Show A lufte Suf tE years since a nan man wap arrested apone in one of the p countey count cy settlements of this territory on rather a grave charge and peeking peeing ta fac tion of the grand jury w wa imprisoned in the county jail ai a not very secure structure from which he soon con conr r triv troyed 0 d to effect bia escape fe celeb pe deft leb no cape ue to the course he had taken andi dafter an after a brief search hope c of ca capturing lAuring him wp was aba abandoned and 4 it was believed by his acquaintances chahe 40 had left the territory bome weeks afterward th the writer h happened to be traveling inano af the southern counties ftc he terri to stopped in A town in which chic a mul miu was w as ya course cou rap of construction consta when to his surprise ur prise A he noticed the ux culprit engaged upon the j I 1 company wh arg number of other men employed being VS in ia j fifita ath ta the WAN W who ho wp was sp the wor at the time thue of os maung the wee kypry I 1 exclaimed 1 I who Vh Bt t I 1 14 tho the A Is that fello fehon olp ihre te taue to h his yance i answered ty my query by asking J 1 knew the oe man j and V when 1 I 1 assured him J dad d go gaval VOIS his name n I 1 told odthe of the with which e app charged and d of his wipe escape tj from the te county jaa aa ahe he shook ahoo k his head incredulously you xou are ae 4 i he said pig this daoa 4 ric ar I 1 have only know p him M for a jew he ae pae came ho here r bu but jn in that time he be has self lf to jv be a first rate fellow ian nd perfect genius H he e is beaw g my hause and if babe of ty cuip liis jj I 1 hand to aln HIP he h haa mended clocks androne and done tinkering for the people finished up the W carpenter pe anter work on my bouse and now as you see h is working as a esou and he seems to be ee equally qually clever at everything in fac he e is quite a preacher er as aeu he eus a discourse of A about boj ut two houes I 1 length op on sunday lasand las aad it had a 4 good man y practical ideas in 1 it lie he may ma resemble the man you spik speak of 0 but I 1 assure assay you he is quite qu pi adin 4 erent person 11 i I 1 could coula perceive mat the ahe bishop was thoroughly cp captivated v with his bs ingenious ng enious boarder and it noi much to be w wonderer won dereA at at for ji he WIM waa i 1 l i i I 1 intelligent and rather prepossessing i ss dimir M and really reaby very ex expert f part 1 i in n various Q lines 4 as a 1 workman but rude as lt it to afi shatter the Bl bishops shops ia 6 idol ado by undeceiving win him as to t th danli mans character and ud angea U to p prevent re v ent h a m man from in making s his ji wy among strangers when ostracized ostracised aa his is acquaintances k a sense of tp nad sead d duby y to the 0 impelled P e me to do 0 so 80 TA tiding th the bishop t hop by ke arm and starting towards wh where e re the inana w was as employed 1410 I 1 sa said I 1 d come a and n d up be ca convinced 1 but ane fellow felid who had 4 ati also rec recognized 0 gaj aed m me e aps v was fps evident v I 1 in n n no mood fco for r abeln being 1 I imer fe r blew viewed d api pr a as yve we aji hafla he d dropped rop ja hi his 1 a tools ai an and jid haw made de h his 1 a way out of tan town even ve with this evidence oi of guilt before beford him we the bao bishop refused to believe that the pan 4 as the K ws W s r represented rese to ls be 0 or i a ac leas d io to mi abt ZU upon te tait ege soh offered t ta have hia va baom lace under widar arrest a and ant with ahe ol 01 county whence 1 e he h haaf escaip ed caving fia 1 ving fl business bl ehfe 6 lustier 0 or the peace I 1 in n te fie place during tife dy da I 1 called 4 h to iffie e cha character atar of fae man ao wo llad fauna foiw an tae wt he too fio fal failed I 1 A 0 0 o z ie n ne aty abr im bi nie edja diate action m havi having fig efm effi aej ar XA dediea iet as we th e refugee 1 I I 1 failed led to 0 pu put t in n al an during in tf the justice 0 the pe peace A begun coeel that fia havig have acted with th aret suggestion 1 n dwi aate dark dak in thi the 0 in company with tiie constable li lie callett at ahe he i shops house where ahe re I 1 was W as staying and asked chati af I 1 would world recommend ilithe c while chewe Wh ewe wb were aki n i boy came caffie in and report afia t Bi chardson so n wafe wa aist me owr peer rik through the window at uh ati t hi h inana managed gd e to escape beibe before the he of officers fibers c could d gia though alint search was AW made for bi him in th at liht it was unavailing Leaf Learning from we trie bishops Bt shops WW wife that a coat t vert and aid watch itah belong ing to her er boarder were in chri hailie I 1 bentti ventured the opinion that thai hi he might remain in the 1 I hill if I 1 had left to recover them or poi possibly sibly attempt to do so during the nigh tand remar teed tha ana if I 1 heard him about the house I 1 would get up ti the members me of the 0 lie At shops house household holl slept up etire but I 1 was shown shon to bed in a on the lower loer floor on entering which in m addition to the bed I 1 wis was to occupy seoup I 1 no noticed daod a louna lounge with k a pile of bed clothes upon lt but nothing more BMW duritt the I 1 was an ansuya Susa from fam my peaceful ful slumber fiber by a slight ifton boirie noirie and aa opening my eya eye I 1 could plainly by bv the light of bf the full rhone through the windows it a buman figure standing in al at t the foot of my bed taking it ur grafted ii A viii waa tha and without stopping a moment for thought t I 1 I 1 sprang ft oni the bed lewd an and an fn I 1 him by him backward upon apon the lauke where f r held him until I 1 thred ared if I 1 di did not no i slacken sl a b an my ni grip gp on MS his dmd d pla he neva never would regain MW his breath accordingly ace I 1 loosen oo 00 my iphy 1 when wp C to t my ay iy surprise su rp A after aft ev gas gasping up ng once 1 pr i 6 twice w iceie he cried af out moter moffie k hen ei echiel a person ap i thin thmas jis quickly I 1 gad hii upon that occasion on th the nashed upon af my ahl nd in an a n ana ahi it 4 was ius the wrong wron pers on I 1 wab choking clAf iii ftfe T voice aw ao for fh 66 e iob fid mun I 1 had caned iha ACY I 1 in n vf my grna grasp a ip and iaia be besides ae p the latter wi be benit I 1 fk acl 6 4 9 to for i maternal ag assistance si 1 tt NV we re he 4 glance a the beda clethes whish I 1 hid had I 1 noticed b a ced pried upon twe rie lounge when whai IA t entered the room but which were now no w tumbled oily patt lAMy mb orand drAnd no nooland the scant fly clothed jf form 0 r apa 0 tbt person I 1 was holding lown down satia fled me ine that whoever he was he must have beeh reposing rep lAing mn that lounge d aring aff 4 the night ph hm ap f ekkie 0 he au household abold might bem lay jh we a icy eams I 1 shut on off his wind again long enough to command him to be still and nd mali maffe no n noise piled the bed clothes lothes upon him while his eyes remained cl closed AW AA to P ponder onder upon the s scene c ene in which c I 1 had just b been 4 an ift ador r bhea en the I 1 c 0 sul sn 6 0 ta 0 a presented i 1 m aly lly before ifor e my mans m ia 1 child C dj J to laugh ibi h i 1 efad ud been 6 e lying g awake aw ke wy ully an rh hour inking ot the il j ana A n h va 11 who 0 bi e Y ets n 13 man could b be bomi ad hafl choked mt for t was a 1 u under 0 4 er fai ane ej t ij ai fihe bishop h hah J no i son 96 A it ai konte w hen 1 saw aya ai rise to lo ang 1 po bobren Bren alfi t N e byg aga look a roun the me 66 as tf ft in ques q aes ues ii of ilia assailant ila 4 an ai iba which me vat ishac he N h law aa noi observed me retire palf to to bed aar looi 1 1 ri 1661 a po n Ms s abt and ad t Q had probably been too thor fiig aly tt aen open his W before t could caid alsvern bifi A U head hagh film iram ve i rb I 1 lay ehlt he ii sat ak up but I 1 doubted iche r he 6 aik saw me ail as I 1 iq iky quite qui stiff after als 1 he again ly Bow ml when en ao ng ania and t V irose i rose im dressed myself i was a sound asleep on epel emerging in I 1 from WD the am I 1 found my mv hos hostess L a already astir fook fiig ng in 6 vain through ih jai trie and daik outhouse tor bet boarder I 1 inquired who my roommate room mate was and she friedly answered oh that is my grAnd grandson sony and I 1 forgot to tell you lat night that he walks in his sleep I 1 told her I 1 had already made the discovery but not until I 1 had used him rattier rather roughly in the belief that it was her boarder I 1 was dealing with and that force was feces sary y with concern depleted depicted on her cou countenance the good old lady entered the bedroom and aroused the youth to learn bow he fared when he awoke with a t and ex pl aimed oh grandma that rioh came here last night almost choked me to deatel 0 o said the lady you mistake it if was wa Brot brother laer I 1 L who choked you and aad tie he supposed you were doon 11 he felt so abashed on learning of this fact that he voided avoided my presence during the re brider inder of my stay in the settle ment the justice of the peace and constable were up early looking for the fugitive and discovered him just as daywan day was breaking making his way out ut of town he was arrested back and lodged in a cellar where at a later hour in company with the bishop I 1 interviewed him the ingenuity for which he was noted was displayed in the defense which he made when he was re ked for having deceived the aple among whom he had found capax to his name and character 1 I gave you he said mid my name as W richard richardson which is true my name is richard tod fad my fathers name was richard so 80 1 I am richard richards son the sheriff shem of the distant county from whose custody the prisoner had ss soon arrived and took his nasu n back with him and in course of time he stood good his trial was con served a term in the penitentiary tent iary slime sinice tast time he has ld a reformed life and to a great extent tent established a character for himself aalf which I 1 have no dwire to jure by mentioning hia real dame should shoua he be read tills this sketch he will doubtless readily recognize the part he be played in the circumstances nar but the encounter I 1 had with tao th aud and the mutual understanding alluded to will wid probably be new to him G C L |