The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-09

taking meals Win a nsolithio an
pert
II wua hlowtng hard nsnt daY.
fsrce northweEter that cleaned tht
clouds out q the say nke a sponge
washes a slate
Just after eleven I started out q
make . further examination of the po
tition. ] wasn't such q fool a. "a
march az % the cairn with ole
hearne and = wmrdor or two. a. n
might -. spying on me from another
hillock. - 7 vent down the hiwh road
that lay a. white and clear across ths
gray moor a. a streak % paint untf
Y ! bad left the place some distance be
hind me. No one. % far 80 ! could SEA
vas IN sight and presently l turnes
or the road along a disuaed car
TRACK that seemed % lead IN the a.
rection I wanted rs ancient Futa
we're hllsd with sproutinR heather.
and the short moor turf aso covered
I up tha hoof-marka with a velvet sur
face
] had waikod a GOOD quarter of
mile. when. rounding q curve ug the
hill, ! found the Old road explained IN
the ruins 81 a small farm. one of those
melancholy memorials ~ q time when
troaen meat vas unknown. and n
paid q man 10 breed cattle and sheep
and cultivate a wheat ield or two.
even on Dartmoor. The roof had
fallen IN. and the woodwork had been
carried away, but the stone walls OF
tho house and outbuiidinga stsIl 70
mained undcfcated BY hundred
years OF storm. A weathcr-beaten
cherry trse was pushing out its
spring LEAKAGE before the dor.
Leaving the farm. I began 10 ciimh
the eairn ain. a. I must call n Cor
want OF a better name. which shel
tered the farm from th~ north and
west
II was rough Walking. for the heath.
eF was got thick vita granite hould-
sra. A last reached the top. skirt.
cd the mound set about with stones
where the prehistoric chief lay sleep.
ing-and very nearly stepped upon
the body Of that old fellow. Thomas
HoArna
Luckily fur me he never turned hls
head. The wind on the face % the
hili vas blowing On great wusts Ike
the dring Of a cannon. and my foot
steps had hesn drowned In na thun.
der. crept back behind a heap OF
kpmhied rocks and dropped GA my
hands and knees. watching him
through q convenient orevice he lay
Cat on his chest. while he covered
the ganM az work On the new Ercund
below VITA q small telescope
II might bo curiosity. of courne. FOR
many men regard a convict nn some.
thing abnormal. something that n a.
pleasant 10 stare a. a. n be were the
eaanibai king NJ q fair Aud yet that
seemed a weak expinnation. Was ne
IN with the polioe1 Had they got
news that an attempt 81 rescue was
60 be madef m 20. stood the best
chance IN the world Of finding myself
In the county JAN within the weak
There was nothing 90 be gained ~
imagining bad iuok. walked back 20
the Inn. and set down 10 a study ~
the district with maps I had brought
road within many miles. and that was
the single track that ran up from ply.
mouth 20 Prinoetown village A. the
first signal that a convict had escaped
the station would DO FUN Of wHr6eras
90 that outlet was barred South of
the moor. ffteen miles away. ran an.
other branch line ending Of Aahhur
ton. But I vas determined to ieave
the railroad alone. The stations wouid
BE- the first places % BE- watched by
the police. Torquay, some thirty miles
away. might easily Be reached BY a
good horse and trap within the dAy.
I could hire one for a month through
the landlord, with the grouse that
wanted u for my EXPLORING expeat
tione amongst the stone remains n
would surprise NJ one n n we're seen
on the roads with a luncheon BASKET
prominently displayed 30 7 decided.
questioned the Eiri VINO brought
the meal 30 my Eitting.room az % oid
Hearno. but she could give me- nitie
information Ne had arrived 20 the
Inn q couple of days before 7 az
peared. and had spent most of bic
time IN long walks on the mrora. sne
thought be bad a friend amongst the
prison ofnciala, for she had twica
seen him coming cot ~ the great
gates down the street That YES an
and n zen me- more ANXIOUS about
him than before. n vas beooming
Vrry plain that before { took any AZ.
eided step towards the eacapa. must
make sure a. THE mans business On
the uaoorM
After dinner walksd into the Inn
bar % buy q SMOKE. aud found
heMrns with his bach 90 the IRE. talh.
inH % The landlord. A. I entered.
they bath dropped into an uneasy
rilsnes. was certain they bad been
discussing ne. but I didnr want 20
iet them know ~ and 90 began 10
talk hig about The scenery. stages
down for about hair an hour. and then
allowed that would set back 10 soms
writing ] had % o..
I'm Eiad you admire The moor. M
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