Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-09-25


s"Seu IT, lhere were other caps' put
my nun uid hot use any OF them. lie
s'oou on tne PLATFORM ror awhlie look
HiS upouI hiii' Whiie went 10 cigar
s'"hu' spen' SUNNI uine seiecuhs
Wceu' more t'ihe cutting on the ehu
"i'u sun iio'e s'riNihs ni",ches' when
peIS'steu III eoins OUT 70 hgnt IL. IN
llls w"S ! consumer the time tiii l
saw NY nun s'ar' on uo"n the track
~ e"e u.e''l'n VI n.p",y' Ahe" he
"%s so,''s " nun. LUZ nus nut,
S ou' " NY e"p' "Sneu .ne
tha .ar,. . ~. ""' nv ,oau pesiue
Wv '"n"uy ,'"eN' he sun there was
nv, pn.s ~ 'no mum "ho was
ar -, v" ''o .i'', saiu'
- -. "n"
W,,anr,o' a., w. j, ,,, .n a. sis .'
tran,, Iot w. ,,o u hsses, I'm s"1
viii GOT o,t onS Iii, .,,, III "nu
tngotbo. oro,,, ~ e''i'
hondod ~, 49,, Au -
inp him tbnt ~ no Followed NV Air.,
tions closely there yyould no p,oro sor
him. Ito pnt II In bia nocirot 7 optorod
the cnb. and we rolled oXvav
We were Obliged tn drive n short
distance into the town before str,hing
a main road lending eastward and Loot
sight of my man for n few Minutes
but Ms soon as we passed bevond tho
houses caught sight of him agoin for
the track Inv over Oman ground Our
road ran parallel with tho ro,Is for
half n mile. thcn struclr n o,do I'M
covered with n wood o,,gbtod ana
wnlking I'm the cover shodowod nv
man till near the omen again whom I
met the cab and re-entered q
In this way kent track of tho man
while he nenred tbo ploce whore bIa
Int had been knocked out tbrouoh tho
window. I,naw no youId racoonIya
IT, for when no had looked out ortor
IL ne Ind Doubtless done 90 IN motto tho
nloce whore n falI no Ton tho tr,,.h
had marked the place myself nv TAX.
Ing In certain knoll with n single
tree on It's crest.
Seeing thia knoll n abort Distance
ahend and that II sonorotod tho road
from the trnck whom reocbed n
left INV coh directing tho cohmon 10
remain whore no wos walled nm
the knoll I'M noorad tho ton tbon
crnwled tbe rost of tho wov Eortu,
natcly for mo the grass WINS long md
whom rooched tho summit could
500 through II vitbout he,ng soon
There was tho man about roo Yards
hollow mo hunting for bia bot
Tbore wera bushes and Iopg groas
and stumns beside tho roiIs and bo
woa having hard HINT voa suf.
fcientyv svmnothetIc IN holm him and
intanded IN do so nrov,ded bo made a
failure ~ ~ hut nroferrod Tint bo
should find the hat himself There
was little likelihood that II had beon
picked M. for there were no houses
near. and the only person I'm sight was
n man working I'm n field hnlf n mile
from the track.
felt like calling TO the fellow that
the suction of the train would cnrrv
the hat In the direction we were NOV.
Ing when Il was lost. n matter that he
didn't seem TO consider, and kept look.
ing hundred yards or more eastward
of where believed the article would
cease bounding after the cars. But
at last, having hunted thoroughly over
the ground to the eastward, he turned
his attention to an open space covered |
by long grass to the westward. Sud |
denly he bounced upon 1t In depres'
sion within few yards OF the track.
Snatchlng 1t up, he looked about him
TO assure himself that he was not OBJ
served then thrust his hand into ana
about the crown. Having done this
he brushed the dust away with his
Siee'e' theh put .he nat Oh MS henu'
For rev moments ne $1,000 looking
nrSt chstwaru' then WESTWARD as II III
douDt as 10 whicn way 10 CO. theh
btirteu enst""ru' went DICK 10 my
chD anu saw MN coming ON 10 the
ronu Snort uis'nnce hhe"u Oh me-
"heh i c"nne up WIN MN chiieu OUT
Wv III anu s'o you mt
no" iur ~ u 10 tne neAt st"t'onf
ne hSAeu' heSi'hIinB'
~ i"i W VAIN e' IL"
Nv uiu ~, ""u VIC uio,o on
usAeu the cnpiii"h Inc uis'"hce ="
INC s'"loh "nu soHhetnihs "DouI Tue
to"n' ne sulu IL was three niiies
away ana was considerabie OK town.
chatted with my quarry as we roue
along Dut asked MN no questions
when we rode into the town. seeing
sign 'lohce station ! directed the
driver TO stop and getting out OF the
cab, called on the man TO FOLLOW me.
lie looked Hurried, but obeyed. lie
had no sooner struck the sidewalk than
clapped my hand on his shoulder and
said: