Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-16
CHAPTER w.
BuraIary under Arms.

R RE doubled suddenly Co the back
 door, flung it open and threw ~ himself out into the black
 strangeness Of the night and at the same time into the arms of two burly plain clothes men.
 Strong arms clipping him, he strug- gled violently for an instant
 Here" a voice warned him roughly. "It ain't goin' to do you no good"-
 Another interrupted with an accent of deep disgust. Hanged if 1t amt patrolmanr' in patent recognition of his borrowed plumage
 "Why didn't you say sop demanded the first as P. Sybarite fell back re- leased
 "Didn't-have-tlme," panted the lat ter Here" he added quickly. "gim- me a leg over this fence, win you?o
 "What forT'
 They've got a door through to the next house-getting out that way. That's what I'm after-to stop 'em. Shut upr' ?. Sybarite insisted savage ly. and give me a leg"
 Curiously complaisaut for one of his breed, the detective bont his back and made a strrup of his clasped hands. but no sooner had r. Sybarlte fitted foot to that same than the man started and strengthened up abruptly, throwing him fiat on his back
 "YOu a patrolman. Whatcha doin' in them pants and shoes if you're a pa- tr0l"-
 Hello" exclaimed the other indig- nantly, "Impersonaun' an officer. ehY'
 With this he dived at P Sybarite. who. having bounced up from supine to a sitting position, promptly and peevishly swore, rolled to one side and scrambled to his feet
 Immediately the other closed in upon him, supremely confident of overcom- ing by concerted action that smanlsh. pale and terrified body Whereupon P. sybarite stepped quickly to one side and, avoiding the rush of one. directly engaged the other. Duczing beneath a windmill play of arms he shot an ac- curate fist at the aggressor's jaw. There was a click of teeth, the mans head snapped back. and, folding up Ike tripod. he subsided at full length upon the ground.
 Then swinging on heel P. Sybarite met a second onset made more danger ous by the cooler calculations of more sophisticated antagonist. Nevertheless. deftly blocking a rain of blows he closed in as if eager to escape punish ment and planted a lifted knee in the large of the detectives stomach 80 neatly that he, too. collapsed like a punctured presidential boom and lay him down to rest
 The next moment, spurred by an alert discretion. ?. Sybarite sealed the fence with the agility of a back yard tom eat
 Hard flags received him on the other side Stumbling. he lost balance and sat down with nm emphasis that drove the breath from him in one mighty "O0of"
 There was a simultaneous confusion of new, strange voices on the other side of the fence; cries of surprise, recognition of the two detectives, fol- lowed by.
 Gimme back up that unce!
 r. sybarite picked himself up with even more alacrlty than if he'd land ed in a bed Of uettles, tore across that terra incOglta, found a second fence and was beyond 1t in a twinkling.
 Swift as he was, however detection attended him-a voice roaring, There goes wan av thim now!"
 Blindly clearing fence after fence without even thinking to count them. P. sybarlte hurtled onward
 But in time be had, of necessity, to pause for breath, and pulled up in the back yard of a Forty sixth street resi- dence, his duty-to find a way to the street and a shift from that uniform of unhappy inspiration-asp as plain as the problem it presented.
 TO break his way to the street through one Of the houses would be