The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-01-04

l SAW HIM DRAW a REVOLVER.
ever. was possible to Jack Powell. lie
drew back his foot and kicked the
locked door 50 hard that l felt the floor
tremblc under me, and while he pre-
pared for another assault the door slow
~ and silently opened.
From Powelrs position he looked
straight across to the broad, family
shining window. Not Il human form
was visible; not a sound disturbed the
quiet of that room, which seemed de
tached and hushed amid the noises Of
the city. 1t seemed that invisible deni-
2ens of the place invited him to enter,
for there stood the open door
In his rcpOrtOrial experience my
friend had learned much about the
ways of violent men, and lie made Il
fair guess of the state Of affairs in this
instance. He guessed, and rightly, that
there was 4 man upon each side OF that
door waiting for him to enter, waiting
also to rush out if he should raise his
voice in an alarm. and as he weighed
the chances in that brief pause his eye
was attracted by Il shining object Oh
the wall beside the window. 1t was an
Old cutlass. part of Billy'S haphazard
decorations.
The next instant Powell was clear
across the room. The two men spran2
out They rushed against each other
and nearly fell. but they Were no nov
ices in brigandagc, and within Il frac-
ton Of a second they had recovered
themselves. But meanwhile Powell had
got the sword, and he must have looked
desperately formidable. his tall and
heavy form outlined against the win
dow.
The man nearest me uttered some
thing between an oath and gr0an.
and | saw him draw revolver. Then
| was as happily inspired as ever in IN,
life. Trussed up as | was and prom"
upon my back, ! still had some use OF
my legs, and with all my force l kicie:l
that mans feet from under him The
result was inieScrib&bly perfect IL
man turned completely upside down
and struck upon his head beside me.
rolled across his body, but he made ~
movement. He lay limp beneath me
Vt the same instant powclrs might,
arm sWun%6he old cutlass, &HI if the
weapon had not turned Il Little in hiS
hand think he would have cut his op-
pDnent lcngthwise into two pieces
Half Il minute later my mouth Wa.
free of the gag. and my agouiZea lungs
received the vital air. The lights We're
turned up. and we examined our Two
prisoners. The victim Of my prOwesH
was already reViving and must be Sc.
cured with the rope taken from my
own limbs but the man whom Powell
had struck down needed no such at
tention. We knelt beside him, and Il
surely seemed to us that Danny Gil,
bert. the burglar had gone to his ac-
count
In the wall of the room there was
promising excavation which in the
course OF Il few more hours would have
been enlarged to give access into the
adjoining building, where upon the cor
responding floor are the offices of Cor
nelius Wiegand, dealer in diamonds.
This fact sufficiently explains the ad-
venture.
1t remains only to be said that our
little circle of bohemians was enter
tanned ut great banquet some three
weeks later to celebrate the payment
Of the $3.50 and upon this occasion il
was my pleasure to announce to the
company that the news from the hos
pital regarding Danny Gilbert was ia
vOrable Then at Amy Knights sug-
gestion we drank to Danny's health
and reformation in that mild red bev-
erage which Julio serves by the name
of wine.