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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1898)
I THE DETECTIVE. -:tf ELL, well! Per haps it was my fault perhaps It was uot. lie was a clever fellow ah, that he whs. They asked me to catch him; I I wouldn't promise no, sain I'd try I'd only say I'd try I tried. Ills olTensp was nothing merely what Is commonly called n "Hallway I'lant." It succeeded, 1 hough, and my gentleman was "want ed." I made n grand hit when I nabbed Ills companion. He told me his haunts and his habits, but lie wouldn't aid me In catching him. I determined to do It myself. I was n green hand then. No matter; I had the will. I found the way. Ho was to he at a tea party on that Thursday night. I was Invited. Shall I take two policemen In disguise and arrest hlni. No; all his friends would rescue him. I will go alone. I went. I left my little house a four roomed dwelling at (I. I locked the front door, and off I went to Mrs. Jones' tea party. It was In the month of December. We had great fun at that tea party. There was n gentleman there that I believed to be my man, despite the fact that, when I was Introduced, I was In formed he had just come from the con tinent. We fell Into conversation. He began to pump me. Tins was what I wanted. I was determined to play the Dimple, and tell hlni all he asked. lie stared hard at me. Peihnns hp knew me perhaps he did not. He was a pecti'lnr man, with short black hair, u clean-shaved face (parish priests and pickpockets are alike clean-shaved strange coincidence!!, dressed In a suit of very light gray. He appeared smart. 1 might safely have shouted, "All hands to pump ship!" for he pumped In a most bare-faced manner. He nskod me where I lived. I told Mm. 1 saw no use In deceiving hiin; besides, I had a little plan In view I might .'uvlte hlni to my house, and plu him. Had I any company? None. Any one else lu the house? No. I was a bachelor; I preferred to live alone. And then, In the most quiet and insinuating way, he asked me did I shoot? I did; he had been shooting lately last week lie was shooting In Suffolk. He went down there for a day or two. Ah! and I remarked, In a very Innocent way, looking up benignly at him, that 1 thought that was, I understood he had Just come from the continent. He started. I pretended to be sur prised, and he assured me, In fact, he had been to the continent since! But about the shooting? No, 1 didn't shoot; 1 was timid alout firearms; the sight only, 1 assured him, of a loaded gun made me tremble (pass me here, read er; there is a loaded gun always hang ing over my cliliuneyplecc In the par lor). Had I no firearms? He had a beautiful gun. No, I had none. Then he relumed to the house in question. Did I sleep on the ground floor? No. Where then? At the top of the house It was two stories high. Oh! back or front? Hack. He was very Inquisitive, 1 thought; but I seemed to enjoy tell ing him alt I could. He thought bo was d'-plng, poor devil! Then he asked me, as If casually, did I approve of keeping money at home, or did I send It to the bank? I started. 1 began to "think this was too good. No matter; 1 would go through with It. I had told him lies enough, why not tell nuother ay, why not? I kept my money at home. Hanks were unsafe; but i as sured hint 1 felt uneasy "Just then," be enure 1 happened to have more than usual, and it wasn't mine. Five hun dred imunds ready money, I think I told him. No; It was 500 "In notes" ha! ha! ha! Five pence In coppers woi:id have been nearer the mark. But no matter; poverty Is no sin. Yes, I kept It lu the house; and he thought it strange I hnd uo arms. Here I stopped him, and begged his pardon; I had. What were they, might he ask? He might. My arm whs a boiler Btlck, with two ounces of lead let Into the top of It. Oh! he seemed greutly relieved. I told htm the doors nml win,!-. i, a bolts on them, and were all barred all but one. He pricked up his ears, and a laiuuy murmured "Which?" led me n, and gave me hope. I thought It test to encourage hlm-all but one. ,The front window on the ground floor, I said, hnd uo bar on the shutter. They iiuu iiu ueus, i tout mm. it had a bell ilt was very sate. Thieves never thluk or getting mto a house bv the front 'you know. And there was no area or garden. The door opened on Ihe'p.v. I menu lea. n was very safe-w-un't ii. ' it's, no inougnt it was. men ne talked about politics, etc.; and then he got up to go so soon? and Mrs. Jones begged li I in to stay; and I begged him to give me a call some night, for all! rea.'y, he was very that Is, his com pany was very ah! very agreeable, ha! ha! ha! Ho was going my way, would I go with Mm? or would he wait for me? No; I would slay an hour longer at least, and then see the Misses Browne to their home. Iln! ha! tin what a notion I hnd of It. He thought me very simple, no doubt ne tiiougnt all I said was true. I often wonder now whether he ever sus pected that the quiet Individual who did not shoot uor put his money lu.the bank, and slept in the house alone, and put bells on the doors and windows, was a dotctlve, who would do his best to see him safely "m quod" before twelve hours were over. Ha! ha! we shall see what we shall see so we shall. He Is gone. He shuts the hall door. He looks wildly about him, and then sets on in the direction or my lodgings. I am watching hlin from my window. Oh, I forgot to tell him. Ab! really I must go. (Jood evening, Mrs. Jones; tu ta! I will clap on my hat and fol low him. I shall shut the hall door quietly and start lu the same direc tion. I la! I thought so. There he is In the dark, round the corner, lie does not think any one sees him. Here Is a low wall how handy! I'll just get behind It and watch hlni. His position Is well chosen no one can see him unless Just where I am. Look what he Is at. Well, I'm Mowed! He Dulls out a coat fmin goodness knows where. It Is quite black. He puts It over his other coats, and even pulls off his trousers. Ah! he has others on under them they are black, too. And then he takes off his tall hat, and stows all his traps where the coat came from. His hat Is re placed by a glengarry. Then out comes a great black beard and mustache, which are carefully adjusted. My yah! I wouldn't know hlni again. Look again; he Is examining some thing in his hand; it shines as he turns It over It gives a faint click, click, as ho holds It up. Ha! 1 thought so; It Is a pistol. He puts It into his breast, and then looks about him. I creep closer to the wall. Ho does not see me, although he is coming this way. He passes me, and walks on. I whis tle a tune, and step after hlni round the corner. I am coming up to hlni. He asks me the time. I tell him, and a-sk, did a gentleman In a light suit pass that way? Yes; ho went up yon street smoking a cigar good-night, sir! Ha! lia; good-night! But Burely he Is fol lowing me! Yes. there can be no mis. take about It. No matter. I will out wit Mm. I reach the corner he Is ten yards behind me, or more. I set off at run down the street till I reach the next corner. Round It I flv. ' A glance backward he hns not on. tered the street yet. 1 enter a half. open door. The next mnlute I hear his steps; he Is ruuulng for life and death, one wouiu tnniK. lie reaches the cor ner, too, and stops. He Is not a yard from me, and I am grlimlncr nt him through the door, which Is about six Inches opeu. He looks about him. He Is at fault. "Blast hlni," he mutters, "1 11 have hlin yet!" He sets off nt a headlong speed alone the street nn,i i saunter out quietly and follow hlni nt an easy walk. 1 arrive at the comer. Heavens! he Is coming down the street towards me. Yes. It must 1m hp. ni. though his beard and miiRtnche ntsi replace l by carroty wniskers, and he nns a pea jacket and a Jerry hat! By what trick of sleight of-hnnd U tl.u done? 1 cannot Imairlne. It mint iu he. He Is filling his pipe. My house Is Just lu advance; still he follows me. 1 enter the house. Cn Sll.lllv llO glances up at the windows. I bolt tue door. I hear htm turn Into the lane that goes up alongside the next house. I steal quietly Into the front parlor, ana leave the shutters open, and put back the window fastening. Then I go up stairs to the back room. 1 lleht. tho candle. I don't draw down tho blind for reasons of my own. One glance at the lane. I thought so: tlipro h staring at the house. I can see him'; me uimp is not tar off. I draw back out of sight, and, taking my revolver out of the drawer, I put fresh cart ridges therein, and slip It Into my pocket. Then I go to the window again, with my nightcap In my hand. 1 stare Into the glass while I adjust It 1 am full In the glare of the canuhv light; 1 am sure ho sees me. Then quietly drawing down th Min,i i linguist! the light, and pull It (the blind) a little on one side tn i.mb ... ... .... he ts run'nZ roZi E. !' I .tool .w- ...7 "BU u' .tuna, creep into toe parlor. I tllought so; some one at the window. Sbwly and silently the sash Is lifted andthe blind pushed back; the next moment a man enters the room. It Is he. 1 He pulls on his pistol, cocks It. and lays It on tu table. Then he pokes his head out under the blind, und glances up and down the street. Apparently satisfied, he withdraws his head, and then feels his way to the fireplace; lie Is going to strike a match. I quietly put out my hand and grip his pistol. I stealthily draw myself up and face him. He strikes the silent match; gradually It brightens up. His back is toward me. He lights a candle and turns around. He does not start, but turns white as a sheet. I am facing him, covering hlni with my revolver and his own pistol. For a moment we glare at each other. He mutters, "No firearms, eh?" and I hiss, "Surrender!" A uiomeut, and the candlestick is dashed la my face. There is a Hash, a report another! He dashes nt the window. Now I see why he left it open. I rush madly forward. A heavy blow de scends on mv face. I stmrnw buck only for a moment. I start up and take down the gun; In an instant I am standing in the street, lie is fifty yards away. I fire one barrel, then the next of course, I miss and there I stand crestfallen at my window, while the neighbors gather around. "Thieves!" says one; "the ruffians!" cries mother; while a third eyes me calmly saying, "You've missed him!" I never saw him again Elmira Tele gram. AN USUAL BUSINESS. German Who Reaps Profit from Train ins Watch Dons. A patient nnd ingenious man, Herr Straus of Berlin Is engaged In a novel nnd unusual business, something which he has thought out for himself and which Is proving very lucrative. It has long been admitted that the dog stands unrivalled among animals ior tue intelligence he so markedly dis plays, but, notwithstanding this, It seems that a certain nmmm.t of train ing Is necessary to turn out what might be called a really good watch dog. ilie fact seems to have limirnsaen' Herr Straus to an unusual extent, for he has established In Berlin an acad emy where watch dogs are turned out by the hundreds every year. For this purpose he has Invented a system whereby every dog, by judicious appli cation, might fiuallv develnn I ntn h good watch dog, and also an affection ate pet. The system does not consist of teaching the bow-wow a few tricks which, however pretty they may look in tue urawlug-rooin. are scarcely of value but lu educating the dog so that he may distinguish burglar from master, and treat them neoonllnirtv. Thus, every dog placed under the care of Herr Straus Is put through a sclen- tinc training and Is tnueht. should oc casion occur, what part of the man's uouy must be attacked to prove most encouraging to nonreslstance. Before this can be mastered, how ever, the value of obedience must be Instilled into the mind of everv doc sharing the hospitality of his master, and consequently the recruit Is first of all taught such ordinary tricks as sit. ting on Its haunches, Jumping In va rious ways over certain obstacles, and carrying stones from one place to nn- other. When these simple tricks have been properly grasped by his canine pupils Herr Straus proceeds to more Import ant Instruction. A dummy represent ing a tramp Is placed outside the gate, and to the knob a string Is attached, which Is held by an assistant. Slowly nnd stenlthlly the gate Is opened until the head of the dummy la perceivable nisiue. ine dogs are tnucht to flr nt this dummy as soon as they see It, and rue euueatea dog DromotJr does rrm to his master by springing nt the thmnt of the Imitation tramp. The teacher was the victim of his own svstem nt long ago. He dressed himself In a rag- k-u sun, ami opening the door of the room where the dog was innrto nni The animal flew at blm and chased his instructor for several satinres .rhw go Chronicle. Working Under Difficulties. It Is extraordinary what some men can accomplish In spite of 111-fortune erestchagln had his right thumb so badly bitten by a leopard some years ago, that It hnd to be amputated On the field of battle the middle finger of his right hand was made useless by a shot. By a fall on the steppes later the center bones of the same hand were shattered. Nevertheless, Vere schagln Is one of the foremost painters in Itussln, nnd makes as dexterous use of his right hand, lamed as It Is, as any man In Europe. Goethe the Popular Favorite. The Loudon publisher, Walter Scott recently asked the subscribers to hta "Scott Library" to ballot on the que. tlon of what classic they would have for the 101st volume of that series Goethe was victor In the composition' and a selection from his critical paDera was accordingly chosen. If you will be perfectly .frank with yourself, you will discover that you are patient only at time, when noth uia occur, to mak. vou Impatient. CUBA'S FIRST These are the men who have been of Cuba, and their appointments have TWO WORTHY WOMEN. Miss Ooldthwait, Typewriter John Adams' Dependent a Nurse. Miss Alice Ooldthwait Is said to be the most rapid operator on the type writer, under test conditions, In the world. At an exhibit of expert type writing given In St. Louis, Mo., n few days ago, Miss Ooldthwait, In the test made, wrote 80 words per minute from dictation. In the second test of three MISS AI.ICK OOI.1ITHWAIT. minutes and ten seconds she wrote !102 words, an average of 05 y& words per minute. The dictation was from a sermon nnd other unfamiliar matter. Another Interesting test was in writing a familiar sentence, In which Miss Ooldthwait wrote 153 words in one minute. In a hospital In Philadelphia, learn ing to be a nurse, Is a great-great-granddaughter of John Adams, second Presi dent of the United States and one of the founders of the government. Her name Is Miss Emma O'Neill, and, de spite the fact that she Is scarcely more than 20 years old, she possesses In not a small degree some of the character istics of the distinguished family of which she is a proud descendent. She Is beautiful and much courted by Phila- U1SS EMMA. 0'NEIT celphia society men, but on her moth er's death a year ago she decided to de vote herself to ministering to the sick. GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE ANOTHER Young Man Drowna After Rescuing a Companion from Death. A story of splendid heroism In a youth who gave his life to save that of his friend comes from Fraserburgh, in Scotland. The hero of the story is St. John Dick Cunyngham, son of Lieutenant Colonel DIek Cunyngham, V. C, of the Second Battalion Gordon HIgManders, stationed at Alder&hot. Young Cunyngham and the master of Saltoun (son of Lord Saltoun) left Phllorth together, and went to the sea to bathe. Evidently the lads were unac quainted with the treacherous nature of the sands at the point at which they entered the water, for they walked out at once to easy swimming depth. Sud denly both found themselves In deep water, a strong undercurrent having drawn them into one of the many "pots' or pools which constitute the eUlof danger of the place. to the lad Cunyngham tue sitnattoo CABINET OFFICERS. tewm" . ' selected to dignify portfolios in the cabinrt been announced by Cant. Ccn. Blanco was not des;Mrnte, but the young ma tor of Saltoun was nulekir otu,,. and was on the point of giving up the struggle when his companion, forget ful of Ms own danger ami eager onlj o sine ins irieml, devoted all big re maining strength to the work of res cue. After a desperate struggle Cun yngham succeeded In getting his friend Into shallow water, through which the latter dragged himself In a terribly ex hausted condition to the bench. Turning to thank his restuer, the master ol Saltoun was horrified to find that he had dlsa.unearpil. Frnntli. witk excitement, he ran as fast as his condi tion would nermlt tn smnu ntjim who were working some distance along the bench, but although they lost no time In making search for the lad m trace of hlin could lc found. He had glvennll his Strpncrth tn sure h! Mend and the cruel sesi had sucked him back' to his death. London Mail. Tiny Tandem 1 tillers. This amusing picture shows the smallest tandem nnd the tiniest tandem riders lu the world. England Is the proud owner of the twain. Their names are Doris nnd Bert Cooke, and they recently rode a mile In five minutes on their diminutive machine. They re never so happy as when bicycling, and AM. ABOARD. can pedal nwny in tho most business like fashion Imaginable. Prayer of the Pedestrian. KeeD me this dav unharmed. I praji From wheelmen scorching up and dow They never look nor care, not they. They bowl one o'er and ride away, And who they arc there's none can sJi And you with broken ribs and crown. From reckless driving, I Implore, Guard me this day. I fear the boy Whn ftrivaa tnr flnitip Rninll. Detty StOW, (Each year their numbers grow the more), They dash along with wild uproar And accidents fill them with Joy. Tlf t 14- I.a n.4niT,A1 flint T Must meet to-day with happ'nlng dire. That 'spite of how I strive and try, In spite of care nnd warning cry, Am struck, run o'er and senseless lie, Grnnt me the favor I require. T ot tr, o i,;io trot T oii-li and groan, tw hot.., looot the hick or chaDCft. That that which breaks my collar bone, t) i . ,.ih nn nhall own, Whose name and number will be wn", Ere I am In the ambulance. Let me be bruised by cable cars, Street railroads are the best to sne; fr i oi-nn hrpwer'g WSgOB J" Be what Bhall make me first aee start And leave me with the jury scars Scars tell with twelve good men u true. Keep me, I pray, unharmed this day As I go forth where danger lies, But If with harm or hurt I meet, ut it ha iimw 1 nmv. entrest, By those responsible complete For damages and compromise! St. Louis Star. . Bobby's View. 'I don't want to quarrel, mmm-, But It's this wny-don't you v I can't agree with sister, And she won't agree with me. Some married couples are so qoan .. . .. j t it near w some tnai tney um -- - L open window for fear of falling out fme men have as little sens money mat. tees aa widows. 1 h
