The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-11
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ASPECT OF THAW CASE
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excited. and he failed to make con-
nections. He strobe out on the porch
only to learn that the chauffuer Of the
car had deserted. This man was
Thomas Trihey, q business man h Of
Coaticook, and heSG&d volunteered to
assist the newspRbr men. but had
not counted on aiding Thaw. Besides.
he had not reported his raj on cross
ing the boundary as required by the
customs. regulations ar dwas afraid of
the consciousness: Reluctantly he
the porch of the hotel and then came
Frank Cantine, aSFrench Canadian.
He was driving as,small four-seated
car and, was ready.to travel anywhere
for money! 'sure,ssEI will drivk you
to hell: and hack..ss; he; assured Thaw.
ne Ths oT.ss. ,aaia94 esajjshs nsgsgs;
tightly to box ofssag4tis.2a ilstke bag
gage he carried:
The little a jumped away. <Cantine
evidently thought It was a race for
hat was swept off. dust blinded his
eyes. The little car took the Vermont
hills like a. squirrel
Catch my hat" shouted Thaw.
"But hold on there, driver. we don't
want to break our necks."
ThAw Gives.
Canine pulled his car down to twen-
Ety miles. Thaw could not talk con-
nectedly; ne could give. no idea of
what he purposed to do. After sew
eral miles the car werved north and
grinned. "This is familiar he said,
81 was along here coming up"
Cantine gave his car more fuel and
the car fairly hummed through the
town Of Canaan. VT Ahead lay the
Connecticut river. and beyond it. New
Hampshire. Three minutes more and
Thaw raj parading about the public
square of West Stewartstown. He
wore a checked cap.a newspaper man
had loaned him to replace the lost
straw. and made no attempt to con-
zeal his identity. In face he appear
ed rather proud to let 1t be known
who he was. Being" In New Hamp-
shire made him breathe easier and ne
entered the hotel and tried again to
get Montreal on the telephone. Ev-
erybody within fifty miles was trying
to telephone, 1t seemed, and Thaw
gave it up az a bad job.
Come on said Thaw to his COM
panions, II want to strike q railroad
and get to Detroit"
But he could not hold to this resolve
and his inability to telephone anybody
seemed to gall him.. Less than four
miles out of Stewartstown he made the
chauffeur stop again. :, The farm house
of Mrs. Martha Atherton stood we'll
back from the road. Into the yard
Thaw had the chauffeur drive. and
into the kitchen tramped Thaw. He
had noticed q telephone. wire running
into the kitchen.
Mrs. Anterior was out at the barn
but in the kitchen sat her aged step
grandmother.
81 am Harry Thaw." ala tie strang-
er. She apparently had. not read the
newspapers much Of late. "1s that
so?" she commented mildly. What
can I dc for you?"
"Msy I teiephone;" said Th.v. TAX
"You surely may" aid the old lady.
we believe in being. .neishborly."
Tha wsrniied and went to the tele-,
phone and found it uss4ess. He him
sell. though he %appsssMtiy did not re.
alice II. was responsible for the sit
uation. News Of his liberation ana
wild automobile ride was being flash
ed over the. coMntrysiAe. -. Even than,
some one Wei trying to notify William
Tfavefs Jerome: others were notify
ing sheriff Drew in coiebrook. 90 that
Nv ~ UtVSn NbS u
vas cooking his own; goose. He talk
cd long. with the operator. urging her
to get ]. n. Greenshields in Montreal.
his erst~hile chief counsel. He spent
moro than twenty minutes in the en-
deavors-sttttng at Intervals in q quilted
rocking chair, smoking.
I'VE are neighborly folks. MI. Thaw.
and. if we q help you in n way.
we'd like to do 1t. I'll cook you a.
meal or hitch up the team or anything
you ayr
Thaw declined assistance with
thanks.
'Udk Moo. .aBkTm :. zee.
II must be going in a few mo-
ments," he said. &C..
He stepped to the telephone again
and when the operator told him get
ting Montreal then was out Of the
question he babe the two women good
bye and hailed Cantine.
Come on" shouted Thaw: let's be
moving.r
where to-" demanded Canine.
Thaw.glared at him and waved to
the south.
were teins to Errcl." he said.
Wanted to Make Loan.
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