said
finally: my cnirf."
:. "At whose solicitation? Not mine
II or Rnymcrs ! am sure"
E; "No."
II "Whose, thcn?"
4 "Pcrhaps there wasn't any request
from anybody. Some of us are usual
l. " around when there is Il labor row
" on hand''
Griswold's lip curled in undisguisct
scorn. "Ihcn the stories they tell o
you and your fellow spoilers ar
b, true; that if you can't find a ease
F" you make one
Griffin started back with an oatl
~ which was purely of establishment.
"Good Lord! And you believed
what that fellow said-that l was GO
" ing to fire the Office? And on top o
& that you saved my life? BY the lor
" Harry, Mr.. Grswold! what are 20
- made of, anyway"
- "Of poor clay-like other mer
IL But didn't that fellow Buckmaste
IL tell the truth?'
"Good heavens, no! He laid tn
~ fire HIMSELF; was in the very &C
- when / took tlashlight snapshot q
~ ~, him and the whole gang. l did it bt
=, cause-well, because l thought L
u - like to do you good turn. l tried
save the camera in the tangle-up tina
followed, and that is how they cam
to down me-"
" Griswold grasped the hand whic
u had not yet been wholly withdraw
. and wrung it heartily.
~ 81 did you very great injustic
" Mr.. Griffin, and I'm sorry. That
but poor amend, but it's all that
can make"
10 And with that he turned abrupt
,,,l 1of+ tho other c%anf1ino ot II