The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-11
A RESURRECTION
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 I was starting to cross a long rail- road bridge on foot There was only single track, and the time was 10 o'clock at night. knew the danger of crossing the bridge, but l had been absent for months. had just alighted at the station half a mile away and was In a hurry to reach my home.
 "My clothesT' l exclaimed, aston lshed. "If you had asked for my valu- ables. ] would not be surprisod, but my clothes are an old suit I use for travelling"
 "The age doesn't matter. and the yaluables goes with 'om. Come, set lem on"
 The man was armed with a bludg- con. while I had nothing for defense.
 "Oh. I seer' l said. You are being hunted and want to evade your pur- suers."
 The fellow had a desperate look about him, and began at once to d. vest myself of my garments. Ho hur- ried me, but hoped to save some pa pers there were in my pocket and stop ped to take them out
 Let 'em alone" be said. "I want lem for Identification"
 In a few minutes the man had on my clothes while l wac obliged Co put on his or go naked. did leave or some of them. but he forced me to wear them. doubtless knowing that f. they were found they would betray the exchange.
 Now" be said when we were dress ed. you so back to where the road crosses the railroad. SO down the hil and cross the foOtbddge. When you get to the bridge, give me a whistle. J don't propose to let you get far enough to give me away before can reach the other side Of this thing. and it % be slow walkin' for me"
 I concluded that discretion was the better part of valor and did exactly as he directed When I reached the foot bridge. saw bis dark figure in silhou cite against the sky standing where J had left him. whistled, and be starr ed over the bridge.
 It was a mile farther to my home bg the route I was forced to take, but ) was relieved to get away from a des perate man and walked briskly, won. derlng what my wife would say to see me coming in in such wretched clothes. Suddenly ] heard the sound of horses boOfs behind me clatterlng over the narrow footbridge and knew the rider must be In a hurry to take such risk. Tn fact l surmised he was after the criminal. and I would have hidden Co avoid trouble had there been any meanf of concealment. Since there was none ] resolved to make virtue Of necessi- ty, and aB the horseman came up ] called to him:
 "If you are looking for an escaped villain. he's just crossed the railroad bridge above
 or am looking for a criminal,' be re- piled. covering me with a revolver, ".and I reckon you're the man."
 He was in police uniform, and with bis revolver close to my face ] made the best of the situation.
 "Tu go with you. Do you know the man you're afterY
 CT know that he wears a dirty yellow suit" he replied eyasively, and, die mounting. be struck a match and exam. med my clothes.
 "Not much risk about taking you in, " be said. Got any weapons2'
 'No"
 He searched me, finding nothing on me. then. slipping a bracelet on my wrists. led his horse and walked me back to the station. There was a train due from the direction I wished to so, and one had recently passed going the other way. He grumbled at not hay ing caught the latter train and when the other came along boarded it with me and took me to a town twenty miles distant and lodged me ln jail.
 ] was kept waiting several days for a keeper to come from the prison from which the convict had escaped. Every hour expected my liberty When the man arrived and looked me over, be saw that there had been a mistake. told him my story and was released. ] was % delighted to get out of a bad box that refrained from abusing any one for my detention and. being fur nished with a ticket. took a train for home. Reaching the station. took advantage Of my lesson that haste makes waste" and Instead of crossing the railroad bridge took a depot hack and rode home.
 Though lt was o'clock in the after noon. my house was locked and every shutter closed | supposed my wife would be at her mothers and drove there. There was a shut up" look about the place. but opened the front door and marched in. A servant was ln the dining room, who as soon as she saw me dropped a platter she was carrying. and it broke into fragments, accompanied by wild shrieks Rs she ran Into the kitchen. l followed her. and she ran out the back door. Dis daining to pursue her farther, l re- solved to look elsewhere for a solution of the mystery that was growing more and more astonishing. Going again