Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-30

vou an old tweed SUIT. which win suit
vour purpose much better. And there
is n cloth cap in the bundle, with some
bread. Have you any money.
was touched by this proof or
tboughtfulness and good Will more
than BY the substantial help whlcn
bad. ina a manner. forced, from hlm'
and I thanked the doctor warmly, as
surfing him az the same time that was
well supplied with roubleS lie re-
turned the grasp Of the hand winch
gave him. and left the room as quieuy
as he had entered il.
A night-lamp was burning in a cor,
per of the room. This | blew out ana
ms next act was 10 open the
The sentry was below. faithfully pac-
ing 10 and fro. He glanced up at me
noise made by my raising the SASH. l
closed it Immediately. and throwing
myself down i'm IA chair, for a few sec-
on.is | gave way 10 despair. ! seemed
10 be hemmed in on every side, WIN
out the least loophole for escape.
| had Wild thoughts OF rushing cut
and giving the sentry az the toof q
blow that would stun him and prevent
his giving the alarIn-of taking lam
into my confidence. o r making up solLe
story that would account for my WISH
ing to 90 out at that hour without an
escort. Ii was all nonsense. Nothing
Of the kind could be done. or even at
tempted. The only plan that occurred
10 me that was al all feasible was 10
wait until the early morning. IND tleh
dress in the naval uniform | had k
of the night before and 90 boldly past
the sentry. saying | wished 20 AXE a
walk i'm the park before breakfast In
that way | might be able TO get clear
OF the house: bur how vas ! 10 leave
the park without being " in broad
daylight: And. Of course. If | were
seen. the fact that the Gar a left
the park unattended would he immedi-
ately reported. ] would be followed at
once. and the uniform would certainly
betray me. No; ii would not do.
Then ii occurred 10 me that I might
find some wardrobe or cupboard in
which | could hide. and on the alarm
heing raised. | might escape in the con-
fusion. u WAS. indeed. a forlorn hope;
bat anything seemed better than stay
ing quietly where | was. like a rat in a
trap. 50 | got up from my chair.
dressed myself in the clothes Petrov-
ski had brought, lit a candle and began
10 examine the room.
Almost Immediately | noticed a door,
which l. had not seen before. on &c
ccun of the panels matching the pan
cling in the walls. 1t was locked. but
/ could not help thinking that in this
direction might lie my salvation. Was
il not possible that the key OF the bed
room would fit this lock, also?
l softly took the key from the other
door and tried ii. To my delight, il
opened the second door without any
trouble: and passed into the
beyond. leaving the candle behind me.
and closing the door. for, OF course, it
would never do 70 allow a light TO be
seen moving about in a room that was
supposed to be unoccupied.
\ faint light came into the
from two tail windows on my right.
and by this | knew that il was lighted
by the terrace on which the sentry
was now pacing. In other words. it
was quite as impracticable to escape
from one of these windows as it would
be from one of the windows in the bed
room itself. / had already been in a
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of the bed room. and / knew that moth
ing could be hoped for i'm that direc-
ton. for the door opened upon the cor
rider. within a few feet OF the spot
where the other sentry was standing.
Again my heart sank: but as | was
leaving this room. which seemed TO be
furnished as a sitting room. il occurred
TO me that il must now be very near
the end of the building in that direc-
ton, for the villa was not large, and
here were three rooms in a straight
line; i must now he facing the gable.
1t was scarcely likely that a sentry
would he placed on that side OF the
house. There might be communica-
ton between the room / was now in
and some other room facing from the
principal front.
/ searched along the wall for a sec
ond door in vain: but / found some
thing that was nearly as good-a small
window. shaded by a heavy curtain, So
that had not seen it until | had been
close to it. at right angles To the tail
windows in the principal front Of the
villa. / had found what | wanted-a
window that was lot overlooked by
the sentry on the terrace,
There was no reason low TO delay
n moment. / went quickly into the
bed room, saw that my none was
safe in my pocket. blew out the light,
took the rope in my hand. and went
back TO the room / had discovered,
taking are To close the door behind
HE
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