Word: escapee
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Saturday afternoon, Wm. Burke, alias "Billy the Kid," a daring bank robber, made his escape from the Albany jail through the assistance of his friends.
This last offence promises to be a very serious one. The cost of replacing the lamps, if they are replaced, will be at the rate of $16 per lamp, amounting in the aggregate to $272. It is said that the citizens of Princeton are naturally unwilling to bear this expense...
Lady Oddboy was sitting by an exquisite little writing-desk, when Robert entered. She heard his footstep, and started up nervously to find his keen dark eyes fixed on her face. She shrieked, and hid her blue eyes in her trembling hands; but the wicked gleam in them did not...
SHE [aside]. - What shall I do? I don't see how I can escape? Why does n't that woman hurry? [Takes paper, into which he pours some tobacco. Aloud.] Is this the way? [Begins to roll the cigarette.]
Meanwhile Tue had been lucky in her escape. The noise that Ching made in crashing through the bushes had warned her of his whereabouts; and she had only to keep out of his path. She hurried on for more than a mile, when the distant roar of the ocean called...