Show the tramp and the woman by crittenden marriott it ii I 1 i doly tl bi I 1 11 pill ilie ibe kamii linale confenti con senti d to tell the stol stoby Y I 1 m waa as ing one att alii i noon moon with ith it a cold rain for kompany to do so BO was kontian ont ial to in einhell wn tt it bains I 1 hold up tit and wait w sit for fall fail wat at a lipi I 1 I 1 P 1 hut one must tilt tit anti and lack of oo 00 h had d athen nu nit from in mi nest Ilesi deb I 1 had been 49 houar without morphine steadily I 1 forged along thio ulli an unsettled courtr I 1 passed two or thice ift iving but moiel glared at mo me and went ent on As night fell I 1 came to a house houge a monie somewhat what pit tendons building set close by the road it might incon oi 01 it riot not blicher food at 01 tit at least In infozina folina tion I 1 knocked at the booi no one answered ansA pied I 1 knocked again anti and again I 1 went want to tho the back anti and knockel I 1 no response tes I 1 iho lie house bouse was halll belll as lestition debei desti lion tion or death I 1 am not it a house hut dut con fidei ray my plight I 1 wan APH in a country unknown to me a cold penetrating rein rain was vias falling failing I 1 had bad not eaten fur two days here was as a dwelling ap all deserted though not long deserted inside was shelter wannah nth laps food I 1 decided to bieak in dialing back I 1 heavily against the he door and burst burnt it open la in tiu lie hallway facing tile me stood a woman the light was waa very faint and I 1 could scarcely distinguish her ber but I 1 saw that site she was waa and was very ery plainly a lady it is s haid to guei which of at un um was waa the gioie frightened but there is no doubt at all which wait waa the more itel f d looking back on it now I 1 can see eo design in all her acts though they set mod natural enough at the time oil ell birl bir site she said quietly h did you riot not knock do you aiwas enter a house houge like that that I 1 had been ham at tile the doors for ten this was aas sin Bui alion I 1 saw haw that site she had a trumpet at her ear and was waa holding the end towanda me I 1 put my lips to it pardon me I 1 said bald I 1 tit did knock no IMO one came and I 1 thought houR lit the house was am descried I 1 sit am cold wet apt lost and hungry I 1 me kite I 1 have been asleep and did riot not hear bear you vou come inal she aside agide with a gesture rt shire of imitation and I 1 crit intend emil whit wits was eNi evidently dently the be kitchen I 1 stood in ili the gloom until she eho had founds td jab ji jawn please she said anti and I 1 will ill see what I 1 can get roi f you to at all tile the ser her are arc away anti and I 1 bill am alone 11 in the iho house empt foi my little boy who is asleep upstairs arid and so HO I 1 wait valt on yon vou myself hut flut I ou would io ho to the dining loom I 1 shook shoo my lead head and slip talked on and on oil heavens how she he lid did talk while she pho lie i pared my supper like many leaf deaf per acioN she did no not t wait for an ansei but went straight on damming without a batak ak from one suba ct to another I 1 thought thin than and I 1 think now that it was as four that drove bet aci it was not surprising I 1 was vias not one whom a lady would on choose as a guest alone by night I 1 wanted to r assure her but her daf daftness ness and her ter volubility stood in the way once or twice I 1 tried to say something but failed finally I 1 gave tt it tip after all the kindest thing I 1 could do was as to hurry away us as soon as I 1 bad taun only my ous n hunger bunger prevented my doing so lit at once supper was ready at last anti and I 1 diew up tip to tile the table and baan to ent eat there was wa coffee blend and but tr tir and steak guess how flow I 1 lid did jus jub tic alce to it I 1 lud had I 1 hat had no morphine for 48 bouts a and nd I 1 needed it oh how flow I 1 needed it As I 1 sat down to the meal my were ere jumping but be fore I 1 had halt finished they had bad grown quiet more I 1 had income drowsy this should have warned me but it did not I 1 jay buck back in my chair closed my eyes and went to shep I 1 waked arain again suddenly startled by the banking of at tho kitchen door for a morri moment ont I 1 did riot not know shere I 1 was then I 1 remembered but when I 1 looked at the table able I 1 doubted my memory there lay tile the remains of my supper but there also lay a 4 revolver arid a purse open with money falling from it the woman was gone gingerly I 1 picked up the revolver and examined tt it it was empty ex cx capt for two exploded shells shelih I 1 put my finger into them and into the bar rel they had been flied blied recently I 1 examined the purse it contained about 20 I 1 stood gaping too much amazed to move then suddenly there came back to me the memory of my draws riess bess why had bad I 1 been ito BO drowsy food had bad ncr made roe me BO an before suspiciously I 1 lifted my coffae UP cai stared into its dregs and gingerly tasted them lit h there it west was unmistakable now mow that I 1 wan waa looking for it lauds lauda auml I 1 had bad been drugged doubt less lesa only my to the kin dred drug morphine had bad saved bayed rne me from sleeping rg until my iny involuntary hostess had lad ome to summon aid for that phe had gone for aid I 1 did not doubt put pat why the pure aud and the revo ver little time had I 1 to waste rt pt curiosity stronger strong fr than fear dromie arote me on oil I 1 lifted the lamp and hurried with it through the house on the parlor floor all seemed nor roal mal on tile first floor in the firby bedroom bed room was a crib with rumpled covers on the floor bebide it lay parts of a child a clothing evidently it was aas the bod bed of the boy she had spoken of she had carried hini him oft with mith hr her to tho the next loom I 1 hurried and there lay lav the explanation on the floor was aas the body of a matt man tall handsome hand moine well di eased shot twice through the he head an ail I 1 stone dead ills ids were ere kl inside out I 1 don t suppose I 1 stood there hilt A infinite huite in but it seemed hours in oue one en lightning flash I 1 saw the whole thing I 1 was to be the scapegoat goat poor ioor billy fool I 1 had butted in to boar bear tho the burden of at the crime arid and olit oh what a web was woven around nis nii had been seen on the load near by by several meveral persons persona I 1 had bad broken in the door the child had probably pio bably been mo me asleep in the kitchen if I 1 had not waked in time the would have found me led handed with my booty and my byj wen beside me while near dear by layt lay my victim with ills his packets turned in side out I 1 think it was those turned out rockets that hat terrified me most the moman who aho could forgo forge it a link of evi evidence lence like that would not hesitate to swear sear my life away sick with terror I 1 stumbled iowa down stairs out of the house arid and away into the night away awaa awa anywhere so BO long as an it wait wa out of sight might of that deadly house bouse the shadow of the gal low a lowered above me and drove me on oil lurk lack faired me A quarter of it A mile from the house I 1 came to a rail rond road rack As I 1 reached it the rails began to hum A maln was waa coming eflowly for it was on an a heavy up glade mth the alist thrill of hope I 1 jumped behind a tree and waited nearer jt came rind and nearer slower and slower until when it reached me ma it was ms going little faster than a arol ley car in tho the city to try to board it e en n then hen was nina dangerous but not to hoard board it was destruction I 1 lumped jumped for a hand handhold hold bc between the two cars caught it and clung on halt half an hour later nhen the engine stopped slopped foi water I 1 crept into a box ear car then away avay once diore away away three laya days later I 1 crawled out ot at that box car warly nearly a thousand miles away but safe baft 1 ill pa BH ri evl bundle that Is IH all lie he said bald the ille as I 1 warned arned aou Is a snapshot and no not t a of what happened after afterwards warIs I 1 know nothing could know nothing the arm of the law 1 im long and to make the onial anial lest in would have been madness madri etis it Is idest to lt let sleeping dogs lie sirl I 1 think you for our bier and I 1 wish ion 3 oil good by |