The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

said, with a One scorn, that 1 shaH not give
f SSss'G you .f Sss make Sq; t RI sSiP Soften ssadis Sue shs sss
Wherein IT has been matter for a nfe,,s re.
ness, but. without more ado, sobSinE OVER some on%
parts Of my tnlc, told him my whole story from
80 may truly call hor-to the final moment
Then. the rooney gone. and the ladder removed,
have SS' rSes Go lG 10 S SsliSRei in W RttlsO9 9oo,] I told In Il : Il
though skillcd in literary. composition and II,
q~navorod of into a half coherent and Wholly
a heat OF mitigation IN cheek and eye that
strangely altered him.
And in words which 1 win not repeat, he said
vS TTpG Z as Sd the t words H., were ns, tSnd I knew that sttcE,
oe Poor devil" he said It that. And then.
,aRd ! would ike to see madam at tho cart
donei ]. never heard Of such a JeSebeIl hut
at !. %sm"yoa ala i, ny friend, and do not
He ifh ala % nSs .n1 hSnyF'" I cried.
TO sec whittier he WINS tending, and I could
have .!shrioked in terror-"you can do any
nv .Y iesd 4 T. you would but speak to tho Judge,
Ho laughed. but without mirth. 'Ho would
whip YOU instead of hanging you" he said con.
You would thank me for nothing" he
answered, and then with II kind Of contcmptu-
where nevertheless You seem to have had your
You may take it from me-, that I am more than
s sssIeSSSss Sir ST Dsfl siaWiSs &c Ssni she party msan wh ssS
Mhigs: and the suspicion alone is enough to
On that; after. staring. at him q moment, I did
a .fb. s,ter that %os sTTP SaSs sa hlm, and n had m he enq Eor
the courage to do It, and to show myself in
S S;oiors so unlike my own, ! had to thank. be.
We're pr rsisnsr s despair I Kind nor Of r fsSP, ,h though s y p %s'
on hearing him speak in a tone above me, and
as 4. having heard my story, he was satisfied
subject, and forsooth / might go to the saiiows.
| know now that in SO speaking ho had no un.
short by the certainty OF my guilt and tho i'm
paSse as to helping me, in, which he stood. he
felt. But did understand this. so with a bit.
terness. born of tho misconception. and In a
voice that sounded harsh. and any ones rather
alone, and to make a tale. TO make q tale,"I
face, with which you send me out to hang and
rot, aye, and with the same smile, you'll tell.
cried passionately, and losing in my Indignation
troa iSfs S Sd h,%i a x great mSSs sa sGm fai da ss be veil II
i YOU have bowels Of compassion. my lord. and
anger &c 'q quaiied II before %s 81 h S%''S "ssil eS seH' he bo' cr e
but there, fellow. be %siienti"
his sonshs sn sSe o S,es Ct P PSons Hs yen I ada &c n nSs di in
Germ what / had said to touch him so sorely;
III He' T on l tbs side @if ElOTS eDs d It me %,, : moment ms' ana and 1
grew afraid of him again, and a shadow fell on
l waited for nothing now, but the word that
nothing 1fSin 's so certain ms in0 as tbs pf T Sadelh oH' 1 ' did not
understanding away what slender chance
when he broke tho silence 1 was aware Of a new
Listen, my lad he said, in a constrained
confidence. I do not Know what it was in your
wish to heaven / had not. But since I have 1
must do what can to save you; and there is
DUeed2, in a sudden burst Of anger, II do not ike
it! And I do it out of regard for myself. not for
'.Oh. my lord!' I cried. ready to fall down
back ,sRs i. si1 sais e. b 90 sa, tbrs s q that sA ~iad Essn 81 S
You understandf It IS all 1 can do for You. The
alley on tho left leads to the stables. Pass
yon Vii i in m S1'Hts' be % on si the f high n road d.0P fSe
turn on the left at the cross roads leads to Tot
take You to. Little Parndon and Eppins. That
is all. While look for q piece Of paper to sign
Remember. my man, II you are retakcn, do not
He suited the action to the words by turning
bureau that stood beside him. But SO sudden
and SO unexpected was the proposal be made that
doubt If. apart from the open window, I should
have understood, his purpose, AS 1t was I
thence, and with his head still buried among
the pigeon holes, s sTpre at me; .,,,,,
it is nothing I am doing for youI Do you think
it L nothing that ! am going to tell z lie for
had been further from my Thoughts than to AZ;
tempt to escape. But the impulse Of his will
window. Outside I turned to the left along a
spying the stable yard before me. walked boldly
across it. By good luck the grooms and help
sts GGrs at At a s9dS SeT. f Hs stared ssT at 4n MY. G but % snid
eSstllaFse Behind me and had / the park fenoe
Until 1 reached this. not knowing whose eyes
were on me, I had the presence of mind to
and my hair crept, and every second 1 fan
cied for ! was too nervous to look back-that
safely at the gate. however. and the road turn.
ing out by good luck to be empty, / took to my
heels and ran n quarter OF n mile along IL; then.
leaping the fence that bounded it on the right, I
started rccklcssly across country, my aim be-
ing to strike the Little Parndon highway, to
which my lord had referred, at n point beyond
the crossroads, and so avoid passing the latter.
I am aware that this mode of escape, this
walking. through a window and running off un:
molested. sounds bald and commonplace, and
that II j could import into my story some touch
OF romance or Womanish, Disguise, such as-to
compare great things with small marked my
Lord Nithsdalo's escape from the Tower three
years ago, / should cut n better figure. Where
as, in a flight across the fields on n quiet after
noon. with the sun casting long shadows on
the meadows, and for my most instant alarms.
the sudden whirring0 up OF partridge OF ployer
let them place themselves for a moment In my
skin and remember that MS i sweated and
painted and stumbled, and rose again, as !
spiashcd in reckless haste through sloughs and
bitches and tore my way through great black.
thorns. i had death always at my heels! Let
them remember that in the long shadows that
crossed my path ] saw the gallows, and again
the gallows, and again the gallows, and fed
more, quickly. and that 1t needed but tho dis.
birds to persuade me tha' the hue and cry was
coming, and to Ill me with fear.
believe that the adyenturer, and the knight