Telegram-herald., 1886-08-29

which Z Lad aesn apafehansiga W1en
aslss az LAST TIE tr.g1t Light ~ TIE electric
amp bad d.sarlelrsl 4 ali some iaint rays
from the clt1r SAY were entering ms cabin
through the lullsl which served rhs pur-
ross of Hiliea ] loekad at my watch
ami discovered that it was n.ne ocl1es 10
m1 great ioy. too 1 found that Tile SEA had
fallen, and tla- tae 81. ht was u.akiag com
paraavely steady progress through tie
waters
It Is no part u nay purpose 70 mhiet the
whole story " my Imprisonment upon the
reader. Nothing. indeed coald he more
monaton0us-or more terrible in IT, monot-
gny-than the manner la which nay days
were passed Three during this second day
aas visited by FIinter bringing food
hardly spoke 10 him. and he made no at
tempt 20 open a conversation with me- /
Was SIN absorbed in an attempt - put TO-
gelher the various pieces of thar strange
puzzle the hrst bit oi which that hai been
put into my hands was my meeting with
Daisy aad Oregson az the \ ork railway sta
ton. and the last the discovery OK the pas
SAGE CA strychnia in the work or forensic
medicine. That there was some strange
unity II significance IN ali that had hap
pened 60 me since first saw my darling was
a conviction tina was slowly forcing itself
upon my mind Never before in my peaceful
life had been even remotely associated with
anything Ia the nature oi "a mystery, but now
for some weeks / had been literally dwelling
in the midst of mysteries. Hour after hour
pa .sed while / tried % hat upon some key
which should make the whole strange and
iumbied story plain But / labored in vain.
There was only one point Of which in my
1
own existence. That was that. come what
might. nothing could ever be revealed which
would cast shadow OF shame upon the
name OF the girl whom l loved.
Day after day went by in the same pain
ful and hopeless round. and / began to
despair of ever again being released from
my ha eful prison house. II was more than
week since we had left Scarborough.
Where We now were / could not form the
faintest conception l knew that we had
once stopped for an hour or more and
guessed from the perfect stiffness of the YES
Sc that we had entered some harbor was
conscious. too, Of the fact that il was now
much colder than it had been when we left
England. and / had been thankful for the
additional rugs with which my jailer had
supplied me- But Finter evaded all my ~
tempts 10 elicit from him any information
as TO our whereabouts. Nor would he give
me the faintest hint of when might hope TO
be released from my captivity.
Ten days Of an imprisonment. so close as
mine was. began TO tell not merely upon my
spirits but upon my physical health. Ny
appetite failed utterly. aud hardly touched
the delicacies with which Flinter, to do him
justice, kept my table abundantly supplied
l found myself daily growing weaker, and
the victim of an apathy which was alto
gether alien 10 my nature. In plain Eng
lish, / was cowed and broken by the treat
ment TO which had been subjected | no
longer even spoke 10 Fiintsr on his periodical
visits 10 my cell
Ii was when ! was IN the midst of one of
my worst fits of de jection that the event
which / had so ardently longed Tor took
place. was aroused one morning. shortly
before noon, 10y the noisy opening of the
great iron door which barred the entrance
to the passage leading to my place of con
fnement, and Tor the first time since | had
entered the accursed hole heard the sound
of voices outside. They were speaking in
quick, excited and even angry tones
Before / had time TO realize what was
coming. the door of my room was thrown
open and. TO my intense amazement, l saw
DR.. Branksome standing before me.
AMY God" ne cried, in an agitated voice
while he advanced and took my hand, "he
has not been lying. As | hoped might be the
easel And you have been here--a prisoner
ever since we sailed. This is monstrous! Oh.
il / had only knownl But come-come at
once, my poor fellow, and let mo give you
back your liberty"
"Ah, doctor" / cried in a tone the feeble
- ii I
have longed for youl l knew that you
would save me II you could.
My dear fellow, don't texhaust yourself, he
said, still visibly agitated He placed his arm
round my waist. and drawing me gently out
of that black prison in wlnch had endured
50 much led me into the main saloon of the
Yacht The flood OF light dazzle my eyes;
the sound OF human voices after that long
spell Of silence made all my nerves qulver
There was mist before my sight. buzzing
In my ears, and a sensation of choking in my
throat
But Branksome was as skiIlful as he was
gentle and sympathetic.
Lie down here;r and as he spoke he laid
me on one Of the soft cOuches of the saloon.
~GoOd Coll how you have suffered Here,
take this, and he almost forced n restora-
tive Of some sort down my throat. There
was some one standing beside him whom l
now recognized as Fo,dyke He had look
/ Of deep pity on his facc-nay. it was almost
I ore Of horror and incredulity ! saw the
/ same expression on the face O the captain OF
\ tho yacht. and OF a steward. who were also
K In the saloon They seemed quite overcome
/ at the contemplation Of the crime Of which
i had been the victim. ! cast my eyes round
I the beautiful apartment. AMI to my relief
\ saw that the hateful Finter was not among
I those present
Very quickly i recovered my strength and
I comuosure 50 far rs TO be able to give Brank-
/ some and tho solicitor an account of all that
I bed happened % me since 7 received che note
inviting me 60 ro on board che yacht
"That nota-have YOU got it, said Brank
+ some. eagerly Tie was manifes-lv resolved
90 know tbe whole truth regarding my ab
/ duction. I handed t tohim.
aAh. it is Fin;er's handwriting. But
/ captain. ho'v came 10 that YOU never men
I t'oned until This morning that Mr Fcntor
had been on hoard the yacht on the mornns
chat we sauein Hs turned with a naughty
look upon the captain. a plain. matter-of
fact seaman with n somewhat hloated face
More than ever was impressed hv the seus
~ power which SEEMED 20 distinguish Brank
some I'M Oh chat bs sail and diA
@Whv sir. returned the seaman in mani
fest euibarras.ment II was toll that th
gentleman had left the ship in one ~ tb
shore boats. hesiies-wall. 20 teli the who'll
truth uuon my honor. sir. Mr.. Fiinter sad