"Halt!"
She heard the cry, and saw a police baton uplifted over the head of the
man who had just left her side.
White as death the girl gazed.
Would there be trouble?
She saw a hand laid on the one of her lover, then two men were engaged in
a desperate struggle.
Presently there came a bright flash and sharp report. Rose was petrified
with horror as she gazed.
The policeman sank in a heap to the walk, while a voice outside shouted:
"_Murder!_"
Then the man who had encountered the police officer darted swiftly from
the vicinity.
A timid man bent over the fallen officer.
The Sheriff heard the startling cry from without and rushed into the
front room, passing Rose, who crowded in the shadows, without noticing
her. He gained the walk and soon stood over the fallen officer.
"I heard a shot," cried the sheriff, in an excited tone. "Who did it? Is
the man dead?"
"I don't know answered the other," who seemed to be an ordinary
pedestrian. "I saw a man talking with a woman there, at your door. He
walked away and met the officer, then came a scuffle and a shot.
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