Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-02-18

body ana pulled out the right hand
He busted the finger tips with the
charcoal and pressed them against the
paper. With this token as TO the iden-
tlty of the dead man. he returned TO
police headquarters
The Bertillon records gave up the
tallying card for the finger prints OF
James Montgomery Kearney studied
the official record and the print he had
made Mt the morgue and then smiled
grimly.
The charcoal prints were or the Tin.
gers OF different man.
He went back to his desk and con
tinued the composition OF his new cir
cular.
After the fourth night OF lonely jour-
neying beneath the stars and three
days hidden I'm forest hooks, drinking
from brooks aud eating sparely from
his little stock Of food. Montgomery
found that he would have to change
his plan OF Digit. He was now far
enough from the capital OF the Old
Dominion to feel degree OF safety.
The farther he got from civilizati0
on large scale the deeper became the
conviction that be could now afford to
risk travel by day Farmhouses were
far apart. and for the better share Of
each day the streets OF little hamlets.
where the country people did their
trading were deserted He abandon
ed living In the woods under shelters
knocked up hastily with boughs and
leaves and took the road at daybreak
one morning. his tinkers pack over
his shoulder. ready TO be dropped and
put In use at the first job that offered.
The whole summer was spent afoot
on the highway. In many pleasant
farmhouse he found welcome In the
evening after day OF usefulness
Frequently the warm bed under the
shingles and the hearty meals offered
him in return for his labor he felt to
be wages as great as any man might
desire. He met kindness and godi-
ness at every hand
Sometimes he would find host who
would keep him employed for a week
or ten days. In every tiny farm settle
ment be found Il little white steeple
of capboarded church topping the
oaks and pines. and on Sabbath days
he joined these little congregations. Of
fering up his constant prayer OF graft
tude for his deliverance.
The last sickly trace or the prison
palor had left him quickly. short
brown beard and mustache had grown
10 aid the change OF his appearance.
The large brown eyes in the bearded
face gave the suggestion ~ on' who
had suffered much and wiz -ain-
ed the essence OF divinity.
IN every farmhouse he found 81
BILE, that book which is library In IT.
self Being "A tinker. creature OF the
highways and byways, he could
glimpse and cherish the BEAUTIES OF the
poetry written by Isaiah and Amos
and Micah. Then. too. he gained ac-
cess during the long, quiet evenings TO
other books In the houses where the
stranger was made welcome.
This wholesome, If itinerant, life
gradually shaped his character to a
wonderfully fine combination OF saint
liness and vigor The dust and tur-
mol Of city street again would have
made him reel and become faint The
rush and confusion OF a crowded hab-
itation OF men would have been to him
a yeritable court for dragons.
Occasionally he would feel that the
police net from Mulberry street was
thrown tso closely to him. Going into
villages for supplies. he would hear
about new efforts to recapture him and
OF new circulars sent out by his hunt
ers On such occasions he would
hasten back to remote roads and farm
houses.
Would be ever be able TO get far
enough away from his implacable pur-
suers To again take up his work with