Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

net one In authority. who presssa a. -
,,ls' the prison, and we did n tborourb-
~. Renee on this particular dav ~ vre.,
$50, vas va most unwilling visitor for the
depressing place O'' ~ tue
we mad an officer and tho r,a,..,, q,
suiue US ana followed along unsn 7 LnoU
we were coming to the hair v,,,,,,,,. 49,,
woman had made an almost in
credible escape. The s,or,.
urohed' EXPLANATIONS made. rne,s,, uuiu oe
eoNC', anu on, dear, | couldn't Co.. =. ~,
asdih' me sickening smell bad ~ 81
LIZ i,ie rant and Ill So / begged 80 H.,
aIIoWed TO retire and checked tbo ,,., W oe
/ IroWns by adding:-''You 90 rtaS Swung
see an you wish to sec while 7 vi ~ -. "nu
Gown stairs. can find INV wav yoy
d. a.l NOT AFRAID to pass a lot 81 ba,r,i
-, ana after many promises ~ no
uen' waiting descended TO tbc A., "a "a
ana entered the dusty. negscta, 49,, moor
flee room "esected little Of
,o1 - nun was there, sleepy, idle ana .r,,..
,1oh.ns lie eyed me 60 stpanssI..
.'tI,, ~ Of, Oest 70 explain my presence
Ell? Wen e,u"'td. Too hot for YOU.
Where did YOU leave ,,our ga,sS,. Gu
near the little window OF ~ -,
- - gVu re IN for long vatt
sr,Ss. he looked at his watch c,',i ,o
o. o,r On rs myers and then exclaimed.
guess III get ont for fi,a - -
slappins on his hat. without f,Irtbs- .,' si-s
/ or look he left me alone '"H "oru
ne heat IN that close little nls.. 49,
suHocatlrg. | famed and f,nno5 vas
theh rose and listened 10 the stair en-
w. S'shs OF my party returnlng-so wen,
DICK. Then door was tbrou 80
somewhere with a bang. ana as 80.
uuily' straight ahead. / noted sn,,a -
strdWs tuttng along the pa ssage / s,srt,,
Al ar! l exclaimed "a c,,rre,t
OF ar where from, l wonderY' I IootaI
80 s door at the end Of the hail
was wide open. | went toU,erd "a mai s
neNt moment found myself iooiia a''u .
INTO a courtyard. About ana No. ~,
were those symbols OF sin ana sbor,a
ron bars. Through the crevices 80 ~
broken stone pavement some bladcs ~
o., '9s pushed greenly upward: and from
an open window near bv came la,,,h.a.
ana the chatter OF women. ana I the,,,
me keepers family apartments Vs. ~
iar on Lifting my eyes 10 the hit -
olue sky ] realized how precious 4, ~
suddenly become and how very beauti-
Iful-"What was that?'
A delicate "Aheml" Nv o,o. ,-r,
the direction Of the sound, ana tbare -
my leIt, lounging in a chair placad In n
/ niue strip of shade, was gentleuan Or
wen. at all events very excentio,,I,,
te oou IooKlng man, 80 perfectly dressed
/ a 4
mower on the lapel Of the coat give HIM
louch OF Jauntiness; while it startled one
! 10 see mat the jetty hair framing his dark
young race was thickly grayed at tho
temples. My eyes strayed to an omen
WHO" near MIN. beneath which stood a
wooden bench. and something living tbers
shone brightly where the sun struck
Trying Filtration.
Again that faint sound. and a spddar
| movement M
hand was at his curled mustache: hIs
| bold dark eyes were making great NAV
the genuemanly scamp was trying with
promptness and despatch to set IN a fir
tatlon' instantly | assumed the stolldity
OF craven Image. Had any one else heen
about | should simply have been angry:
as it was l felt a bit frightened | was
for going at once back to the little Office
but, said second thought
| He may follow you" Oh. ~ ONLY nv
people would hurry downl
The man coughed and hemmed until l
thought his throat must ache. From the
tail OF an averted eye | caught the white
flourish of a handkerchief Then he got
up-he was-good heavenl-he was COM
| ing toward me! Some one inside rapped
sharply on that open window, and the APP
iproaching Don Juan growled, "Oh, you go
to the DEVIL" and came nearer. | wheeled
about to go into the hall. Please" he
said, please take thisv' and pulling the
flower from his coat, he cast It toward
me.
| I shook It angrily from my skirt and
merely as ruse called into the hail.
"Oh, you are down at lastr' and To- the
whole party were truly coming down the
stairs.
Their male guide caught sight Of me
at the open door and flushed red with
Ianger:-"You have no right out there!' he
said angrlly.
\ II atn very sorry" / replied, but there's
no sign forbiddng me. ! only looked out
to get the air; besides I'm not the only
wrongdoer for there's another out there
i And we both saw the man quickly dis
appear through a door and at the same
/ time a long arm reached through the
/ barred window, and a hand lifted the pair
of steel bracelets from the bench, where
they had been shining in the sun.
4 The officer at my side swore beneath his
breath; stopped, and, picking up the fow-
err said:-"Here, Is this yours2'
Z NO" l answered ut belongs to the
other party"
NV tone attracted his attention. say"
he asked "has that fellow been trying to
rig up a star Irritation on your
i Red and angry, | nodded. Then the onl-
Ger stared at me a moment, and sort of
\ grim amusement came into his face as he
slowly remarked :-"Well-Pm-d-dl II he
was dead and a woman stepped over his
grave he would try TO establish communi-
cation with her by kicking at his comm!
/ That's Ned Stokes all overv'
! / staggered-the man clapped his hand
/ IN his mouth. Too late-the words were
outl
i Oh. 10 hnd the murderer OF Colonel
James Fisk in this vain, egotstical loung-
er who without restraint smoked and
I nlrted away the time like this! But the
guide beside me was speaking:- DENT
peach-don't give It away! We've wives
| and families Some of us would have TO
/ be thrown overheard TO quiet things. There
air,t any real harm dOne-hes safe enough.
] Only don't peach Miss. It's the boss
| fault but It would be us undersTappers
| that would get fredF
| SO did not peach-until that part OF the
old Tombs had ceased TO be,