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? ? ? ? With the help of the hatchet, Frank soon demolished the lower part of the window. Fastening the rope to the bedstead, he got out of the window and safely descended to the ground.
? ? ? ? A long and fatiguing walk lay before him. But at last he reached the cars, and half an hour later the ferry at Jersey City.
? ? ? ? Frank thought himself out of danger for the time being, but he was mistaken.
? ? ? ? Standing on the deck of the ferryboat, and looking back to the pier from which he had just started, he met the glance of a man who had intended to take the same boat, but had reached the pier just too late. His heart beat quicker when he recognized in the belated passenger his late jailer, Nathan Graves.
? ? ? ? Carried away by his rage and disappointment, Nathan Graves clenched his fist and shook it at his receding victim.
? ? ? ? Our hero walked into the cabin. He wanted a chance to deliberate. He knew that Nathan Graves would follow him by the next boat, and it was important that he should not find him.
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