The morning times., 1897-03-07

| obedient, and none were suspicious OF
him. Two or three times he thought
| his opportunity had come. but he was pre-
vented on every occasion i
| But one night, Just at dusk, he was
| sent ashore with a guard for water.
| They landed OF the shore OF Long Island.
/ Several times Andros carried his bucket
| full OF water from the springs for the
! barrels in the yawl. As he started on his
| fourth trip the guard became careless.
AndrOs glanced all about him, and sud-
denly decided that his time had come.
With a spring he pushed the unsuspeeting
| guard TO the ground and bounded toward
| the woods in the distance. D.
| In moment the guard regained his feet
and fired at the fleeing preacher. Andres
heard the bullet as IL W whistled by hishead,
| but he, did not falter A shout brought the
companions of the guard about him. and the
| pursuit was begun. The pFisOuer knew he
| was too weak to run far OF fast, and soon
erept under a clump or bushes. On swept
the pursuers. Would they discover him?
One almost stepped on mis- crOUching body,
but the darkness favored him, and ne was
still unseen. He waited until they had
gone, and then, quickly arising, ran with
all his strength away from his place of con-
cealment. Stumbling and falling in his
weakness. he yet kept on till he heard the
sound OF approaching footsteps He looked
about for bushes, but none We're To be seen.
HIS only chance was To hide behind q
tree, and, taking his stand there, he
waited for the newcomer. If there were
more than one he knew he would lie
discovered How his heart was beating.
Surely it would be heard if his pGTsuers
came near. There, he could see the man
now, and he was coming directly toward
the tree But there was only one. Should
he step forth and meet him. He quickly
, decided that, as the man was armed,
and could summon aid, such a course
would be useless, and his weakness
| would avail little against these we'll
kept men. No, his only course lay in
concealment, and he waited for the man
to approach. Nearer and nearer he came,
and Andros slowly eircled the tree The
| guard passed near enough for him TO have
touched his arm. but he did not know how
| close the prisoner was, and passed on
| For half hour Andres waited. not
daring TO move. The only sounds he
heard were the calls OF the night birds
| and the whIsperinss or the wind But he
! must not remain there, ana summouing all
his strength be started on But suppose
/ ne should lose his way? He did not know
/ anything Of the region, except that 10
| abOundcd IN Tories, but on he must 20.
/ In brief time he came TO a highway,
/ and choosing, as he thought the direction
/ that led eastward ne started On.
| Harki What was that A Ahor.crIan was
| approaching. Had they aroused the neigh
/ borhood: he must take no chances, and he
| threw himself Oh the ground ami tried TO
| conceal himself in the high grass. The
/ horseman was near now and W as whiStiing
/ as he came Suddenly the horse snurted
| and jumped aside. The rider. taken IN
/ awares, was thrown from his back with
! an oath he leaped 70 his feet and caught
/ the horse, which had not run IaT. What
| frghtneed you. Gypsy2'' said tine man.
/ You started though you had seen q
/ Whig Don't you know the difference be
/ tween a man and log yet? But III see
! what it was" AMI he began 10 search
/ along the roeGside. surely" thought An
/ drus, now l shall 5e found But ID 4
| few minutes the man abandoned his
/ search and. remounting, rode off
4 Again Andres arose and pushed on in
: the darkness He must not delay now.
All night the wTetched prisoner Kept on,
/ now running, aud uow compelled to stop
I from exhaustion The next day he rested
until afternoon. but he was almost FAM
ished Food he must have, and at last he
approached house by the roa lside. His
knock was answered, and he entered. A
man, evidently tailor, was working at u
table, and near him was ms wife.
Il am almost starving my good woman
VIII you feed me3' \ bowl of bread and
milk wasp pIacedbe forehini, aad the preacher
ate as only fauished man can. He did
not look up until the bowl was empty. and
then lie discovered that the man was gone
Here, take this. = said the woman. pIac-
ing an apple pie in his hands Il don want
To Know who you are. Don't tell me-
But cont stay here
His strength somewhat restored, An
dros needed no second bidding. aud ran
up the road. He soon came TO a clump
of trees, and resolved To hide and wait
for uune there, ami it was weil Jnat ne
did, for IN few moments two men on
| horseback approached and halted near
enough for hiIa 10 near their words Ills
heart sank aS ne recognized the tailor as
one OF the men. =
I'm sure he was an escaping pris-
oneT,' said The tailor, and he started uD
this way
piled his companion, ana they started on.
IN wait TIL they come back, thought
AndrOs, but as they did not coune wnen
| the darkness fell, he started oh- His
apple pie served Jin the next day, and
then he knew Ire uIust Try again He
approached res peetabie house, and wo-
man met him at the door. she listened
TO his request for food, and then said:
Get out, OF ii set the dog on you. Maybe
you're the man that eseape,i from the
Jersey, I've heard dEOut. Here, AIajei''
she called TO the dog. r.
Andres turned ana ran, with the dog
pursuing. He stopped when he found ne
could run no further and with all his
feeble strength flung stone The dog
howIed and with dropping tail ran down
the road.
on and on went Andres, spurred by
the knowledge that his escape was known.
For anhour lie ran, but could go no farther.
IHtry once more, he said, and approached
house n which he could see light In
response TO his request, he was admitted
and a benevolent old lady, without a word,
placed food before him. A bowl OF bread
and milk, dried bIUeiish roasted. and
a mug of cider soon disappeared. Bed
Nme came. The old man took his EihIe
and read aloud and hen ali stood un while
he prayed. I'm tell them, thought An
dros, and he told his story. A food OF
tears was the answer of the old lady and