The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
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soone' or latch. They's evidence enough
again you TO send six men to the gal
lows. An that's wheah you goin' as
shu'e as yo' bon"
Dick sat back YEARLY He felt that
his ordeal was at an end. he mad no
real fear for the course Of the law.
The proving Of an alibi would be
comparatively simple matter once ne
could get before men with sense enough
TO give him chance. 1t might take
day or two, but, with his third degree
accomplished he could probably 1--we
through the rest
The sheriff voice was still lower.
"Mebbe I'm wrong about the gallows-
Mebbe you won't see no galloWs. They s
a pOWah of excitement abOpt this hean
mu' dab, an / amt no way prepared 10
guahh this heah place eff they should be
a try at lynchin,.'
And now DICK realized that he really
was in danger.
He remembered the conversation Of
the men who had helped Spratt to bring
him here. He recalled all the tales of
terror he had read about lynchtngs.
His face grew q shade paler than
WEAKNESS and pain and mental torture
/ had already made It. He glanced un-
easily at the blsckness outside the
81 am the only man that could get
you-aII Outen heah an let you escape
without any trouble"
( These words were delivered almost in
n Whisper. DICK AuohtAi eLL the -2AAtA IA
in amaZement That this bully should
/ really wish TO help him get away
/ seemed impossible. He could hardly be-
| lieve his cars.
/ the fat leather wallet he had taken
when he searched Dick before putting
| him in the cell.
"wheah did you put what you took
narrowing and peering eagerly into
/ Dicks.
y never saw it till you took it from
| the pocket of this coat" Dick said dog
gedly, thinking that the sheriff was be-
ginning a new line of attack.
"Aw, drop this Miss Innocence talk.
! 7 mean business" Spratt still held his
/ voice close to the whispering point.
'Tll tell you-all what III do II
/ you'll take me to the spot Wheah you
| hid the money-In let you get away.
| I en- DO it easy. All I got to say IS
/ / was shiftin' you 70 Ieah of a lyncn-
/ IN Will YEP
| cence and his consequent inability TO
| perform what was asked. SDratt bag
/ gled, insisted, finally offered to let DICK
/ keep half the sDoil. Once more ne
/ brought around a hint of possible lynch
Dick would have greatly preferred the
4 idea Of standing trial and clearing him
| self lawfully. The idea of trying to es-
/ cape from murder charge was repug-
| thought Of lynch-law.
| He knew that he could not possibly
| show this man where any money was
/ hidden. But he felt that, once away
/ from the prison, alone with his man, he
| might find opportunity TO break away.
II was not altogether SPLENDID
! chance But it was a better chance
/ than he had here. The sheriff offered
| TO provide a mount for the journey. A
| hundred things might happen to per-
| nit q getaway with A good horse.
| Go get your horses" he said at last.
| "I'H LET you have half the money"
| Sheriff Spratt let loose a hoa rse laugh
| Of triumph. Somewhere in the corridor
there sounded an answering chuckle
| that was not an echo.
Come on, jim" said Spratt. as he
| walked out Of the cell and locked the
door Il rathah reckon that's about
enough.
-.You-aH shore Is smaht one" vas
| spoken by another voice than that Of
Sheriff Spratt, and two men walked up
the steps into the rear Of the court
| house.
The Continuation OF This story VIII
BE Found In TOmOrrow's
q Issue OF The Times.