The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-07
CHAPTER VIII,

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thron,h tha oron;no, 49, D III, one ioo
noss "a Lii .Las civ VII ooo,
leaned oIeor Ia,d;m" -, H. W.. nys ",,
outside, only a few feet below the win
dow sill. So far as l knew I made III
sound whatever other than the dul
thump OF my shoes as they struck thu
greensward, but sound from the room
behind me showed that it had beer
heard, and scurried off in the gloom
not pausing until had run several rod
and knew Twas beyond sight Of any one
behind me.
The rear Of the building opened upon
aplot OF ground used for garden, but
at the late season there was little grow.
ing to obstruct my progress, though my
1eet made some noise in sweeping away
the vines that were tangled about my
ankles. 1t was at the opposite side Of
this plot that placed one hand Oh the
pallng fence, leaped over and then turn
cd about and looked back.
II must have been considerably past
midnight. The only light burning In
the inn was within the room had just
left There was the window, with the
lower half open and thu food of yellow
,.,,,;... ,.,. .
nIon. 49, 49,. ~, anu wi'hin ene
,non ," s' .ao sis'n'lo inquire OF a
shonldas. ",, s ,a'' WHOSE enormous
,a.nas n''. "o'' n'i'u 'no space az ne
tLo 60 ou'" .:s anu peefe'' AROUND III
L;s o t sIoon' llne i'll nana' searching Tor
"Vnn,. n ; ;'as
=, - &c JueI w 'ate' W. mutter-
,n;,,., ou ousn: W nave aWakehea a
,;nn,.' soon', - w" "isneo 10 see
p.. - ~, u.,.,,
a. Iu' =, ~ walters nau discovered the
a,. - ms piisoner "hlie his Jallers
s,ep' iio u'u no' aoahoon the enort to
le.ap.uie I'M 81" tho huge form
.uuon ,use'her ana ciamper heavily
~. 4ui. .s, 'nrousii 'ne "lhuow. Ihen,
ue'Ls Bull between me ana tho light,
:ho neau anu st'ouiuers were seen sway
e,o..s4"''J "po"t "s no stloae
.ilioueh 'he saruen' ana, as II lmpelled
~ petveise ia'e' came III as direct
.in0 ioi 'ne Spot where STOOD as II the
sul' WERE shihing' IL was good time
lof me 10 make a change OF base, but l
e'Cou my ground.
u Doup''ess 'he army experience OF Cy
Waiters heiped him IN outwitting his
ioes "' nien', uoe IL was an extraordl-
nary "c!' "nlch must nave been purely
aociueIeai' 'nae neid MN TO mathemat-
ica'iy true line until ne came directly
opposite me with only the pallng fence
separating III. ..
:. nao 'lio advantage lhasmuch as the
u,a' iisns oeyohu gave me partial
eiinpse oi MS slsantlo hgure' but his
eyos wore keen, ana ne saw me before
attempting 10 leap the obstruction be-
tween US Inat Keen vision, too, showed
my tt'o,'ei ie'eleo at MS mead.
iaahus up lcommanded III voice
whose earhestness could not be mis-
'aken'
W WATERS was unquestionably n
brave man. ana IL Is such who know
Wheh 10 hsht and when to surrender. :
Up went noth hnee bands, one grasping
'he Wilchcstef' so That 1t was inter- ,
poseo ike a rude Cross against the faint
background.
drop that gun! !
Down IL went with thump to his
leet:
MY man as You see, have the drop
Oh you. II would servo you right if
stretched you beside your rifle, lut
nave never committed murder and don't
INTEND TO begin now. You take me for
HANK beyer. II l were he there would
be no sense in denying it when it would
Dring me 10 danger, but repeat that
am another person. Everything that
sald al the Motel tonight was true. I
was never III this part Of the country
until Yesterday The real Hank Boyer
was that young man whom pointed
out standing by the door Of the dining
room. He had made himself look differ
'nt by shaving off his mustache, and he
'lso disguised his voice. What do you
'hllk OF my stetement:'
IT al Id ler'
Mr.. Walters was evidently man Of
l had not shaken his belief
II my Identity with the detested horse
hief. |;
VERY we'll, believe as you choose, ,
nut it won't be long before you will
earn that you and your friends are the
biggest fools in Mississippi. :
Mo and Archie Hunter have showed ,
nat already in allowing you to climb
ut or the wlnder while we slept and
Tier you had took Archie's pistol from
is lap; that's little the worst yet 7
ugh!
IL was clear he had no suspicion Of
nc part played by the young woman, i,
nd 1t was not my place to enlighten q
lli.
1t was piece OF tOmfOOlery, CIV