A Young Inventor's Pluck; or, The Mystery of the Willington Legacy

in his eyes, Jack returned to his senses. A thin stream of blood trickled

first thought as he gathered his scattered facult

to rise, and when he finally did so, he f

nt. "To strike me unawares. I knew he dislike

could he have understood--the bi

o have the young machinist occupying a position he thought his son should ha

tally dark, whether because it had no window

coming up from beneath, applied his eye to

y below, and knew at once that he was in the lowes

here," he said to himself

of lifting the latch, when it was thrown open, and by the the rays of a lantern tha

was Mosey's greeting, as he set down the lan

ave to treat me in this shameful m

man; "it will teach ye a lesson n

t what I believe to be true

, ye can suffer for thinking wron

his way than his brother-in-law. "Never mind what you've done, and what you

an scratch

to let him

h his pockets," s

red an ex

?" he demanded; "

nist did not yet know that this m

lly. "Put your back to the door,

man, and in his present condition Jack kne

nt?" asked the

you have with yo

ment it had received. He did not wish to cou

l had given him, and a copy of his agreement with Mr.

served Corrigan, tossing over the te

eement, he held it near the lantern and read it carefully. It seemed to interest him gre

ight?" exclaimed Jack, whose

ll it, I suppose we do

e determined to submit no longer. He noticed that Mosey had unconsciou

his long arm he caught the young machinist by the coll

his strength. He caught his antagonist by th

!" screamed Corrigan, t

upon the left arm, and retaliated by landing one square from the shoulder on the Irishman's nasal organ. He did

cond time, when Corrigan, with a vile exclamation, seized the heavy brass lantern

st, and before he could recover he was

bewilderment. Jack's unexpected att

ho was well-nigh winded; "we'll bind him so

isappeared for

his hand, with which the two bound the

ed their work. "Come on," and taking up the lantern, which in spite of its

en alone. "So far, my exertions to gain freedom haven't amounted to anythi

g effort managed, though not without p

sely to allow of a similar proceeding, and he ende

his, he began to rub the cord along the edge in the hope of severing it, but the improvised saw--if it m

id to himself: "but it's bound

ide on the stairs, and a moment lat

f intoxication, and his

xclaimed. "Saying I sthole yer match-box an'

XCLAIMED. "SAYIN' I STHOLE YER MATCH-BOX AN'

ke he brought it down with full force on Jack's

ed Mosey, as he dragged the half

cried Jack, in

t the young machinist was being swept by the rushin