The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10

kitchen and climbing through the window, thence onto the ground outside
 Breathing a sigh of relief as he felt the cold night air in his face, he hurried for the big woods. For several hours he walked straight ahead, then some invisible force seemed to 1 turn him suddenly to the right and before | he had zone a dozen yards he ran with great force into q fallen tree which nc sooner had he touched 1t than 1t gave way precipisating him into an aperture in the ground. ~-- His first impulse was to yell put ne re- l strained himself.
 GropInR his way round, he soon came upon A hard iron object. Striking match, the King suddenly deserted in the flickerins light q forge and bellows, together with numerous steel dies. copper plates eoiored Inks. etcA
 The truth flashed over him. He was in A counterfeiters denl Now he understood why the farmer had the Ss0o0. There was no other man living within twenty miles he could accuse. MT. stebbins had said at the table he was an enRraver So the farmer was the counter feItert
 .eThe sooner I get out of here the better this money in the wallet is no good!'
 Fearing cautiously around and seeing no me he soon made his way half blinded but cautiously back over the path he had en- tered To allow himself to be caught with that counterfeit money would be his ruin ciambering out. he hurried away from she spot with all possible expediency It was the most extraordinary thing he had ever run across--a farmer eounterfeiter It made him laugh.
 He dared not return to the farmhouse now. for a faint flush over in the east in- | dtcated hat day was fast dawning. so he wandered here and there through the woods, eating berries now and then to appease his hunger, waiting patiently '0 About twelve D. m. he returned again to the farmhouse. that the farmer should be caught red handed with the goods in his drawer. | Then In the guse of assumed char acter he would in some way bring about his arrest.
 | ht. wife was as sound asleep as on the | rornAr night The King once more sneak ed into his bedroom.
 Placing the wallet back where he had found it. he erept out of the house and l once more Into the fresh air.
 stonplng behind a clump of bushes he | changed his costume
 | rben anyone looking would only have seen o sseble bent figure hobbilng up the road clad In calico wrapper and poke bonnet a tvpIcat Kansas farmers wife.
 aroaJ daylight two days later, found the .,a,,ra still wandering along, peering now and then anxiousiy from the bushes as though searching for some one.
 suddenly the figure emerged from the urdprgrowth into the road.
 wagon and horse driven by a boy 1 rattled over the nilL
 Tb. o,d woman asked for 6 ride. Kansas vodn,,aIty dominated and she was invited .o sIt beside the young driver
 rhs hoy was reading Q daily papers, .a.h extra from Topeka. The headlines a,,Ih, Inc eye of the old woman
 1sltsr bitten. Robert Arken. the noted
 ah vho has been traveiing over the country UT'tr under various nom de plumes; his
 bsn' ,6s ins %So ~ ~ss s%poy.d for on 9 h' me Farmer stebbins in capacity t.ru hand. while making his escape t,S sS oo6 Of the farmer's money, is stia ~. s,at,r He is believed Co be in the bis 'Ss.,, %ooSS miles from this city. The remark