Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-25

seeming danger oil becoming rather seri'
GUS"
evil you not go quietly up-stairsS" is
the serenely imperious answer
Human patience has its limits. "Let
me leave this house in peace" cry,
and credit what l tell you, or you may
pay very dearly for your obstinacyw
Still the same lmpregnable amiability;
Are you determined not to 60 upstairs
quistlyS"
Even now l feel slight diffldence
about narrating that / am carried up
stairs, after this, as though were child,
utterly powerless in the grip of those
two brawny monsters.
The force that exerts itself upon me is
tempered with an excellent skill that
avoids all injury. am without bruise
when placed in "my ROOM" The mo-
ment that l am deposited in an easy
chair by this pair of Goliahs, spring up,
eXclaiming with (under the circum-
stances) considerable GOODNESS of tone.
/" Look here, my good men, this is all
a humbug-the most ridiculous of mis-
takes, l assure you. Observe me well.
Do seem like crazy person.
"Yes," suddenly noises voice which
seems to issue from somewhere in the ad-
joining hall; "you are as mad as q hat.
ter, my dear sir"
One of the men looks amazcdly at the
other while these singular words are be-
ing spoken; then he quickly leaves the
room, and very soon afterward there is
heard, at some distance off, the sound of
sharply-closed door,
To the man who is now alone with me
in the chamber speak very quietly in
deed. C want you tohave a note taken
down town for me-" are my opening
words. eff you do so quietly, without
saying word to anybody else in the
house except one whom you can trust,
will make it to your advantage" And
here nod most meaningly. q,
The mans coarse face takes rather al
amiable look. "All right" he returns
"you write what yer want, an I'll see
about it. There's a desk"
For Gods sake" l burst forth
treat me as though were sane being
You must admit, surely, that such thing
as mistake could happen. Or, if yor
acU think me mad, do so, only swear thai
you will deliver note if"
Here my companion leaves the room
while the door swings shut behind him
advance and examine it with trem
bling fingers. There is nothing but {
huOD Ou Uly OWu slut. HIS lIy W
| impossible, | am prisoner.
The room is large, and plainly, thougl
neatly, furnished. In front of each o
;to two windows there rises a strong iror
network, Mnivi. ~,akes it impossible ever
to touch the glass. | shuudvI "a 7 60,
| this horrid reminder of my position, ant
throw myself despairingly into an easy
chair.
Just here the thought makes me leal
to my feet. lie was to start for Phila
delphia in an hour | drag out my watch
1t is now more than an hour and hal
since saw him.
The two next hours are passed in
condition of mind whose feverish dis
quiet may be readily understood. pac
the floor; l seat myself; L peer ou
through the prison-like grille of the wiz
dows. Finally my door is opened.
1t is one of the keepers, with plates,
table-cloth, etc. He does not seem {
observe me, but l see that his eyes ar
all the while sharply vigilant of me q
their corners. Presently the other keeI
er enters with meal-doubtless dinner
l sit quietly watching them, feelin
that they are mere machines, whose mt
tive power is wholly from without. Still
they can at least carry a message.
"What is the name of the perso
whom l saw downstairs" quietly que,
ton.
Or. Fordyce," answers one of m
keepers.
"Will you tell him that l particular
wish to speak with him for a few mt
ments?"
"Yes, sir" is the civil reply.
! wait and wait. No Dr. Fordyc
| ufh pf ha
enters to remove my untasted meal
make a great effort and so compel myse
calmly to ask him whether he took m
message or not.
DIR. Fordyce is out, sir"
Then | rush wildly up to the man an
utter wildly supplicating words. Pre-
emily | become momentarily insan
enough to try and strike him. He catcl
es my hands, holds them as l would hol
baby's, and calls JIM" several times
not very loudly. Jim soon appears.
sink into the nearest chair and burst int
tears They hastily clear away the me,
and go out.
look at my watch again. 1t is fiv
o'clock. "How much longer" ask M,
self, :" is this miserable duress to last:
AS for DR.. b, feel capable of KILN
him here and now. Whatever the blur
der it has been inexcusable.
When l think of tomorrow and tn
wedding catch my breath in positiv
fright. Suppose-but no! my captivit
must have ended by that time.
And yet the probabilities now seeI
immense that Dr. B has gone to Phi
adelphia. Allowing that this is true
there may possibly be no one else in tn
city who knows of my whereabouts, an
no one else capable of finding them ou
When my keeper enters the room
third time it is about seven o'clock.
inquire whether DIR. Fordyce is HON
yet.
"We expect him back very soon"
There is chance. have already n
flected that, provided he be really gon
out, he has made inquiries concernin
my case, and so learned of his atrociou
mistake. But just then hear a voice j
the outer hall calling Jim" in distinC
tones.
"That is DR.. Fordyce's voice" l cry
81 recognize it,"
A look of smiling admiration touche
the keepers face.
"Oh, you're a sharp one, anyhow, si
They was right about yer when the
said so."
"TheyP Who?"
"Them that knows yer. Yer family
sir. There's some good tea. Drink
down, now; it'll make yer feel bette
pr'aps."
After the fellow goes l sit for som
time in state of absolute hopefulnes
buoyed up by hope that DR.. FordyC
will come, and feeling confident that
he does come ! can use most efiectiv
pleading in my own behalf. | drin
some tea and eat some of the food pr
vided. The physical effect of this nou
ishment is stimulating enough to max
me regard my position for a little viii
from that humorous side which it III
doubtedly possesses. imagine the mirt
of certain relations and friends when I'll
case shall be laid bare to them. But
very state of annoyance enters with IL
thought of how wretchedly worrie
HOnoria will be if am absent and III
accounted for the whole evening
From this time thenceforward my ca
tivity becomes an acute agony. Ont
or twice, thinking of the utter dead wa
. | of indifference against which have thl