The String of Pearls; or, The Barber of Fleet Street — page 385: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE STRING OF PEARLS. 377 who bore, as a weapon of offence and defence, the large kitchen poker, which was of a glowing red heat. Todd caught a teuch of it on his face. “Oh, you villain of the world!” cried Mrs. Ragg, “I’ll teach you to come here murdering people. My poor Tok a3 is no more, I know > but I’ll take the law of you, | will, Murder! murder! Police! Colonel!” — | y —— = a +e - E & £EEL, z. a a a SN a a Oa ONS Pern il| CNA NAA GY) ge \. ( A X \ \ / ‘ Ses = 9g peer <prev = ag =A cee nl Selene ae oom AG st Se Sa a ats gala Sar verano pes aoe es ome eae — Sa rete Sas RSS et a ie: Z: Z Pati ae ZS ee Dees - Po MR. LUPIN UNMASKED, With an alacrity, that was far beyond to all appearance Mrs. Ragg’s powers, that good lady pursued Todd with the red-hot poker.. He dared not take refuge in Tobias’s room, for there stood Minna with the pistols in her hand, so he darted up the first flight of stairs he saw, which led to the top of the house. Mrs. Ragg pursued him; but when she got to the head of the stairs, Minna pressed too hard upon the hair-trigger of one of the pistols, and off it went. saeemiell Sea sa creo neitatinniniciendl Re Rittaaee epee soe No, 48, comicbooks.com