Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-14

hlm where l am, that L am locked up
here"
"Write it down, missy"
81 have no paper. Wait" she said, as
she ran hastily into the other room. She
snatched up the paper and tore a strip
from the margin, and catching up the
pencil on the table she wrote hurredly:
"Help. l am locked up on the top floor
of a house
But where:
She looked up at the boy
"Where am T."
The boy snickered. "Why, right down
dere, missy"
NO. 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 claln1ered down and brought in a
ob,;, ,,.L;cb ba ,,1oca1 pr, tho "a h1a
Climbing up on it at the risk Of
tumble. she found her face on level
with the downstretched hand OIL Ono
gamin.
She put the paper in his hand and
holding it gave him directors how to 60.
The touch of the softest hand he had
ever felt moved the little vRgabond.
Then she kissed the dirty paw of the
voungster 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 tC
think or to sit.
She began pacing up and down thu
floor
She had taken but a few turns whe1
she heard bolt drawn back and Ike,
inserted in lock.
The door opened.
1t was the one opening into the othe
room.
A step or two on the floor.
man stood before her. He wa
dressed in shabby black clothes. A bat
tered black derby hat was ON his head
under which showed the struggling anC
| matted locks of his brown hair. Hi
} face was covered with a coarse, bush'
brown beard and mustache. above which
glowed a prominent hooked nose, thu
end of which was inaamed. Two pierc
ing, fiery eyes peered out on her.
80" he said, "yer've found yer wa,
into this here room, have yer, my lady?
She made no reply
"Tryin' to find a way out, eh! Well,
} don't blame yer for that. It's what ex
4 pected yer to do, SO l fixed it that ye
, couldn't"
His eye fell upon the discarded Gallo
dress, and he laughed,
3 "Oh, no, yer didn't like the nice purt,
dress yer friend presented yer with, Ell?
"Why am confined here?' she asked
r "Who brought me here?"
"Not KNOWN can't say" the man re
piled. why be yer confined here? No
} KNOWN couldn't say"
5 "Why do you keep me here, then
Oh, sir, pray you, let me go. l wi
f pay you handsomely if you will let me.
l ''Oh, no, my ladybird, 1 couldn't d
that, yer know. I'm only obeyin' order:
= and so you will have to. Let yer &c
. Oh, no, that wouldn't do at all; but
D wish they'd take yer away from here
l for don't want yer"
= Annie saw the uselessness of furthe
/ words, and she trusted to the boy.
l The man continued
Here, there's somethin' to eat for We
o and some beer"-pointing to the table
n He walked over to it and took away tn
plate and cup that Annie had just see
D there. He moved the chair on whic
e lay the paper to the table. AS he LITE
' the paper he said: And here's som
= readin' for yer"
His attention was attracted to the mt
d tilated margin He looked quickly I
g the table and saw the pencil was gone,
What have yer been doin'," he asked
Q fiercely, going to her. AS he did he sa'
o the pencil on the floor.
"Ho, hol Yer've been a-tryin' to kom
muniercate, hev yer
n yes" she replied, boldly.
"Well, did YEP said he, peering at he
keenly and suspiciously.
= The idea swept over Annie's mind tha
y it would be wise to conceal her attemp
n "Of what use was it?' she said, wea
lily. Women are born actresses. "Ho
it was l to send a letter from here?"
IL True for We. Where's wot We writ
81 didn't write anything, l tore II
u paper up"
He looked upon the floor, and sa
pieces of paper which Annie had id
5, torn into bits.
l. This did not satisfy him. He locke
at her suspiciously moment, and the