The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-07-08

boy, WHO WIS SuIenlN pushing past
the WomIu
Wait" he Insisted. ron can't go
before You pay up
Whipping from his pocket a note tOf
what Denomination he never knew
but it was larger. T. Sybarite slapped
il down upon the table
"That'n pay whatever ne owes" he
announced. and to the boy: Clear
ont fuick DO you hear? while
you've got Il chHnce"--
What husinpSS is it Of yours No
vembpr demanded. turning upon him
furiuuSly
With IN enigmatir smile. p Syh-
rite dexterouSly tipped up his side OF
the table. and. ovprturning It. caught
the gau@Ster unpreparcd for any such
inaneaver, and pirning h.:n. sqnirn.
luz, il the angle of wall and floor
Immediately the WOMAN came to her
feet Shreking. while the little man
seized tile befnddpd hoy and swung
him toward the door
simultaneously, Noyember's bench,
men ut the adjoining table lpaped into
the hraWI with an alacrity that sent
their chairs gathering back upon thr
floor.
But in his magnificent assurance. L,
SyhAri:e had foreSern and planned Gun.
ningly agaip>t precisely that same
emergency. No sooner had he sent the
boy staggering on his way than he
Whirled completely round With IL ready
guard. and in no more than the very
wink Of eXigenre
SideStcpping Il wild swing. he plant
I'd left full on the ucSe of the nearer
aSsailant and knuckcd him backward
over Il SplaWling chair. Then turning
attention to the ether be WAS barely
in time 10 duck an upper,ut and out Of
the corners Of his eyes rau@ht the clint
Of brass knurlilcS Oh the tist that fail,
ed to land
lnfnr'atpd. he closed in. sent stag.
sPring left To the thugs hpart ana q
nurderorS right 10 his chin. So that ir
reeled and fell us If shot. while +. $yb,
arite with Il bound caught the boy By
the arm again ANA wh:rlpd him out
through the doorway into the hall.
Hurry, he painted We've one
chance III ten thousand.
Beyond douht theF had hnrPlY thlt
hardened though they We're 10 scenes
OF violence, the clients OF the dive had
Sti!ied IN apprehension the moment
November lifted his voice in anger,
while l.. Sybarite'S first overly often
S'Ve move had struck them all dumb in
terror, Red November WAS one who
had shot down his man In cold blood
en- the steps of the criminal coUm
bulIdIhg ana had escaped scot free IN
DER the convenient 7cg;un Of suspend
&c sentence. In blind panic Ike than
OF sheep they roS" ~ one in GProar
ana Snrged toward tie oiter doors.
November himself. struggling mp
from beneath the table. was caught
ana swept en- WiliY-Ailly in the front
rank OF the stampede. In thought lie
round hiASeH "ed%"u Tlght i'm press
cIog&ln@ fhe door. Before his "nra.ed
vision !, Sybarite was Winnir" away
with the boy
Maddened. the gang leader managed
to free his right arm and send hap
hazard shot after them.
only the instructive recoil Of those
ABOUT MN detected his aim.
me report was one with shock of
shattered plate glass. The soft noSed
bullet, spla<hlng upon the glazed mp
per half OF the door. caused the entire
pane TO collapse and disappear with
the qucknesS OF magic.
Hating, L. Sybarite wheeled 81
cropped Il hand to the pocket wherein
rested Mrs. Inches automatic.
Get that door open. he cried to the
BOY. i We got taxi waiting
His words were drowned out by the
thunderous det0natiOns set up by
second shot in that CONSTRUCTED space.
With thick sob the boy reeled and
swung against the wall rs sharply as
though he had been struck with u
Sledgehammer.
Nhlmnerln% with rage. +. Sybaritc
tugGed at the weapon. but 1t stuck fast,
entan@ling in the lining of his coat
pocket.
Most happily before he could get it
in evidence the door was thrust sharp
ly in, and through it with rush ma
terialized t-at most rare of metropoi-
tan phenomena-the nolicemau on the