SCIO, OREGON, AUGUST 2,1890
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copy of the same paper that Air. Drane baw! -haw! And; then, you know, I told ice for opening the conversation be­
was reading, too, in his hand-. He was ' her that ! had got rich, too. I, made a tween the clerk and the shrewd young
evidently a detective. AfKr a moment good bluff at it with- your money. and man "daily for many months, and it is
of agony the detective rose and eamo to­ your clothes, and she believed nye. Ö0: probably so. Serving .still’.' There is noth­
ing like having' a witty retort that is
wards Mr. B rane, still - looking sharply we got married that very day.”
at him/
“You marined her?” gasped Lawrence. warranted- not tó wear o*ut.
The young. : man copied rapidly down
“Now for a grand bluff,” thought
“Yep. Married her as fast ‘-and hard
Lawrence. He nerved himself for a as a parson could tie'.the knot. Wo went, the page until he came to the last page.
mighty'effort-, but . the stranger paused' up to^Now lie-veil and the ceremony was Thon hd paused and scowled bn instant,
awkwardly and said:
.performed(there. As . soon ’as it Avas. I after.which ho wrote.“ La Wrehce Brané,
1 “Excuse me, sir; I see that I was mis­ over I left-, her .there, to come down to. I’.Kansas- Çitÿ-, Mo./. -ílo’U 846, pd.,” very
CHAPTER VIII.
taken. I thought you were an old friend New York, pretending I had businoss. ’ sloXvly, and-..turned about slyly to scru- •
A PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
.
-■ t
_• ^or/.I had.’ I intended to wo: L’k a fine tinto the: 'broad.- back of the;gentleman
ino sprinter ever, made better time of mine.”
And he walked away. La^vrencö’liked' racket on your money; y.ou k now. tel- at;the window.
than did Air. Brane in his first run from
to have -choked vzith the. Excitement, ■ egraph to' ICansas .City for so-i no more,
“Any tiling up, Jimmy?” asked the
the Retreat. A medal àt thé end of a
and relief, and he felt that he would but you spoiled that. Aly rie h- wife is; clerk. observing this action.
track is not half the inducement to rather be.captured than undergo such
Jimmy winked and nodded mysteri-
.waiting for me, I suppose, in the.Bpp/v.or
speed that a;pursuer at -the beginning
another, trial. He must ’ get away/'
ously* aiyd began to search among the
is. If LawrencO had been timed by a Even his friends w»uld discredit his Hotel where I left her.- You just put
me in tlio’way of getting, to ’’New Haven, newspapers lying on. the writing table.
stop-watch it would probably have;: ap­
For seven long weeks I was his con- about it. It’s a lunatic asylum, and peared that he had broken all records at. -story and consign him to an.asylum. and* 1’11 oe nu-iix anci; don't you forget l-Tosonriy ne > round a, Ne.w ï orx paper
of tiró day before and turned to-the ac­
¿tant, his only companion. I read to for the sake of veracity let’s admit it. the end of the first hundred yards; and j But now was no co move? lie read thè: it.”
him, I talked to him—and then—and Here I sit scribbling away every day, yet it seemed to mm that ne was not story again.- It ended by saying that i Lawrence was overwhelmed, with count of Air. Brane’s éscagô and the re­
trying vainly to hit upon the single
the gen tie mén from Kansas City had I amazement-. He felt .rather than saw ward, off ejred for' his cap turé.
;hen—”
inspiration wmen ior a moment raised running half fast enough. The street gone tq/jtoton on tho midnight trito |; the ':' inconsistencies of tho. story ■, but.it i
“I thought so!” he said, with a tri­
“He died?”
was
absolutely deserted, but ho came
“No; he became a hopeless lunatic. me to an intellectual height no man had presently to the cornér of an avenue, believing that Air. Drane had fled to was circumstantial enough to-alarm him umphant grin, while' the :clerk looked
I have never loved since then; but now ever before attained. Thus far in vain. that was brilliantly 'lighted and. lively that city.
terribly. 5Vhat! his Bessie/so gbod on ; in undisguised' curiosity. Jimmy
Again his thoughts reverted to Bessie. and pure, marry this fellow so suddenly,: -gave him no comfort. Instead/ hé
your face brings it all back to me. Ex­ But who knows—who knows! What’s i with many passers.
your own special brand of lunacy?” .
cuse the outburst of my feelings.”
Then he stopped abruptly and walked She would .help him, but. he dared net and yet-remain in .New York, go. to heightened the. clerk’s émotion by sit­
“I am a sane man,” said, Brane, half
She laid her head on his . shoulder,
slowly up‘the avenue foi’ a short dis- | gojtò Airs. Bowers’ house. So he ..wrote court,with. Airs. Bowers—-;it was, impos­ ting down- where he could see ..Mr,
and cried into his collar. Drane could angrily.
tance. His heart was beating violently ! annoto to Airs. Bowers inquiring' if’ be sible on the face' of it. /And ydt— Ho Brane’s face. and scanning the paper "
The short man shook his head.
might not call on the young ladvAvhom- would have purged'the ii^uiryfurther, again with frequent glances upward for
feel his hair begin to turn gray but he
“Wait till you’ve been here a while,” with excitement and thè exertion of his : hé.knew only by the name of - Bessie, but that, he feared to arouse the tramp's comparison.-
shut his teeth together with resolution.
run,
and
he
knew
that
The
must
get
;
Tho other; fellow had stood it seven said he. “Then you’ll dream dreams, somewhere out of sight at once. Just i and trust to her kindness to screen him suspicions^- So they walked.on talking ///‘Mustache gone and clothes differ- '
weeks before he went out of his head, and see visions. 1 was sane enough, too, ahead of him he saw that tlie : street-car i i from; capture -during the call. 11 cost h im of-other things until they came tb Jen­ eift,”';ho muttered; “but it must be the
man I wpiider i-vhethêr he’ll. become
and Drane believed that he could last but the atmosphere of this place—you tracks entered a tùnnel, th,e_sidewalks, thirty-five cents to send this note by nipSr. kins’Retreat.
don’t know what it is. In two days
till Jenkins came.
“Now* I’m going to work a big,scheme' violent and' murder me'if I speak to
and càrriage-way rising over a hill above senger.After what seemed intermin­
In fact he did; but it was a close you’ll have delusions. You’ll see things it. Believing that here lay his oppor­ able.delay the messenger returned with. here,”'said-’Air.. Brane. “Y'ou/iust keep, him.’- Perhaps I Can inveigle him to à
shave. Jenkins was a tall and greedy that aren’t there—serpents of various : tunity hé entered the tunnel and * th|s answer:
your hoad and don’t get frightened a/bit policé station:” -
“The yoting lady you refer to-has re- and remember that whatever.
While Jimmy was still debating whát
man, with hollow cheeks and a cheer­ h.ues; zebras with their stripes running • walked through, its half; mile of length
wliaievof .^happens
less smile. At his appearance the from head to tail, and revolving around without molestation save f from cars ’ turned to her friends. För '7zßr sake J I-’il - take care of; y ou. I’m.rich- enough, to do to “.scoop” -the boyé on a big piece .
of no.ws and gain a thumping reward,
woman with a romance in her life their bodies like the rings of Saturn. I that passed him occasionally. The ■ refrain Trom sending this to you by a as you kiiOw.”
You may not be insane, bu.
vanished in charge of her companion, That’s why- they’ve put me here. : drivers and conductors looked at him
. “Blaze a-way, cully, I’m wid ye,” re- Lawrence decided upon his own course
and started to leave the hotel. Jimmy 1
who proved to be the matron óf the They’re jealous of me. They don’t want sharply, and that made him wish that ! Lam convinced that you are aAttrZ,
sponded' the tramp. ’
So do not, on any account,
house. Jenkins did not care to question me to remember the great work which I he had staid above ground. It also im­
Air. Drane rang the bell. The door was^on his feet instantly and intèr-
i
expect any further assistance from
■
-.
the new comer. He was satisfied that wrote but can not find. It’s a plot—”
was opened at once, by an attendant ceptedhim,
? The short man was getting violent, pressed him with the necessity of dis­ i i
E mily B oìvers . ”, •, whom Lawrence .had not seen/bef ore.
/“Air.-Drane, I believe?”- he said, in­
all charges would be promptly paid, and
guising
himself.
{
he at once escorted Drane to an apart­ and presently an attendant came and re­
’•“Tell Air. Jenkin s a f riend would like terrogatively. ?
At the end of the tunnel hé found I And what did poor Drane do then?
He went down-to the Easi : river arid to see him,” said Lawreneb, vvinking
“Yes,”- replied Lawrence,with a start .
ment on the third floor. Here tho un­ moved him, to Brane’s'great relief.
himself
•
in
front
of
the
Grand
Centra}
In the course of that day Brane , en­
i wondered if some condemned, fool of a mysteriously at the attendant. ' The of surprise.
fortunate young man secured some toast;
/Depot;
If
he
could
only
take
a
train
“Lawrence Dráne, of Kansas City?”
and tea, which, however,: did not whol­ countered several interesting maniacs and go somewhere! Instinctively hi.4 ; hero wouldn’t rescue him if he shpul/l wink whs -understood, and both uheii
ly sustain him against the horrors of of a mild order, but no serious incident hand went to his pocket 2 and +kpn br i plunge in and try to be decentJy were admitted. The door once closed, continued Jimmy... ¡
“Ÿés;'what can I do for-you?”-.
the night.
remembered. The thought-of passini I drowned. The men at work thereabouts .Air. Drane whispered/ excitedly to the
“I wafft to ask you’ some questions
Jenkins made a casual inspection of
again through an experience of huhgei i didn’t look much like heroes, but. ap- attendant: .
“It’s Lawrence Dranéî- y’ôû’d better about the: condition of r affairs in /the
Brane’s pockets before leaving the
with ; its possibilities of police courts; ; pearances might be deceptive, and Air.
and ferry-boat concerts; so distressed ; .Drane gave Up the idea. 'It was but a. grab‘him, ’cause he’s - very violent at West,” said Jimmy:, glibly, “the c¿ops,
room.
you know, farm .mortgages and their ef-
“You will excuse this formality,” said
him that he had half a mind to return ‘ passing, frenzy* His native vigor re­ times.”..
turned soon and if was reinforced by;
Thcr.att-endant
struck
<a
-bell
and.
in
­
he, “but the man who occupied this
to Jenkins and confess; himself a
room before you brought in a piece, of
lunatic. Then probably he would be b the image of Bessie’s face that'haunted stantly' ■ two other mèn camé into the
tope with which he hanged himself over
put in a straight jacket and be confined ■ him constantly. Ho'would seek her if hall, seized the tramp/boundhis arms
the headboard of the bed. before morn­
in a loathsome cell for the rest of his : it took the rest of his life .and cost him to his ‘Sides with a. rope and hùrried
- his fortune—when he got possession oi him ..to/a . back room.
lie protested
ing. We have had many cases of the
days. Horrible!
vigorously, declared that, ho had been
kind. Good night.”
Suddenly hé remembered that hé had • it Again..
This was a cheerf ul subject of reflec­
: been in the habit of carrying a fifty- 1 : During the rest, of the day he wan­ entrapped, and .’All that, but- hi-s cries
tion to take to bed with one, and it was
dollar bill in a little-pocket unobtrusive- dered aimlessly aboiit the docks and in made matters.worse for him. Presently
IJis : hunger ho ap- the attendant'returned and asked Mr.
¿till more consoling to hear the key
: ly made at the waistband of his tr.ousqrs. tho quiet streets.
'jróàsed vzith a sandwich/reserving his Drane aboii-t the capture.
Lawrênce-
turned on the outside of the door.
Most of ùs would have th ought ¿of ; that
‘T_ believe that I shall actually go
before, but’Air. Brane had passed his oàlanco, eight cents, for ap0^101’ uieal.. told an irpaginativo yarn v/itli as low/ a
crazy before morning,” said Drane as
. boyhood in the lap of luxury » and. in. his Tjie more ho wandered and..the more ho dialect as'he coffld master, and wound
he stretched himself upon the bed. It
manhood liad not escaped from her Ipad- thought, the more desperate his. situa­ up by ‘demanding the reward.
“W q can’t give you the whole re-
was insufferably hot. The windows were
ing-strìngs ùnti! the beginning of these tion seemed; but reliefs came from tho
most unexpected quarter. Just as it was to-night,”7; was the.-,reply. “The ’
carefully barred and screened in a way
unhappy
episodes,
so
that
the
where
­
ESCAPED EDOM THÉ KEEPER*
Which not only prevented the suicidal
withal was naturally the last element growing, dark whom should he meet but hundred dollars offered by Air. Brane’s
egress of Jenkifis* boarders but denied occurred until the evening. Then, as to enter into ffis consideration ofpraeti- the original tramp. Each made as if to friends is -not' in our control/but you
ingress to an adequate supply of the he was standing:in the hall just after : sal problems. In this, case he fpit cer­ run at first'sight,, then;fhey /thought may» have the -fifty dollars offered; by
free air of Heavèn. After making this supper, he heard Jenkins talking to thé ta in that his enemy, the tramp, .must bettor of It and stood facing each other. the Retreat. a>nd if you will call.to-mor-
I DECLINE TP BE INTERVIEWED.
‘ “ÀVqll,”;sài(l Air. Drane.
row. afternooA Ï have. no dpiibt chat you
discovery Drane tfeturned to his bed, matron', and pointing Jo; him.
have overlooked that pocket. He-thrust,
’
“
/Veil,
”
returned
the
tramp,
“
you
’
ve
,
can
collect
the
reat.
”
'
:
where he was . soon dreaming th
the.
“Parcsïsj” said Jenkins. “You want a trembling finger -into it. ’.Glorious! dèlie me up nice, haven’t you?”
fect oh industry, and all that sort of
Law’renco; reflected th at' flff y. dollars thing. . If. you’re going out I will walk
dangling heels of his unhapxy ‘pre­ to-watch him carefully.”
Ho felt the soft but firm ,tex;tur.o- of a
"
’
“
Dòlio
you
up?
”
exclaimed
Däwrence;
decessor were still knocking against the
And Brane took that delightful sug­ bank note, and he knew that Hie was t “how about- me, you rascal? Have yo.q 4 ¡ was a pretty good .priçé to pp^y a man along with you so as not to waste your
! for capturing ; ■ himself . -and ■ : that- he; wùè time.”
headboard.
., ; <
gestion to his apartment, and medi­ saved. He marched proudly into the ' road the morning papers?”'
e ..j
: lucky to even gut that. Tne money was. . Jimmy opened the door invitingly,
From this nightmare he awoke tated upon it. Was it possible that he depot and inquired about trains for
•-
“
Road
thè
papers!
Doi
look
as
if
I
I promptly turned ovor to him and ho loft ’ : intensely . relieved that the escaped
v/ith a shi ver of horror, He sat v5 and was really insane? Were the strange Boston. That was still further away
•c . cvf'itxs of the past few days which he from home, but he had friends there had road tho papers? If the papers tlie Retreat after inquiring particularly maniac should show' no signs of viol­
listened. There was certainly a s
were
two
cents
a
thousand
I
couldn
’
t
af
­
heavy air. Sometimes it seemed to remember, in reality only who would identify him and see him out
as to the hour whenhe should call again. ■ ence, Jmt Lawrence-held back.
noise in the
i
No,; l ’vo
' “Tt’s a pretty hard trick on that M2
Was like subdued voices; then it was. hall ucinations?
of his trouble* À train would leave in ford to read a bulletin board;
. ;
“Why do you ask these things?” he
just come from"tho island.- Yottr Kan­
Sighing; a >nd again it was a gurgling
Who could determine’, if left wholly to the course ôf an hour. Good- IIow sas City friends said I was the. wrong low,”'ho. thought, “but he deserves it, inquired.
and I will keep my word and see him
groan. For some minutes Brane cou Id himself, vzithout a single visible link mudi? Five dollars.’ Very reasonable^
\‘I represent the Evening Bispatch,
man, and of course they had to let mo safely out. And of epprse I’ll returnÆhe.
not summon up the resolution to in­ between him and the past, whether that One ticket, please.
and we like to get interviews from
While the strip of päste-board was be- ’ •
reward*’/ .
vestigate, but at length he arose, and -past had any real existence? In short,
prominent meh who favor New Haven
Lawrence was on the point of show­
With all the speed he had he hurried
quaking with horror he endeavored Virane didn’t kn^w whether he was mg stamped Mr. Brane drew forth the ing tho tramp the story of tlft escape
with a visit-.”
to
a
'
Bovzory
.
clothing
store,
bought
a
hidden
bill
and
unfolded
it.
Then
his
crazy
or
not.
He
watched
himself
for
to trace the disquieting sound to its
“Yo-ung.man,” said Lawrence, laying
printed in the paper, A^h'en a perfectly . thoa-p but decent suit, al)d./cheiw took
heart
:
wen
t
J
down
to
hold
sàd
com-
’
.
syttiptoms. Bid his hand tremble?
source.
his. band impressively on .Jimmy’s
It
tremendous
idea
occurred
to
him.
the first available train for, .New Haven. shoulder; whereat Jimmy jumped about-
It led him to a door which apparently Or his heart beat too fast or too slow? He ^munion with his heels.
“I beg'your pardon,” he faltered, ad-. was so great.that his voice .trembled as
separated him from the next apartment. enjoyed a nice case of hypochondriacism
a rod backwards and got behind a chair.
ho
’
said:
.
\
?
*
•
CHAPTER IX.
What ghastly mystery lay behind it? till long past midnight,<- and when he dressing the ticket-seller, “but' I don’t
“Young man,” continued Lawrence,step­
/ “That’s good. Nów, I am willing. to
“
MRS.
I*.
DRANE.
”
think
I
’
ll
go
to
Boston
this
evening.
”
He hardly dared to think. Ile I intoned, fell asleep, the zebras described 'by thè
ping forward. -Somewhat qxcitéd at this
lef
bygones
.be
bygones..
I
am
not
out
As the train began its rumbling jour- 1 encounter'and the strangeness of it, “I
The bill was a two.
and the gurgling sighs made themselves forgetful genius were ordinary and rea­
Tho tramp had been commendably of my scrape yet, and .between ,us we ney into the night Air. Drane felt a wild know nothing whatever about crops, and
plainly audible. Doubtless son.*.- un­ sonable animals compared to thpse
can.
help
each
other
a
good
deal.
Are
exultation. lie- was.-escaping frolu-thp. what few mortgages I hold are miy. con­
thorough in his search through Air.
fortunate was leaving the Retreat by Which pranced through his dreattis.’
you agreed.?-”. A *
scenes of tho utmost misery he had over. .
But the morrow brought a great Brane’s clothes, and, having found use
tho method Jenkins had described, and
“Yrou don’t mean to get me arrested experionGod, and.-ho was - going to see cern and <?f no interest to thé pilHic.”
for
the
fifty
dollars,
had
recognized
the
.
event,,
no
less'
than
a
call
from
Bessie.
had failed to arrange his noose in an en­
for taking-your clothes, do you?”
- Jimmy looked -discouraged, and Brane .
tirely satisfactory manner. For what • She came unattended, but alas! the : utility Of an emergency fund and had
the most adorable girl in the world. The' ‘oolishly supposed that he had settled
limited
his
reserve
to
two
dollars*
“
Not
a
bit!
You
won
’
t
cpme
to
harm.
seemed a long time, Drane quaked and m; fron was present during the entire
more he thought of it the more- the >ho business and rid himself of the an-
hesitated,' not daring t6 penetrate iwiprview. This not only prevented : ; Air. Bran© went out again into the I’ll soo you through and give you money tramp’s story about his . marriage ap­ ioyan.ee. He even felt some ^wholly un-
afterwards.
”
further into the secret. Then with a Brahe from enjoying the conversation unfeeling air of New York and wondered
“I’ll have to go you. What am I to peared to be absolute fictibn—and yet/, îecossary compunctions of conscience at
sudden resclr-.ticn he seized the knob to the full, but it also made it impossi­ why it was that he had never been able
the follow had been so confident, so un- { laving been so rùde to the young man. *
do?
”
and throw h?s :o?>ce Upon it.
ble, or at least unwise, for him to ask before to see any thing in the phil’oso-
mistakably-pleased writh his. prospects! ! Jowever, he said’ nothing jnore, but
“Change clothes with me!”
The door on ■nod easily. It revealed her name. So he called her Bessie, arid • phy of pessimism. Still it is not often
And Bessie had said., that she lived in ' walked rapidly away.
The
tramp
was
staggered
at
this
sug
­
witli a set bowl at the si..- •• made no objection.
that some consolation can not be found
an empty
Buffalo. Was. she deceiving him, and ! The reporter, of course, followed him
gestion,
but
he
consented,
though
ho
side, int? . /.¿ch i thin stream of water
Only for ja moment, in the hall were in a situation when a man has as much
Airs. Bowers, too?. It was ..all very . ind did not lose sight of him until hé
vainly'tried
to
get
Lawreiice
to
Unfold
was trick j .mg, ; nl running down the they able to be alone. Then Bessie as two dollars in his possession. Law­
strange. Why had he not taken the turned into the’Beaver House. Then
escape pipe with the noise which had so hi- -..-ly passed Brane a note, and a num­ rence found iti He didn’t want to go to the-scheme.
precaution to learn the tramp’s real, Timmy-ran to the nearest têlegraph
“
The
only
trouble
is,
”
said
Lawrence,
horrified him., Harm gave- place to ber of small, heavy, mysterious articles, Bòston, any way, for' there was Bessie,
name? ilad he gone and married Bessie offiep and sent this dispatch to a New
“
I
don
’
t
know
“
Where
we
can
do
this.
”
‘ all sorts of ven- wrapped in a handkerchief. He had the good, the beautiful, the soul-satisfy­
wrath. !’ *.
York newspaper: “1,000 words inter1-
“Well, 1 do,” replied his companion, under the name of .Drhho?
*.ody who had even bari.'ly concealed these things in his ing Bessie. She was in New York, and
geanc- up :
Lawröhce shivered until- he recalled I view- with Lawrence Brane, escaped
and
be
forthwith
led
the
way
to
a
de
­
•
?.
J;d
to
his
present
at
the
thought
thé
atmosphere
took
on
t’emotcly
ptìckct when tho matron approached.
-that the tramp had. known Bessie in i maniac. Very violent. Shall have him
.vy body but. Bessie,
evil pll'/
“But your name?” whispered Drane, a sudden freshness as if it might have serted rookery whore they speedily ex­ childhood.and therefore could not pass | locked up in-half hour.”
changed
garments.
Air.
Drane
put
.
on
in thinking, of her hastily.
blown across a garden of roses. Por-
He forga • ■ *
.
,
-himself to her under a false namo. This
This-done, he returned to the Beaver
1
y asleep and was not
he fell c
“1 am here as Mrs. Lawrence Drane,” haps her little fe°t had pressed < he vory the rags again with' some revolt, but lie was some comfort, but as he puzzled .on ! Rouse, learned that the gentleman had
was
confident-
in
-the
success
of
his
the
light
of
morning
wakened •.’H
she replied; with a blush. • “Only the stone on ’which he (stood! Lawrence
over the situation he began to doubt gone, up-stairs to see a friend, sept a
streamed i (to the room.
wivés of patients can visit them on or­ patted the stone gently with his foot: scheme, and that nerved him.
whether he bad done wisely in. running | message to'police headquarters and sat
W
r
hen
they
stepped
out
.again
into
Breakf';' t was served to such of Jenk­ dinary days/’ .
and felt comforted. He w:Quld run tho.|4
•Mwäy from'-his Kansas City friends Who | down, to write à glowing account of/the
ins’boar/., re as </ ?uld be trusted outside
And she hurried away, leaving Brane risk of courts and retreats for the privr ; the street lie asked the tramp where ho had come to Now York
find him. | capture, which he regarded as* got® as
had
gone
when
he
first
took
the
clothes
tfreir cages, at eight o’clock. After par­ in delicious perplexity.
ilege of finding her.
Undoubted! y^ho we ver, theywould hav.e.i consummated,;,for 'his local paper and
from,
the
Adams
Hotel.
taking of that frugal meal Drane was
Aloantime how far would two dollars i
In his room he examined the note and
declared t,hat the.kstory of his- advent-i his New York patron; He had directed
“Oh,” ho said, “I played in great
permitted to spenti a little while in the the bundle. The .former proved to be carry him? He must have a bed and a ,
ures was. the figment of a disordered the ’.answer to his* telegram. to be sent
parlor, it had/no other occupant at- an elaborate plan for .his-escape written breakfast and a shave. The bed cost | . luck, and I’ll bo all right if you get me brain.
to the Beaver House, and it came just
first except a short, stout man with an out with the detail of a._ French de­ ■ him half his pile at a neighboring h o- ; out of this affair..with a little money in
So, with perplexities and doubts'his.: as two stalwart policemen from head­
hand.
You
see,
I
pranced
around
town
abundance of stiff, curly hair who sat at tective novel. The latter , was a great tel. For, prudential reasons he regis­
exultation gave way to anxiety, and : quarters hurried in. Jimmy began to
4 table writing/. Every/time he paused lot of keys of all sorts and sizes. They tered under an assumed name, and for for the day, and the. next day I fell in even the prospect of seeing Bessie again explain the situation to them? , as he
in that labor he stùcÈ his pen behind had been taken from the doors in Airs. once in this history no calamity is to be with an old sweetheart of mine. She failed to relieve his mind of trouble..
opened the envelope, but when he read
his ear; and when he Wàs ready to fe^' Bowers’house, as the note explained, recorded as the outcome of the decop- ‘ used to live in Buffalo, and she was
It was long past midnight When he the dispatch his jawM^,opped in a way
poor
/enough
then,
but
it
seems
that
-
sume his task he picked up a fresh one, and were of course designed to open • tion. In the morning a barber took
’ reached New Haven. A cab took him that threatened to rend his countenance
forgetting what he had done with the doors in the Retreat.
off Air. Brane’s moustache for fifteen some time ago she went through a to the Beaver House, where he waS de­ in twain. This was the ■ editor’s an-
other. The consequence was that in a
Brane studied the plan of escape re­ cents, and ataodest meal reduced his inock marriage that afterwards turned nied admission because all rooms were swer:
few minutes the bushy hair over his ligiously. He noted every place whefe -capital to half a dollar. Then he bought out to bo binding.”
“Don’t wvant it. Must be mistaken.
Tho tramp paused and laughed glee- taken. Loaying an application for the
ear was full of pen-holders, and there ho should go, and the number, of the a newspaper and eat down in a hotel
first vacancy, he found accommodations Brane in custody here. Captured last
remained only the one which he was particular stair wheré hé must .breathe corridor to read and reflect. The news­ fully.
elsewhere, a sleepy watchman, grum­ night.”
“Yes, yes.” exclaimed Mr. Brane, bling immoderately, showing him to a
using. Presently that joined the rest, in order to avoid detection. In some paper was uncommonly interesting.
The policemen growled and poked
“
What
then?
”
eagerly.
and then th-:* little man, after hunting • way Bessie had discovered that the Conspicuously displayed on the first
tiny chamber on the top floor. When fun at the reporter, but Jimmy was so
you
see,
the
fellow
she
married
“
Why
about the table a few minutes, gave it guard at the door was changed at mid­ page was an account of the escape of
he came down-stairs in the morning to sure that he was right, and argued so
up and pushed his paper from him.
night. Drane was to steal softly from a dangerous lunatic from Jenkins’ Re­ was thundering rich, and he went off pay his bill the clerk politely requested earnestly. that they consented to stay
ot killed just after the ceremony
. ‘!Tbe servants here are very careless,” his room at 11:563^* As near that hour treat.
him to register, a formality that had awhile and take a look at.the. alleged
said'fie to Drane. “They always fail to as he could guess he stole, according to
The lunatic was supposed to be th
been neglected. Certainly he would Lawrence Brane.
provide me with pens,. although they directions, having punched the key wealthy Air. Lawrence Drane, o
comply, and vvith a .determination,
MeanHme the victim of this pursuit’
kixów"the importance of my work. And from his lock and opened his door, Kansas City. That unfortunate gentle
formed in a flash, to sail under true col­ had scanned the register of the Beaver
for myself, I am so absent-minded, do with one of the bunch Bessie had man’s friends had come on to tak.
ors, ho y/rote his name ancl address Avith House on the dates just subsequent to
ybp .know, that my forgetfulness has brought.
care of him and had arrived at tin
a bold, legible hand. Then he stood be­ the theft of his clothes and belongings.
feep/the ruin ot my life. It is true.”
'
He crept down the" stair keeping in Retreat but an hour after the escape.
fore the window, apparently gazing idly At a time that corresponded exactly
He leaftedtoward Drane impressively, mind the various shrèwà details of the They immediately resolved to offer
into -tho street, really absorbed, in form­ with the tramp’s story he was horrified
atfà'coh^nffèd.; “J am a genius. I once plot; where hé tnùst hide to let the a reward of five hundred dollar-
ulating a plan of action. Just as Mr. to find this entry:
wrote tfi^.greatest poem extant. Thon guard pass him; how fié must do this, for his capture, and the proprietor
Brane was registering a shrowd-looking
“Mr. and Mrs. L. Drane, Kansas
I mislaid It/. For mòhths I searched for that and the other thing which, the of the Retreat supplemented that
young man with a note-book in one hand City.”
the manu'sef|pt. but- without finding a ingenuity of thè girl had devised.
inducement by an offer of fifty’ dollars
and a pencil in the other entered tfie of­
He learned that “Mrs. Brane” was in
trace of itV" My. /iursed forgetful- i
And now he stood at the bottom of from his own purse. Then followed a
fice. He waited until Lawrence had and sent up to her a card with his own
ness! Then ‘ J? tridd: to remember the lower stair. The guard was asleep minute description of the missing man.
withdrawn frpm tho counter and then name scrawled upon it. In due time he
what was in i£forgetfulness : with his head against the wall. This,
Lawrence felt flattered, but still not
began industriously tp copy the names Was ushered to the door of the best
again, I couldn’t think of a sin- too, was according to programme. happy-
and. addresses from the big book; The room in the house. He knocked and
gle line, I could ¿remember only Brano could easily have passed him to
“Every matt but the millionaires in
clerk greeted him jocularly:;
; entered at once.
that it surpassed' Homer, ©ante or his place of concealment/ but suddenly the city is looking for me,” ho thought,
‘WolL. Jimmy, what’s the news to-
A richly-dyessed young woman ran
Shakespeare. The thought that I had a new and simpler phase of the problem and he glanced cautiously over his pa­
quickly across the room crying:
y?”
thus past away undying Came by mere struck him. He coughed. The guard per at the other occupants of the room.
‘Read the Evening Bispatch and find
“•Whore have you been? and why- »>
^carelessness undermined my. health, un- L
j fiid
___________
_ _ ___ he
_ _ went up to the His blood chilled at once, for directly
not move. Then
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD,
t,” was tho smart reply.
She stopped, .gave a faint scream and
til they brought me to this sanitarium.
an
^ shook him.
1
n-n/l
ThC gUftid
opposite sat a shrewd-looking fellow
This brilliant repartee had done serv-
and
left
all
his
money
toJier.
Confound it,, one might as well be bon* 1 awoke._______________
.staring hard at him. The fellow had a
Continued on 4th page*
est about it. There’s no sanitarnim
“Here you!” he cried, sleepily; “go
back to your cage.”
Brane seized him by the neck;
dragged him to the parlor door; pitched
him head first into the room; ¡and before
the man could recover his balance or
his howls could bring assistance, Brane
had opened the outside door, and was
javorting down the street.
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