Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

mo, indeed"
"Den l will if I kim"
81 want you to 60 to Mr.. Holbrook"-
and she gave him the address-'.and tell
him where am, that l am locked I'D
here"
write it down, missy"
81 have no paper. Watt" she said, as
she ran hastily into the other room. She
snatched up the paper and tore strip
from the margin, and catching up the
pencil on the table she wrote hurriedly:
"Help. am locked up on the top floor
of a house,
But where?
She looked up at the boy.
"Where am II
The boy snickered. "Why, right down
dere, missy"
mo, no, but in what street,"
ooh, in Mott street, tree doors from
Bayard."
She wrote:
''In Mott street, three doors from Bay
ard street. Come quickly and help me.
ANNE TEMPLEToN."
She folded it up. But how to get it to
the boy?
He put his arm through the broken
pane and she tried to throw it to him.
Several Intellectual attempts showed her
the futility of this effort.
She thought moment.
wait" she cried. She ran into the
other room and dragged the table after
her and put it directly under the sky
light, and then climbed to its top and
reached up.
She was still too far away, stretching
as she did on her tiptoes.
She clambered down and brought in
chair, which she placed on the table.
Climbing up on it at the risk of
tumble, she found her face on level
with the downstretched hand OF the
gamin.
She put the paper in his hand, and
holding it gave him directions how to go.
The touch of the softest hand he had
ever felt moved the little vagabond.
Then she kissed the dirty paw of the
youngster as he promised to De fleet of
foot.
/ In moment more she heard the patter
of his bare feet on the slate roof.
She climbed down and restored the
table and chair to the places where she
found them.
She sat down on the bed to think.
But she was too much disturbed to
! think Or to sit.
/ She began pacing up and down the
floor.
Ia Id t,1- I,,k Co. <x,~, H.,
/ she heard bolt drawn back and key
inserted in lock.
/ The door opened.
1t was the one opening into the other
room.
| A step or two on the floor.
A man stood before her. He was
dressed in shabby black clothes. A bat
tered black derby hat was on his head,
under which showed the struggling and
matted locks of his brown hair. His
| face was covered with coarse, bushy
/ brown beard and mustache above which
/ glowed a prominent hooked nose, the
end of which was inflamed. Two pierre
| ing, fiery eyes peered out on her.
! 80" he said. "yer've found yer way
into this here room, have yer, my LADY,"
! She made no reply.
"Tryin' to find way out, eh! Well, l
! don't blame yer for that It's what ex-
pected yer to do, SO l fixed it that yer
couldn't"
His eye fell upon the discarded calico
dress, and he laughed.
"Oh, no, yer didn't like the nice purity
dress yer friend presented yer with, chr
"Why am l confined here:" she asked.
"Who brought me here?:'
''Not KNOWN can't say" the man re-
piled. why be yer confined here: Not
KNOWN couldn't say"
'Why do you keep me here, then?
Oh, sir. pray you, let me 60. / will
pay you handsomely if you will let me-"
''Oh. no, my ladybird, l couldn't do
that. yer know. I'm only obeyin' orders,
and so you will have to. Let yer go:
Oh, no. that wouldn't do at all; but
wish they'd take yer away from here,
for l don't want yer"
| Annie saw the uselessness of further
words, and she trusted to the boy.
The man continued:
| Here. there's somethin' to eat for yer
and some beer"-pointing to the table.
| He walked over to it and took away the
plate and cup that Annie had just seen
| there. He moved the chair on which
lay the paper TO the table. As he lifted
| the paper he said: And here's some
readin for yer"
| His attention was attracted to the mu-
tilated margin. He looked quickly to
| the table and saw the pencil was gone.
What have yer been doin," he asked,
| fiercely, going TO her As he did he saw
the pencil on the floor.
''Ho, no! Yer've been a-tryin' to kom-
uluniercate, hev yey'
Yes" she replied. boldly.
well. did ye?' said he, peering at her
seenly and suspiciously.
| The idea swept over Armies mind that
| il would be wise TO conceal her asternp,
.Of what use was it, she said. wear
| ily. Women are born actresses. How
was to send letter from here"
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