Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-06-12


she was quite sincere.
81 golly! dat would be good. Yer
tell on me. sure?'
mo. indeed"
"Den will If kim"
81 want you to go to Mr.. Holbrook"-
and she gave him the address-'andt tell
him where am. that I am locked up
here"
write it down, missy"
II have no caper. 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 I?'
The boy snickered. "Why, right down
dere. missy"
"No, no, but in what streetY'
"Oh, in Mott street, tree doors from
Bayard."
She wrote:
"In Mott street, three doors from Bay
ard street. Come quickly and help me.
''ANNIE TEMPLEToN."
She folded it up But how t, get it tc
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 a
chair, which she placed on the table.
Climbing up on it at the risk of q
tumble, she found her face on a Level
with :he 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 feet 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.
She had taken but a few turns when
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 pierc.
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,
don't blame yer for that. It's what ex
pected yer to do, SO / fixed it that yel
couldn't"
His eye fell upon the discarded calice
dress. and he laughed.
"Oh, no, yer didn't like the nice purity
dress yer friend presented yer with, eh?'
"Why am confined hereT she asked
"Who brought me hereY'
"Not knowin' can't say" the man re
piled. "Why be yer confined heres No
knowin' couldn't say"
"Why do you keep me here, then
Oh, sir, pray you, let me go. I viii
pay you handsomely if you will let me.
"Oh, no, my iadybird, 1 couldn't d.
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 don't want yer"
Annie saw the uselessness of furthe,
words, and she trusted to the boy.
The man continued:
"Here, there's somethin' to eat for yel
and some beer"-pointing to the table
He walked over to it and took away tn,
plate and cup that Annie had just seeI
there. He moved the chair on which
lay the paper to the table. As he liftet
the paper he said: "And here's SOM
readin' for yer"
His attention was attracted to the mu
tilated margin. He looked quickly t.
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
muniercate. hev yes"
"Yes," she replied, boldly.
"Wel, did yer said he, peering at he
keenly and suspiciously.
The idea swept over Annie's mind tina
it would be wise to conceal her attempt
"Of what use was it, she said, wear
lily. Women are born actresses. ''Ho,
was ! to send letter from here?"
"True for ye. Where's wot ye writ7''
IL didn't write anything. I tore tn
paper up.
He locked upon the floor, and sa,
pieces of paper which Annie had idl
torn into bits.
This did not satisfy him. He locke
at her suspiciously a moment. and the
| said:
II don't believe ye. Not that ye say
anybody, but yer've thrown somethil
| out for chance. I'll see TO that at ono,
| Yer'd better eat" he said as he turne
away, .'far yer've long ride before ye
| tonight
/ With that he strobe hastily out Of ii
room, locking, bolting and barring Il
| door after him. Her heart failed as 81
| heard the bolts shoot.
She saw bolts and bars on the insid
With a quick impulse she put up til
bars and shot the bolts. She flew to Il
other door and bolted and barred that.
/ She was safe from unwelcome intrl
| sion.
| Then she sat down to wait for Ho
brook.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE SENSATIONS ACCUMULATE.
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