The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-06

left and keep straight ON TO thc end OF
thc street: youll nrd Il q goodish step
Won win. SO YOU may as well make
haste. Tll watch these gentry, ! WILL
Smart BrazIef. ladcss ana slippers
on feet. dartcd down the gravel walk,
and ot his best pace made of in the
direction indicated 10 him by the po-
llceman. lie thought Of his wifc's
Jewels. ana could not keep from grim
Ming rucfully az his words regarding
tbo "arst foot" Here was a pleasing
Grst foot indeed How his wife would
LAUGH. and enjoy the plight-proylding .
always that nothing happened TO her /
treasures. But he solCccd himself the /
couple must be crazy, and crazy poo I.
PIE do not steal, however much they |
may delight In destroying
He Had gone but q few hundred
yards before good fortune came to him.
At the corner of n street he came with
I'm an ace Of running full tilt against
two mounted policemen, who, having
met. were passing the time of night
with each other. All breathless, Stuart
Brazler explained matters to them.
When they had heard, they quickly
swung off their horses. One constable
led the animals to q lamppost, to which
he secured them; the other closely
questioned Brazler.
what did you say the cons;able's
, name is?'
"Foster."
> ayes, and did Foster tell you this
: was the way to the station"
, eyes. he said, Turn to the left when
j you get out Of your gate I turned to
. the left"
{ "Tm afraid. in your anxiety, you
@ have mistaken what he said. You
o should have turned to your right"
Gle said left I'm sure"
= 1T does not matter now that you
!. have met us. Come on, and well sec
e what's to do. Please make no noise;
It you can't tell what's up or who S
:. about"
o All three scaled the palings at the
t. corner Of Braziers garden, and, keep
J. ing in the shadow of the bushes, as
or noiselessly and as quickly as ferrets
t, they made their way to a spot that
r. commanded view of the hall door.
in 81 don't see Foster" one whispered.
VS. "He may be at the back Of the
house" the other answered, ''or he
q? may not be here at ALL
/" YOU'RE right" replied the first
We "You slip up under the shadow ant
We take your stand against the from
n door" Turning to Brazler, he wins
l pered. "Now you stick by me ant
is don't funk, you know. Is the bacl
on door locked?"
1T was when I left the house,
a "All right; be as silent as a ghos
Ie. now, and when 1 shove in the doc
Ter with my shoulder, you float this ligh
it in ahead of me. Wen rush right i
w, pell-mell. 1 may as we'll tell you Their
to is no policeman named Foster in TIL
district. But l know who Foster is,
It." think; he's jim Cumming, the cunning
me est-but no talk now; come on, and /
nat steady"
The door went in with a crash
;es- the might of the cOnstabie's gre'
ley shoulders. and two seconds lat
,eir Brazier stood in his dining-room. b
{ I fore him, in various attitudes Of su
you prise and vicious terror. were thr'
1ut, men dressed in ordinary clothes. Il
bogus policeman grasped a chair
ow. the back. and swung it to strike. b
n, the real constable's voice rang out;
nee "Jim. don't do that. You shou
know better. 1t will go hard enou
wed with you as matters stand. Dol
lem make a fool Of yourself. Don't ca
hem more time"
sec The rudian put down the chair wi
out word and seated himself up
me, it.
"You have me fair and square, y
they have. and no mistake. Who's w
+ of you"
was "Eonald; he's at the front dec
Turning to Brazier. the policen
egal soid, let my chum in, please
you have to be doing something
me. WAYS. jim. This is new Whe
the you've struck
hink eyes. and a good one, only I'm out
you luck of late. Think Of the barehea
en- if fool running against you two! col
2 sit cd on him looking for the station
a bit yet"
nows The constable ran his eye over
cause other two he that so lately wa
o get, woman and the other who had
suffer Gladstone bag.
land. "These are new friends" que
are the policeman.