The Washington times., 1909-08-13
~ THE FACE HE KNEW X

months was not the emily unpleasant one
/ that came TO him.
He had supposed that. at the worst
/ there could be not more than three
/ days of this while he was getting some
one to come from New York TO identity
/ him. Now that he had the word on
| Col Thomas Martin that he should be
/ protected from lynching, he felt no
| fear on that score.
/ He kew nothing of criminal proceed
1ngS. But he had a vague memory 10
/ the effect that all the murder suspects
/ the paper told of were held without
/ ball The lawyer had assured MIN
/ there was no chance of bail after an IN
dictment for murder had been found
against him.
/ injustice of the thing, insisted upon the
lawyer finding way out Tor MIN. IL
/ had been Of no use. There was no way
/ out, the lawyer insisted in turn.
Through il all Dick could not help but
feel that he was dealing with man
who inWardly believed him guilty The
shabby clothes of the attorney indi-
Gated need of money. He evidently did
not think Dick could produce much Of
that sort of asset
Unless Dick was mistaken, the man
intended to get through with as little
expense as possible He wanted all he
believed Dick had for his own fee.
Even the difference between the price
.
matter OF consideration with him.
But Dick could get no other lawyer
IN time for the mOrrOW's meeting OF
the grand jury. He would have to get
along with what the place provided,
and that was this han-Uralned fellow
who had come to see him.
Ihey had threshed the case out pretty
1 thoroughly, before Mr.. Mackin, the law
yer had taken his departure. He had
promised TO get the station agent from
Corn Centre to tell his story. Jim
Healey was mixed up IN family fueds
that would make his coming into the
county an impossibility.
"Of course" Mackin had said. that
story throws some difficulty into the
other side. But. In itself, ii amt
enough Besides, the agent amt been
in this part long enough 10 be wei
known That viii be the trouble with
your friends. We folks down here are
great on trusting them that we know.
Maybe were a tribe claunish-Out &c
are that way, and there's no use Try
ing TO dodge facts
The lawyer paused and scratched the
back of his head lhOughtfully. II you
only knew some one around nere-tt
would be mighty different"
And, once more, Dicks mind had
gone back to the face Of Col. Thcmas
Martin. AS the CID 1Idn had walked
along with him he had glanced into
that face again and again. with the
feeling that he had known It somewhere
else.
Does Col Thomas Martin ever go
to New York; ne inquired suddenly Of
the lawyer
why. yes. ne goes up there every
year They teiegraDheo for him to
come home when his brother was muir
dered. Why do you ask?'
Then / have seen him somewhere.
/ thought SO from the lrst,." Dick ex-
claimed, eagerly
THAT wouldn't help you much, as
long as he doesn't seem TO know YOU"
Mackin half laughed You'd have to
do better than that
And so Dick lay and thought 1t all
over again and again. The only re-
deeming feature of his situation
seemed TO be the fact that Miss Mar
I tin had trusted him. Once or twice
his fancy went far enough to wonder
IF, after this horrible business was all
over, he might not try to win her love
But he put the thought from him.
Among the. considerations on the gloomy
SIDE was that OF the TACT that IL would
take all his little savings by the time
he could get clear of his business
When man has proved himself in
nOcent of a crime of which he has
been once accused he is generously pro-
vided with his liberty to 90 back and
try, If he may, to recuperate the for
tune II cost him to prove his limo
cence.
Suddenly he was aroused from his re-
Elections by the stealthy sound of foot
steps outside the grated window of his
cell.
The Continuation of This Story VIII
BE Found I'm TOmOrrOvy's
Issue Of The Times.