The Washington times., 1913-11-28

lie was KNOWN 10 Dt OH lIdN
boat. else the policeman would not have
followed him there. Before it could ar
rive at the slip at the opposite side of
the river they would have searched
everywhere for him, even to the hurrl-
cane deck and the pilot houses as well,
and would have enlisted every man
here in their service.
lie decided, even while he mounted
that narrow stairway what he would
do He knew il to be desperate
way-so he lost not second of his
valuable time in taking 1t.
From the hood which covered the
stairway at the deck he ran aft again,
keeping IL as a shield between himself
and the occupied pilot house; and just
abaft of amidships on the port side, he
dove headfirst from that height into the
foaming water of the Hudson river.
Bingham Harvard could swim almost
as well as he could fight.
He chose the up-river side of the boat
because the tide happened to be flowing
swiftly in that direction, and also be-
cause the tug with the barge iasned
beside It, which had momentarily de-
layed the ferryboat in leaving the slip,
was still perilously close.
He dove deep, and swan still deeper.
taking the direction of the tide for his
guide, and everting every ounce or re-
manning strength he possessed to make
speed.
He knew by the foaming of the water
that he was directly asteIn of the tug,
and he believed that he was gaining
upon il: and then the great good for
tune which at times seemed to try 70
balance the account with his ill,toT-
tunes worked once more in ms penau.
lie discovered the dangling end OF a
heaving line trailing through the water
Just in front of him.
With a last superhuman effort, Tor ne
was nearly spent by now, he succeeoeo
in grasping it-and there for a space OF
III lfFlN n a.
main beneath the surface out of sight:
but with 1t all, mercifully resting. ana
catching an occasional breath of air TO
sustain him.
Nothing reminded him of the doctor
warning concerning exposure and eaten
Ing cold.
He was most concerned, just then.
about making good his escape.
Down at police headquarters at "
o'clock that morning the skipper gaZed
across the top of his desk Quizzically
at Lieutenant Rodney Rushton, smlIlns
grjmIy, and with something of the con-
tempt he felt cleaning in the expression
"Tbe Night Wind established rec
ord last night. Rushton." he said. He
made a complete getaway three sepa-
rate and distinct timesN Eh? what!
That, Eh? What? from the skipper wac vac
equivalent to a whole paragraph OF
.corn from most men, and Rushton
WINGED under the sting of ii.
Not from me, he didn't" he re-
iorted. . .ho sa,,,o
thing He gave you the happy ta-ta
once ALI right, and he fought ms way
out of the doctors house-a'd ne ieIt
the usual collection of broken bones
Tate Rushton, he'll have the whole
force laid by the heels and in the nos
nitaIs before he gets through Ihen
'he shippers entire manner i;a Glia of %"
he added. severely; 80 oIhetftti!s tn II : So'
II looks 10 me as If he had put a
.ton TO it himself, skipper, RusHtoh
replied.
..That ferryboat business.
.fie 5rowned himself. that's all, was
the sullen response ore With
some new kind of huomr. Kushtom
rt,o sl-inper inquired. indulgently. OF
l.oUrse. that last remark or yours ].
sorne sort of a Joke, and am n"l
mite keen enough to see IL. "hat me
point? - % IN
.-,o that ferryboat Just before II lett
the slip? Didn't those six cops chase
him onto it? Didn't they hunt ever.
where, from the stGkeho5S SiGSt WfnI? nd G DIDN'T
theZ- compel the pilot to keep tne p9do So
n mid-stream until they competed 'he
search? ,.-,,o s,,,oro
M, ~ both saw man dive into the
-,or from the hurricane deck soon
aner the boat left the New YORK SIP:
pnd didn't both of these men swear ".
heir solemn oaths that the man never
me 10 the surface again: And olon
go eix GODS watch every man thal
lort that boat at either side OF the
.i,cr. for three hours afterwarf; ana
50 ;,ir,'t it logical to say that the lei
lew who diVed from the '"P vi II "ao
tn. one word yes will suffice 10
..-.sw,r all Of your questions, heuteh-
ant Bot all the same don see nov
II establishes your point the skipper
The Night Wind amt 20 fish. is he?,'
i find it difficult TO determine just
what he is. Rushton-
We'll. If he didn't come TO the sur
faCe-'
You have only the words of those
two men for that
DO ,ou think It's likely that they
led about it. skipper?
NO: but ] regard II as quite loglca
that the man might have come to the
surface without having been seen by
either Of them. Argument as 10 that
amounts TO nothing. The facts ere
these: That the Night Wind succeeded
that was done wher you thought YOU
had him we'll trapped inside OF the
house where he had taken 4 room,
when YOU had four men with You to
help you, and after he had been wound
ed-he did not know how ladlN.
And he left dislOcated shoulder for
Dixon behind him. Later he made his
getaway from the house ., the doctor
after smashing a wrist for one man and
breaking a collarbone for another. Still
later. without injuring anybody. he
eluded those six cops from the Thirty
sixth besides a whole ferryboat full of
passengers. ] tell you. Rushton. this
sort OF thing has got 10 De stopped"
Well. you stop it, snapped Rushton
savagely.
Re careful, lieutenant Don't be i'm
pudent''
7 amt. ] didn't mean to he 50. I'm
Just plain mad clear through. And.
Cuttin' out the argument. / think that
last getaway Of his'n spelled down an
'Ut fr him. NouII find that he won't
show up agin cen ~ the mori;Ue-
E"lH' int" the water like that an him
Wounded to the boot. Hes croakcd all
light. Bet you hat on it
"u re on. How that arm Of Yours,
l.u~Eion2.'
Tn" lieutenant ground his teeth to
r''h"" saNsgciN by "uy Of reply. Tho
rAIpn"r smiled GrimIy.
~ -nUli gei ii quicker If ;Uu i
l'E" = rest" Ia suggested.
y wort 30 that" RTsht0a roHlied.
"ii"'" got {" h""Ik nv neck I'm order to
isN- Az '-f.r =i-.t.s 80. hat
Tn" ON" thing that do not Tndcr-