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He glared ; av n | detective paid no attention to him. ‘The house was m the wildest confu- «sion. . ‘The men wht had been carrying the bags for plunder, not being familiar with ‘the theatre, or wishing perhaps to get out quicker, had mot gone through the ~~ ™Musician’s place to the steps beneath the Brot stage, but. were trying to clamber upon ae e stage from the front. “aE - Only one man had succeeded in getting _ to the stage when T'rim arrived there. aa The detective gave this man a right- hander that sent him back into the or- chests. -Shrieking and screaming parts of the house. _. ‘frim fired his revolve: into the air to attract attention. nost Eamantty the house ota for arose from all a e = Only the men with black masks were Sa Pome 5 around hoping to get out of the BE sana that they themgelves had eS “No harm will come to the decent peo- ane ple in this place,”’ shouted Trim, ‘‘but _ the first man with a mask who makes an- E = et ac will get a bullet in his ood a Pts had a few min- utes | “before, cause to StF “There is no gs Fee any ar,”” he said, “excepting to tl are acting — Ger orders of Jan, the De. **T will certainly shoot any of them as fF sho . OY “if he moves his head.”? | 7. : | a Tp 1 Tb | mA ’ 7 ia” barri- aeeeves in each out of the theatre ak f 7 ts i 7. a -- a - 1,” x a ’ a 7 7 + hammering from m front and shortly after a large detachment of police forced their way into the theatre and arrested all of Jan’s gang. The leader wounded. He made no confession, Dut iad of his confederates told the whole story J the great plot. The attempt tupon Blanco’ s life had been made by fan because he had tried vainly to induce Blanco to join the con- spiracy. The general had ‘vefased ‘indignantly and Jan had, therefore, tried to put him out of the way for fear of exposure. Then when Jan knew that a detective was coming from New York he madea great plan for capturing him. His first step was to burn the railroad bridge so as to stop the detective at a point distant from the city. ? Jan himself in disguise was at the ra- vine when the train stopped. It was not difficult for a man as shrewd as he was to pick out Trim as the detec- proved to be mortally tive. : e, therefore, poin ted him out to-the driver, who managed as has been peor a to get Trim as a passenger. The attack in the > woods followed, Jan being the one who held the bull’s eye lantern. | oe Later, when Jan knew that Trim was _ suspicious of him, he had ordered all his Confederates to assemble at. en oety the outskirts of the city. ae Then pretended to dodge Trim in order to induce the detective to follow him. Knowing that Trim was within hea we ing he had then made his * ‘honest’? speech to his Confederates whom Trim supposed to be ordinary workmen, — ts _There ‘was tittle else to 4 ex P' a in ed F ple nid Puebla } had ateels was told re Per ‘ez to € ‘the eeneral scl ag a er hes