The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-12

We took thepath had caught sight
| of 1t was good sound bride way,
covered with short turf; we ran along
noiselessly. The angle we made
shut off the view from the road.
Brace could not cut off the corner
without getting entangled in the
underground OF briars, interviewer
with the tall brake.
lie must follow in our steps to
overtake us. The danger lay in
the straightness of the path,
which kept the view open from the
road. Our escape depended upon
our finding by-path that might de-
ceive him as to the course we had TAX
en-. explained this to Van Hoeck as
we ran on.
ct is time we found one now, if we
are to escape ;" he answered.
The next stop brought us to foot
path that cut the bride way at right
angles.
Looking down the green ally toward
the road, as we turned off from it, |
could see nothing of the Judge. /
thought we had beaten him.
But we advanced now with great
difficulty. There was room only for
one in the path, yet had to keep
| hold of Van Hoeck's hand and guide
him, for the brake met before us; the
trailing brambles that crossed the
path caught his feet; at every step he
stumbled. 1t was hopeless to continue.
Already fancied j caught a glimpse,
| through the trees, of the Judge,
swinging along the bride way.
"Your only chance is toget amongst
the brake, aud throw yourself down
while | goI on" l said. can go
quicker alone, and, coming behind,
he may imagine that you are still
before me-"
"Show me where to CO."
| opened way through the brake,
led him behind a thicket, and babe
him lie down. As he carried out this
instruction, got back into the foot
path, and was then enabled to trot
along at q brisk pace.
1t was only just in time, for, looking
back couple of minutes later, per-
ceived the Judge blowing his way
through brake and bramble, which
came we'll up to the level of his breast,
with as little difficulty as though it
had been meadow grass, and with the
steady swing of his bent shoulders.
He had caught sight of me from the
bride way, and struck out at once in
to the thick of the underground.
| did not, in the slightest degree,
participate in Van Hoeck's suspicious
and fears, and having, as
hoped, succeeded in diyerting from
him the object of his dread, I
was Indifferent as to whether the
Judge overlook me or not. Had /
been in the humor to enjoy a
joke, think l should have
enjoyed giving him long chase for
nothing; but circumstances were too
grave for that. | pursued the path
until it dipped down into a hollow,
and there, finding a fallen tree across
the path, sat down and waited for
the Judge to come up. In few min
utes he stood before me with his arms
folded on his chest, his feet planted
apart, and O. particularly stern look
on his gaunt, weather-beaten face.
"He has given me the slip; has he
! given it to you likewise?" he asked.
NO" replied; II gave it to him,
I helped him to escape"
"Stand up, Gentleman Thorne, and
let us look each other in the face" he
said.
| Istood up. He held out his hand,
and gave him mine.
| "Now, standin' here hand in hand
and face to face, say, air we the
noblest works of natur'? or air we
not?"
l could not go so far as to admit
that his appearance realized my high,
est ideal of nobility, but understood
bis allusion, and replied:
II believe you are an honest man,
if that is what you mean, Brace"
cit is; and that is my opinion o.
you likewise Let us sit down and
hold a committee. Now, pardner
will you tell me why you let Israel get?'
because the poor wretch is hall
distracted with the loss of the dia-
mond and his fear of you"
"Why do he fear me?"
"He believes that you took the dia
mond, and intend to have his life, in
order to get the reversionary share, OF
something of that kind. And now, tel
me why you pursued him when you
saw he wished to avoid your"
Because he did so wish for one
thing" and, he added, with emphasis
"because he's got to speak," he re-
peated, with still greater decision. "a
man what has presentiments as q
thing is going to be took so accurate
as hisn, must at'rally have PRESENT.
ments what's gone of it when it's
took"
"And suppose he can not tell your
"Well, then, he's got to try till he
do. AS Judge, I've had to try 6
pretty considerable number of BAG
lots, but more burned onprepos
sessing lot than Israel I never
yet sentenced to a well-airned
gaIlus. End mark this, pard
ner; ef Israel was charged with thi:
crime, and it was my duty to direc
the jury as to the verdic' they should
well and truly find, I should direc
them to bring him in guilty, or Ic
| lock 'em up till they did"
"You are as unreasonable in your
, suspicious as Van Hoeck is in his; but
you have not his excuse,-you arr
not under the influence of fear"
because 1 hev nothing to b,
afeer'd on, Gentleman Thorne."
"Tell me how on earth it is POSSIBLE
for man in Van Hoeck's condition
a man absolutely helpless, as W.
know him to be-to accomplish 1
feat of this kind?"
~ don't say he did it, pardner,-
r don't say he took the Great Hesper
l on the other hand, I don't say h
didn't. But amfree to maintain tina
he knows all about it. If you ask M
how he knows it, I'd tell you as
I don't know, but that s no reason VIII!
: we should try fur to find out. w
amt so everlasting clever that there
: nothing more to be larnt out of thi
!. almighty universe, take my word TO
it. And though we hev drawed ,
:, !. pretty good lot of truth out of tn