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% inform him OF the warning which he |
lad received.
Mr.. Carroll was terribly shocked, but !
never questioned the truth of the story, as,
abductions were only too
common at that period, and william Bas-
set was Just the kind OF man to be en-
gagged in one; reckless and of-handed as
he was, and so lavish in spending his
he would not have much difficulty
in securing the a. sistance of men as reck-
less as himself, to whom the very danger
aud dash of the undertaking would be
sure to prove strong incentive,
'God help US, Edward" he said, as
soon as he could speak. "What is to be-
come of us2 The time is so tcarfully
short. Come home with me at once-nay
stay until can collect my senses, for the
shock has almost crazed me; but we must
see about gathering help to meet them
So Edward returned with him, but
terrible reception awaited them; every
thing in and about the house bore traces
of an awful struggle. Every door was
lying wide open, and some Of them torn
from their hinges; furniture everywhere
overturned and broken, while articles of
female wearing apparel lay scattered
here and there through the house in con
fusion; but not living creature was anv
where visible.
Mr. Carroll sank helpless into chair
and covered his face with his hands.
while poor Edward, himself almost heart
broken. tried in vain to 1ouse him.
At last faint, stifled moan drew their
attention to the kitchen, and there, Sc
curely bound to the foot Of the table, and
closely gagged, lay the female servant.
As soon as the girl was released, she
informed them that late the preceding
night, she and her mistress were sitting
by the fire before getting ready for bed,
when a loud knock at the deol stat tied
them. Too much frightened to answer it,
the girls sat in silence, when the man
servant, who had already retired to rest
in the room above the kitchen, heard 1t
repeated, and, hastily throwing on some
clothing, came down to see what was the
matter.
AS SOON as he opened the door he re-
ceived blow which stunned him, and
more than half a dozen of tall, rough
looking men. with white shirts over heir
clothes, and black masks upon their faces,
rushed into the kitchen.
Miss Carroll rose IN alarm as they enter
ed, but before she could defend herself,
even if she had been able to do so,
she was surrounded, and in spite Of her
struggles carried out of the house.
AS soon as she saw her mistress carried
away, the girl said that she comm enced
to scream as loudly zs she could Tor assis-
lance, but two of the ruffians seized her,
and, while their comrades proceeded to
ransack the house, gagged her, and in
spite of her resistance, tied her firmly to
the foot Of the table.
When asked what had become of her
fellow servant, she replied that he lay
helpless for sometime after the villains
had departed, but as soon as he was able
he had staggered out Of the house, and
she haa never seen him afterwards.
Paralyzed by terror, Mary Carroll re.
membered nothing, from the moment she
was carried out of the fathers house
until she found herself on horseback, be.
fore some one whose strong arm, passing
round her waist, kept her from falling
They were travelling along the steer
mountain road, and the path was wind.
ing and rugged, and she could feel the
horse stumbling, as his feet came in con.
tact with the loose stones, which were
plentifully scattered along the pathway
She tried to turn her head, in order tc
obtain view Of their route, but a gruf
voice stern y forbade her to try to fno
out where they were going.
At last, after about three hours riding
they stopped at small cabin, and she
was lifted from her saddle, while the
shawl, which her abductors had hrrriedly
wrapped around her as they bore he1
from her home, was drawn closely over
| her eyes.
1t was withdrew as soon as she ano
her companit MS had entered the cabin
and she glanced around her.
The place was entirely unknown te
her, and consisted OF a large smoke.
darkened apartment, squalid and wretch
| ed, out CT which smaller one opened
There was no one in the place when
they entered but an old woman, whose
dirty and smoke-dried appearance was il
keeping with her miserable abode. Tt
her the man who had held Mary or
horseback spoke:
'see what bonny bird I have brough
you mother. So take good care Of her
and do not let her escape you until ge
better cage ready for her."
The old woman laughed. "You ma,
trust me for that, Mr.. William"
Mary Carroll started, and looked at tn
man who had spoken. In her agony O
terror all through that dreadful ride, i
had never occurred to her who her abduc
tor might be. 1t had seemed as if al
thought and feeling had been crushed GU
Of her by fear, and she had been all bu
unconscious, but now, that voice! It wa
evidently disguised, yet it seemed famil
lar, and now the woman had called hin
MIR. William Could it be that he
abductor was William Bassett2 Yes,
must be; and shuddering as she recalled
his threats, she covered her face with he
hands and burst into tears.
| Then a whispered sentence caught he
ear, and she looked up to see him in til
act of dispatching messenger on som
errand, and heard him whisper, "Te]
him to come without fail tonight at mid
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