Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06
CHAPTER VIII.
AppICE or lis HAD.

No spr;nter ever made better time than
did Mr. Dranc in his Hrst run from the Re
treat. 4 medal Ut the end of o track Is not
half the inducement 70 speed that pur--
suer at the beginning is. II Lawrence had
bcen timed by "a stOp-watch 1t would pro-
badly have appeared that he had broken
all records at the end of the trst hundred
wards. and vet II seemed 10 INN thal ne
was not running half fast enough. The
street was absolutely deserted, but lie came
presently to the corner OF an avenue that
was brilliantly lighted and lively with
many passers.
Then he stopped abruptly and walked
slowly up the avenue for short distance.
His heart was beating violently with eX-
element and the eXertion OF his run, ana
he knew that he must get somewhere ont
of sight at once. Just ahead OF MN ne
saw that the street-car tracks entered
tunnel. the sidewalks and carrlage-ways
rising over q hill above H.. Believing that
here lay his opportunity, he entered the
tunnel and walked Thoughts half mlleo
length without molestatiOn save from cars
that passed him occasionally. The drivers
and conductors looked 1T him sharply, and
fiat made HIM wish that he had stayed
above ground. Il also impressed him with
the necessity of Disgusting himself.
Al the end OF the tunnel he found HIM
If he could only take o train and 60 some
wherel Instinctiyely his hand went TO his
pocket. and then he remembered. Inc
thought of passing again through an ex-
perience of hunger with its possibilities OF
nolico courts and ferry-bOat concerts so
distressed him that he had half mind TO
return to Jenkins and confess himself q
| lunatic. Then probably he would be put
| in a straight iacket and be confined III q
| loathsome cell for the rest OF his days.
Horrible!
suddenly he remembered that he had
| been in the habit OF carrying Il tifty-dOllar
| bill 10 a little pocket unObtrusivelv made
| at the waistband of his trousers Most OF
| ms would have thought Of that before, but
| Nr Drane had passed his bOyhOOd in the
| Ian of luxury, and in his manhood had not
! escaped from her leading-strlngs until the
| beginning Of these unhappy episodes, so
/ that the Wherewithal was naturally the last
! element to enter into his consideration OF
practical problems. In this case he felt
| certain that his enemy the tramp must
! have overlooked that pocket. lie thrust
| a trembling finger into IL. Glorious lie
! felt the soft but firm texture OF a bank
note. and he knew that he was saved. lie
marched proudly into the depot and in
| ouired about trains for Boston. That was
| still further away from home, but he had
/ friends there who would identify him and
see him out of his trouble. A train would
| leave in the. course of an hour. Good.
| How much? Five dollars. Very reason
able. One ticket, please.
While the strip of paste board was be-
! ing stamped Mr.. Drane drew forth the
! hidden bill and unfolded it. Then his
! his heart went down to hold sad commu-
Mon with his heels.
Il beg your pardon" he taItered, ad-
| dressing the ticket-selier, but don't
think I'll 60 to Boston this evening"
The bill was two.
| The tramp had been commercially
| thorough in his search through Mr..
Drane's clothes. and having found use for
! the fifty dollars had recognized the utility
of an emergency fund and had limited his
reserve TO two dollars.
Mr.. Drane went out again into the un-
| feeling air of New York and wondered why
| il was that he had never been able before
10 see anything i'll the philosophy OF
pessimism. Still it is not often that some
| consolation cannot be found IN situation
when man has as much as two
dollars i'll his possession. Lawrence
found it. He didn't want TO 60 to
| Boston anyway, for there was Bessie,
the good, the beautiful. the soul-satisfy-
| inc Bessie. She was III New York, and at
the thought the atmosphere took on sud-
den freshness as if it might have blown
across q garden of roses. Perhaps her
| little feet had pressed the very stone on
which he stoodl Lawrence patted the
stone gently with his foot and felt COM
| forted He would run the risk of courts
and retreats fo- the privilege of finding
| her.
Meantime, bow far would two dollars
carry him? He must have bed aud O
breakfast and shave. Tho bed cost him
| half his pile at neighboring hotel. Fol
prudential reasons be registered under az
assumed name, and for once in this history
no calamity is TO be recorded as the out.
come OF the deception. In the morning q
barber took of MIR. Danes moustache foI
fifteen cents, and amodest meal reduced
his capital to half dollar. Then he bought
a newspaper and sat down in hotel corri
dor TO read andreflect. The newspaper was
uncommonly interesting. Conspicuously
displayed ON the FIRST page was an account
of the escape of dangerous lunatic from
Jenkins's Retreat.
The lunatic was supposed to be the
| wealthy NJ. Lawrence Drane. Of Kansas