The Washington times., 1909-08-09
~ THE FACE HE KNEW ~

the safest exit would be by swimming
across the pool.
He waited TIM long after darkness had
come before he cautiously descended the
steep side of the rocky hiilOCk and
slipped gently down the bank into the
He had no more than got in before he
wished with all his soul that he was
cut he SUDDENLY remembered what the
sherlH mad recOunted of the finding OF
colonel Martins body in this pool. A
! nameiess dread seemed to make the
water lce-cOld to his body and froZe his
blood within him.
He had intended TO swim with ST.
lent, underwater strokes, and crawl
I slowly up the bank that there might not
be even the sound of water dropping
/ upon the surface of the pool frpm his
clothes. Instead, he swan With quick
splashes, using the swiftest stroke he
knew, and, upon touching the opposite
shore with his hand, threw himself upon
the bank
The consequence will surprise the
reader less than it surprised Dick. AS
/ he emerged from his bath of insane
dllnly In the moonlight, the figure Of
the slayer of Robert Martin, the thief
who had stolen his clothes.
Wen, who the devil are your" a
gruH voice demanded.
Dick could see that one arm vas
raised and that the hand at the end
of the arm held a pistol pointed to-
ward his head. His teeth chartered so
that he could hardly pronounce his own
name.
And where are you trying to get
toy the vote questioned again.
Il want to get to Corn Center" Dick
stammered.
And / don't think you'll go" the
other replied. Il don't believe you'll
do much more goin"
The man seemed to be thinking over
| the situation. Dick, on his own part
, tried TO do some thinking His first
conclusion was that the murderer was
a maniac.
NO" the gruff voice resumed medi-
! tatiyely, I don't think I'll let you go.
/ You've got my clothes on We, amt your
I got 'em a little bloody-kiliin a wild
cat back there
II guess the sherinsn be after me
purity soon. 1t sorter pears to me
as though it'd be a good thing for
him 10 find body in my clothes lyin'
somewhere near the bottom of that
pool
Dick stiu held to the opinion that
he was at the mercy of a lunatic; for
who In his right senses would pause
thus TO parley with an intended vic
tim? An entirely sane man would have
shot him at first sight. and talked IT
over In his own mind afterward.
But the man was diabOlically clever
/ in his insanity, to say the least. He
had hit upon a plan for rendering him
self immune from further danger Of
discovery. Whether he knew of Dick
capture or not, Dick knew that moth
ing in the world would so completely
end all efforts to catch the real muir
/ dereT Of Colonel Martin as the finding
Of his Dicks body in Deep Hole, clad
in the garments he wore.
He had just thought things out to
this rather exciting conclusion, when
a slight breeze brought him an ample
explanation Of all that seemed IRA
/ tiOnal in the criminals conduct That
explanation was no more nor less than
a Whit Of whisky laden breath.
/ This little incident took away every
| element OF the weird and CHASTITY
which had seemed TO possess Dicks
/ soul a moment since.
His mind worked with the quickness
/ of electricity and the accuracy Of a
/ well-oiled machine Acting on the be-
/ lief that half drunken man Is the
/ least dangerous form of had man in
! the world, he made a sudden spring at
/ the individual who blocked his way TO
/ the road.