Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-26

iuGgcd guilty hI the courts aHt! odt ihto his keeping, and it was not for him to doubt or eritlcise. He looked for sympathy and carry himself as | mar t1r, hat he was agreeaf1y surprised to discover quite the coHtalrg,
 l'FaEt1n W2s in he prime Of life. cle.~ eyed aud frank faced, and lIo had u2:A'g% to say against hj@ sentence. He seoNcd to realize that tGe timc Lad -1H" by fnF thJr IIi tAe department to Wi4icA h. Ws< aeS.@a"l he made Sac!I U record that= atfct. a year he Was appointed I "t'u~ty." He tJd aa@vcl almost two years of his time ho50.1 the deputy heard ls.e ~torT, Ii tad t!fa ring Of truth, 2,I tle ot.iePr Believed II, bat at the time he was going r. Ie>vc the prison and take &aother position. and lie felt helpless i,s t.le matter In the state and took ut1 a new occupation, and three months passed away.
 Then one day tine former deputy made days journey by rail. and as he sat down to dinner in the dining car his a1naze1nent was unbounded to ob serve Drayton 1t q nearby table. The convict looked up at him without rec ognition and did not seem at all abash. ed. Here was q man who had seen Drayten every day for two years, talk ed With lin. noticed every peculiarity about fn and could swear to him q thousAnd times over.
 Tiferc Was no moro Goubt in his mind that the convict sat before him than that he vas living, and lEc WAS present. iv absorbed in speculation It was just possible that the Aan had been parz doHasf. If go. why dta hc notrece@nize &ad greet lis old friend: The deputy tad been as. friendly With him as the regulations permitted. even more than ttat
 If ho had not been pardoaed, then he must have escaped. but that he could sit there with such bra2en assuraGce wae not like Draytou. The deputy found his position embarrassing in way. and yet 1t did not take him long to make up his mind what to do He would have been glad to see Drayton get a pardon, but if I1e had escaped he must go back and serve the rest of his time.
 During the meal the eyes Of the two men met dozen times, and of the two Drayton was the less confused. His hair was yet short from the prison reg ulatious, and he bad on civilians dress of good texture. His demeanor was that of any traveller, careless and indif- ferent to a certain degree, and it was certain tbat if addressed he would promptly deny his identity and carry the matter through with high hand This dissembling and assurance on his part were new phases of his character. and dinner had been finished half an hour before the deputy approached him and said:
 .I have q good memory for faces, and I am sure l have seen yours be- fore"
 Tt may be so" was the careless re- ply, accompanied by smile.
 Haven't I met you in the village of Wadsworth?' naming the place where the K. state prison was situated
 II may have passed through the place on train. but l am sure I never stop ped there. It is possible that we have met before while travelling"
 The voice, the movement of the mouth while speaking, the look of the eyes, everything about the man was perfectly familiar to the officer, but he suddenly decided to adopt a new line of policy for awhile. He would meet finesse with finesse. The pair entered into general conversation for two hours. and then the deputy sent out telegram asking the warden of the state prison if Drayton had been par doned or had escaped. Two hours later, as he was nearing the end of the journey, he received an answer read ing:
 "Drayton is still with us and has just been locked in his cell"
 Here was another puzzle, but it did not take the astute official long to reach a conclusion. Drayton had claimed that the felony had been committed by some man resembling him. Here was his prototype. his twin brother. While he looked more like a respectable busi- ness man than a thief, the ex-deputy determined not to let him go without a rigid examination
 It happened that the two got off at the same city. and they had scarcely descended from the train before the stranger was given in charge by the official and taken to a police station. It was high handed thing to do, and if he was what he represented or seemed to be he could make trouble for the other.
 He seemed stunned at first over his arrest and then grew indignant and threatening. He gave certain name and claimed certain city as his resi- dence, and for a time the police were inclined to apologize and let him go. It