Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-08-03

| the description of the murderer: Com
pare this with the man on the bench,
and if you agree with me pass it on to
Father Belcher"
The only thing which astonished me
was that l had not thought of it be-
fore or that the mans own account of
himself had not suggested it. The
priest read it carefully, then went over
to the bench and read it again. He
crossed himself and muttered a prayer
Allowing for such days and nights as
he had spent out in thelsto the pen
picture was perfect The Elixir stood
up and, looking out of the window,
said:
"a red sunset and a fair tomorrow.
so we shall part in the morning. Let's
have breath of fresh air together
first"
We understood and followed him
outside. Close. upon the horizon the
masses of gold and crimson cloud were
following the sun away The Elixir
cast one admiring glance over the
glorious wilderness, then his being
changed to something entirely new,
even after all that he had been before.
He spoke rapidly and earnestly:
That fellow is stark mad" he said.
He was demented when he did it.
1t is like the work of maniac. Per-
haps he'd lost everything up there and
charged it to Sir Robert Besides he
is helplessly i'll. Do unto others as We
would, applies to us. If we leave him
here and go our ways, the fiends from
Kalgoory will tear him in pieces. If
he is crazy he ought at least to have
show on justice, and we can secure
it for him if you will help me. | have
handled maniacs several times and al
ways successfully. We two can easily
get him to the coast if we are not over
taken by a mob from behind. You
are starting for Kalgoory in the morn
inf, Father, and will doubtless meet
searching parties coming down. 1t will
insure success if you will tell them
that the man is already captured, in
safe hands, and we'll on his way to
the coast by way of the Lower Fork,
".
Keep them from following if possible.
If not, then send them by the Lower
Fork. The day after tomorrow wire
privately to some one you can trust.
Say that the prisoner will be at Bald
wins by Friday noon. Tell them of
his condition, so that they will be pre-
pared to care for him properly"
After a little parley the priest con-
sented and did his work so we'll that
the plan worked out to the end. 1t did
not rouse the man even when the
Elixir made him drink the soup and
relieved him of rusted revolver, some
cartridges, and an ugly knife with
black-red rust spots on the blade. Then
the moon rose in a clean-swept sky.
and the Elixir proposed that we start
at once, lest the people of Kalgoory
do the same.
We borrowed a cob from the half
caste for the prisoner, who was evil
IDENTIFY an old horseman for he sat the
saddle by instinct. He would not pay
the slightest attention to me, but heed
ed every suggestion of the Elixir. to
whose watchfulness he owed his life
many times over during that rapid and
dangerous journey.
The officers with physician met us
at Baldwin's, but for the first time the
prisoner became obstreperous. He
chung to his deliverer, fighting and
yelling, and kicking every one else,
till for the sake of peace they persuad-
ed him to continue with them, and we
parted abruptly, I at least never more
Two weeks later, back in the bush,
a letter came to me by way Of Kali
goory
Before you open this l shall have
left the Convict Isle for quarters un-
as it was | who killed
the demon at Kalgoory. Finding my
self in a trap, and, worse, that | was
recognized by the fellow who came in
on us. looking so like the printed pic
ture of my so-different self, | was
forced to utilize him. and incidentally
saved his life by getting him to hos
pital in return for his getting me out
Of the trap. | must make this unfold
ing to you, that you may stand by him
again If by remotest chance the suspi-
cion should cling to him. | did it;
but. lest you smite yourself for having
helped me unwittingly, let me add: