Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1890, Page 18

GALLECHER. A NEWSPAPER STORY. Richard Harding Davis, inSeribner's Magazine’ for August: We had had so many offiee hoys before Gall r came wmong the cl be ' the generd “You, boy We hnd had sleepy boys and lazy boys, wlo hecame so fumiliaron so short an equiintance that we were forced to part with them to save our own self-ro- spect. hey generally gradus us individuals, and photo- wracteristics of merged fn & composite ph of small boys, 0 whom e title of ‘‘Hore 'd into district messengor boys, and occasionally re- turned 1o usin blue coats with nickle- plated buttons, and patronized us, But Gullegher was something differ- ent from nnything we had experienced before. G her was short and broad in build, with asolid, r broad- ness, anl not a fat and dumpy shortnes, He wore perpetually on his face ahappy and knowing smile, if you and the world in general impressing muse were 1ot bimas seriously as you thought you wers, md his cyes,” which wero vory bladk and very bright, siapped intelli- gently at you like those of a little black and-tan terrier All Gallegher knew had been learnt on the siree not o very goold schoolin itself, but o6 that turns out very know- ing scholars And Gallegher had at- tended hoth morning and evening sions, Ho coull not tell you who the therswere,nor could honame mil states, but he Jenew all t sof the twenty-sec- ond_poli ct by nume, and he could the dang ofa fire engine’s gong from that of a patrol wagon or > fully two blocks distant, It Gullegher who rang the alarm when Wonl- wich mills caught fire the officer on his beat was ¢ and it was Gallegher who led the Din- monds iust the “Wharf Rats,” when they used to stone each other to their hearts” conlent on the coal-wharves Richmond. Tam afeail, now that 1seo these facts written down, that Gallegher was not a reputable chuvacter; buthe was 5o very young and 8o v i weall liked him® very much, neverthe- oss, » lived in the extreme northern it of Philadelphia, where thecotton ond woolen mills run down to the river, and how he ever got hone alter leaving thel building at 2 in the morning was oneof the mysteries of the ol Sometimes he caught anight car, sometimes ho walked all the w ing at the little house, where hismother alone,at 4in the Iy he was given a awt, or on one of ¢ wigrons, with its mp and maorning. ride onan ¢ tho newspaper dolive high il papers sticky fromthe press. e knew several drivers of “night hawks”—those ¢ that prowl the streets at night looki for belated passengy and when it was a very cold morning he would not go Liome at all, but would crawl into one of these cabs and sleep, curled upon the cushions, until daylight. Besides heing quick and cheerful, Gal- legher possessed a powerof amusing tho Press’ young men to adegree seldom attained by the ordinary mortal, His clog-dancing on the city editor's desk. when that gentleman was upstains f! g~ for two more columns of space, YS9 @ source o1 G oS, ~~# his imitations of the comedians of the varioty halls delighted even the dramatic critic, from whom the come- dinns themselves failed to force a smile But Gallegher’s chief characteristic wiag his love for that elementof news generically elassed as *‘crimo,” Not that he ever did anything criminal himself. On the contrary, his wasrather the work of the criminal specialist, and his morbid interest in the doings of Yall queer characters, his knowledge of <“their metlods, their present wherea- bouts, and their past deeds of transgres- sion often rendored hima valuable ally to our police reporter whose daily feulllé- tons wero the only portion of the paper Gallegher deigned {o read. In Gallegherthe dotectiveelementwas abnormally developed. He had shown this on several oceasions, and to excel- lent purpose. Onco the paper had sent him into a home for_destilute orplars which was bolieved tobe grievously mismanaged, “and Gallegher, while pliying thepart of a destituto orphan, kept hiseyes open to what was going onaround him so faith- Ay that the story he told of the treat- ment metad out to th Al orphans was sufficient 0 rescuo the unhappy little wretehes from theindividual who had them in charge, and to have theindivid- ual himsell sent to jail, Gallegher’s knowledge of the aliase torms of imprisonment, and variousmis- doings of the leading criminals in Phil- adelphia was almost us thorough as that of the chief of police himself, and he could tell to an how when “Dutchy Mack" was tobe let out of prison, and could identify at a glance “Dick Oxford, confidence man,” us “Gentleman Dan, potty thief,” There were, at this time, only two pleces of news in any of the papers. Tho o 1t of the twowns the big ht botween the championof the United ates, and tho would-be champion, ar- ranged to take place near Philadelphis the Burrbink murder, which was filling space in nowspapers all over the world, from New York to Bombay. Richard F. Burrbank was one of the ~most prominent of New York s railroad lawyers, he was also,as o matterof course, an owner of much railroad stock, and o vory wealthy man, He had been spoken of as a political possibility for many high offices, and, as the connsel for a great railroad, wis known even further than the great railroad itself had stretched its system, At 6 o'clock one moring he was found by his butler lying at the foot of the hail stairs with two pistol wounds abovo his hos He was quite dead, His safe. to which only heand his soero tary had the keys, was found open, and §200,000 in honds, stocks, and monaey, which bud been placed thore only the night before, was found missing. = The secretary was mising also. His nawme was Stephoun S. Hude, and his namo and his deseription had been telegraphed and eabled to all parts of the wor There was enovgh circumstantial oy denco te show) beyond any question or possibility of mistako, that he wus the murderer, It made unenormous amonnt of talk, and unhappy individuals were, being “ar- rested all over the country, and sent on to New York foridentification. Thieo had beon arrested atgdverpool, and one man just asho linded at Sidndy, Aus- trakin, But so far the murderer hud es- capeld. o bio wore all talking about it one night, as overybody elso was all over the country, In tho local room, and the city editor sald it was worth a fortune to any one who chanced torun against Hado und sueccoded in handing him over to the police, Some of us thought Hade had laken passage from some one of the smaller and others were of the opinion thn! he had buried himself in that they had begun to lose | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1896--TWENTY some cheap lodging houso in New York, |G ter, with flatterkag envy. *Could- [ moving moro slovly over the rough sur- | strain, at leasta dozen times, when one of tha smaller towns in New |n’tljest geta peep ot it faco of partly paved strocts, and by sin- | some movement in the yard had led him Jersoy. | “Maybe,” said the gratified Keppler. | glorowsof new houles standingat dif- |to believe that they weroat the door. “Ishouldn't bosurprised tomeet him | “There’s a windor with awooden shutier | ferent angles to sel other in fields cov And he had numerous doubts and out walking, right hero in Philadel- | at the bick of the barn. Youcangetin |erel with nsh-heaps and brickkilis. |fears. Somotimes it was that the police phia,” suid one of the stff. “He'll be |by it, if youhave someone toboust you |Here and thero tio gaudy lights of a | had learnt of the fight and had raided disguised, of cout but vou could al- | up to the sill, drug store, the forerunncr of suburban | Keppler's in his absence, and againit se, 3 ways tell him by the sbsence of the trig- er finger on hisright hand, It's miss- | ng, youknow; shot off when howas a | boy “You want to look for a man dressed | likea tough,” said the city editor; *‘for | as this follow Is to wa | gentleman, he will try to look as litile | lilcen gentle **No, he won't,” s: her, with | salm impertinence th de him “He'll dress just li ghs don't wear glo Vs got to wear ‘en, The first thing hoe thought of after dolng forr Burrbank was of that gone finger, and how he was to hide it. He stufled the | finger-of that glove with cottonso’s to make itlooklilkea whole finger, and the first timoe hetakes off that glove they've got him—sece, and holknows it. S0 what yous want todo is tolool n man with gloves on. I've been a-dving it for two weeks notv, ana [ can tell you it's hard work, for everybody wears gloves this kind of weather. Hut if you look long | enough you'll find him. And when you think it’s him upto him and hold out your hand ina friendly vay, like a bunco steerer, and shake his hand; and if you foelthat his forefinger mn’t | flesh, but just walc ofton, then to it with your right and grah his throat with your left, and holler for help.” There wi L ; odi- tor, dryly, ~th: rcisoning has improssed that before the weelkis out all of my young men will be innocent ped is that th wet o wdor bonds for assaul ting ns whose only offen loves in amid-winter, Wi * Itwa wbout aweek after this that De- tective Hefilefinger, of Inspector Byrnes® stafl, came overto Philadelphinafte burglar, of whose whe by misinformed by brought the warvant, requisition and other necessary papers with him, but the burglar had flown. Omne of our re- porters had worked on a N York pa and knew Flefllefinger, and the detective ot to the officeto see if he could help nim in his 8o far unsue sful search. He gave Gallegher his eard, and alter Gallegher bad read it, and haddiscov- ered who the visitor was, he becune so demoralized that he was absolutely use- “One of Byrnes’smen,” was & much more ave inspiring individual to Gall gher than amenber of the cabinet. accone i hut and over and leaving his duties to be looked after by others, ¢ object of his almiration, who found his sugges- tions and knowledge of the city so valu- able, and his compuny so entertaining, that the intimate | and spent tho r together. In the meanwhile the mamging editor had instructed his subordinates to in- form Gallegher when he condscended to return thathi were no longer needed, Gallegher had played truint once.too often. Uneonscious of this he remained with s new friend until late thesame evening and startel the next afternoon toward the Press office, As I have said, Gullegher lives in the most distant part of the city many minutes’ walk from the Kensington raii- station where trains 1n into the suburbs and on to New York. g It was in front of this staiGi that a smoothly shaven. 6 dressed man Trished past Gallegher and humried up the steps totheticket office, He held o walking stick in his richt hand and Gallegher, who now patiently scrutinized the hanis of overy one who wore gloves, saw thit whilethree fingo of the man’s hand were closed arund tho cane the fourth stood out in almost a straight line with his palm. Gallegherstopped with a gasp and with a trembling allover his little hody, and his brain asked with a throb if it " could bepossible, But possibilities and prob- abilities were tobe discovered later. Now was the time for action, He was after the man in amoment, hanging to his hecls and his eyes moist with excitement. He heard the man ask for o ticket to Torresiale, a littlestation just outside of Philadelphia, and when he was out of hearing, but not out of sight, purchased oo forthesame plee. Thestranger went into thesmoking car and sested himself at one end toward the door. Gallegher look his place at the opposite end. He wastrembling fered from aslight feeling of nausea, Ho guessed itcame from fright, not of any bolily harm that mightcome tohim, but atthe probability of failure in his adventure and of its most momentous possibilities, Thesgranger pulled his coat collar up around his ears, hiding the lower por- tion of his face but not concealing the resemblance in his troubled eyes and close-shutlips to the likenesses of the murderer Hade. They reached Torresdale in half an hour, and the stranger, alighting quick- 1y, struck off at a rapid pace down the all overand suf- country road leading to the station, Gallegher gave lim a hundred yards' start and then folloved slowly ‘nfter, The road ran betwoen fields and mst o few frame houses set for from the road inkitchen gardens, One or twice the man looked back his shoulder, but ho saw onlya length of road with a small Ho ling throughtheslush inthe mid: ol it and stoppingz overy mow and again to throw mowballs at belated sparrows After a ten minutes’walk the stranger turned into a side road which led to ‘only one place, the Eagle Inn, an old roadside hostelry known now as the leadquarters for pothunters from the Philadelphia game market and the bat- tle ground »f many a cock fight. Gallegher knew the plice well He and his young compinions had often stopped there when out chestoutting on holiduys in tho autumn, The sonof the man who kent, it had oftenaccompinied them on their excur- sions, and though the boys of the city stroc msidered him a dumd lout they ted him somewhat owing (o his knowledge of dog and eock fights, The stranger entered the inn ata side door, and Gallegher, reaching ita few minutes later, let him go for the time being and set about finding his ocea- sional playmate young Keppler. Keppler's offspring was found in the woodshad, * "Paint you out hev son, witha grin SWhat fight? vdedly, “What fight? Why, the fight,” ree turned his companion, with the slow contempt of superior knowledge. *‘It's 0 come off here tonight. You knew thatas well a5 me; anyway your sportin® editor knows it. He goi the tip last night, but that wordt help you any, You needn’t think there's any chance of your getting apeep at it,. Why tickets is $2300 picce!” “Whew!” whistled Gallogher, “where's it to be! ““Tu the barn,” whispered Keppler. I helped *em fix the ropes this morning, 1 did." sp hird to guess what brings ! aid the tavernkeeper's Sit’s the fight, asked Gullogher, un- | tionless dr r-ay,” dravled Gallegher, as if something had but just that moment re- minded him, *“Who'sthat gent wio cone down the road just s bit ahoad of me— him with the cape cont? Hashe got any- with the fight?" thing to “Him?'* ropeated Galleghor, in tones of sincere disgust. “Nooh, he sin’tno He or, dad thinks, He come Jlc, about 10 in the iid his doctor told hin to go out'en the country for his health, Heo's stuck up and citified, and wears gloves, and takes his mealsin his private room, and all that sort of truck. They saying in the saloon lastnight that the thought he was hiding from some- ing, and Dad, just to try him, asks st night if he was coming to see ht. He looked sort of scared and idn't want to see nofight. And Dad says, ‘I gu mean you 't want no fight ou’ Dad didn’t meanno h st passed it 18 & joke, bub ton, as he s himself, got sa glhost an’ says Ull goto the fight 1ling enough, and begins to lannghand jolkke. And this morning he went right into the birroom, where all the sports were setting, and sail he was going into town to see some iends, and ashe starts off he laughs his don’t lookas il I was ing people, doos ays itwas just blufl that m doit, and Dad thinks thut if he ha sail what 1 lid this Mr Carleton have left his room at all.” s had gotall he vanted and much morethan he had hoped for—so much moro that his wallke back to the station wasin the nature of a trinmphal ad twonty minutes to wait for thoe nexttrain, and it seemed an hour. Whil ting he sent a_telegram to HefMefinger at his hotel. It read: “Yourman is nearthe Torresdale sta- tion, on Pemsylvania railroad; take cab and meet mo at station. Wait until I come. GALLEGIER,, With the exception of one mid- ht, 10 other train stoppal at Torres- 1o that evening, hencethedirection to rd to Galle: It stopped ir The t= gher tod itsolf by inche anl by at poseles y waited for an express to precedeit, and dallied at stations, and when, atlast, it resched the terminus, Gallegher wasout belore it had 1 off on sporting edi Y Iiie spo came out in th napkinin his hanc o hlessly that ad locuted the s for whom the police of two tinents were looking, and that he be- d,in orderto quiot the suspiclons of the peoyle with whom he was hiding, that he would be present at the fight that night. The sporting editor led Gallegher pped and was in o eab is way to the homu of the at di erand hhis her exy into his library and -shur tho door. “*Now,” he said, “go over all that aguin,” Gallegher went over it agin indefail, and adled how he had sent for Hefile- finger to make the ariest in order that itmight be kept from the knowledge of the loeal policeand from the Philadel- phin_reporters, “What [ want Hefllefinger todo Is to | p arrest Hado with the warrant he has for the burgter, oeplilned Galleghor, tand to take him on to New York on the oyl trin that pases Torresdue. at o'clock. Ttdon't gt to Jersey until 4 o’clock, one houwr after the moming pupers go to press. Of course, we must fix Hefllofinger so’ hell keep quictand not tell who his prisoner really is.” Thesporting editor reached his hand out topat Gallegher on the lead, but changed his mind and shook hands with ‘youare un infant can pull the rest of mean the #5,000 reward and fame galore for you and the paper. Now, I'm going to write anoto to the mamging editor,and you cun take it around to him and tell him what you've done and what I am going 10 do,and he'lll take you back on the Tom If phengmenon. . this thingoff tonight it will pawperandraise your salary. Perhaps youdidn’tknow you've beendischarged “Do you think you ain't agoing to take me with you?” demanded Gulle- cortainly not, Why should 17 3 with the deteetive and myself You've done your share, and done 1f the man’s caught the reward Butyou'd only be inthe way now. You'd better goto the office and make your pesce with the chief.” “Ifthe paper en get along without me, T ean get along without tho old 1mpc|'," suid Gallegher, hotly. **And if ain't a-going with you, you ain't neither, for I know where HefMlefinger is to be and you don’t, and I won't tell ou.” “Oh, very vell,verywell,” vopliel the sporting editor, weakly capitulating, “I'll send thenote by a messenger; only mind, if you lose your place, don’t hlame me. Gallegher wondered how this man could value a week’s salary acainst the excitement of seeing a noted eriminal run down, and of getting the news to the paper, and to that one paper alone, From that moment thoe sporting edi- tor sank in ( gher's.estimation. Mr. Dwyersat down at hisdesk and seribbled off the following note: I lave received reliable information that Hade the Burrbauk murderer, will be pres- cut at the fight tonight. We have armnged itso that he will be amested quietly and in such o munner that the fact may be kept fromull other papers. I need nob point out to you that that this will be the most im- portant piece of news in the country tomor- row. Yours, ete., MicmaeL E Dw, ER. The sporting editor stepped into the waiting cab, while Gall whispered the directic . Ho was told to go first to adistrict messengor offico, and from thers up the Ridge avenue rond,out Broad streetandon to the old Fagle inn, near Torresdale, Itwasa miserable night. The rain and snow were falling together, and freezing as they fell. The sporting edi- tor got out to send his messa Press office, and then lighting a and turning up the collar of his great cont, cutled up in the corner of the cab, *Wake me when we et there, Gallo- gher” he sald. ITe knew he had a long ride, and much rapid work before him, and he was preparing for the strain. To Gallegher the idea of going to sleep seemed almost minal. From the dark corner of the cab hiseyesshone with ex ment,and with the awlul joy of anticipation. He glanced overy now and then to where the reporting editor's cigar shone in the®darkness,and watched it ns it gradually bumt moredimly and vont out. The lights in the shop win- dows threw a broad glare across (he i on the pavements, and the lights from the lamp posts tossed the distorted shad- owsof the ¢ Tow. it well. is you b and the horse and the mo- r sometimes Dbefore and sometimes b nd ther After half an hour Gallegher slipped down to the bottom of the cab and dragged out a lap robe, in which he wrapped himsell, It was groving colder and the damp, keen wind sweptin through the cracks until the window- frames and woolwork wore cold to the touch. **Cosh, but you're in Iuck.’!oaulnud An hour passed and the cab was still civilization, shone from the end ofa new block of houses, and the rubber cap of an occasional policoman showed fn the light of the lamp-post that he hugged for comfort. Then even the houses disappeared and thecabdragged its way between truck farms, w dosolate-looking, glass- coveredbeds, anl _pools of water, half- cnked with ice, and bare trees and in- terminable fonte alto- Once or tyice the cab stopped gether, and Gullegher could hear the ariver swearing to himsell, or at the horse, or tho ronds. At last they drow up before the &tition at Torresdale. It was quite desorted, nnd only asingle light cuta swath in the darkness and showed a portion of the platform, the ties, and the rails glistening in the rain, They walked twice past the light before a figurestepped out of the shadow and greeted them cautiously. “Lam My, Dyyer, of the Pres: Hnwamrling editor, briskly. *‘You've heard of me, perhaps. “Well, there shouldn't beanydifficulty in our malking a deal, should tler This boy here has found Hade,andwe have re lieve he will be among the spectators thefight tonight, We want you to avrest him quietly, and as secretly as possible. Y ou can doit with your papers and your badge eusily enongh, We wantyou to pretend that you believe he s this bur- sane over after, 1f youwilldo ke him away without anyone suspeeting who he really | and on the trainthat pases hereat for Now York, ve will give you outof the $),000 reward, If, how one other puper, either in Now York Philadelphia, or anywhere else, knows of the arrest, you won't get acent. Now, what do you say! The detective had a great deal to say. Ho wasn't atall sure the man G suspected was Hade, he get himsell into trouble by making a falie arrest, andif it should be the man hewas afraid the local police would in torfere, “We've no time to argue or debite this matter,” said Dwyer, warmly. ““We ¢ o o point lo out toy the crowd. After fightis over you avrest him us we have directed and you get the money and the creditof the avrest. If you don't like this I will avrest the man myself,and have him driven to town, with a pistol fora war- rant.”? Hefflofinger conside then agreel unconditionally. th Mr. Dwyer,’”” he returned. ve heard of wou fora thoroughbred sport. 1 knowyou'll do what gou say you'll dos s for me T11 do 4 you suy, and it of work as it stand They all stepped back into the eab, nd then it was that they were metl a fresh diffieulty, how to get the detect| into the barn where the fight was to take place, for neither of the two men hud $250 to pay for his admittance. But this w overcomew hen € remembered the window of wh Keppler had told him, In the event of Hade's losi and not daring to show himself in the crowd pround the ring it was agreed that Dwyershould cometo the barn and Tt if he should el o kceep mear hjm and <uify by a prearanged gesture which one of The erowd he was. They drew up hefore a great black shadow of 8 house, dark, forbidding, and apparently deserbed. But at the sound of tiie wheelSon the gravelthe dooropened, letting out a stream of warm, cheerful light, and a man’s voice *‘Put out those lights. Don’t you'se know no bet- ter than that?? This Keppler, and he welcomed Mr, Dwyer with effusive courtesy. The twomen'showed in the stream of light and the dbor closed onthem, leav- ing the house us it at fivst, blackand silent savefor the dripping of the rin and snow from the eaves. The detective and Gullegher put out the cab’s limpsand led the horsetoward along, low shed inthe rear of the yard, which they now noticed was aimost filled with teims of many different makes, from the Hobson’s choice of a liverystable tothebrougham of the man about tow “No,” suid Gallegher, as the cabman stopped to hitch the horse beside the very pretly others, “‘we wantit r st that lower gute. When_we newspaper men loave this place we’ll leave it ina hurry,and the man who is nearest town is likely to got there first, You won't be a follow- ing no hearse when you make your re- turn tip.” Gallegher tled the horse to the very gutepost himself, leaving the gate open and allowing o clear roadanda flying start lor the prospeetive race to Now: paper Row. L2 The driver disippeired under the shelter of the pord d Gallegher and the dotective moved off cautiously to the rear of the b “This must be the window,” r, pointing to abroud wooden shutter some feet from the ground. st you give me a hgostonce got that openin a jifly,” said gher: The detective placed his hands on his knees and Gallegher stood upon his shouldersand with theblade of his knife lifted the wooden button that fastened the window on the inside and pulled the shutter open. Then he put one leg inside over the sill, and leaning down helped to deaw his fellow-conspirator up toa level with the window “I feel just like T was burglarizing a house,” ‘chuckled Galle- gheras he dropped noisclessly to the v and refastened the shutter, wa wge one, with a row of stallson either side in which horses cows were dozing. There was a hay- mow overeach row of stalls, and at one end of the barn a number of fence rails had beenthrown across from one mow {0 the othe: These mils were covered with hay. In the middle of the floor was the ving, It was not reully a ving, but a square, with wooden posts at its four cor- ners through which n a heavy rope, The space inclosed by the rope was coy- ored with sawdust, Gallegler coull not resist stepping into the ring, and afterstamping the sawdust once or twice, us if to assure himself that he was really there, began ng around it and indulging insuch a remarkable series of fistic mancauy res with an imaginary adversary that the unimagimtive detective precipitately backed into agorner of the barn. Now, then,”” said Gallegher, having appuvently vanguished his fos, *you come with me His companion Tol- lowed quickly,ss Gallegher climbed to one of the haymows, and crawling eare- | fullyout on the fence railsstretched himself at fulk length, face downward, In this position. by moving the straw a little, he could leok down,without being himself seen, npion the headsof whom- soever stood below. his is better’na private hox, sin’tit?" said Gallegher. The boy from the newspaper office and | the detective lny there in silence, biting at sirawsand tossing anxiously on their comfortable bed. Itseened (uily two hours before they came, Gallegher had listened without breathing, and with every muscleona nd 1°H Galle- "days when brave | was that tho fight h or, worst of all, th until 5o lnte that A bheen postponed, hat it would be put off Mr, Dwyercould not getback in time for the last edition of the paper. Thelr coming, when at last they came, was heralded by an advance guard of two sporting men, who sta- tioned themselves ateither side of the big door. SHuery up, now, men said with ashi ents,” one of the “don't keep this door open no longer'n is needful, It was nota very large crowd, but it well selected. It ran, ih the majority of its competent parts, arl buttons, to lieavy white conts with p The white coats wero shouldered by Tong § with ast han furtrimmings, wearer of which presorved a ness not remarkable when one cons that they believed every one clso | ent to ho either fighter. There were well-fed, clubmen and hrokers in politician or two, & popular comedian with his nagoer, amateur boxers from the athletic ibs, and quiet, close- monthed sporting men from every city in the country. Their names, if printed in_the pa would have been as fa- miliar as the types of the papers thel selves, And among these men, whose only thought was of the brutal sport to come, was Hade, with Dwyer standing at s at h houlder—H , whiteandyv! in deep anxiety, hiding his pale face hi- neath ucloth veling-eap, and with hischin muflled ina woeolensearf He had red to come because he foared his danger from the alrendy suspicious Keppler was less than if he A And solo was there, hov oly on the border of the crowd, fecling his danger and sick with fear, When HefMefi or first saw him he started up on his handsand elbows and made & movement forward as if he would leap down then and there and carry off his prisoner single-handed “Lie down,” growled 1le officer of any sort wouldn’t minutes in that crowd.” The detective drew back slowly and again buried himself in the straw, but never once through the long fight which three liv followed did hiseyes leave the person of the murderer. The newspaper men took their places in the foremost row close around the ring and kept looking at their watches and be ng themaster of ceremor *shake it up, ¢o.” There w. at deal of betting and allof the men handled the great roll of bills they 2d with a flippant reck- 1 could only be accounted mind” by temporary ment. Some 6ne pulled a box out into the rng andthemaster of ceremonios mounted it and pointed out in forcible la thatas they were almost all alr under bonds to keep the peace, it behooved allto curb heir ement and to maintain a vere silenco unless they wanted to bring the police upon them and have them- selves “sent down’ for a year or twc two very disreputable-loo! persons tossed their respective prin pals’ high hats into the ring. and the erowd, recognizing in this relic of the kmghts threw down their gauntlets in the 1ists as only & sign that the fight was aboutto begin,cheered tumultuously. This was followed by a sudden surging forward, and a wmutter of admirati much more flattering than the cheers had been; when the principils followed thoir hats,and slipping out of their great l 1 conts stood forth in all the physical benuty of the perfe Their pink skin soft and healthy looking as a baby’s, and glowed inthe lights of the lantc ko tinted vory, and underneath this sillcen cover- ing the great biceps and muscles moved inand out and looked like the coils of o snoke around the branch of a treo. Gentleman and blackguard dered cachother for a nearer view: the conchmen, whose metal buttons were unpleasantly suggestive of police, put | their hands, in the exeitement of themo- ment on the shoulders of their maste the perspiration stood out in great drops | on the forcheads of the backersund the newspaper men bit somewhat nervously attheends of their pencils. Andin the stalls the cows munched | contentedly at their cuds and gazed | with gentle curiosity at their twofellow- | brutes, who stood waiting the signal to fall upon, and kill each other, if need for the delectation of their hrothers. ake your y commanded the master of ceremoui In the moment in which the two men faced each other thecrowd became so still that, save for the beating of the sin upon tho shingled roof and the shout- stamping of ahorse in oneof the stalls, was us silent as a church. * commanded the mas- tor of ceremonies. Two great, bruised, misshapen fists touched h other for an instant, the tvo men sprang buck into psture of defense, which was lost as quickly as it wis taken, One greatarm shot outlike a piston-rod. there was the sound of bave fists beating on naked flesh, there was an exultant, indeawn gasp of = pleasure and relief from the crowd the g ht had begun. How the fortunes of war rose and fell and changed and rechanged that night, isan old story to those who listen tosuch stories, and those whodo not will beglad 10 be spared the tellimg of it. It w they suy, one of the bitterest fights b tween two men this country hasev known. Butall thatis of interest here is that -an hour of this d brutal , the champion the man whom he had taunted and bullied, and for whom the publichad but Little sympathy was proving himsell a likely winner, and under his cruel | blows, as sharp and clean as those from | acutliss, his_opponent was rapidly giv- ing way. The men about the ropes were J all trol now. They drowned Keppl petitions for silence with oaths and in in- artieulato shouts of rage, as if the blows had fallen upon them, and in mad rejoic: ings. 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