Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-10
people can wait.-

people can wait"
The bishop chatted awhile of the par.
ish. Hugh replying only when he must,
and went away hearened. Before he
left Hugh saw his way to hasten his
own going. On the next visit the seed
was dropped in the bishops mind so
cleverly that he thought the idea his
own. That day he said to the sur
geon in charge:
HE is gaining so rapidly have been
wondering If he couldn't be taken
away where the climate will benefit
him. Will he be able to travel soon?"
II think So" answered the surgeon.
I'VE suspected internal injury at first,
but imagine the worst he has to fear
is the Disagreement. Mountain or sen
air would do him good" he added re-
fectively. What he will need is tonic
and building up
The bishop had revolved this in his
mind. He knew n place on the coast,
tucked away in the expresses, which
would be admirable for convalescence.
he could arrange 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 ut which he could most
readily take ship for South America
Only one reflection made him shiver-
the 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
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 a 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
reminder of the good resolutions he
had made so long ago-he slipped into
a pocket of the clothes he was to wear
away. Il suit Of loose. comfortable
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 aud 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
I must tyrannize while can"
A quick look passed from him to his
assistant as he spoke. for the newspa-
pers that afternoon had worn startling
headlines. The sordid affairs of a
mining town across the ranges had lit.
tie interest for Aniston, but the names
of Stires and Moreau on the clicking
wire had walked it thus late to the sen.
sation. The professional caution of the
| tinker of human bodies wished, how.
| ever. that no excitement should be
l
patients departure.
This fatigue was near to spelling dc
feat, after all, for the exertion brough,
again the dreadful stabbing pain, and
this time it carried Hugh into re
| gion where feeling ceased, consciou.;
ness passed and from which lie strug-
| glcd back finally to find the surgeon
bending anxiously over him.
II don't like that sinking spell,'' the
latter confided to his assistant an hour
later us they stood looking through the
| window after the receding carriage.
ut was too pronounced. Yet he has
| complained of no pain. lie will be in
good hands at any rate" He tapped
| the glass musingly with his forefinger.
ITS curious" he said after a pause.
81 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 pleasant int.
rior. Fern boxes We're in the corners,
a Gagged canary swung from bracket,
and a softly cushioned couch had been
prepared for the sick man. A moment
before the start. as it was being cou-
| pied to the rear of the resting train
while the bishop chatted with the con
ductor. flustered messenger boy hand
| ed him telegram. 1t read:
I arrive Admission tomorrow s. Conf
dental. Must see you. Urgent.
JESSICA.
| Tho hic1,nn 4 in,
| ity. 1t was the first word he had re-
ceived from her since her marriage;
but, aware of Hush's forgery and dis
| grace, he had not 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 com.
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 pored
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 As due Twin Peaks 2 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 engrossing topic
that night in Smoky Mountain. Bar
ney McGinn perlaps APPLY expressed