The sun., 1913-11-30
"SWALLOWS"'
By L. Ch hever


cared to listen to him. He was gen.
orally loud and often not over particu-
lar as to what he said. never liked
nun anu AT tiines reared MIN
Ia one oi the TooThs Oh the mousse
uhere was printed notlce' 10 the erect
tlat any one VINO considered that MS or
her detention IN the asylum was illegal
nisht write 10 the Lord chancellor 10
that eHect, SO mat an inquiry might
Ice made
Ana TINS man. as he sisld"red him.
seI sane look advantage OF the pro-
vision. with the result that the case
was tried in the city in which he lived.
IT only he had remained silent he might
POSSIBLY nave won ms case nut ne ad-
dressed the court III ms own peAaif ana
c"fnp'teiE gave hiihseii away.
Such were my companions durlhs
those dr"ary months.
one more joined us before left.
young man OF about ~ years OF age.
who apparently belonged to the we'll
to do farmer class. He appeared to be
intelligent and sane enough but he had
been sent IN re on account OF an at
better then ana was pleased to ma that
ne could play chess ana we piayed To-
gether once. But not long after MS
arrival the whole place was put into
state OF great excitement pE the news
that he had escaped.
The doctors horses were put into
requisition and every available means
| was used to track the fugitive. but
| without success. until the third day.
when he was brought back When this
| happened | was nearing the end of
my stay and was wise enough to see
| how foolish it was to attempt to
| escape not merely because Of the praC-
tical certainty of capture. but still more
because such an attempt would he only
| considered as an additional proof Of
| ones uniitness to be at large.
| had learned this hy nv own .xpe-
riencc. Nv faillir. ON that first night
To escape from my bedroom had not
deferred me from making other at
,emr,s Nv plan was To trv To hyp-
notize NV attendant to sleep and then
| Green out of bed. quietly take the KEYS
out of his pocket and as quietly un-
| lock the door Rut was invariably
found out before the climax.
Thouyh 7 u,s r.y.r no srccsssfu, a.
rho vn,,ny farmer did surcead ,wic.
in getting hevond IN. walls of my
urisnn The first ,,t.mnt was u,tl,
mar. than mad dash for ,ibertv
against tremendous odds
NV next a,temn, showed praa,.r
cunnirr and was a mn more succoss.
fnl This ,ime 7 vas ,xercis,rp in ,h.
from, mar, of tho p,rden walking IN.
a,,ora.1 on ,he os,hoIt maths II was
hardly "a nremedit,ted nln, but n sud.
/ den inspiiation TO take advantage of
the situation
The n,th ON which I was walking
ran ,lon the sides of the garden and
next Tho ,nnsa ~ ,roos which b;1 tho
wall. and one point passed hehini the
rre.nhous, so that for "A faw ,,.ds
the rr..nhou;e ohstruct.d th, view ,f
the attendant. who hanncn.d ON this
orcosion to l,. ON the o,h,r sid. nf the
garden 7 took This round ,wo or thrrc
times TO avoid SUSPICION. and then. hav-
in., arrived nj the mint hohipd ,ho
greenhouse suddenly d,r,cd in ,mopc
IN. trees. climbed nm one of them which
was n,or the wall rot on tha wall and
I,t mvself down on tbc other side In
sl,uninp down III. wall / covcred my.
self with dust but was in M way
hur,
Here | was in the street. free in.
deed at last. hut not knowing where
tn 20 or what to do. had on my
everyday clerical attire. with the soft
felt wideawake hat but hadn't a
penny in my pocket. nor did know
the city or the address of any ON,
living in il. Under the circumstances
| think | acted in the first moment, :
with remarkable Cooiucss and sanc