Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-11-13
CHAPTER XXIX-lContinuedl

luCheu uWay III the expresses, which would be admirable for convalescence. He could arrange a special car, and he himself could make the journey with him. He proposed this to the surgeon and with his approval put his plan in motion. In two days more Hugh found his going fully settled.
 The idea admirably fitted his neces- sity. The spot the bishop had selected , was quiet and retired and, more, was near the port at which he could most , readily take ship for South America. Only one reflection made him shiver-- she route lay through the town of
 smoky Mountain. Yet who would
 dream of looking for fugitive from
 the law in the secluded car that carried
 a sick man? The risk would be small
 enough, and it was the one way open. On the last afternoon before the de- parture Hugh asked for the clothes he
 had worn when he was brought to the
 hospital, found the gold pieces he had
 snatched in the burning chapel and
 tied them in handkerchief about his
 neck. They would suffice to buy his
 sea passage. The one red counter he
 had kept-it was from henceforth to be
 a reminder of the good resolutions he
 had made so long ago-he slipped into | pocket of the clothes he was to wear
 away, suit of loose, comfortable l tweed
 | Waiting restlessly for the hour of | his going, Hugh asked for the news | papers. Since the first he had had
 them read to him each day listening | fearfully for the hue and cry. But
 today the surgeon put his request | aside
 After you are there" he said, If
 Bishop Ludlow will let you Not now. |. You are almost out of my clutches, and l must tyranniZe while can" A quick look passed from him Co his
 assistant as he spoke. for the newspa-
 pers that afternoon had worn startling
 headlines. The sordid affnirs of
 mining town across the ranges had It,
 tie interest for Aniston. but the names
 of Stires and Moreau on the clicking wire had walked 1t thus late to the sen- cation. The professional caution of the
 tinker of human bodies wished, how
 ever, that no excitement should be added to the unavoidable fatigue of his patients departure.
 This fatigue was near to spelling de feat, after all, for the exertion brought again the dreadful stabbing pain, and this time it carried Hugh into q re- zion where feeling ceased, conscious
 ness passed and from which he strug- gled back finally to find the surgeon bending anxiously over him.
 q don't like that sinking spell" the latter conflded to his assistant an hour later as they stood looking through the
 window after the receding carriage. Tt was too pronounced. Yet he has complained of no pain. He will be in good hands at any rate" He tapped the glass musingly with his forefinger Its curious" he said after a pause. "I always liked Sanderson-in the pull pit Somehow he doesn't appeal to me at close range" The special car which the bishop had ready had been made a pleasant inte- rior. Fern boxes were in the corners, caged canary swung from bracket and a softly cushioned couch had been prepared for the sick man. A moment before the start, as 1t was being cou- pied to the rear of the resting train. while the bishop chatted with the con ductor, fustered messenger boy hand ed him telegram. It read: arrive Anniston tomorrow 5. Conf dential. Must see you Urgent JESSICA. The bishop read it in some perplex- ity. It was the first word he had re- ceived from her since her marriage; but. aware of Hugh's forgery and dis 4 grace. he had pot wondered at this The newspapers today pictured a still worse shame for her in the position of the man who in the name still was her husband, who had trod so swiftly the downward path from thievery to the worst of crimes. Could Jessica's con- ing have to do with that? He must see her, yet his departure could not now be delayed He consulted with the conductor, and the latter bored over his tablets.
 As a result his answering message flashed along the wires to Jessica's faraway train:
 Sanderson injured. Taking him to coast train 4S due Twin Peaks tomor- row afternoon.
 And thus the fateful moment ap- preached when the great appeal should be made.
 The evidence of the first days trial of the case of the people against Hugh Stires was the all expressing topic that night in Smoky Mountain. Bar ney McGinn perhaps aptly expressed the consensus of opinion when he said, T allow We all know he's guilty, but nobody believes it."
 Late as Smoky Mountain sat up that night, however, it was on hand next mnroincp rnnk nud flo when the court