Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-09-18
Ifound mysr'!' seized by the collar.

found musr'!' seized by the collar.
Almost instGrtaneously, however, n s. l.
trap in the door. like that which is usel %.
the purpose Of h,nding food to prisoners ir
their cells, and which for aught 1 knew tx
the contrary was intended to serve the sans
purpose here, was opened, and l saw Flint.
ers hateful eyes peering at me, while 8
hoarse chuckle of malicious pleasure broke
from his throat.
"Well," he said, after he had surveyed m,
for a moment, II hope you will like your
quarters. Your hot blood will have time te
cool here. Make yourself comfortable,
young man, and don'G feel afraid of being
starved. You'll find plenty of good victuals
on the table in the corner"
"lf this is an %inpudent joke" I cried, iii
had better be ended at once unless YOU wish
ME to report your conduct to your master. =
s"Oh, yes, it is a joke" he retorted, with 6
brutal laugh, and it seams to ME it is a very
good one. too"
"0pen the door instantly, or you shall
pay dearly for your shameful m%isbehavior. =
"Pay! Yes. I'll pay you in good time" he
replied; and then suddenly the little trap.
door closed with a click, and he was gone.
1hearI his retreating footsteps in til. pas.
sage, and shouted to him at the top of my
voice. Ba. even as l did so 1 heard a heavy
iron door noisily shut, and then all was
silence.
Ishook the door of my prison, I shouted,
I stamped upon the floor; I made noise
enough, as / thought, to be heard not only
Throughout the vessel but for agreat distance
on the sea. But I might as well have
been crying to the winds. Either by some
cunning contrivance all sounds proceeding
from the cell were stifed forthwith, or those
on board the Golden Hawk We're taught to
pay no heed to them.
Exhausted, even mora by rage and in.
%dignation than by any physical exertion, ]
sat down at last upon the cushioned bench,
which was evidently meant to serve the
double purpose Of a bed and a seat, and
tried to collect my Eewildcred senses and
take a calm view of my position. What
was the meaning of the stratagem of which
! had been made the victim! Coull it lie
II prisoner of ma in this violent fashion.
n if SO, with what object was such a
crime committed9.
These were The questions which l RAPIDLY
revolved in my mind. Incredible a. it
seemed, ! was nevertheless forced to admit
that I must answer in the affirmative. In
broad dayii ,ht, and in an English watering
place, had been trapped and imprisoned,
with as little regard for my personal rights,
or for the claims Of the law, as could lave
been shownb by the worst desperadoes in the
widest parts of the earth. And what was
worse, it was at once apparent to me that
was utterly helpless. The fatal folly of the
Duke of Cairngorm had provided a prison
for me from which 1 could hardly hop, to
escape unless with the connivance Of my
jailers. And then l thought with despair Of
the fpct that my abduction had been man.
aged In such a fashion that no one on shore
could have any reason to suspect foul play. !
bad leftthe hotel openly, and as Inow remem.
bered bitterly, with SO cheerful an air that
there could certainly have been nothing in
nv appearance to arouse the suspicious OF