Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-05-06

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Lord Ronsdale laughed tolerantly.
PLENTY of time for you to change
your mind. don't you know. Mean
while I'll not despair. Faint heart,
and so on. But" turning to Sir
Charles. where is 1t she wants to
go?''
ITO see the convicts."
"Convicts? ALI" He spoke rather
more quickly thar usual. with accent
sharper.
you didn't know who your neigh
bors were going to be when you decid-
ed so suddenly to accompany usT'
NO" His voice had a metallic
sound.
Sir Charles addressed Mr.. Gillett-
"Tell us something more definite about
your charges whom we are going to
inspect Meant to have found out ear
lier in the voyage, but been so jolly
seasick, what with one gale after an
other, | for one until now haven't much
cared whether we had Claude Duval
and Dick Turpin themselves for neigh
bors or whether we all went straight
to Davy Jones locker together. A bad
let, you have already informed us. but
how bad?"
well, we haven't exactly NJ. Duval
or Mr.. Turpin in the pen, but we've
one or two others almost as celebrat-
ed In their way. There's Billy Burke.
as desperate a craftsman as the coun-
try can produce. with" complacently.
"a record second to none In his class
He'- And Mr.. Gillett, with consid
cradle zest entered into the details of
MI. Burke's eventful and rapaeious
career. Then there's the Frisco Pet,
or the Pride of Golden Gate as some
Of the sporting papers call him."
1.-THE Frisco Pet,'' Lord Ronsdale
started; his color slightly changed; his
lashes dropped over his cold eyes. HE
is on board this v~essel?"
Eyes. You remember him, my lord.
1 dare say?"
I'm common with many Others
shortly.
him such a funny uame-the Frisco
Pet?"
Because he's a Yankee bruiser
prizefghter. or was before the drink
got him. explained Mr.. Gillett. "Somt
one brought him TO London. found on,
Lahnu-hjs.ta -ht-a-4h
training. He was u low. ignorant
~sailor-could scarcely write his W
sname-but he had biceps and a thick
head. Didn't know when he was
whipped. | can see him yet as he
used to look. with his giant shoulders
and his swagger. as he stepped int
the ring. There was no nonsense
about him or his fist-could break q
board with that. And how the shouts
used to go up! The petr-'a quid on
the petr-'ten bob on the stars and
stripesI-meaning the costume he
wore. Oh. he vas a favorite in Cam
den Town! But one night he failed
them-met some friends from the fore
castle of d Yankee trader that had
dropped down the Thames-went into
the ring with a stagger added to the
swagger. Well. they took him out IN
conscious. Never was a man worse
punished. He never got back to the
sawdust, and the sporting gentlemen
lost a bright and shining light"
Broke his heart. | suppose" observ
ed Sir Charles.
The police agent proceeded. AFTER
that it was a case of the rum and the
toss pots. and when he was three
sheets in the wind look out for squalls
He got put In quad. broke out and
overpowered and nearly killed two
guards. Took to various means Of live
lihood until they got him again. Trou-
BILE In prison and transferred to the
solitary, with a little punishment
thrown in for a reminder. When he
got out of limbo again be lived in bad
company in one of the tunnels near
the Adelphi. Hard place for the po-
lice to rout a o V from. He made it
quite interesting for the police-quite
interesting. So much SO he attracted
me, and l concluded to take Il hand"
Nj. Gillett paused. Obviously In his
case egotism allied to enthusiasm
made his duties a pleasure. He seem
ed now briefly commencing himself
In his own mind. up to this time.
he resumed, ''our friend the ex-pugil
Is. had never actually killed any me.
but soon after l engaged myself to
look after him word was brought to
the department that a poor woman
had been murdered. a cheap music
hall dancer. She had seen better days
however"
Lord Ronsdale. who had been 0
ing away. yawned. as If finding the
police agent "wordy." then strolled to
the rail.
suspicion pointed strongly In his
direction. and we got him after a
struggle. 1t was a hard fight. with
out a referee. and maybe we used him
a little rough. but we had to. Then
Dandy Joe was brought in Joe's a
plain. mean little gambler and race
track follower with courage not big
onouph for broad onerationS. But he