The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

GlOWlu!
luture, snoulu lie eontip,.- to prove trust
worthy. At last he had been left il
charge Of the prisoners while his INCL
took two convicted ones to the Stat,
penitentiary. From this the troubl,
came.
The deputy looked after things in .
general way, and assisted when assistanc,
was needed, which was only when the
prisoners were allowed in the open court
yard once day to do their morning
work. There were but three of them al
the tIme-one, regular who spent
half his time there on charge of drunk
enness, one who had but few DAYS
more to serve, and the third, horse
thief, who received the bulk of their at
tentions, as there was no doubt that at
the coming session of court he would
follow those just gone with Ned's uncle
lover the road.
As usual they had been let out by Ned
from the corridors into the ward one
morning, the deputy on guard outside as
Ned saw him just before he unlocked the
doors; but as Travers, the horse thief
stepped out to the pump, Hudson stepped
inside for match for his cigar The
fellow, seeing such a clear coast, instant
" decided to improve the opportunity,
and so dropped his bucket, bounded
across the courtyard, yaulted the fence
and was gone before Hudson came up the
area steps, or Ned suspected the state CT
affairs.
In some way known only to such PAR
ties, the thief succeeded in disappearing
completely, though diligent search was
made and hand bills were sent out i'm
mediately, offering a reward for his cap
ture and containing description of the
man.
So It zTas- instead of splendid record
to show his uncle on his return, 15eu
could only show an empty cell and relate
the escape of a valuable prisoner. And
to add to his trouble, the deputy attrib-
uted the carelessness entirely to him. It
F-as a serious blow to his uncle, officially,
and Ned was made to feel the loss of his
uncle's confidence in him in various i'm
portant ways.
This was the story he had just told
Cressy with its doleful ending.
"Just as if you were to blamew she
exclaimed, sympathetic and indignant.
.sBut / suppose 1 was, in part / ought
to have been sure Hudson was Just where
l left him, before I took any chances,
though he should not have left the place
unguarded."
isn't there anything you can do about
ssNothing unless I could capture the
thief. That is the only way could redeem
myself, and there isn't ghost of
chance for that to happen"
'oh, Ned, wouldn't it be splendid to /
doitln
'sOf course, but he must be found /
first, and be is too smart to let anybody /
know his whereabouts.
'tHow does he look, Nedi'
'tDo you think you can corner him,
sisl We'll, these viii tell you how both
horse and man look when they are not
tossing her some posters.
"A nice money reward, toe, only care
most for the man. But I must 90 now or
shall lose my train. Don't you fret.
Cressy, and don't tell grandmother. I'll
IL can to let uncle know am
not entirely unworthy, and he jumped
up, and started down the path to the
station
cent him to a neighbor-
'ndcuffs which a
locksn- .l. II I'D
hurt his feelings much to hear the closing
as the GRAND was explained:
They'll hardly run away if you do lose
light ct them. .
He had been given permission, also,
o stop off over night at the little way
tation and 90 up the mountain to see
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