El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-13

! ing | saw the same rae" npnin. In"Te
| WIS more holiness i'm the way the man
| Approached til. window. and he seem
! cd 10 feel himself more secure as he
surveyed The street. If he were not o
| fugitive IL hiding. why should he be
| taking neppS at the ncighborhood| 4
1 vacnhond. having entered to obtain
shelter for the right. would keep clear
| Of the windows. ON this second night
| the man seemed to Ice looking intently
ut the sidewalk running i'm front of the
| hospital. and hy and hy he started and
turned away as IL he had received
some signal When the nurse came.
| 'old her OF til" incident. She was rs
much amused as before.
You certainly have u mind for mys-
teries." she laughed. but if YOU be-
come too Interested you will develop o
fever and have II pullbnck. When you
are able to leave us. you can tell the
police about the man. who will proba-
hly turn ont to hc Il shadow"
gave the windows but little atten-
ton in the daytime after that The
face Appeared on the third evening at
~" same hour. and | felr SO sure that
confederate made signals from tho
sidewalk that took Il convalescent in
To- my confidence IL" was an old sol
der who WAS being trented for On old
wound and was allowed the run of the
Mace. I told him of the face and the
confederate. and he WAS Interested ar
once u was arranged thai he should
he in front of the hospital at half past
and watch for the confederate. and
luck attended him. He saw n well
dressed but evi, looking mar make
signals to the man mt the window. The
signals were made with a folded news
paper and would not have been noticed
by any one not on the watch for them.
"NoW, then" said the old soldier "a
,e returned and reported. we have q
mystery on hand. Luck has thrown 1t
in our way that we may make a few
SoldpicceS. Let us work il out togeth
er and share the reward.
None of us in the ward had seen
newspaper for week. They were not
interdicted. but none OF the patients
seemed to care for outside news. Next
morning the soldier went out and pur-
chased the journals for the previous
five or six days. and as we looked them
over we struck a sensation. \ boy 10
er. had been kidnapped and spirited
away. and il was stated that the whole
police force of Paris was on the qui
vive- The kidnapping had taken place
three days before l saw the face at
the window. and l was arguing that
our mystery could have nothing TO do
with il when the soldier said:
lit Is at least II miles from here
h.r lnI
probably hidden somewhere else for Il
dov or two, but rhe scent got so hot
that hc was moved. Don't you fear
thar lac is not in the old house opposite
at this very moment"
Then "" should inform the police
Pooh, We must wait for reward
tn. face"
ON the fourth night and fifth night
the face appeared At the window at
the usual hour. and the same mar
made the usual signals. AS the police
were yet nj farlt, those signals must
have meant that things were all right
for the kidn?pers. Ii was now eight
days since the boy was taken. and as
no Irac" could hc had OF him it was he
lieved that he had been killed or taken
" To the police pretty hot. aud il Was
intimat"d that til. father WAS ready to-
Day almost an! sum to have his child
restored.
Now we ar. coming nearer IL it
said the old veteran. What the kid
naprrS HAY" been waiting for is the re-
ward. but we must hc ahead Of them
You hav" some money. but have
none. You must give nae enough to
take mr across Paris To the father.
u had come Ia Ia understood in cl:r
corridor that We had some scheme
hut "" refused 1" answer any u'lrs-
fions The Suldier started off orc
morning. and before noon he was hold |
ing an interview with the father at the
sh'iuc'"d hoy. The distracted man
wiling. :" give his last franc. bat