Show COL BRAVERY ills Alu amiable lible service to timid wah wash th there re balady lady in this city who is suppo sou A to ath possessor of na I 1 blives i with aher her four daughters in intone rone 0 of f the finear bouses houses in town saye says william R cartis the washington correspondent of the chicago news the olber other day col ludlow af the tha isan army y who ie on service here a COMM commissioner 0 ker of the tle district of colombia columbia called nt at the widows mansion and to his kis surprise 0 after ringing several t times times the door was opened ringing by y one of the daughters who seemed to be greatly agitated oli col ludlow she sobbed pin 60 0 o o o oh glad youve youre come im jim eo go oo o o aoh o oh glad youve come what on earth is the matter matte exclaimed the handsome commissioner co ca o o o o me this e s s rs s way she aie said between her sobe mo o o o othere others in in the library and shell be eo so o o 6 o o glad youve come the colonel was conducted to the library where he found that the mother and stud daughters had locked themselves in with fr great cit difficulty they explained that the irish butler was roaring drunk and with a bi big earring knife in his h band 2 had threater threat threatened eM t to but butcher mer the entire family the had taken refuge in the attic and the lady of the b house ouse with her dau daughters biters had run into the library and locking the door were await awaiting irig bockini dot I 1 the their horlib horrible e fate they bey were unable to a get t out of the house and 1 it t cidred a great deal of courage for the young lady to answer the door but she had done so hoping that some one might night be there who would rescue them theme and the gallant ludlow was the man where is tafe brute exclaimed the valiant colonel the ladies did not know the last they saw of him he lie was chasing the tike footman up beair trying at ev every cry step to carve carye him up into small pieces have you p got A a gun or something of that sort around the hoai house asked the would bo be rescuer they had bad an old pistol somewhere up elaire in a they explained pla ined of course responded the colonel colon ea women n always keep at their 11 pistols upstairs somewhere in a trunk hate you a good stout cluba dab 1 no 6 5 t they aey have any clubs club not ey eyen e n a c cane ane the nearest approach to it was a light riding wap the colonel looked around the place with the eye of a sapper rapper and miner and selected a handsome silver mounted poker which he grasped and aid sallied rallied forth to meet the enemy who appeared to be to in trenched in some part of the basement the colonel continued his scouting expedition edicio till he discovered hig his man in in a bedroom in lin in the basement In engaged in cutting the tails off several liand handsome some ca coata ats of livery with a pair of siss ors come out of that cried ludlow who the d 1 are you asked the butler im a police lice co commissioner missioner was the reply a and ive como come to arrest you for frightening these ladies if you dont come along peaceably ill rap you over the head ead with this pok poker 0 r eilf I 1 where heres that carving knife knifer ite its is in the kitch kitchen en sor was the meek reply well then continued ludlow come out of that right away I 1 will have tv to lake take you to the station the man got down on hia his knees and commenced to beg for mercy he ile saw the fire in the colonels eye he said raid that he was sick and had taken a drop too much which had thrown him into a delirium ile want lantto to go to the elation station for he would lose his character if people knew he was arrested the colonel parleyed with him found be to was a married man and promised not to arrest him hini if he would go home and behave himself does know the old woman be he asked what old comai woman inquired the colonel no I 1 dont know your wife if ez did be axin me to 10 io a homo wit colonel finally persuaded the man t to 0 U leave ai th the house which be did wearing in g ene of the livery co coats with the the ab b revolted reval ted tails the widow and her daughters regard col ludlow as t the e bravest and the handsomest man in in washington I 1 ond d if be was not fiot aheady curried theres no telling what might come conic of it |