Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

not over one hundred and fifty pounds.
As the doctor rushed upon his intended VIC
tim, he struck at his head with his rlght hse
Doubtless the blow was hard enough 70 nave
knocked the stout boy over, and out INTO Tue
hall behind him, but, fortunately Tor bryan
he knew all about this sort OF thing, ana !.
easily parried the blow with his right hanoi
SO that he was not hit, while he gave the aoe az
tor 'left-hander," which sent HIM reehhe
over to the other side of the room.
DR.. Guypeck appeared to have had enough
of this kind of play, and he stood looklng az
his opponent with astonishment and mortilca- =
ton Bryan had always been peacelul,
quiet boy about the house, very Nna anu
obliging, and the doctor had had no suspieloII
before that he possessed pluck, muscle ana
science. l.,
The doctor was evidently not disposed TO
make another onslaught on the strong Young h
fellow From Bryan. he looked aroand oa ~ the the
ROOM Mrs. Braslock had opened one OF the
front windows, few moments Defore, W tor loon
out for a policeman and it had not peen
closed. With a sudden spring, the aoetoI
darted through this open window anu aAen'eN
This was Aank movement that Bryan had
not anticipated He had regarded the door az az
the only means of exit, and, in his turn, ne
was filled with astonshment and mortincatioIf t uf
that he had allowed the th,ef 10 ges out out At At
the front door. OF course, there was no .~. Pot
Eceman at hand or anybody else, for that
matter. =, ,,
As soon as he reached the sidewalk, ne saw
DR.. Guypeck running at the top OF MS speed
down the street not toward the great thor
oughfare, but away from it. Bryans aglnty'
as well as his muscles, had been cultivated,
and he gave chase without the loss OF slngle ele
instant The doctor was st nob have hu taken @
seconds for him to pick himsei1 up aieer his
leap from the window.
Bryan soon realized that he was gaming on
the chase, and he made up his mind not 70
let 90 of the doctor if he once got his hano
upon him. But it was soon evident that the
robber knew that he could not escape his pur.
suer in straight run. The widow son kePe
his gaze fixed on the chase, and conhdenty
expected that it would soon end In Vactory
for himself
Victory is a very uncertain element IN al
most any contest and while Bryan was ENJOY
ing it in prospective, Dr. Guypeek suddenly
and ,mysteriously disappeared, as though tne
earth had swallowed him up. or he mad peen
caught up in the air. He had disappeared
from the policeman once before that night,
and he seemed to have talent for disappear
ing .+oa
result of the chase, though he did not give up
the hope of finding the thief lie nastened
to the spot where he had last seen the doctor:
He looked about him for some time without
being able to discover any hole INTO winch
The houses in this part of the street were
huilt with little alleys leading to the back
door of each Bryan found one OF these doors
ajar, though they were kept closed and das-
tened as rule 4,,o.o
alleys or gone in at the front door OF one OF
the houses. The latter supposition was I'M
probable and the former was quite reason
able OF course the robber would De des-
perate If cornefed in one of these narrow pas
sages. If there was tight 1t must DE IN Tue
dark.
Bryan entered the alley with the door alar
With his right fist clenched for use, ne ieit
his way with his left hand. But he, eneoun-
tered no enemy, and, in a moment, ne came
to the back yard Of the house mhefe ie na'
He tried the doors at the end OF the passage,
for there was one on each side OF it. the aliey
serving for two tenements. The hrst one was
fastened, but the seconud yielded. he Wenl
into little area, at the back h o. MiSd Srh;nh nh
be passed, confident that he had dlscoyere:u
the route by which the doctor had made MS
mysterious retreat =.
Passing the fence, Bryan found hlmseh IL
the back yard Of house on another streeI' I
The door in the fence was open, ana ne en-
tered an alley like the one from Medway
street. There was no longer any mystery
about the doctors movements.
He went out into Wrentham street, where
the doctor had disappeared from the gaze o.
the policeman half an hour or more before.
1t was easy now to reason out the course Of
the robber; but Bryan did not stop to do sc
at this exciting moment, Tor he saw mar
running with all his might toward the grea'
thoroughfare. ~
corner Of Rover street the man passed out o.
sight But Bryan saw that he had headed TO
ward Washington, and he did not apate hii
speed ,h..