StNicholas [serial] . ingsome queer shadowy figures (for it was dusk), whichseemed to be running along in the tree-tops beside them,he asked if she knew what they hurriedly muttered somethingabout their being monkeys. It wasgrowing dark, and a queer feelingthat something was going to happencame over him which he could notdrive away, so he galloped alongfaster than ever. After riding for some minutes hefelt a stealthy movement back of turned sharply, and saw in thewomans hand a slender silk cordwhich she was about to put aroundhis neck. Catching her hands hedrew his pistol and t
StNicholas [serial] . ingsome queer shadowy figures (for it was dusk), whichseemed to be running along in the tree-tops beside them,he asked if she knew what they hurriedly muttered somethingabout their being monkeys. It wasgrowing dark, and a queer feelingthat something was going to happencame over him which he could notdrive away, so he galloped alongfaster than ever. After riding for some minutes hefelt a stealthy movement back of turned sharply, and saw in thewomans hand a slender silk cordwhich she was about to put aroundhis neck. Catching her hands hedrew his pistol and threatened toshoot her, but let her slip to theground. She ran across the road,and disappeared into the jungle. He had lived in India for so manyyears that he knew what this woman was a Thug, and thefigures, her companions waiting forhim to be killed. Their religion doesnot allow them to shed any blood insacrificing people, so they always carrythis kind of cord to strangle them. 1908.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 473. After making a little safe, with a lock of the kind he hadjust invented, he took it to Wall Street and chained it se-curely to a lamppost. Inside he put a thousand dollars,and placed a sign on top announcing that any one whocould open the lock, or in any other way get at the thou-sand dollars, could have the money. After leaving the safe chained on Wall Street a long time,he returned, and, upon opening it, found the thousand dol-lars still inside. After a while he sold the patent, and the lock has beendeveloped into the present combination safe lock. The safe is still in our family, and is very lock was called the Patent Combination Lock. The key is six and one fourth inches long, and weighssix and one half ounces. There are sixteen tongues orwards on this key. By removing a screw on the end ofthe key, these wards can be changed and the key left onthe safe, yet nobody can open it unless they know how itwas arranged at first. At the time of the inv
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