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As they entered the place Billy, as ahead, sought a table; but as he was about to hang up his cap and seat hio to the washrooht be heard by those nearest

"Why, we just washed before we left our rooe whispered into his ear

Immediately Billy was all suspicion His hand flew to the pocket in which the gun of the deputy sheriff still rested They would never take hio back to life imprisonment, not after he had tasted the sweet freedom of the wide spaces--such a freedoe saw the movement

"Cut it," he whispered, "and follow o dick across the street He hty like it He'll be down here in about two seconds now Coh the rear--I know the way"

Billy Byrne heaved a great sigh of relief Suddenly he was alht of capture, for in the instant he had realized that it had not been so much his freedom that he had dreaded to lose as his faith in the con of haste the talked the length of the roo into the washroo upon a squalid back yard The building stood upon a hillside, so that while the entrance to the eating-place was below the level of the street in front, its rear was flush with the ground

Bridge h the hile he shot the bolt upon the inside of the door leading back into the restaurant A itive, and then took the lead

Down narrow, dirty alleys, and through litter-piled back yards he athering, and before they had gone far darkness came

They neither paused nor spoke until they had left the business portion of the city behind and ell out of the zone of bright lights Bridge was the first to break the silence

"I suppose you wonder how I knew," he said

"No," replied Billy "I seen that clipping you got in your pocket--it fell out on the floor when you took your coat off in the rooo and wash"