Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

/ Thought sol" He dared open his
eyes mite wider. Hes pukka-true
to type! Rob first and then kilw
As he watched the thief drew the
sheet back from Hyde's face with
| trained fingers that could have taken
| Spectacles from the victims nose with
out his knowledge Then ms fish glide
in and out among the reeds without
! touching them. swift and soft and I'M
seen, his fingers searched Hyde's body.
They found nothing.
King moved In his sleep, rather
noislly, and the movement knocked a
book to the floor from the foot of his
berth. The noise of that awoke Hyde.
and King pretended to begin to wake.
yawning and rolling on his back Chat
being much the safest position an I'M
armed man can take and much the
most awkward for his enemy).
Thieves! :" Hyde yelled at the top OF
and not finding It.
King sat up and rubbed his eyes.
The native drew the knife, and-be-
lieving himself In command of the
situation-hesitated for one priceless
second. He saw his error and darted
for the door too late. With move
ment unbelIevably swift King was
there ahead of hirI; and with another
movement not so swift, but much more
disconcerting. he threw his sheet MS
The retiarius used TO throw a net In
ancient Rome. 1t wrapped round the
natives head and arms, and the two
went together to the floor In twisted
stranglehold.
In another half-mnute the native
was grooming, for King had his knife
wrist In two hands and was bending it
backward while he pressed the mans
stomach with his knees.
The knife fell to the floor, and the
thief made a gallant effort to recover
1t, but King was too strong for him.
lie seized the knife himself, slipped It
in his own bosom and resumed his hold
before the native guessed what he was
after. The train screamed Itself TO "a
standstll at wayslde station, and a
man with a lantern began to chant
the stations name. The instant the
trains motion altogether ceased the
heat shut in on them as If the I'D OF
Tophet had been slammed. The prick
ly heat burst out all over Hyde's skin
and Kings too.
There was plenty of excuse for re-
laxing mold, and King made full use of
It. A second later he gave very good
pretense Of pain In his finger ends as
the thief burst free. The native made
n dive Mt his bosom for the knife, hut
he frustrated that Then he made
prodigious effort, Just too late. TO
clutch the man again. and he did sue
coed in tearing loose piece OF shirt:
but the fleeing robber must have won
dered. as he holted into the blacRer
shadows Of the station building. why
such an iron-fngered wide-awake
sahlh should have made such a truly
feeble showing at the end
"Hang it!-couIdn't you hold hlm1
We're you afraid Of him, or what7 de-
manded Hyde, beginning to dress him
ser, Instead Of answering, King leaned
out into the lamp-ht gloom, and in
minute he caught sight Of n sergeant
Of native infantry passing down the
| train. He made a sign that brought
the man TO him on the run.
"Did you see that runaway" he
asked.
''Ha, sahb. I saw one running. Shall
follow7"
mo. This piece of his shirt Will,
| identify him. Take II. Hide it / When
a man with a torn shirt. into which
that piece fits, makes for the telegraph
office after this train has gone on, see
| that he is allowed to send any tele-
grams he wants to! Only, have copies
Of every one OF them wired to Captain
King. care of the stationmaster, Delhi
Have you understood"
''Ha. sahib."
"Grab him. and lock him up tight
afterward-but not until he has sent
his kilograms"
"Atcha. sahib."
MAKE yourself scarce then !"
Major Hyde was dressed, having per-
formed that military evolution IN some
thing less than record time.
"Who was that you were talking
tor he demanded but King ala not
seem to understand until the native
sergeant had quite vanished into the
| shadows.
The engine shrieked Of death and
torment; the heat relaxed az the en-
CINE moved-lposened-let go-lIfted
at last, and n trainload Of not passen.
gers sighed thanks.
What are you looking att" Hyde
demanded st last. sitting on Kings
berth.
"Only knife" said King. He was
standing under the dim gas lamp that
helped make the darkness more I'M
bearable. He slowed the knife away
In his bosom and the major crossed to
/ his own side