The Washington times., 1912-08-23
CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)

r TIS face, neck, hands, and arms
~ were beaded with sweat; his
u u throat and mouth were parched
with a. particularly annoying
form OF thirst. He took out his
handkerchief and cleansed his skin
OF moisture as well as he could; he put
thimblefui of loose tobacco in his
mouth and chewed it, and some meas
ure Of relief circulated through mind
and body.
The picture of roadside inn In far
away Yorkshire, came into the orbit of
his mental vision-an inn where you
could get real home-brewed ale out of
cool cellar. AT the thought of it his
tongue curled to the roof Of his mouth:
A pint Of old Dicks home-brewed
think of that" -"
He picked up his tunic. got into it
up the diamonds from the loose earth
to which they had slid as he drew the
tunic from under them. His eyes de-
Eoured them with fierce glances; his
gems and their settings.
.s.T There's no doubt about you being
there the real scr sort" he mutt muttered' II wonder
everybody had their own"
Something conveyed to him with
great subtlety that this mere acquisi-
tion of the diamonds had led him to
take the first step toward placing
the thought impelled him to motion.
He put the necklet in his breast
one slow. deliberate Inspection of the
plateau, moved off. At the edge of the
rocks he turned and looked round:
something told him that he would
NAL fragment Of the worlds surface,
and that the memoried picture OF, 1t
would never leave him. He would
never set foot on 1t again, but he would
visit n thpnaaDd -tupaa in his draa
III Lloyd hadn't CHANGED to set eyes
on 'em, tool he said.
Then he made his way down to the
rocks and the slope. and round the
shoulders Of the tor. and was good
mile on his return journey to Prince
town before he pulled himself up short
to DO next. And that question necessi-
tating a good deal Of thought, he sat
down on the heather at the side Of the
track which he was following and pro-
ceeded to think 1t out over the smoking
of a pipe of tobacco.
That there would be questions asked
when he got back to the prison was a
certainty. He might put them off by
saying that Lloyd had been overcome
by the heat and was remaining at some
moorland farmbtead or cottage until ne
would not hold good for more than
twenty-four hours. The question was,
could he within twenty-four hours con,
trive to get away from the place and
He had begun to think what might
be done. He could plead indisposition
himself on his return; he could change
When he night fell he could get away by
train. He had plenty of money In a
box In his room to serve his present
needs; his savings were ihXested e IN "a a
which he had been in the habit OF
sending them for years.
So far as he could see, Hollins know
Of nothing to keen him from ha mseate nnession
which chiefly agitated his mind was,
would 1t be wise to go at once. or TO
wait and abide the inquiry into Llovds
follow? II he himself disappeared. tax
ing French leave, would It not seem to
connect him with Lloyd's DISAPPEARANCE?
And would not a hue and cry be raised?
He wrestled, not over clear-mindedly;
with this question for some time. and
when he at last rose to his feet and
continued his journey he had MADE up
his mns to 60 e. Ence tvpe he Wanted
to fly. and 1t seemed to him he could
fy with full success. t
He would get off that very night. he
would walk across country to get
train and book at some station where
ne was not known and where no par
ticular notice would be taken OF his ap-
pearance. He could make his way 10
his native place. Casteford' In YORK.
shire, by tacking about from one point
10 smother: at Castleford he could draw
his savings from the building society
and with them and the diamonds sately
secured, would 60 west to Liverpool, or
southward to southampton, and get
ship for the Cape.
Later on again he would return to
England in the character OF alanond
merchant and realize on his possessions,
That. to his mind. seemed the straight-
est and most feasible plan the plainest
path to take. ..,..
vict establishment and reported him
self. and accounted for, Bloyds absence
nv saving that his fellow-warder had
been seriously affected by the intense
land farm and rest Nobody seemed to
see ANYTHING strange I'm this, nor in Hole
'Iins' request to be excused from uuty
that night In view Of his exeGiton n,saIe IN 1ns
safe from inquiry or pursuit or suspl-
cion for several hours and teenhS OF
confidence began to assert ltsef IN MN NJ:
After he had refreshed MI ninsen and H1 i1 the
nriyacy OF his own room began to make
his preparations. "A IN .,,,ss
In notes and gold and silver in his box
anI when he had exchanged his uni
form for a tweed suit and put all his
belongings in order and destroyea tne %
papers he did not sis wsnt belt n seSHGSo Snd was
ready for anything. Late at night he
set out. Before noon next day he was
in Bristol .
He stopped there for a few hours in
order TO make himself more secure, He
remembered that some of his fellow
officers were familiar with the tweed
suit. and on arrival at Bristol he went
TO a ready-made clothing establishment
and bought a new one of fashionable
appearance and style. He put II on in
one OF the dressing rooms of the estab-
nshment, and having purchased small
portmanteau, bestowed the old suit
In II and went away.
Pursuing his plan OF doubling about.
he took train from Bristol to Swindon
later In the day, and at Swindon put
up for the night Next day he travelled
TO Rugby, and thence TO Birmingham
where he spent another night On the