Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-13

built, brown 81 Il and dark lnustache,
about 30 years<ofsage asthe time was
wearing evening dress clothes, light
SovercGat and bowler hat. =" j
u Fenton s s*head whitfield as,shes read
these lines; and he looked round in ter
sror, half expecting to SEQ some one al
ready identifying him, despite his hav-:
ing disposal Of some Of the damning
details. They We're on his track, and at.
any moment he might be. arrested. He
must be of again, and that immediate
ly,sE Once more he must take train in
the hope CT bntling his pursuers He
walked into Wellington station and
found that q train started in = few min I
utes for Skipton. He bought . ticket
.furtively, DULY wondering why the
clerk did not eye him euspioiously. ::
He was at Skipton within the hour.
What was he to do now? He had some-
thing less than sovereign in his peck.
ct, SO he could not afford another jour-
ney by train. Besides, he must ehun
the haunts Of news readers. The coun-
try would be the best place for him
now. He was almost at his wits end,
but he pulled himself together, went
into public house and called for some
brandy This put enough Dutch cour-
age into his soul to enable him to in
quire about the surrounding country
from a garru]ous bar ranger. AS re-
cult of his inquiries he determined to
take to the Cracoe road, hoping to
reach Grassington and the scattered
villages beyond, where newspapers were
few and the population illiterate.
Then he set out. The brandy saw
him through mile or two, but the ex-
oitement was telling upon him, and his
bodily pain was increasing, and soon
be could scarcely crawl along He rest
ed many time and oft by the way,
and it was dark when the glimmer of
the lights of Keystone village met his
eyes. Here be determined to pass the
night. He could go no farther. He did
not dare to put up at any public house
for fear of ultimate discovery, so he
cast about him for roof for shelter.
By the moonlight he espied an old shed
alongside some stabling, and thither he
repaired. Not having even strength
enough to search for litter for bed, he
threw himself down on the ground and
fell into broken sleep
He awoke in the early morning with
pains and aches shooting all over his
body, but with mind clear enough ~
appreciate the exigencies of the situa-
ton. He must be up and away before
the sleuthhouuds could scent him. He
dragged his unwilling limbs out of the
shed aAd gained the highway. But now
the want Of food was beginning to tell
heavily upon him, and his legs almost
refused to move Long before be reach
ed Cracoe he was overtaken by coal
cart. He hailed the driver and asked for
lift. The man looked at him doubt
fully, but the offer OF coin produced the
desired effect Lying full length on
sack on the top Of the Goals, Fenton
spent the next hours in a dazed, witless
condition. The drivers destination was
kllnsey, and there his fare was turned
adrift. Here Fenton determined to have
something to eat, for without food he
felt itwould be impossible to 60 farther.
Ha staggered into the village Inn, which
stood invitingly near Suddenly look
Of terror overspread his face and he
turned sharply off the main road. He
had seen a policeman enter. A police
man in that old world place! What was
he doing there? To his distorted vision
tbs mar was already making inquiries
of the innkeepcr, and the carter would
be there in a minute to add his link TO
the :E;iu Of evidence that was gradual
~ b2ing forged around him.
Fear galvanized his stlfIened limbs
into ACTION, aud down that lonely lane
Fenton peltad witt, hind hurry with
er nu KNEW NOT nor cureu. lie >p1r1 dld
not last long, and lie soon dropped into
his oil shamble TO make things worse,
the rain, which had been threatening
all day, now came down in torrents,
and inc need of some place of cover
grew Imperative. There was haystack
near-tthe only hope of shelter in that
bleak inhospitable landscape-but be-
fore lie could even reach what refuge
that afforded the pitiless rain had
drendled him to the marrow. The
who'll Of that wretched afternoon Fen
ton sheltered there, sometimes doing,
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