Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28


You must be calm, madam" said Mr..
lL6ongwood. with all his accustomed dignity.
4 am afraid you will harm the boy by your
injured"
Il will try to be calm. sir; but Bryan is
Brasiock, wiping away her tears, and making
an EFFORT to keep down her emotions.
i am all right, mother. feel as though
| could walk home. / should have been up
II the doctor had not made me stick to the
lounge, said Bryan.
Don't be at all alarmed about him, mad.
am, mterposed the doctor. "He will be as
well as ever he was in few days. 1t was
the excitement and the exhaustion that over
game HIM and not his injuries. He merely
tainted away"
That's the truth. mother" averred Bryan,
sitting up on the lounge. 'I feel ever so
much better"
You have had hard time of it, Bryan"
sad Mr Longwood, seating himself by the
SIDE OF -, the injured youth. ut appears that
feach Hunter is rascal
II never was in fight in dead earnest
Win win, a !. man before, and that burglar under
stood the Science" answered Bryan. '1 am
glad atd, they did not get into the safe"
- They In certainly would have got into it il
young man.. remarked the G'f lieutenant. ute ant "The The
point OF the drill was through the iron, and
job"
;, Il have, not yet heard the particulars of
tn the affair, said Mr.. Longwood. Il should
ike to hear them from Bryan, as he seems
to be better informed than any other person
in regard to them, if he is able to do so much
talking"
81 am all right now, sir" assured Bryan,
and II had cup of coffee and a piece of
bread, | should be able to do my days work" :"
The doctor felt his pulse again and looked
him over little.
He is doing very well now; his pulse is
better, and his condition is greatly improved
But | should recommend weeks vacation
for him." said the doctor.
/ Don't try to get along too fast, my son,
said Mrs, Braslock, who was in good spirits
by this time. II win go out and get cup
OF coffee for you"
But the fireman volunteered to do this.
Bryan got on his feet again in spite of the
protest of his mother, and declared that he
felt able to go about the store and basement,
and tell all the history of his night on watch
The fireman soon returned with cup of
then said he was as good as new.
He began the narrative of the exciting
events of the night by stating tina he had
seen the rear watchman come out of one liquor
saloon and go into another, in company with
the two burglars, whom he had recognized
as soon as he saw them.
He rehearsed his difficulties in regard to
telling tales out of school, and his attempt
to warn Peach Hunter, when he found that
he was. intoxicated. He then led the way
from place to place as the scene of the events
changed. he told the story from beginning to
end.
"I didn't strike the blow that hurt Morl
so badly, said Bryan to. the doctor, who
was sufficiently interested in the case to fol-
low the party. 81 simply knocked him over,
and he fell into the basement through that
trap door one of the officers had
opened striking his head against the tim
Der as he went down."
The party went down into the basement
by the stairs, and examined the boxes in
which Bryan had bestowed himself and his
prisoner.
The faithful watchman continued his mar
rative till he came to the final fight in the
store; and his description of this fierce event
was quite exciting Mrs. Braslock was al
most as much alarmed as though the con-
test had been in actual progress before her.
1t was still dark when the narrative was
finished. The lieutenant sent the three pris-
oners to the station, with their arms secured
behind them with handouts. There were four
officers in charge of them, and they We're not
likely to escape. The lieutenant remained to
look out for the store till the clerks arrived.
Now young F man. a. must must adv advise sy you to
he was about to leave. "You are still labor
inc under considerable excitement which
makes you feel great deal stronger than you
are You have undergone a terrible strain,
YOU have gone through scene which has
of hard work would have done. Keep him
as quiet as you can for week, madam" "
he continued, turning to Mrs. Braslock. ''You
need not confne him to the house, but he
had better keep away from his work"
''You had better go up and see him to-
morrow, Doctor Hartman. and send your ac-
count to me-" said Mr.. Longwood, as the
medical gentleman departed.
II don't believe I need to be doctored,
sir" said Bryan, when his employer returned