Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-05

plunged along in a leisurely manner
and would nn6uEbtcslly have been taken
ncaT later taken i il had not been for
the fact that some years ago company
huilt TIM snlar railway from the mar
gin Of the iske a mile or 50 up TO ST
Beatenhnre. had lived in st. Beaten
burg once, and I remembered that the
road from there to Interlalen was q
good ore. so thought that perhaps it
w0gl3 not nc 4 bad plan to so mp GA the
railway and coast down to lnterlaken.
] knew q man who had done il once.
can well believe now that no one ever
tries it'the second time The car goes
up to st. Beatenburg three or four times
day only. bat when couple Of miles
away from the landing I saw steamer
coming in. and knew if reached the
landing about the time she did / would
SET car.
am not a racer, bat thereupon put
ia my best ticks 20 make connection
with the mountain railway The road
at this point is Is level as the lake itself
and only few feet above IT, Ny
thoughts turned to the railway because
knew that beyond the lower end of it
the carriage road rose high above tho
lake. passed through several tunnels and
then went down tothe m;erlaken PLAIN.
By taking the M car | would avoid all
this and have IT down hill All the way.
Tile policemen. il seems. caught sight
Of me as ! was making my squirt aud
they at once put Qn extra steam, hat
there is deep bay just before one
reaches tho funicular. and they lost
sight of me as / turned the point / had
reached the top of the railway funicu-
lar. aud | bicycled the mile or more
along the street. high up above the lake.
on enc side of which is scattered the
village Of ST. Beatenhurg, with it's won
derful view of the snow mountams-the
Jnngfrau, the Flyer. the Monch and "a
host of others.
/ fonnd the ride down the zigzag road
not such fun rs l had expected. l saw
the brake was not going 10 last if
kept ON. so / bad To walk most of the
way down. Coming TO more level
ground, / cycled gently into lnterlaken,
making for the place where they sell
Munich beer, and there, over mug
and sandwich ON the main street,
made my frugal lunch, with the bicycle
standing against pillar of the veranda
After a smoke proceeded out of IN
terlaken and took the south road that
borders the lake This road is not so
good for cycling as the other, being
much more hilly, while the roadbed is
more stony. therefore walked good
deal, taking it very leisurely, and in
course of time | was overtaken by a po-
liceman, who also was walking his ma
chine. He asked me if had met "A man
on bicycle coming from Thun, and
told him quite truly that had not.
He seemed discouraged and told me
all about the bicycle theft and the arrest
of the wrong man. He feared the thief
had hidden in the forest until he and
his comrade went past and then perhaps
took the steamer across the lake, or the
villain might merely have pretended to
take the north road, while in reality he
went by the south. Thus the policeman
hoped to meet him yet promised tC
keep lookout, and the officer went on.
When l reached Thun and came tc
the place where / got the bicycle,
found the man was in Interlaken, and
his wife, who knew all about the rob
berry, was amazed to see the thief re-
turn the machine and place francs and
his thanks ON the counter.
regret to say that the apparent hon
esty of this action did not commend it.
self to the authorities. They looked on
it as the ruse of a crafty scoundrel, who
realized that, so vigilant were the po
lice, it was impossible for him to es
cape, and so endeavored to throw dus
in the eyes of the wise men Of the place
/ therefore had to pay the expenses o.
the chase and apologize to everybody
concerned.
Thus the bicycle, at francs a day
was not so cheap as had at first sup
posed. Luke Sharp in Detroit Free
Press.