| Show I 1 Q ty c 0 0 t j Q I 1 t 0 r I 1 r J 4 U C T I 1 11 il ey z ab r I 1 t 1 f 0 I 1 ilij I 1 T ws was t theia acl most ost ir exciting 11 advent ad venture adventure ute I 1 0 ever hadin my I 1 life J J aa till an erk en 1 alst but th inci mi deal I 1 am about ti to relate condid e 41 5 ably damped taped 1 ay D I 1 ardor for it time I 1 happened annea sev P I 1 V ir en at es Teara ago IL ibn on e i bank I 1 ir hot holiday X I 1 9 i Q I 1 was irain riding 3 2 beau beautiful tiRl part of one of the southern counties tend had aad gone gona om off ir akom om the ma mail ii road inia inac a series of 1 Son lon gand crand ole lanes I when vh the ground r autta was ivas in sufficiently good 0 son i aitio r always liked ts get on the betten trade of other cyclists 0 thaddo Ih adno knowledge 0 of fabe the direction la ia which 1 Z was going goin and ana I 1 did act a tanch uch care as the scenery was woj 0 s d e and solitary however after 1 h had a 9 gone one several miles mile without wi 1 phout passing a lager post a house or an individual I 1 1 I thought it prudent imprudent to ascertain my bearing 9 ft fit tho k first tasty ity 0 1 LS suddenly sadet r 01 a corner I 1 ar came cupon naona w charming ola cottage lyng J u T back a little from taits th road fr from om which I 1 it was separated by a low brick wall arld a garden gay with a gioi of familiar flowers A man nv as P do down w n the path to the little gate that opened into tha road ana I 1 slumped dimy bicycle to speak to WM W M will ibis lus land laca take me 11 p please leinse I 1 saad t d M L step a moment was the 0 I 1 i crep kiy ly I 1 thinking that hz ht contempt con 3 atod I 1 slewing wi me the on ah ftp I 1 followed adl him himino in 4 tb ahe the house ile he led r amig little parlor that ws tory 7 ery simply buat tastefully I 1 ea t U ue the e window of i which thich overlooked the Sit aront t garden after leaving me t soc a few he be returned tied and ca mo my asu surprise rp rise i n ked the door on the aside I 1 and placed pi aced the key in his Jo joeger eget alse ae turned and faced me 1 I saw that I 1 waa in iii the presence of a tall aall n built mar man some so me thirty five years of ofa ae e there was a r slight bend in his figure figure a s sprinkle a of 1 3 I pay in ha U black beard zid and a solemn zin V tar away lookin look in his deep set eyes that told lold of onie ome great trouble throne ua which he henad had pas passed zed 1 I so cyclist said and ap 0 you yon area cyclist he there was z a bitter sneer in hs his deep i bolc roles ye yes I 1 s I 1 replied ey cycling tiling is a great sine sin e of pleasure to me 0 I 1 3 pleasure he be exclaimed Is plea pleasure stEre lawful when obtain obtained edL at the frost cost of other peopled liv consider r you yon murderers ei every eay or 9 of a I 1 you a 0 five T ia aars r so ngo 0 r vs v Ls s married ri to the most neatia and the most amiable amiable woman worl ytje doubt doulet 9 iff he shrieked teO striking his fist on t the 1116 oak tal table 19 between ns though I 1 c imil not uttered a word rif consciously shown dissent s 1 I tell you yon I 1 have traveled a good deal in my time I 1 I 1 nm am yet T et N but ut a young man and I 1 sevet saw her I 1 1 in goodness or looks when whence we I 1 were married all men ihen were ere beal jealous ous of A ioe 11 em so sought it py my ava if a A society and ancl her from nia ma boj rj I 1 bought bough t this s cottage and brought her har down here and we were completely hapy in ona on r al an others love L I and everything r rim ands me of her oh how we ive loved love doner one ano an otherl ther E nearly two years of wedded bliss ind and then and then she was snatched aroln from ia me mur dereal yes te s ruthlessly a 5 0 11 an 5 ry G I 1 a L 4 P ca n 1 C ro t 1 I 1 I 1 az 4 L I 1 0 IN I 1 M 1 t P N 1 I 1 Z 11 I 1 I 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 T I 1 I 1 I 1 J I 1 1 Q I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 z I 1 Q 0 1 t A MI AT ste irp ahe was walking down clown of a village I 1 when she was killed by one of yon V arr screed i choa cyclists s 14 how haw the first syllable 0 of athe alie finel e through his 1 96 a she saw the vile s sira 11 0 ing ng doma do aa on i S dittli dihe that tha had I 1 wana wandered ivan dered ered into th the e road ian from th the 0 open door of a cottage an and jd la in vang saving its tiline loit her own ahem wasi wai no ext est s ruse anse it was avas willful murd rl T 1 and the thaman man i asman IM na 1 he exclaimed clenching his aai I 1 basnin T a frenzy assy rather send I 1 rf t away 1 siope to pick ii 5 W 0 ru she a aze XV kb S fiill killea ed s alms 19 binse ce been bean seen jia his was t P dressed iri in uniform a as bonare yo nare but be beyond horld ahat nobody could coad jive give it tle of him gioi noad could bibly aha I 1 Q a I 1 and ia e a su solemn eby at vow voir i heen i J aada said somebody must pay yn for chist the first ehlt who xa falls b lafo aoto my mi hinds hodds bait bei t twenty weny years h hence euce die cie anac and ate u ch sher ar I 1 lovd lov lo 10 pad d aria and yon vou are that mans s one look ai at his fa asee ce satisfied jatis satisfied fied me that thal hg he meant to ta take le J my y life affe that he hc waal was A is great grief ef had up UD z hemf n in his solitude nde ahat 14 gouid i 1 do PS sf emed impossible a I 1 glanced at the doer and he 0 a 0 teal ical az my v thau thoughts g h ts I 1 11 11 yes it it is ig cocked cea he hesSi tia dand lt I 1 L I 1 I 1 the k keais ce kaz i in my Y ackel yea ton cannot a 0 0 escapa me q 9 crept awards backwards the fire fe 0 1 place aud madea sudden hive down z nords for the poker in an dinst instant he es sprang p n on aub ma lik alea leiger anaf aadot j rot one my throat tr 1 1 Sl in t tha he stag alii f pc ker was hu ruled across the s E room I 1 and rouea bridei tri dei a aa 1 s old bareau then we closed in inter ater to F supremacy ana in m Ye eel elling lag alfnett bleff I 1 borer ah I 1 air and I 1 ie tell 11 bla vily t the 1 ground Q s z P i twe mangei v aged after to regain L 0 ou ur feet ie e t aa n d d s e anz L eglas Z my myself sel f 4 I 1 abra his grasp t I 1 contrived io gt get thai the fc ia t cd for u g ans for foi breaths n a glar ciar s g A in X t c D athen pT hen I 1 saw w he was rumbling with 1 Ks arial vi nt affie tavi brwer L na I 1 z il I 1 24 JOE idad viada e 5 rj T xz e a mi nuie q V erard arcond iii alia ta a te li ast L L 4 3 1 aiu w s r I 1 0 vf A A i 1 s k t 4 0 11 1 1 ss P ef 54 S k I 1 5 a X E 11 I 1 t s table Sut t was iw alert for h aha la and 0 itee ajer several kusue unsuccessful at I 1 tempts to uese wall n md heC savagely I 1 ly hurled charled the terrible 7 weapon a on a at icy I 1 be dieal ad the phlim wh whizzed I 1 izzieh tast past fi my ear r 1 macinga ma alt kinga jt very sl slight ag tb cut al t S and U 4 stuck agy th the kw wooden co en ways il scot 1 allun A aln now occurred 0 to o me seis 56 Is e ing favora a favorable bu opportunity v L ahr threw e lall auday my oi on u the tab LA and pushing it along the laid I 1 rooer him I 1 the walls behind 1 nal bla luca sere I 1 held bild him pinioned and ad groan D inz iny with th aln IT if shouts measy re a while for jip haz had tem been futile for hs ho had ait thi tha precaution oa o a myar my ar ifill to send his k aly beryant to tho the I 1 village tillage s 1 21 1 ian my position long loik my strength iwas ras divisi out u and ahal I 1 saw that my iny a assailant as ailant was grad nall lie freeing eing himself Lim self 1 therefore ei haat ia recourse to a pew new stratagem 1 I 1 waited shtil lie be was exerting con co a I 1 si derale fores on the table and th then en with w th a sudden jerk drew it away he fell agward and his head the table violently half stunning himi him in a moment I 1 dashed wa wic dow a threw it open aia vaulted in into the garden lik over tho the low wall 11 I 1 seized b t my brayde but the athla madman run was close a at t my heels and aad as I 1 my y joachine loa chine he dragge di agge cp a loose brick from tle the top of the will wall and threw it adelme at me with ada precision th that atif at if lt 1 lad aa not dot seen his movement stid and dippe di head in time it wusi must live have dashed outplay brains tas Ls it basit va lt amt ast grazed ray my scalp 1 ai j i c I once ernona was oon gurlidy lur lidy I 1 a down own laBS at a y high A speed v irith the madman chasing me as last fast as aa his UZI legs would carry him arwas I 1 was just latin myself on my escape when I 1 saw to my dismay that the lane ended a short dist distance aike ahead with a dosed agte gate putting oa on thi the brake and zia slackening speed I 1 taa managed h with great tuii care to avoid a up und and blight at tho the gate which led i int into a wide meadia on the 0 opposite jp side of 0 the meadow was a ga gate te leading into another field adla rather smaller and appareti apparently skirted by a utne lane abis gate I 1 Taul vaulted tod hut but 1 unluckily ill ih doing so I 1 sprat sprained nc a iny isac lefi ankle this was a terrible misfortune lor tune for every step I 1 took caus caused rd me elating pain and I 1 d barely limp impal along long Q 3 I 1 theman tha man bellied behind had not falle oLto notice my accident and as he rapidly gained on me a short eizu laugh h or juraj t 9 af pf f delight reached my ea is ra I 1 s a ff there baio hofei and ald that boon we aho ula b the grip of death byrm within tvs enty cypris of A stile I 1 leading into the laua lani iad shouted for or h helo ip as aa well sz as I 1 was able with vi th my scant bi leath but all was quiet and deserted 80 help was at hand jin desperation and agony I 1 stra struggles 1 g I ed foiw forward i ard with the short g gasps ap of my pursuer be comic h momentarily more ai audible addible dible ile 4 atvas now within I 1 a leir few feet of efm emd I 1 was ju just preparing to arn finc face his attack tcheng achen I 1 felt his hand strike my shoulder hid and h heard aza lien hlo lall fall with a groan ano ain ia a 1 heavy beary th thud uain the grasi rass he must mus have camj caught his loot foot in so something methin d anti and stumbled 0 T ads gaie ase me a temporary ad an tage of which I 1 did not fait to avail myself and I 1 rea reached clied the stu stilo e in in safety 0 on n getting gettin oye over r it I 1 looker back and to my surprise taw saw the man n A still I 1 lying yin g x stretched at full fail length face downward on the grass gram thera theft was no movement menan whatever hat ever hadle had le tainted fainted 2 lt could not bea be a pretense to allure mo back for he could have caught me with ease in in th tho jane eJane 1 ina a a moment 1 decide A to make afie t h e beit be it of my opportunity and bm bind him hand band and toot foot 1 afore hetts covered cl consciousness consciousness I 1 rapidly rap filly tied his feet my ay pocket pac let l et lia handkerchief Z and took hold of his hands with the intention of cof se caring in them discor rel also 10 but I 1 no now w d discovered at a glance that these precautions were 4 un unnecessary necess ary the poor fellow was quite quim dead |
