| Show TOM ROCKET by short J j IL rom T t was a high beama wayma nn ne eer rh him I 1 om an i rathers rather s name was wa not rocket anh h be sa was tried for his life at be waa mati arraigned ag as ha jackson and they bere ere park about names then if ou indicted u man aa as jim and his hi true dame name war wai loe joe he got off and when hen the jj 1 wa a altered so that they could ret set ew aw bors right at the trial people ic lei wise lawyer layer said aid that the british c r a being pulled up roo too branch my ather was as a alou eifrid r man he lie stood six feet three in ii stockings gt and measured mett aured 36 int in if te across hs Is i ft at he lie was as a Is law and as at the time I 1 have haie engaged in a great tithe cause inu was to be tried at warwick pring spring w v he sizes so shortly before vi he had to go over to look up III the evi OVI dence there was no cross country coach so he rode and being aa as I 1 have said a brave brae man he lode todo alone he lie had ridden ten when hen it in came to i wooden bridge that there w was as in davs das over oer thy the kon von just beyond ft it rose a stiff ih hill it tho the top of which way am a sudden bend in the rodd hist lust as my father re ached this turn a horseman sudden ly IY hed he d round upon mm lan and bade him baand an I 1 dellera del lerl it was A as tom rocket in a beconi my fathers pis tola were out cocked and snapped within a ard of the tho highway highwayman mans a chast but one after the other they missed fire fl ea you ve ie given glen me nie ade a deil it of trouble said aid tom toni so juht juia hand over your 1 I 41 IN 1 a tm ap V purse without any more ado or by G d ill send a bullet through your skull just there and he laid the cold It nuzzle of his pistol u u my fa there fore forehead bead just between his eyes my father made a virtue of necee feces at and q dietly II etly handed over oer ahli b 3 P purse urse aluch luch good may it do you he said for there s only ree and sixpence six pence ib ir it 0 o for your pocketbook said tom not heeding him pocketbook inquired my turning a little pale aye pocketbook tom toni repeated a thick black one it ie 18 in the left hand pocket of riding coat here it I 1 said in father you know so mi bout it thit you can tell what hat its contents are worth ill see tom replied quietly tak ing out and unfolding half a dozen ie gal looking document documents they are law papers not worth a rush to you or anyone else said my father then tom replied I 1 may teal teat them lip tip and he be made an its though he h would do so hold told on your life my fathel shouted ell struggling hard but in vain tn n rise don t be cross aid said toni it dont don t become you to look took red in th thi face no attend me he continued in an altered tone do ou eee see tha thal bridge 1 ell there a a heap of atone in the center lan inn t there very wry rood good if it you will ill place aie guinea in gold in a bag amt rast these ee stone at t twelve clock at night this aty diy week you shall find lour and all its contents content t in the sanit place two hours afterward how am RM I 1 to know that you ou will ill keep our boril tn father replied a it little softened by the hope of angain ing even at so beav i pace pi ice the pa pera pers that were vere in invaluable valuable to him film ini lorn rocket replied the roh ber securing the pocket pocketbook boOl upon hn his person and what I 1 mean 1 and what I 1 deiy I 1 tick stick to sow now get up and mind he idled fd F d led a father sprang tu bis his tt ff my pi tola don dont t miss lire fire I 1 shall live to eee be you bani backed ted my father muttered adjusting hie his dered adert tl drafs shall I 1 help you to catch YO your ur boree tom toni asked politely it never reel rest all I 1 lodge you in lall fall mid said my fath father er saia savagely gely ghe my compliments to yi pointing inting to his nife fe aid said torn TOM mo horse conf 0 u hiir yn ur impudence howled iny fabb father e r arty a A good light said id tom with a wave or of hie big hand and turning sharp round he be jumped jumpe his horse over the fence and wag was out of eight in a moment it was not quite fair ot of my rather father I 1 must own but he determined to act set a trip tor for tom toni rocket baited batted with the five hundred guinea guineas at the bridge he lie posted up to I 1 ondia saw brad chaw isha a famous how bow street runner and arranged that he and his men should coma come down and help to catch tom but just at the laet last moment bradshaw Bradi Ura deha haw was detained upon eon son e im go trial and so an other runner fraser a no lesa less cele berated took his place it wan was settled that the runners hould should come by different roads and all met moet at a adside inn about five miles froli thy the bridge at eight 0 clock P 1 m un on th the day my father a pocket book was to be returned V father was a little late at the place of meeting but when he alried there he could wr if no one about e ex capt a loutish looking countryman in a smock froc roe who wab s swinging ginging on a gate haid bv good nought maester said my yokel good night to ou oil said my father can ye tell me who ho this yer yet letters letter a fra said the ukel producing a fold ed paper my father saw in a moment that it was as his own latr Lt tr to bradshaw Hrad shaw chere here did ou oil get that he said quickly ah the yokel replacing it in his pocket thit ud be bellins be yer yet expecting anybody hats that to loua said my fa ther oh nought wild the yokel only a gentleman from I 1 ondon iia ila cried my fataei what hat gen clemin name naine beginning with r suit you asked the yokel fraser the wod word fell harily from my father lips I 1 that a the nan P replied the yokel jueling down from rom his hh seat and find changing his toni tont and manner in I 1 inc ment I 1 ili eraser fraser and you re to mr nit San Sandl diger ger as has be robbed ot of a pocketbook containing w u danble ai pers had up were re going to catch ton tom rocket at has got it that a our gime sl sli ml 11 right sir now to hut but where are your men my fi pi her ther asked when fr friser aser had find d the reason for his disguise 11 right agian sir air said sald the run ncr net the v hlll ill join us I 1 e ha has 0 nut not much time to lose so please to lend leid the way rhia was his plan two of his men were to lie hidden on each hur but die dle while bile he and my father in ili a boat that was concealed beneath le neath the arch of the bridge unseen themselves thenis elies could watch the heap of stones where here the money was to be placed and the stolen pocketbook locket book left in charge ex for it As soon as tom rocket or any of hi his s friends removed the bag it in which the gold was packed fraser was to and his men were to climb from their hiding places and secure whoever it might bb be if it he leaped over ever the railing of the causeway and took to the water there wae was the boat in v aich to follow him my vy father gave him the bag saw him write upon it and make some scratches on about a dozen of the guineas and then my father let him self down into the boat in which he was dimmed immediately I 1 abely joined by the runner it its a all right said fraser in a low tone do you think he will come anis my father certain replied fraser but hush we must not talk sir air tim alms s up for three mortal loure hours did my fa sit in that boat and alid the runners lay jay stretched out oa an the broad of their bicks upon those hurdle hurdles watching for tom rocket to comfor his money moncy and for three mortal hours not a soul approached the bridge not a it round but the wash ash of the swollen river was nas devid by the time that the clock struck three my father who ha I 1 been nodding for the last 20 min aites fell fast asleep ns he sit wit covered up tip in tn his cloak for it was a bitter cold night but was very speedily dlly edily aroused by hearing eraser fraser cry out that they were adrift my father was for returning direct ly to the bridge and so was fraser but somehow or other they lost tach other in the dark and when hen ni father arrived there ha having ing run ne irly all it ue e w ay he found to his great surprise jur prise that tat the officers had left lie ile rushed to the heap of and there tho the first thing that caught hie his eye was his to the money was gone lord how he did swear determining g to i nave it out with tho the runners for deserting their posts he hurried on to the inn tied into live chairs hand and foot trussed up tip tike like so many turkeys with five gage in their five months and their five pairs of eyes glaring at him owl oi ehly sat at the real mr eraser fraser and his four how bow street runners tom rocket had hat manazer the business at thi bridge himi elt alpon examining hia his pocketbook mv father found all hie his documents and it paper on which was written these wore ny d 2 writing writings I 1 coull have ha rainel YOU I 1 n loins e wo I 1 hoeu choam hav hay injured your chent client I 1 respect tor I 1 or his make I 1 deev iny word wort I 1 though you 01 have played rn II 11 HT here mr air joh paused and smoked for some time in silence and what hat became of tom asked one of the company y ell replied mr nit josh after having been tried three ames 1 a and ad getting J off upon some u law quibble on each I 1 oc occa callon he who ho had robbed to the worth of chousa thousand ads qt of pounds at and d es e taped wae was executed at for stealing an all old bridle I 1 |
