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like to go into the smoker and enjoy a cigar.
NowfromthemomentthathehadbeensentencedBillyByrne'smind
hadbeencenteredupononethought―escape.Heknewthatthereprob-
ablywouldbenottheslightestchanceforescape;butneverthelessthe
idea was always uppermost in his thoughts.
Hiswholebeingrevoltednotaloneagainsttheinjusticewhichhad
senthimintolifeimprisonmentbutatthethoughtofthelongyearsof
awful monotony which lay ahead of him.
Hecouldnotendurethem.Hewouldnot [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!Thedeputysheriffroseand
motioninghisprisoneraheadofhimstartedforthesmoker.Itwastwo
carsahead.Thetrainwasvestibuled.Thefirstplatformtheycrossedwas
tightlyenclosed;butatthesecondBillysawthatacarelessporterhad
leftoneofthedoorsopen.Thetrainwasslowingdownforsomereas-
on―it was goingperhapstwenty miles an hour.
Billywasthefirstupontheplatform.Hewasthefirsttoseetheopen
door.Itmeantoneoftwothings―achancetoescapeordeath.Eventhe
latter was to be preferred to life imprisonment.
Billydidnothesitateaninstant.Evenbeforethedeputysheriffreal-
izedthatthedoorwasopenhisprisonerhadleapedfromthemoving
train dragging his guard after him.
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The Escape
BYRNEhadnotimetopickanyparticularspottojumpfor.Whenhedid
jumphemighthavebeendirectlyoverapicketfenceorabottomless
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