The Washington times., 1913-11-29
By VARICK .VANARDY

You have been quite i'll, Mr. Har-
/ VaTd: But you are better now.
"how Iong? How long i time have 1
been here! he demanded, weakly.
Five days. NO more. Not quite that
/ long, in lact The sixth day will not
bes,n until tomorrow morning.
And you-you have taken care OF
mey
asslstance,' she replica. and then, see
ing the sudden wave of alarm in the
/ expression OF his eyes. she added hast
iiS: But you need feel no concern
duout that. The person who has as
SISTED me IS entirely trustworthy. he
is the SAINT one who drove. the cab
for us when you escaped that night.
Do you remember?
He nodded and would have spoken
again In further questions, but the soft
was transferred quickly and the tips
OF her fingers closed his lips.
You must not talk.now., she said:
with quiet decision. Il will tell you
you mus, be satisfied with that until
you are better and stronger. and all
danger OF a relapse has passed"
Has there been-a doctor| he
delicate finger tips that pressed
against his lips.
No she assured him. And you
| must not talk. Taking will make you
cough, anu one fit ut violent coughing
lhisnt throw you INTO a worse condl-
tIon than you have been in. Do you
! renl.mber the bullet wound? Don't an
sH.r me! nod your head, or turn II
from size to side when l ask a ques-
| ton. We'll. that broken rib ruptured
| the pleura very slightly, ! suppose. 1t
could not have been more than slight
else YOU would have been much worse
off tnan you have been. Perhaps II
N .gbt not have inconvenienced you at
all but for the strenuous times you
encountered after you received the
wound And then, finally. you must
have been a long time in the water. II
was cold. too. 1t put the finishing
touches upon what the violent eXer-
else had begun.
He nodded vigorously.
Temporarily he had forgotten the dive
from the hurricane deck of the ferry
boat, but now he recalled II viy!dly
enough
He remembered that he had cluny to
the end of the rope he had srasped, for
n long time, keeping himself immersed
beneath the water as much as possible
! TO avoid discovery. He remembered
that AT last when he deciSed that il
would De safe to do so. he mad pulled
il mself hand over hand closer to the
barge that VAS dashed TO the tug, and
had finallr succeeded in esta abIishinx
himself upon the top OF the rudder OF
the barge which had been only a few
inches beneath the surface, and that he
had cling there desperately until the
craft vas SeiEg docked
lie had slipped into the water again
after that, and swum, unseen, to Lue
Cf the numerous small craft moored
near by He had climbed into that, and
rested for time. after which he had
made his way to the shore TO discover
That he was on the bank of the Hud-
son, not far Gbove 18th street
He rHmpInbered' that ba b.5
beneath the upturned derelict of an old
catbodt. 70 hide hImself away, and to
rest and siee2 ii he couIu do SO, until
darkne8 should come again.
Somebody had made use of that r.-
treat before him. There was an old
SAL ana some buIIap bag sing, which he
utiilzed for bed and covering, and some
old newspapers. which he used for a
pillow. All save one of them, which
attracted him, and which he tried 10
examine because it happened, in glanc-
.!Ig AT IL, that his glance first found the
column which was headed: