The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-10


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cigar cases nay - hygo fle
wac o. % dol An boar
Throueh this long hour Els
walked without g pause.
AnOtheg clock aomeWhegc cIr
resonanlly twice. Thr word YEA
stilL And -. wandering foot 'e
q wilderness o. ways. turning aias
". now right. now ielt. De found
gelf CD Er0Rnal street
KfkWOod idantinod e with
and q guilty fremor. Re stopped
stu a. an unreasoning stats 81
panic. arrested ~ q silly lmpeise
turn and ~. ~ Il the bobby whom
descFied approaching him VITA meas
ured stride. pauaing now and eeal
try q door 0r lash IFS bullseye q
en- area, were 70 Be expected % SECS
tify the man responsible for tneI
racket raised ere midnight h vace
No. @,
At the corner be- swerYed and cross
ed. still possessed OF bis dew 81 Z
spiFation. II would be unfair 70 hin
TO say that be did not struggle 70 a.
sist II. for be did, because Il was falf
~ and egregiously asinine: yet. stfue
Cling. bis feet trOd the path 10 which
Il tempted him.
why" be expostulated feebiy,
might as well turn back and beat ~
bobby over the head with my caneH
But az the moment his hand was o.
bis change pocket feeling over that
same brass door key which earlier -
had been unable TO account for.-and
he was informing himself how Veks
easy II would have been for the soy.
ereign purse to have dropped from hls
walstcOat pocket while be was Gliding
on bis ear down the dark staircase
To recover Il meant, at the least. sheI-
ter for the night followed by a decent
comfortable and sustaining morning
meal Fortified by both be could fe
deem his luggage, change TO clothing
more suitable for daylight travelling.
pawn his valuables and enter into nego.
tiatlons with the steamship COMPANY
for permission to exchange bis pas.
sage, with a sum to boot, for trans
portatiOn on another liners mosf
feasible project temptation al but
irresistiblel
But then-the risk. Surprising, Tor
the sake OF argument, the customary
night Waterman to have taken %
transient residence IN No. Q, SUP
posing the police 10 have entered with
him and found the stunned man o.
the second door, would the watchman
not be vigilant for another nocturnal
marauder-wOuld not the police nor.
more than ever, be keeping q wary
on that house Of Suspicious happe
ingB7
Decidedly 20 re-enter II would Be @
incur a deadly risk. And yet undouhi-
edly, beyond question, bis sovereien
purse was waiting for him somewheEe
on the second flight OF stairs. W,hun
his means Of clandestine entry Lay
warm 10 his fngers--the key % the
dark entry, which he had by force q
habit pOcketed after locking the door
on leaving the house with Dorothy.
He came 10 the Hog.in-the- Pound
Its windows were dim with low
turned gaslights. Down the covered
alleyway Quadrant news slept In q
dusk, but fitfully relieved by a lamp
~ two round which the friendly alst
chung close and thick.
There would be none TO see
Skulking, throat swollen with fear,
hcart beating like snare drum, Kirk
wood took hts chance. Buttoning bis
8vercOat collar up 20 bis chin and ours
iac the fact that his hat must stand
hul like a chimney pot Oh n detached
bouse. he sped on tiptOe down the cob
bed way and close beneath the hougs
walls Of Quadrant news: hut. half
why In, be stopped. COMPOUNDED By en-
unforeseen difficulty. How was be 20
Identify the narrow entry Of No. 8
whose counterparts doubtless commu-
ai ated with the news from every res
Gaace on four sides Of the city blockG
lie almost lost his head when bs
rpallzed that escape was already cut
N by the way be had come, Some
sue OF. rather, some two men were
'ntering the alley. he could hear the
.IauIping and shuttle Of clumsy feet
and voices that muttered lndistlnctly,
One seemed to trip'ove something and
,ursed The other laughed The voices
grew more loud They were coming
bis way He dared ne longer vaclIlate.
lie diyed into the nearest black hole