The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27
The habits of a lifetime made him

Inc ndDlLS Oh a DIellfIle Hldue lllfll
cautious. He slipped OF to the bumper
of a car and peered through. An au-
tomobile had struck the car, n stood
there on two wheels. The tail lights
were burning, but the headlights were
out. Two men wore stopping over some
one who lay on the ground. Then the
taller of the two started on a dog-trot
along the train looking for an empty.
He found one four cars away and ran
back again. The two lifted the uncon-
scious man into the empty boX-car,
and getting in themselves, stayed for
three Or four minutes When they came
out, after closing the sliding door, they
cut up owe the railroad embankment
toward he town One the short one
The tramp was wary. He waited for
ten minutes or so. Some women came
down a path to tie road and inspected
the automobile. When they a gone,
he crawled into the box-car and closed
the door again. Then he lighted a
match. The figure of a man. neon
scious, gagged. n with his hands tied,
lay far at the end The tramp lost no
time; he went through his pockets,
found a little money and the cuff-links,
and took them. Then he loosened the
gait had been cruelty Highland
went his way, again closing the door of
the box-car. Outside on the road he
found the watch. He got on the fast
freight east. some time after, and rode
into the city. He had sold the cuff
links, but on offering the watch to Alex
he had been '%copped.'
Tho ctpru with tic ooll ,aoifo1 nf vii
lainy, was done. l hardly knew If I
were more anxious, or less, That it
was Halsey, there could be no doubt.
How badly he was hurt, how far he had
been carried, were the questions that
demanded immediate answer. But it
was the first real information we had
had; my boy had not been murdered
outright. But, instead of vague terrors.
there was now the real fear that he
might be lying in some strange hospital
receiving the casual attention COM
monty given to the charity cases. Even
this. had we known 1t, would have been
paradise to the terrible truth. / wake
yet n feel myself cold and trembling
with horror of Halsey's situation for
three days after his disappearance.
Mr.. Winters and Alex disposed of the
tramp with a warning. 1t was evident
he had told us all he knew. We had
occasion, within a day or two, to be
doubly thankful that we had given him
his freedom. When Mr.. Jameson tele-
phoned hat night we had news for
him; he old me what / had not real
lied before-that 1t would not be pos
sible to find Halsey at once. even with
this clue. The cars by this time, three
days. might be scattered over the Union.
But he said to keep on hoping, that II
was the best news we had had. And
in the meantime, consumed with anx
I iety as we were. things were happen
ing at the house in rapid succession.
We had one peaceful day-then Liddy
took sick in the night. / went in when
1 heard her groaning and found her
with a hot-water bottle to her face, and
her right cheek swollen until it was
CLASSY.
"Toothache?' I asked, not too gently.
You deserve It. A woman of your age
who would rather GO around with an
exposed nerve in her head thar have
the tooth pulled. 1t would be over in q
moment"
$50 would hanging" Liddy protested,
from behind the hot-water bottle.
/ was hunting around for cotton and
laudanum.
You have~a tooth just like it your.
| self, Miss &achel," she ~whimpercd