A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 93: what you’re looking at

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LEAGUE OF THREE. firected blow knocked the man back into the room. The man uttered acry. He yelled: “Thieves! murder! rob- bery!” and Madie heard the door of the room below open. - He made a dash down the stairs. .A man stocd there to recelve him. “You villain!” cried the man, and he made a Meantime the lady was screaming with all her yoice: “Murder! murder! murder!” 2 rab. Had Madie been wise he would have stopped right there, permitted himself to be captured, and would have explained all; but on the contrary he felt it would not do to be taken, aid jumped right on to the man at the foot of the stairs. A struggle followed, and the lady came to the assistance of her husband and in her excitement she used a cushion from off the sofa, with which she beat our hero over the head. At the same time a second female voice was heard screaming: “Murder! murder! murder!” the man also, whom our hero had first met, came rushing down the stairs. He carried a cocked pistol in his hand and would have fired had not the gentleman with whom Madie was lt was struggling called out: “ Hold on; don’t shoot!” not consideration for the intruder that led him to protest. Madie finally got loose and mada adash down the stairs, and he heard the bang of a pistol and indeed heard the bullet sing He feared he might get the bullet himself. his head. He reached the door and managed ; past to open it, thinking he was all right, when lo, he ran straight into the arms of an officer. The lad was not prepared to sur- vender. Qn the contrary, he struggled with the officer and it is doubtful how the struggle would have ended had not Patsy skipped up on the stoop, and, catching the offi- eer by the legs, threw him off his feet. As the policeman fell he dragged Madie with him, but our hero was agile and strong and managed to wrench himself free, and away he and Patsy sped. They were just in time, for three other police appeared, running toward them. (E m e ,JOOK (E(O)