The Washington times., 1909-06-25
By ROBERT CARLTON BROWN
-=AUTHOR OF-=
"THE BURDEN OF PROOF"

must have missed him." was the reply.
Daring pressed closer against his ba IS.
as though that would help him TO see
the light or learn some scrap of news.
At this moment steps rushed up the
stairs ana Phil heard the voice of his
own death watch cry:
They can't find him. The picket
says he got his man all right, but they
can't see him anywhere below
rs that why they's got the search
light out?' asked the regular attend
ant
Yes. it's pretty dark an he may be
right below without their KNOWN it"
Daring was happy TO hear that there
was stin chance Of Bob's having got
ten away. II was a very slim Ch2nce.
but there is nothing like hope.
A shout broke out below It was
quickly followed by several more calls
and Phil listened intentIy.
sounds Ike they'd got him." volun-
teered Bradshaw.
Yes" cried the guard 'See2 The
searchhght Is steady in one place. right
below the wall"
The guards looked through the small
window, and from their conversation
Phil could cCasionally learn little.
Now. II seemed almost certain that
Bob had been recaptured. But there
was always the uncertainty, a chance
that he had made good his getaway.
mere see: cried the guard. in an
excited tone. They We got ropes goin 2
down. They must have some other men
outside the wall on the job"
That's it, 1 guess from the silence
they must have got him all right
60 down and see Jiu,' urged the
guard, and again Darin's death watch
ran down the stairs.
While he was absent the doubt con-
tinued through the wing. Even those
who could see were not sure that Bob
had been reCaptured or killed.
Daring hoped that it was not the
latter. 1t would be far better for his
cousin. TO go TO the chair" than TO be
snOJ down While attempting TO escape
Ten minutes passed and nothing new
Vac learned. Then Phils death watch
clomped into the corridor.
How about 1t, Jim% cried the other
guards.
They got him all right There was
a fnality in the tone that made Phil
certain his cousin had been killed.
'Where'd they find him? Did the
shot bring him down?" queried the 9TH
ers turning away from the smashed
window.
yen The picket just winged him as
he was gettin' over. He dropped in a
heap. an they had a great time fndin'
him"
Then he's dead. Jim?"
NO, not altogether. It was a slant
ing shot through his lungs. He's got "a
-hemOrThage and viii go shortly, but he's
still breathin' and tryin TO talk. You
see, that's how he fooled them for so
long. When he landed he craWIed along
beSiue d reg an lay Lneres SO II look
them some time 10 locate him with
the searchIight."
] see. Poor deVilr'
Phil wished that he could see his
cousin before his death It was horrible
to hear the facts talked of coldly. when
there was no way for him TO show his
sympathy with the poor fellow who had
found trouble all through his life on
account Of MS lack Of honorable prin-
ciples.
Half an hour passed in desu!tory dis
crssicn of the facts. The guards ad-
Nanced variety Of theories about the
sensational escape. It furnished much
food for conversation and debate
Phil figured the time carefully. AS
half an hOur had slipped by. probably
his cOusin was already dead
He tried 10 calm himself, but It was
hard work To think that this tragedy
should happen just ten hours before
Phil himself was TO go TO the electric
chair.
As he sat there with his head in his
haIds, the picture Of desYair, he heard
guard enter the corridor hurriedIy.
There was whispered conversation
between the newcomer and the man on
regular duty.
Then the latter stepped up to PhiIs
cell.
Number SSS1." he said, the captain
Of the yard wants 10 see you at once
at the hospital"