The Washington times., 1906-01-21

life remained 20 him lie had heard ss-a
how the man was pining under prison
discipline and had come 10 help him
escape if that were humanity possible
OF me or my London employers he =
knew nothing whatever. ?
He had been shown over the prison, !
having obtained a pass from an infls--
entail friend and while there had :.
learned the place where Craig was p
daily employed Yesterday. from tbe-
cairn hin. he had satisfied himself that
the convict was working in the gan8-a
He had crept out this evening To eS-
anime the stream and hedge which di-
vided the new inclosuTe from the moor
When he saw me on his track his sus-
picions as TO my business were coF-s
drmed- Either he must give up ms
project or my mouth nust be stopped
So he tempted me into the ruined farm
The rest / knew.
He spoke in an easy, pleasant voice
with d perfect fraakness and good hu-
NOR. II never seemed to occur to him
that he had done anything unreason-
able-anything 10 which a levei-headed
man could object. / stared at him III
O growing amazement
There seemed. indeed, only one solu-
partially insane.
You must understand my position.
Mr.. kingsley" he concluded. II am
not a lunatic. but 7 have made up rHy
mind IN this matter OF julius craig.
Anyone who is foolish enough To come
between us must stand aside or take
the consequences. Toward yourself. for
example, / had no I'D viii. In fact,
rather liked you. But you must admit
that as a detective. your presence was
excessively iuconyenieut. Now that
know the truth ! welcome you as a
most valuable ally I am prepared TO
trust YOU absolutely. Come, what are
your plans2
] told him as We walked back to tie
inn. He expressed himself an admirer
Of their simplicity as We parted for the
night, Mad or not. had. found an as
sistaut who would be of great help TO
me So 7 let it stay at that and slept
like "a rock tin Q next morning.
Matters moved quickly with us.
hired stout horse and "a two-wheeIed
cart FOR a month from the landlord. IN
whom I talked Eeoithic many of an
evening impressing him with "a learn
ing acquired from the reports of that
worthy society The Devonshire Assoc
citation. ] preferred u drive myself
declining the boy offered for that pur-
pose There were no other pTepara-
tions 20 make. and 50. on the uay fol-
lowing. that earnest student MI Abel
Kingsley. might have been seen smok--
ing his pipe ON the cairn hill I'm ueE r
white macintosh tfOr was there not
threat Of rain in the airs). while Mr.
Thomas Hearne lay hid amongst the
stones watching the effect OF the siSnat.
through his pocket telescope He re-
ported all Well; Julius Craig had Un-
doubtedly understood the white water
proof and understood that we were
waiting for him. --ar
/ could talk 10 you for an hour ot
our doiugs in the next three weeks
We lived on the edge Of a powder bar
rei III which We mad set the fuse
Never a morning but We were up with
the eun. staring to wirdward for signs
of the weather. Would il be today,
tomo.row-not at aI2 A nervous man
would never have stood that strain;
bot we were not "a neurouc couple, the
old chap and ].
As hard and keen and clever as q lad
OF twentv-one was Thomas Hearne. II
was ne who spent the day in Plymouth.
~
that might temporarily conceal the
conv!ct's identity until he could change
his yellow prison unifprm for the
clothes / had already bought IL Was
ne VINO gathered 10 himself all the
weather lore of the village unth he
had become a better prophet than the
wisest veteran OF the moors- Two
frgs we had. but during the first The
convicts We're kept within the walls
while before the other caught them
the warders had time 10 rush the
gangs back 20 their cells Yet Hearne
never lost temper at these delays
cheering me lack into patience with
the strength of his own certainty
Don't YOU woTTy. Kingsley he
wouId say; what IS fated TO happen
cannot be prevented, and Providence
will see 10 il that Julius CTaig comes
10 as soon
His affection for the convict seemed
To an his life. No risk, no labor was
TOO heavy; no storm would drive him
from his post. Often when l was
smoking by the inn fire, he Wal
crouching patiently amopg the rocks on
the cairn hill. as if 1t were his only
son for whom he waited There Was
something llnGuiAlt lA4 iltS AAANA N'-N~
self-sacrihce; but ! had no reason 70
complain. for il lightened the burden
on my shoulders
II was at three O'Clock on Tuesday.
MAY Q. that Julius Craig escaped.
Poor devil, is he had but known ..r
Hearue and ] had quarreled thag
morning over the FOG question Per
haps both our tempeIs were wearing
Thin. but that was no excuse for his
6roDpiue from argument to insults /
dare say ne thought my language just
ms bad. but that didn't make the trouble
any lighter. There was fog i'm the air
he said though even the landlolc
laughed at the idea when j put tht
question 40 him. Finally, the old MAJ
walked of in "a huff, though ] had 50
far forgiven way as to promise that
would bring the cart TO the runs .o3
lunchtime.
] suiked about the inn until the pa
pers came from Plymouth When
had finished reading them 1t was mast
one o'clock \ leg of lamb was cooking
IN the kitchen. Just because Hearn'
ureferred cold ham sandwiches on
draughty hill there was no reason Whs
should not have my meal in coniot'
y-o,,Id lunch before / started, and iu