The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-08

the purpose Of handing food to prisoners in
their cells, and which for aught | knew &C
the contrary was INTENDED to serve the same
purpose here, was opene /, anil / saw Flint
ers hateful eyes peering at me, while a
hoarse chuckle of malicious pleasure broke
from his throat
"WeB," he said, after he had surveyed me
for moment, "I hope you will ike your
quarters Your hot blood wiz have time &c
cool here. Make yourself comfortab .,
young man, aud dom. feel afraid of being
starved You'll find plenty of good vietuats
on the tabla iii the corner.
Of his is an impuden5 joke" 1 cried "it
had better be ended at once unless you wis.,
me to report your conduct TO your master.
B@Oh, yes, it IS a joke, he retorted with a
brutal LAUGH, "and it seams to me it is a very
good one, too"
"Open the door instantly, or you shall
pay dearly for yoA' shameful misbehavior.
"Pay yes IL pay you in good time" he
replied; and then suddenly the little trap.
door closed wlth click aad he was gone.
hear his retreating footsteps in ths pas
sage, and shouted to him at the top Of my
voice. But even as did so / heard a heavy
iron door noisily Shut and then all was
silence.
shook the door OF my prison, shoutet,
| stamped upon the floor; l made noise
enough. as j thought, 10 be heard not only
thoughout the vessel but for "A great distance
on the sea But / might as well have
been crying to the winds Either by some
cunning contrivance all sounds proceeding
from the cell were stihed forthwith, or those
on board the Golden Hawk were taught to
pay no heed to them.
Exhausted, even more 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 seat. and
tried TO collect my bewildered senses and
take calm view of my position. What
was he meaning of'the stratagem Of which
/ had been made thu yictinls Coult it be
possible that it was really intended TO make
a prisoner Of m4 in this violent fashionI
aud ii % with what object was such a
crime comnittsll
These were he que5 tons which / rapidly
revolved in my mind Incredible a it
seemed, was nevertheless forced to admit
that must answer in the affirmative III
broad day.i lit, and n an English watering
place, had been trap ed and imprisoned,
with IS III l. regard for my personal rights,
or for the claims OF he law, as could have
been sho eA ~ the worst despsra ioaS III the
wides parts pt hs earth, And wha. was
worse. L vas a on apparent to me that
was utterly ae.pes The fatal folly If the
Du6e Of Carngorn bad provided q prison
for me from wni sh / GOA hardly aops to
escape unless viih he nnivance of nv
jailers A.d then ! unou a 'vftn Spair of
the fuet thai my abtuc-go sti been man
hced in such a fashion that no one on shore
could have any reason to suspect foul play. I
had leftthe hotel openly, and as Inow renem-
bered bitterly with SO cheerful an air that
there could certainly have been no hing in
my appearance to arouse the suspicious of
the peopla there. / would be missed, of
course, and probably my disappearance
might be brief wonder for the people Of
the house; but who could attributs it TO any
thing more than some sudden freak There
was no one in Scarborough who took any in
terest in me, or who would feel called upon
to make any inquiry into my whereabouts /
remem bered how on that very morning
had looked out from my bedroom window
and seen the Golden Hawk at anchor at the
spot where she had lain ever since her
arrival Many man would look out to-
morrow morning and see the beautiful ship,
as had done, without dreaming for mo
ment that it was associated with such an
outrage as that Of which l was the victim.
But what could be the purpose of such
crime as ihis7 Only one conclusion was
possible The letters both OF Daisy and DR..
Branksome had hinted at some extraordin-
airy change in the character OF Mauleverer-
something approaching, in fact, TO fit Of
madness. was conscious of having offended
no man but the millionaire. Nobody else
had any interest in keeping me at a distance
from Daisy And it was on his yacht that
was now a captive. and in tho hands Of a
ruffian against whom not merely my own
instincts and the strange dream I had had
IN the haunted chamber, but my dariing's
words, had warned me as a msn with whom
any dealings must be dangerous I could
not resist the conviction that Mqueverer,
carried away by. some fit of insane passion,
possibly on making the discovery that let
ters had passed between me and his niece,
had caused me 10 be seized iA this viosent
fashion by the creature who was his most
trusted agent
The more thought over the subject the
more clearly convinced / bacame that this
was the real INTERPRETATION OF FdRter's con
duct ard as reflected upon i felt that
my only hope lay in the early appearances Of
Branksome was convinced now that he
was not on board the yacht and that bis
name bad been merely used for tbs purpose
Of Turing me iato the cunning trap But hs
had promised to see me scon He had said
be was coming to Scarborough. It was GER {
tain thai business would bring him OF board
the Golden Hawk, and then might hoPe
that he would hear of ths Outrage which had
bean committed upon me and would come to
my rescue
It is needIess to speak Of the unuttereble
tedium of tha first hours which spent in my
gloomy prisoa When | had I'd some extent
recovered my equanimity nada a careful
inspection Of the place. hoping that might
nerhaps find. If not soFne way os escape, at
alf events tie means Of communicating with
bho-e on board the yacht
The cabia was about nine feet square, and
almost the first thing discoveied was that
the walls wera lined with sheetiron Ibwas
lighted BY means Of funnel some four feel
ii length. which ran upwards at d sharp
angle. and at The end d which was thick
circular plate Of glass. II was eiesr, there
tore, that IaF eel wan was at slue distance
Irom The side Of the ship. bis little win
low, which shed the dimmesf of light into
Ehe cabin, was fixad. but the air in The place
xas BY no means bad, and IT was clear, there