Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-27

cause, though my mask was now torn away and bid nothing but my left car. hosehthall answered their shrieks With roar for silence. The woman vi,.i tue bath sponge hair swore at h.a shfliiE III return. The place became d babel impossible to describe. I re- nember wondering how long it would De before tue police appeared purvis and the ladies Were for calling them 'h ahd giving me in charge without de. 4aN. RoSel4tHall would n9t hear of t He SWore that he would shoot man o, woman who left his sight He had had enough of the police He was not go. Ing to have them coming there to spoil sport; he WAS going to oeal with me ih his own way. With that he dragge[l me from all other hands, flung me against door and sent q bullet crash. Ing through the wood within an inch of my ear.
 You drunken foo. It'll be murder shouted Purvis. getting in the way Il second time.
 "Wha' do I care? He's armed, isn't be? shot him ill self defense. It'll be warnin to others. Will you stand aside. or dye want it yourself?"
 You're drunk" said Purvis, still be. tween us. "l saw you take neat tumblerful since you come in, and it's made you drunk as fool Pull your self together, old man. You ain't a-goinS to do what you'll be sorry for"
 Then I won't shoot at him. I'll only shoot ronn' and rouns the beggar You're quite right, ole feller. Wouldn't aurt him. Great mishtake. Roun' and soun'. There-lke that.'
 His freckled paw shot up over Pur. vis' shoulder, mauve lightning came from bis ring, red fash from his re- voiver and shrieks from the women as the reverberations died away. Some splinters lodged In my hair.
 Next instant the prize fighter disarm- ed him, and was safe from the devil, but finally doomed to the deep sea. policeman was ill our midst. He had catered through the drawing room win dow. He was an officer of few words and creditable promptitude. In a twinkling he had the handcuffS on my wrists, while the pugilist explained the situation and bis patron reviled the force and it's representative with i'm. potent malignity. A fine watch they kept; lot of good they did, coming in when all was over and the whole household might have been murdered in their sleep! The officer only deigned to notice him as he marched me off,
 We know all about you. sir" said he contemptuously, and he refused the sovereign Purvis proffered. You will be seeing ne again, sir. at Maryle bone.''
 s'Shall l come nowF
 AS you please, sir. I rather think the other gentleman requires you more, and l don't fancy this young man means to give much trouble''
 "Oh, I'm coming quietly. said.
 And l went.
 In silence we traversed perhaps a hundred yards. It must have been midnight. We did not meet soul At last l whispered:
 How on earth did you manage it: Purely by luck" said Rallies. II had the luck to get clear away through knowing every brick of those back garden walls and the double luck to have these togs with the rest over at Chelsea. The helmet is one of a col lection 1 made up at Oxford. Here it goes over this wall, and we'd better carry the coat and belt before we meet a real officer I got them once for fancy ball ostensibly, and there by hangs a yarn. l always thought they might come in useful a second time. My chief crux tonight was get ting rid of the hanson that brought me back sent him off to Scotland Yard with 10 bob and special mes sage to good old Mackenzie. The whole detective department will be at Ro- senthall's in about half an hour. Of course I speculated on our gentleman's hatred of the police, another huge slice of luck. If you'd got away, well and good: if not felt he was the man to play with his mouse as long as possible. Yes. Bunny, it's been more of a costume piece than l intend ed. and we've come out of it with a good deal less credit; but. by love, we're jolly lucky to have come out of it at all!'