The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-03-01

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proved. Locking about him. he could
distinguish only few people. and they
were absorbed In their own efforts
He mhnngt.d to get coat. waisttoat ana
trousers Cd the eorTse and. without
stopping to put them on. vet about
dra wing his striped garments ON to the
dend man. Some time WAS needed to
effect the exchange. since the body
was partly covered with heavy tim
beers. which were removed with dim
Guilty.
However. when the fugitive had fin-
ished the work he run on with the
clothes be had obtained on bis nrm till
he reached a clump Of trees. which he
entered and put them on. When be
emerged 1t had grown quite dark. and
he took heart. feeling that he had
some chnnce of making his escape.
But he well knew that force from
the prison would scour the neighbor
hood till every one of the laborinR
gang outside the wallis at the time Of
the storm had been brought In either
alive or dead or was known to have
put long distance between him and
the penitentiary: therefore 1t behooved
him to 20 on.
He did not overestlmate the energy
Of the prison officials. for he hnd not
gone quarter Of mile when. hear
ing distant shouts. he turned and saw
a clump Of lights flashing In his eyes
1t was too soon after the storm for
rescue mrty to have collected: such
rapidlty could only have come from
the prison. Satisfied TINT 1t would he
better to employ strategem rather than
attempt to outrun these persons. he
looked about for place Of conceal
ment. He was near house that mad
been spun around. Its front door fac
Ing a yard that had been In its renr.
1t had been partly wrecked. and the
fugitive crawled In under some lower
timbers. dra wing post over him to
Indicate that 1t had fallen on him.
Having thus prepared to play dead
nun. he waited in bis uncomfortable
position under the timber which he
would make others believe hnd killed
him The voices came near. and the
party Mt last tackled the house In
which Redfeld was lying with view
to saving any person In 1t who might
still be alive. They were. as he had
supposed. the prison otf1cials looking
for escaping prisoners. but they had
been Joined by several persons who
were bent on rescue work. Redfeld
had taken the precaution to lie on his
face no that he must be turned over for
1t to be exposed.
Here's corpse!" called voice TINT
he recognized as that Of the warden
Of the prison. You fellows look Into
II. We must move on"
The wnrden's footsteps died away.
and Redfeid knew that another light
was turned upon hIm. Then the tim
Der was lifted OF him. and be felt a
hand laid over his heart
Bring some liquor" cried a voice.
"This man isn't dead. We may save
him"
put to his lips and whisky poured
down his throat He needed 1t. but
not for What the rescuers supposed. 1t
was required to give him strength and
courage to play his part. Having slim
ulated him. his rescuers carried him
out and laid him on board. 1t being
evident from whit they said TINT he
was to await an examination from a
surgeon whenever one could attend to
him But there were calls In 30 many
directions TINT one by one his attend
ants left him for more pressing duties
There were by this time 80 many
persons about that RedfeId concluded
that 1t would be safer for him to TEN
porarily Join a rescue party than to
pursue his flight. Arising from his
hard bed. he went to the nearest
wrecked house. where some men with
lanterns were working. and assisted in
the removal of several wounded per-
sons. While doing so he heard n man
say to another:
"The party we laid on a board to
walt for a surgeon has disappeared"
'Impossible." said the other.
'.Sure as you live. l found doctor
for him. and when we found the place
where we had left him the board was
there but the man was gone. | won
der II a rescue party came along and.
thinking him dead. buried him"
1t was midnight before all the wreck.
ed houses had been examined and the
persons engaged In the work dispersed
aud stiffness reigned. Then Redfield
began tramp that did not end till
he had renched the Mississippi river.
where under the name of Jacob Thomp-
son he shipped as deck hand on u steam-
bout bound for New Orleans.
Meanwhile Mrs. Red6eld learned that
her husband had escaped from i'm
prisonment during the cyclone and his
body found under wrecked building.
though no one could account for his
having heen there when the house was
demolished 1t was two months after
this that she received letter from her
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