The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-05

tConilnu~d from YeHterday1
And nov I set my self TO the task
~ p1tiinx ~ broad a stretch Of moor
between thu prison and myself a. the
remaining hours q darkness would
allow. setting my face 70 the riad
once more. I ran until ! fsil from
exhaustion. Then. after five minutes
Of painting among the heather.
made another start. antil. again ny
haees gave way beneath me. Nas
young and hard. SHIT muscles u
steel and A frame Witch had been
t0axhen.d BY ~ years % camp and
f1sii. Thus / was able % keep 40
this wild night Fqr arpther three
hours. during which I stu suited
myself you understand. b. keerinN
the wind in my face. Al the end Of
that time 1 calculated that I had put
nearly - miles between the prison
and myself Day Nas about to break.
90 I crourhea down among the
heather upon the top u one 81 those
small hills which abound IN that
country. with the intention o. hisiius
myself unfu nightfaiL ~ Wss no
new thing 60 me- TO nieeu in the
wind and ths rain. %. wrapping FnT-
self up In my thick warm eiestk.
soon sank into a done
But it was not a refreshing Eiuin-
her I tossed ana tunihisd amid
SERIES q vile dreams. IN which
everything seemed 10 80 wrong Nith
me. Al last. remember. WAS
charging an upshaken square Of
Hungarian Grenadisra. with a sin.
gle squadron upon spent horses. just
sa did a. F.ichinEsn. I stood ia M
stirrupa 60 shout "yIvs rempersur,
and IS ! did so. there came the an
swsrinR roar from my huaNAFe.
"vfv. Feupereurt I apfRnN from
ringing in my ears. and then. as !
rubbed my eyes and wondered Il
were mad. the same cry came again.
500 voices IN one lonN-draWn yell I
look 81 out from nv screen Of brAm.
blss and saw In fhs clear iRifs ~
morning the very last thing that
should either have expected or
chosen.
II was Dartmoor prison. There Il
stretched. grim aud hide0uH with
IN a furi0nK o. me. Had 1 run on
for a few minutes Ia the dark.
should have butted my shake
against the wall l was - taken
aback az the sight that 7 could
WUaNArlF fNANNf NNAlAA NaA ~ tifttAflAa
Then Il all became clear % me. and
I struck my head with my haudh
IN my despair. The wind had vearei
from the north 70 south during the
night, and I. Keeping my face az
ways towards Il. had run ten miles
out and ten miles In. winding up
where had started. When 1 thought
o. my hurry. my falls. my mad
rushing and jumping. ali ending in
this. II seemed 20 absurd, that my
grisf changed suddenly TO ainuse-
msnt. and fell among tho BRAN
biss. and laughed. and laughed. IN
~ my sides we're sore. Then !
rolled myself Up in my cloak and
considered seriously what I should
do.
One lesson which I have learned
In my roaming life, my friends T.
never 10 call anything a misfortune
untl you have seen the end Of Il. II
not every hour n fresh point OF
visw- In this case I soon psrceived
that hccident had done for me AZ
much a. the most profound CUNNING
My guards naturally commenced
thslr SEARCH from the place Where I
had taken Sir Charles Meredith'e
eoat. and from my hiding place
could 80 them hurryina along the
road 70 that point Not one OF them
ever dreamed that ! could hav.
doubled back from there, aud I fay
quite undiHturbed IN the little bush.
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