Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-17

her play would have done. When the heroine followed the James brothers. she had only a club in her hand Here was a hrearm ready at hand. and though 1t was not loaded, how was Rallies to know?
 "A play, is it?" quer1ed the masked man as he bent forward to look
 "Yes."
 "A useless waste of time. have been told that there are 800 plays written for every one accepted. What Is the plot? Perhaps can give you a pointer or two"
 Tt is thisl" said Miss Edith as she pulled the drawer open and seized the revolver and pointed it straight at him. There is a closet over there. If you do not enter 1t I will shoot you deadi"
 Don't trouble yourself. In the first place. am not armed, and if I were there would be no shooting on my side. In the second, wish to identify myself and explain my presence here. n you will kindly call your brother Fred. whom presume is in the house, and whom I have known personally for the last five years"
 T shall do nothing of the kind, sir. Into that closet or l lrei" T am not the rascal Raffes. We were discussing him at the club few nights ago and"
 The revolver that did not know it was loaded seemed about to go off and send bullet into his brain, and the intruder rose and walked over to the closet indicated and opened the door and entered. The girl followed al his heels and turned the key and then sat down all of a tremble and began to cry. She had not made up her mind what further to do when the father came downstairs with a l shotgun in bis hand. He had heard some noise that aroused him. In the front hall he stumbled over silver trophy that Fred had won in his l athletic days.
 What the devil is happening here?" he demanded in official Ian guage as he looked from the fearful daughter to the trophy and back.
 "oh, Daddy. have cap-captured Raftiesi He is in that closeti" Then I'll have him out and blow the top of, his head offi What in blazes are you doing capturing rob bers without saying anything to your i superior officer about 1t? Things have came to a pretty pass in the service. Now, then, stand back while I have the scoundrel out Say, you in there if you make the least resistance I'll blow you into dogs meat!" The door was flung wide open ard Rallies walked out He had removed his mask and was trying to smile, but f was a sickly effort He began to apologize and explain, but the general cut him short until he had been bound with a cora torn from a DOT Jiere. Then the general continued to menace him with the shotgun while the daughter ran upstairs to wake up Fred. Fred came down with a couple of guns" the mother de scended with a bottle of witch hazel : clutched by the neck, and the two women servants were ready to take position on the right or the left flank, as ordered by the general. Apologies and explanations were renewed, and after a time they prevailed. Miss Edith was glad she had not shot any body with an unloaded revolver. The general was sorry that he had had all his trouble fer nothing. and Fred said that he would be'at dinner where the $500 were laid out
 The next time Rallies appeared at the mancr house 1t was under his own name and he was on his best behavior. Some few remarks were made to call for bushes on hfs part, and the gen eral still insisted that he had not been treated according to the rules of war fare, but things passed of so well that Howard Burt was asked to call again. After that he did not appear to need any special invitation, and 1t may be that by the Ame the play is finished the hero and heroine will decide that the hand of Providence threw them together to prevent Edith's becoming an old maid.