"Vos a yarn comin"?"
"That"s none o" yer business, As I was a.s.sayin---"
But he got no farther.
Fritz grabbed his accordeon and began to play.
Tim paused with a look of pain and horror on his face.
"Haul to, thar!" he bellowed.
"I can"t. I vos vound up ter "blay dwendy-four hours," grinned Fritz, grinding away furiously.
"Gee whiz! Yer"ll set me looney."
"Noddings vould blease me besser."
"Are yer goin" ter stop?"
"Nien!"
"Then yer a dead Dutchman!"
And so saying Tim chased him into the store-room of the Terror, where the parrot and monkey were roosting, and a moment afterwards the four became tangled up in a struggle that shook the stage like an earthquake.
It did not last long.
When Tim, Fritz, Whiskers and Bismarck emerged from the room, they looked as if they had been pa.s.sed through a threshing machine, but they were on terms of good fellowship.
Shortly afterwards, Sheriff Timberlake shook hand, with the three friends and departed.
Jack then made preparations to return home.
As soon as the Terror was ready, they left Macon City and started across the country at a rapid pace.
Nothing of importance occurred during the trip, and in due time they reached Wrightstown.
Here they were gladly welcomed.
The machine was then taken apart and packed away as they had no further use for it, the parrot and monkey were transferred to Jack"s house and Jack refunded the money to the Wrightstown bank much to everybody"s surprise.
It was not long after this that Jack received news that the James Boys had escaped from prison, reorganized the old gang and were devastating the State.
But he did not care to go after them again.
Indeed, he ultimately learned that such a course would have been useless, as Jesse James was finally shot dead by one of the Ford Boys.
Jack had a more peaceful pursuit in view at home.
During his absence he had thought of another new invention, and began to plan it out.
It was a most marvelous contrivance, and in the end he made a success of it, and, when he used it, the machine led him into the most thrilling situations.
For want of s.p.a.ce here we have prepared a sequel to this story which will follow in this publication.
It is a most interesting account of Jack, Tim and Fritz, and as we will soon be in their company once more, let us conclude this narrative.
[THE END.]
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1 The Wolf Men of Minnesota. . . by Howard De Vere
2 The Shark Hunters. . . by Horace Appleton
3 Tim Finnegan, the Young Irish Detective. . . Written by Himself
4 Fox Cap, the Friend of Daniel Boone. . . by Kit Clyde
5 The American Robinson Crusoe; or, The Wreck of the "Hurricane". . .
by Gus Williams
6 Hook and Ladder No. 6. . . by Howard De Vere
7 Lost in the Pacific. . . by Lieut. E. H. Kellogg
8 Ned Newton, the Young Engineer of the Swan. A Story of the Mississippi River. . . by Albert J. Booth
9 Cruise of the Silverwing. . . by George W. Goode
10 On Board the Schoolship Norfork. . . by Hal Standish
11 Roy, the Western Union Telegraph Messenger. . . by Robert Knox
12 Wine and Cards. A Temperance Story. . . by H. K. Shackleford