Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-22

:N. SilNNti llN weapon UiNh III pIaCt and walked hr.skly down the avenue leading tn thr main highway.
 But there Were others to think about The presumption was that the two East ln,}ian~, having preceded me, might be waitiH. in ambush to adjust that little affair i'll tho rear of tho farmhouse,
 They could not fail to know that it WAS 1 whn had tuMhlrd one of them frrm his perch and nippcd ill tho bud .hr Sch, "le hr had ill mind. They must |, livvr l WIS in loaSue with the How ards. arl t!.;.; before they could succeed with th, VI l laU~t he brushed from the path What lr;trr opportunity than that which Pow presented?
 Bat the W and If ono of them must nave l.c, Il a prtrnt iA,tor in preventing Wilt frI., l. was t,lat apprchcnsive thai h ld my rartly discharged revolv- c- in hal!i after entering the road and tnrni"y i'll the direction of the farm hoU>r whrro l made my temporary ku'.v,
 What h:.: become of them could not be sur>> d. They had probably gone in the dirt rtirn If the town and were not 4.hI " tN t't NNAEN ('L ISdlH.
 Reviewing my work of the evening" aS wa''.,i hulNCward. I saw littlo iu It to t:,r"r::Io mr. 1 had not only failed tn gain an iota f additional ku,.w,vd vdSr rf Mana SAhib's ruby, but haI pu: tAr suspected ones on guard, AuI th,r,trro increased the difficulty th1t confront, Il mo from tho first.
 Probably up 10 this night Darius Howard W As confident that no ono had followed him to this pleasant little town, and that he WAS still safe with his >,,r.t i'll the house where he had male his home fpr III indefinite time.
 Hut tsr ucrurrcnCCs uf the night must u"Grcrivs hlm. \ desperate attempt had be- Il made ta break i'll upon him. lls S.r:ct wAS no longer secure. He WuulI tIl,n instant lnrasures to avert tho thrratvned danger.
 The EIuSt effective step would be a change of quarters. He was not likely to spend Nnuth,r night i'll the old stone house. What was done, therefore, to Ch-rkniAte him must be done quickly. l. i> we'll known that tho safest hid in. place for a criminal whom the off, c2rS If the law want is in the heart of the great city If New York. It was harl to understand why this strange | couple had left >O secure Concealment ani taken ID their residence where | their chances of detection were increas- ed trnfold.
 | But, for that matter, everything thus l far was hard to understand. The con- rr,lrd fact. aS l saw it, which confront, cl lne WAS what next would be dono by them. They Were under my eye Eow, aHd if let them slip 1 would not bC likely 10 get OH their track again.
 Was glad to find OH reaching my home that all the folks had retired. ltt myself in with the night key with | which 1 had been furnished and went 10 my room without being seen by any one. This was fortunate, for my cloth ing had lust much of the neatness which marked il at first and was in need of at trntinu.
 Tho farmers breakfast early, ant finding that Mir. Bridges intended tt drive into town rode with him, reach ing the station in time to catch the carl, trains had l wished, but my purpos' was rot to leave unless the Towards di( so. 1 waited most of the forenoon, bu saw nothing of them.
 Guarded inquiries gave me no infor mati, :i Of the two men of the night be fore Had 1 chosen l might have kille' that one at the window, but was reliev
 cd to know that such was not the case
 He must have been hit pretty hard, bu l u l. t4S
 If there had been any feeling of con ceit ill my mind-and I protest ther
 was little. if any-it WAS pretty wel removed by what followed by my loitel ing atnut the railway station. My iL ; tention was. if either Howard or hi
 wife boarded any train, to do tn same and shadow them wherever the
 went. but 1 made an inexcusably stupi
 failure to carry out my purpose. 1 scanned every train that went t. , ward New York and of course kept Q
 eye on those going in the opposite dire'
 tion. This was somewhat perfunctor.
 for did not suspect that either of u
 couple would proceed southward. |. A Philadelphia train drew up at u
 station, and from my coign of adval
 tage l watched the passengers as the - disemb parked and others got on. TT !; stop was brief, and just as it bega moving again Darius Howard made rush from somewhere and swung upC
 one of the platforms. being helped
 the waiting brakeman.
 mado a dash to do the same thin
 but had farther to go. and the brakem' s blocked my way.
 ?, Too late" he called. 'Therell
 another along in half an hour" }. There was no help for it. If Howa
 saw me, and in all probability he di .; he must have read my purpose. al .5 therefore would be on his guard again
 me unless 1 effected complete chan '' ill my appearance.
 MT. Bridges has returned home alor D. and for the time I was perplexed as
 what to do. It was useless to try to f, low the man who had gone southwar 9 for there was no saying what his des - nation was. He might have started ol n journey of 20 or 1000 miles. have referred to a game of bl' 8 which I had ill mind. Hitherto b
 been working at long range, as may D. said. Now decided upon Q bold st'
 which insured success or failure. :.
 | FrQl the railway Esalspu ! walksd