The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08

you with snores? No. cure has been
the third night began to rain It started in be-
fore dark At II 80 it raining ptchforks Mr. Duck
stood at his window and watched the elements.
Damn those fellows" he said to himself where are
they. This is just the timer"
Even spoke something small soft
struck him in the face He looked out Up the HILL
where the tracks were, number of box
storm, lighting his pipe. Duckworth glanced in that
direction picked up
that had fallen to the floor It piece of putty
wound and rewound with fine The passed out
of the window into the darkness beyond. Duckworth
pulled it in, hand over hand.
Outside at end of the wall sentry chung, shiv-
erng to his sentry box. The his running
scampered
Darn them rats!' exclaimed sentry. GLOW in
time do they get away there"
Over in his cell, DuckWorth removed the bars that he
had sawed affixed the ladder that he had just pulled
crouched in for instant with his eye upon
the sentry Suddenly he the wall felt in
the dark for a rope that he knew hanging there,
and in instant up the wall it.
The-sentry saw him. Duckworth assumed that he
would Now the difficult part Of escape is not
much to get prison.. That's hard enough too.
But to get into freedom-to elude is
accomplish the impossible.
The schemes which the skilfu in preparation
are those which the simplest of execution Up to this
time DuckWorths escape had been simple enough The
balance OF the We're somewhat too cumber
some and apparent. There had been at the foot
OF the wall. There had been two men in the empty
Way down the road, toward the town. two other
ones, driving slowly away from prison
closed
to aid in his escape. Everything cut dried
AL therefore, that Duckworth had to do in order to
make his escape successful to eudeno the officers
and he did it.
when the pursuing party emerged the JAIL they
found the two menin the and the two in the
carriage That is to say, they aware of
presence They did not disturb them They knew well
that Duckworth somewhere between prison
town would join the four. The stopped
men, from the car started toward the town
The entire force of pursuers followed their tracon
hdent OF success All this took time the walked
slowly and carriage drove slowly
AS they entered the town. of pursuers closed n
upon the carriage the other upon the pedestrians
It was fruitless proceeding: The
known but what of that? Two have right take
shelter from the wet and twelve at night is
heard OF hour for two skylakers to drive to town.
They kept the gang week and discharged them.
Duckworth, with intuition much experience,
as soon as he had landed outside the WALL had eluded
not only the officials, but also his There
less danger of mistake He struck straight
try his pants rolled and the stripes of suit
concealed by long linen been placed
outside He had good start chances
for he was ahead of the alarm
Next morning o'clock man in a linen buster
sat shivering in the branches of tall The
stood near the road and commanded the view of both
directions.
Occasionally some conveyance passed. The man in the
tree surveyed the occupant of each it went by.
Finally he spoke This is the man for me- he said.
He looked far the road then far in the other direction
There other vehicle but sight. n it
young tall and lean and gaunt Duckworth
himself Duckworth sauntered out and hailed him.
Stranger, he said in pleasant voice, 'can give
The fellow looked at him doubtfully-then at his
watch I'm in hurry" he said
Duckworth glanced at him with gentle sme-the
kind that had separated the two old ladies from their
patrimony.
WELL fellow said, "I suppose CAM don't
know" Duckworth leaned up against shafts.
tagged out" he said YEARLY. Would gettn' my
bundle there against the tree? don't too
DuckWorth, in his linen buster, pleasant-look-
ing fellow enough, and he had persuasive way with him.
The fellow got out As he stepped down. his coattals
brushed aside, and the handle of
out in view. DuckWorth gently seized it slipped
out-a proceeding of which the other totally
unconscious.
The other stopped to ask for explanation
and found himself looking down the barrels of his
gun.
Stranger continued Duckworth, throwing back his
duster. I'm desperate man Strip
There but thing other man re-
moved his outer garments and then stopped. Duck
worth stood him. "Go on he said But" the
other protested For Duckworth clicked
to full cock. "Now" he said finally, s'you put