Show A STAYING A MATH J dl Ti WAil MvlBC In pr 1W III elualon In a mall i A jifi town about thirty 1 live mllei north of J London I wai writIng 11m writ-Ing a novel Ho encroMed was I with my leek that I had no time even to read the newapaper 1It and wa null Ignorant JI Igno-rant of what was going on In the world II wa a lltlle after I oclock one evening In April that I flnlibeil the second volume of my work It wee with great allefurilon that I went and will i ml Table rimirliti 10 the word t nil of Volume the Ron > n < lIt l-It wan unit n doing any more that night a I put on my hat and root aiM itiri d alt for an mu nlng trait I h 1 n nr Hepped lnl th client than a toJ irrnteil me with n bundle of i 1 r urdr Ma aim out th rr oorI i 1111 > nn evmlng pm r elr 1 I I boiiiit i n put It In m > I kt and resat I my wait Mi Inlln i ly hid hnitgl I In nit ash < lotr red II my trlk hail IChn nn nn api i It sac tillli no em ill 11 i 11 < llut I i 10 1 w d la 1 goodly Joint r rIt l berg aWllllg my attack II In id l Inil the newipiper the taste wh n miring tho room In nillng la read It during nipper 1 but U was nt HH I loI III J plp < and lUlMid d ll a ey arm hah ty the fire that I + lIrI l < Illh l < h1 of pr inn matter Thir tr I Itmkeil at the leader son thing about a new ilnrk I Inn That lIl1n I Inlrrmt in I iklpped thr ugh the little Hem r n n ant hurrld itiinia and nimimtrl perul lot tir evening prn Irwntly my eyo wit aught with Ihe follolng IwraKMih Inailing Iminllng i icullon of the CllnfoM Moment Th nmtd rr of the unf irtunalt Jam > Ilnfrrw mil be li ngd I morrow mor-row m irninii ul s wlnrk TI wretched man whi nimerharkw ronthum II I nw In Sr iiodya mouth Mill lr 1tn i in hi t il a < > r Innncen Tin numf IVntkiinil wan moot fa mlllnr I nn I hail form d n deep flnlohl with a man of mat name lie wan n an1 fIn year nth aenlor ami hail died about two year irvlnu ly I knew hr hal a Mil named Ihatl + n young Ml win had emigrated to mini Artist only III tile Could this le rn mini nun I read on It all Ii r mrmlirr4 that at the rial It mrnnicit tlrrunwlanllal evl den u i tirniiKlit 10 lirar upon Pent huii1 Th < mtirilir tiok place In B lioui Hi tin uui klrta of the small town of 1111011 U ant pr t 111 l that IVnlhunl wan In I UK liallt of fnouinllnK ll nfr War Wa-r nilwa and that apparntly h l was exit tul there on the rv nlmr In queue que-ue lie WAI peen near th place anon 1Ir the rrlni en oummlltnl iiml MV rrni nlhi r pnfa of a ilrongly eomlim nal ry ilmru or wen also UI < 1 ogalnit MmI Ito I hAl p reiatd form tit Ural how cvrr In nialnlalnliiK Hint IM I mitt ubMnt friiin iMinfll alum very lime the mur der look pier TliU wan ntiout oclock In Ihc evnlll At tlmlUvur lie > aya he itia riturnliiK limo Ionlmt when i I l lnl t Iw e I 0111 VOUVR COMIC TO IIAVK YOU lio lad ltn i nllnc tart of DM day Only one ltnH le ey could rove Hilt and ltd Ii I nn InilUlluil who lrav rlnl nlth him at far no 1 and intern tern Into iirMiUan with him Ail 1 vtttl nwnti hats horn Inserted In nil tin Mi rii by Ftnthurila IIKU olvln era but ai no 1 nniwvr luii teen forth roinlnit III Ii Mrolly lwllv Ihnl the whole story Ii I it niyth The tmirrtrr wui punimlttnl III February t Hlnr Mi eundi mnallon lilt prisons has lean eciniliud III Wlkmlnitir jail where lid es ulln will lake liar Antiminhmont and honey ronfrontiHl mi a I hilt DM inter down 1 I nai the numiiiiK ltni liny bail MI vainly KHIKM I had ntr l Into roavtrwllon on the return Jowriny with the only oilier M ouimnt of my oouipartmtnt K yiiunit man wllh a until black bait on which wcr iialul < l lit liltiri MC I I te inoinUtra all thli W llncll in onUr to innke aura I rnalelml un my dairy aiul quickly turntil la th data of the imirtltr Pvbrtury 0 Then wai th 1 entry Tlio horror of the ulluatlon now nnihiil upon m0 A nnn llfotlw life of my old frltnda aon < lvp mlwl Ubn rev I loikcl at my Walsh II I WIt JUI U n i link 1 lIurrMly I drawvil on ny I IOKIH thlnklnic the while what I ilioul1 ili iiy that IfflpulM wai lo ruih tu th trliKniiih iiltlc Then with illimuy I i nimmtwrad that It wa shut for the nlRht after I odlotk and that tin tint inantrr ttxik tit tiM train tn H lint lawn nltoul flee mile off Laving th uillii fir the night In the charir at AIr a-Ir and rtluinlnt liy nn ally triln Ih > next nwrnlng Thin I thought uf intuit to th po o III there wr Jutt two conilablM and a KrceHiit In our hint town but what could they do men than IT Madly I threw on my hat ami ruilml out I run In A meclmrlail way to thu poitolllie Thui I started for the railway station sta-tion Thli WAIl about hull a mil frutn town As I hurrlc alonit I ih HUM with final dlimly Hint thli would aim iro U a frultkM ctrnnd for the last trim la Bllkmlnilir was the I M p m BhoulJ I colt illl Iho morning and 9 telegraph T I renv nibred that the ct nee did not open till I oclock I had by this Mm raebd We nation Of court It WM all hut up and all the light were out eicejrt then In th signal amp for the otebt at nm It la now IIJ WM tr no hnpn + TAI T-AI thin momnl my eyn caught a Ight In the ilgntl hex about a quarter of a mil up the line I could eo the signalman In hli bl the outline of against tilt light hun figure landing out within i I kxkel al my worth the down nx preen fr im Lond m wn almoit due I would make a runt Ir that ilgnal box and compel Ihe orrupant to put the Ignal agalnil It and Hop II Even ai I reached th rail n pema phore ilgnal that waa near ms let fall III arm and the red tight obauired Into be a brilliant green Would Matte lime II wa very ark and I Mumbled oaer and ovr sIn I had cleard bout half th limaniT whn I henrd the nmlnoiK r r nln ml nnd In a few eeronda iaid iliiKulsh I Iho distant glitter ur Hi inuiiii I e lamp had barIng bar-Ing town in meAt me-At that m innt m > rye Ml upon a 1 ghiHIyl IIIIIK rtru lure by Ihn side if the Ire k 11 1 rring grimly through IheriarknM It rrm mlled a 0nerm Kalliwi with a limn dangling from III Thla airnnu oklng I ppritlofi waa lion uthr limn a mall bag nut penile I from a Iou i In fn I part of Ihe ap paratu ly ohm h a train going at full pril rJ k < up Ihr Inillll A mad alll teleraic Idea I look po enlon f ni The train that mat hearing d > wn and that would reach me In olle mlnuii ihould pick ma up with the mall III I could hang on to that lug ao that It ram between con and lta net It would break the fore of the ihotr and the net would receive me as writ a the bag The Lai hung Juit over my bend I Jumped at It MlMd II draw 1 myself up parallel nllh It loll It Hrmly at thin top where It swung by n hook and drew my leg up I ro as to prent ni mill n eomiMM ni oaatbl Then I walled It WM but n fw aeeond but It Memed hour I lienrd the roar of th approaching train Then the engine dallied IJOI me I hall never forget th row ot lighted enrrlage 1 nanlng nlxiut n foot < o < > clowr limn that away from meoloer even I rupimwnnd I hanging and vvnltlnif for Hi creel to come And It cam There waa n dull thud II whirr nod n ruih and all wan dark Whin I on me lo my senses I wan lying on Iho Hoar of the poilnl van Two men In their uhlrt elava were builly tinged In nirtlng Utter at a rack 1 felt brulaed and itlft all over i and I found that my left nrm vvai bound In a ling made out ot n handkerchief hand-kerchief Where are wen 1 aiked Oh olive com te hate your raid me of them Now rhnp4 youll stun nn account of jourrolf Ita precloui lucky uure hre nt nil let me I tell you for If you had been n taller man we ahould only have gn n part of you In the net Ai Ills I youve got your collar lion broken Now I cr hnpi oull ipak nut ami look here If we and youve IKHII dodging the I w lie dnnt you IIn thinking > oull give em the pulp any further Ttte mull van liut a refuge ot that IIrlM They ttnuld not believe me at arch Luckily Ihoiigh 1 I bod put the evening paper and my dairy In my pocket ao I ilnnved them Ito rngrnpli ant lima entry They wore civil enough Un Well ilr 1 wo hall lie In Hllkmln ler about X ur a 11111 later I bob you II tot aid to Mite Hi poor beggar You mutt eiouw emir turning lo work again and the belt Iblhtf for you will lie to rest ouI1 llefor le win to work again this other ens Mlhl Wh1 n pity fiu never thouiilit of n IwKer way out of the dllmnilty than ctimliiE In her no Hidden Ilk What wni thUT Why you ahnuld have cot the lie nnlman In leteuinpli ti Hllkmliialir he roiill have don It nil right What an Idiot I had Uwn after all However I ihould be In time to Hop = th execution A little cult 1 w draw up at Bilk minuter Italian There wa n nolle man on the plalturm and IAI one told my ilory lo him the tult being that wn drove around < i the Jill and Unlit r 1 uinn 1 seeing the uoviTiior Of cuurM ho wee deeply Intereileil ho what I bad to tell him nod nt rote mad nrrnncemonti lo Hop the execution execu-tion The hum secretary Will com munlcaleil with by mcni of iiwclal wire Kurtunately ho linpi > eiie < l to IK In town ami after n couple of hour nnxloui lUipetiM n rpilovc wen re celvnl from him Little reinalM lo U toll I coon Idontlletl Hi MliUnil man ni Iho peraon whom I had nel In HM train Ito aim turrwHl out to is tie ion of my old frliml na I had fully ejwctel After Hi du forinallllM ll vtui Ol cHxrieil and ntiout n forlnlRhl after want the real murderer ova dlwotcnd and capturnl |