New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-05-20

P. sybarite Tipped Up the Table.
And you"-he menaced P Sybarite
with Il formidable look-"you slide
Outa herein hurry! See?'
With this. rising in his place he put
| forth hand to grasp the arm of the
boy. who was sullenly pushing past
the woman.
''Waitr' he insisted You can't &c
| before you pay up
Whipping from his pocket note (of
what denomination he never knew
| but it was large,, +. Sybarite slapped
it down upon the table.
'That'l} pay whatever he owes" he
announced: and to the boy: Clear
out quick = do you hear? while
! you We got q chance
what business is it of yours?' No.
vember demanded, turning upon him
furiously.
| With an enigmatic SMILE P. Syba.
rite dexterous!y tipped up his side of
the table, and. overturning it, caught
the gangster nnprepared for any such
maneuver. and pinning him. squirm-
inG in the angle OF wall and door.
Immediately the woman came to her
feet shrieking. while the little man
seized the befuddled boy and swung
him toward the door. ..s,s III.
simultaneously. November's bench
men at the adjoining able leaped into
the brawl with an alacritv that sent
their chairs Gathering back upon the
! floor.
But in his magnificent assurance. P.
SFbarite had foreseen and planned cum
ningly against precisely that same
emergency. No sooner had he sent the
boy staggering on bis way than he
whiried completely round with ready
! guard. and in no more than the very
wink of exigence.
Sidestepping wild swing he plant
ed left full on the nose Of the nearer
pssailant and knocked him backward
! over Il spraWling chair. Then turning
attention to the other, he was barely
| in time to duck an uppercut and out of
the corners of his eyes caught the CLINT
OF brass knuckles on the fist that fail
ed to land.
Infatuated. he closed in, sent a stag
gering left to the thugs heart and a
| murderOus right to his chin. so that he
reeled and fell as il shot, while p. Syb-
arite with bound caught the boy by
the arm again and whirled him out
through the doorway into the hall.
"Hurry'' be painted We've one
chance in ten thousand
Beyond doubt they had barely that.
Hardened though they were to scenes
of violence the clients of the dive had
stilled in apprehension the moment
November lifted his voice in anger.
while 2. Sybarite's first overly often
sive move had struck them all dumb in
terror. Red November was one who
had shot down his man in cold blood
on the steps Of the criminal court
building and had escaped scot free un-
der the convenient fiction of "suspend
ed sentence" In blind panic like that
of sheep. they rose as one in uproar
and surged toward the outer doors
November himself. struggling up
from beneath the table. was caught
and swept Oh willy-nilly in the front
| rank of the stampede In thought he
found himself wedged tight in press
| clogging the door Before his enraged
vision P. Sybarite was winning away
with the boy.
Maddened. the gang leader managed
to free his right arm and send han
hazard shot after them.
Only the instructive recoiI Of those
about him detected his aim,
The report was one with shock OF
shattered plate glass The soft nosed
bullet, splashing upon the glazed IN
per half Of the door. caused the entire
pane to collapse and disappear with
the quickness of magic.
Hating. P. Sybarite wheeled and
dropped a hand to the pocket wherein
rested Mrs. Inches automatic.
Get that door open.' he cried to the
boy. I've got taxi waiting"-
Els words were drowned out by the
thunderons detonations set M by
second shot in that CONSTRUCTED space.
With q thick sob the boy reeled and
swung against the wall as sharply as
though he had been struck with
s1edgehammer