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When they reached Taloona they found the place on fire. The sub-inspector was outside with his head smashed, and Mr. Dudgeon, with a bullet through him and his hands handcuffed behind his back, lying on the floor of the hut. They saw the glare of the fire through the trees and only galloped up just in time to get the old man out. He's in a bad way, Conlon said, and so is the sub-inspector."
There wasn't much time left. I got my instructions about handling the New York telephone system to-day." As we came out into the street. I saw Rohan handcuffed to two big marines, and rows of bayonets gleaming in the darkness down the streets. Every few moments a bright flare shot out from the planes in the sky, until a squad located the power-house and turned on all the lights they could find.
The two men certainly tried to draw revolvers, but we were too many for 'em, and as they'd tried that game, I had 'em handcuffed there and then. It was all an affair of a moment and of course, they saw it was all up. Now, equally of course, Mr.
It is the sixth, ain't it?" he jeered, turning to the handcuffed man on the lounge. "The sixth is correct," answered Jim coolly, meeting him eye to eye. "You wouldn't talk that way if Clanton was free," said Goodheart. "You're taggin' yoreself a bully an' a cheap skate when you do it." "Say, is that any of yore business, Mr. Deputy Sheriff?" "It is when you talk to my prisoner.
He need not be called to give evidence unless we think it to be of importance, but he had better be in attendance. The prisoners are remanded until this day week." An hour later the three prisoners, handcuffed, were driven under an escort of three armed constables to Croydon Jail.
There was a struggle between Don Luis and the soldiers. Two other soldiers came to their aid, and Click! snap! Montez was securely handcuffed. "Take them off!" screamed Montez, paling like one about to die. "Senor Honda, this is an outrage, and you shall " "Peace, fellow! Hold your tongue!" ordered Honda. "Do you not understand?
He was condemned to transportation. Six weeks afterwards, one January night, a gaoler awoke him and locked him up in a courtyard with more than four hundred other prisoners. An hour later this first detachment started for the pontoons and exile, handcuffed and guarded by a double file of gendarmes with loaded muskets.
It stopped in front of the house and presently two blue-coats saluted their superior and then picked up the boy, but before they carried him to the waiting police patrol the captain told them that as he had come home for dinner a little earlier than usual, he had divested himself of his heavy pistol and then, while he was taking a mid-day rest upon the parlor lounge he had watched the boy sneaking into the room, picking up the revolver from the center table, and then he pictured to the policemen how he had quietly arisen from the lounge and like a bolt from the blue sky made a prisoner of the chap, whom he described as a most dangerous sneak thief he did not know the true story of the boy's past nor that not two weeks had elapsed since the same handcuffed lad would have willingly laid down his life before he would have permitted himself to stoop so low as to touch property belonging to another person with the intention of stealing same, nor was the captain acquainted with the fact that a tramp within an even shorter space of time had killed this honesty, had spoiled the future and virtually wrecked the life of the lad by forcing him to become his road kid.
The eye rests on the dykes with a feeling almost of satisfaction and gratitude, as on the brigand when he is safely handcuffed and in the hands of the police.
There was a glimmer, a click; and the man stood handcuffed. "Sit down on the grass with your back against that tree. Make yourself comfortable." Deal squatted awkwardly, settled, and turned a pallid face to the Messenger. "What'n hell's this mean?" he demanded. "Don't move and don't shout," said the Messenger. "If you do I'll have to gag you. I'm only going over there to take a look at your bees."
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