The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

Air. Ransom. and may lead TO conclu-
hions such as We might not otherwise
have presumed 20 entertain. especially II
We come upon an impression clear enough
10 point in which direction the uerson
making IL was going"
Here IS what you want Ransom "a
surcc him IN low and curiously ernoth-
cred voice. He was evidently greatly e,-
citea ly tHis result Of their inquir.es. for
an ms apparent quiet and precise move
He"ts- IT'S woroan's step. and mar
woman WAS going from tie eu vrbe.
s'e i.it these tokens OF hor passage be-
hind her Going and as you saw not b,
The direction OF the waterfall
Hush. see some one Nc the kitchen
window. Let us move warilv and be SUM,
n.' 20 ceniolnd these prints with those
on any other person. Il looks rs IN a
great many people had PASSED here"
Yes tbs IS the way 20 TIE chickon-
''pi- .tnd oit-nolses. But in tho Ground
beyond think I sec q single line u
steps aEain,-smau steps Ike these.
c'-n they 3c leading? They are
tf'I uhc Iose OF "a person running"
And struggling. Ike those OF a rer-
SON running in tho dark See how thev
"aFer from tho direct line down there.
t-rii. ana almost come Up against that
wood-rlle. W nose steps are thcse7 Whose
Mr.. iarper7 Quick I must see where
tref Hn. our time vlli rot De lost The
hes 10 TIE labyrinth is in our hands"
The lawyer was ln the rear and thu
eyes % Lle other were fixed far ahead
Tor this reason. perhaps. the former al
lowed himself a quiet shake Of the head,
which might not have cnoouragcd tho
other so very much. had he caught sight
OF IT, IIcy were now on the verge OF
the garden, OF what would soon be 4
garden n these rains befokcned errlnr
a path ran along its edge and IN this
path the footsteps they were following
d
again among tie hillocks ~ Some ola
potato hills beyond. and finally traced
them quite across the garden waste 20
q fence along which they ran. blunder-
Ing from rlouehcd earth 20 srots Of
smoother ground. and SO back again til
They came upon ~ old turn -stilet
Aissihg through this, the two men stop
ped ana looked about them. They were
IN "a road ridged with grass and aanked
by bushes. one end ran east into a
wooded valley. the other debouched on
tAf h.rhway few feet 90 the right of
tie tavern
THE iane," exclaimed Mr. Harper. Tho
lead towards the waterfall was a faint
il was in this direction she fed. ana
70 IS from this point that search met
Dee made for her"
Ransom. greatly pcrturbcd. for this nos
siD-lity of secret flight opened vistas OF
as much mystery, n not as much suffer-
lns' as ner death in the river. glanced AZ
tne sodden ground under their feet. and
thls along the lane 10 where fl lost it.
self from view among the trees.
no possible following of stems horo .,
he declared. "A hundred people must
have come this way since early morn
ing"
TITS short cut from the Ferry T,hsv
told rae last night that II lessened the
Instance ny fully quarter or a mile"
Inc Ferry Can She be there2 or IN
the woods. or on her way 20 Some mr.
known place FAR out Of our rcachY TIE
thought IS maddening. Mr. Harper. ana
-t1I as helpless as child under n
Siat we get detectives from the countv-
scat or start on the hunt ourselves7
we might hear something further on TO
We might, but 7 should rather stay
on tho immediate scene at present. Az.
there comes fellow in a cart who si,o,,r5
pe able 70 tell us something, stand bv
ana H accost him. You needn't show
Mr.. Ransom turned aside. Mr.. rTarner
wanted IN the slow-movlng horse drao-
ging n heavily Jogging wagon cor,o
alongside. and he had caught The o1-o Of
tne ioW-orowed, broad-faced farmer how
tine reins Ni~
Good morning" said he aRad ro,~s
TINS way. Any better at the Ferry or
down east, as you cau it?"
l-"F was The numbering half-susnjc-
lous answer from the startled nov "i,,-,
heard naught down yonder brt ~.
gal threw herself over the waterman IN
here last night. Is that a fact siro ~
mishty Gurus to know. My mother t,,,,,-
u-en htzens; used TO wash for EN- years
go az one goa me 10 bring up these taters
and larn all 7 could about it,"
eve don't know much moro tho, .ho.
ourselves was the smooth and cautions
reply THE lady certainly Is missiD,y ar8