Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-21
CHAPTER NNNIi.
NoyISo oS riIE r~gnY.

/ the house In
/ 2-I-@, which Annie Was
N4<[" confined by salts
N9r> fying himself
M that IN three 81
~ them. at least,
thsr. ~a. no Is-.ihl. chance for her oon.
hh.msnt III. hal succcssio,i In making
an .Nautuatinu - conclusive that there
ooui a. uu I.,ssitl, ,ioubl II a.
II "a then. Zoe the tir.t time that the
th"u..nt 90, s-'d Tom. mind that the
note isy-,sc,l nigh, I-r-.ihly - q russ Ia
mislcad them. ami expressing him-.lf
hc asked 90 ~ the ,lip u paper again.
To llulbr,ok the thought was torture
ii-.lf H. had IA hls I-psss-sicn a lalef
note fum Annie concerning the author.
ship oi Wh,ch ilcrs could L. no doubt.
lis made aconTari~in. and the Isnman'
ship sas quite evidently dissimiiar
llanfoul the chief I.ninicd uui that
the compari-,n would D. ~ little value.
| In the one instance the note was written
ga hnc IaI-r With excellent T-n and
ink. At lsisufc AMI under no excitement,
.
coar-r IaIst. ~ilh a oumuion lead pm.
ell. and evidently under the gryat,st az.
itaiirn buui-,il, and I-rthaI- covertly.
llolMuok. shosc high hoI-s had fallen
on falling a. distinguish any tv-"m'
blancc bfishi~nc,i ou h.aring the chief.
wupls
Tho chief I.iints,l oui further tia, all
the pfolab,lilir. Scrv Ia favor ~ the
AUTHENTICITY ~ the note. that u was
quite unlikely. however able the Gun
sp,piurs s~t-. that they would have
wtiil.n a nuts =, hrirf. - hurried. AMI
which l.orr such evident trarrs ~ agiia.
iion. On tl'. CONTRARY, had u t-~'n ih"
inirniiun o. throw any ono or the scent.
ilir latter wuuh have tried to lo morv
than til- huuisl -'nwl l,ad done. AMI,
further. ti,i u must not L. forgotten
that thu linuni. wuuii scarcely ss'"k
to inform The friend ~ho could give the
mat ,ni,,.nt hrlpuf her alsluct,on L.
Tor b. "a, likrl, to lind IL cut. as would
. d, The ,l.. " they took that view - u.
since thr i.ly h,i evidently lr-n waiting
at thr u,iic- from a time very clD-e Ia
that ~ their departure to Mr. Temple
ton. t,pu-,. Slirrr they firsi learned th.
noN. o. the other sale they hal only
,hc exlp-s,i,n - TONS shrvWd fears
that u mighi IT, - o. lca.l them u -up
ps-c that u va. rus
The Argument - the chi-f could no,
h. ausU cred. anJ - they fell to arrang'
ing thc "details
The shadow submitted that the danger
~ an u,r'n aitack upon the attic in quc.-
ton VA. that the inmates with their
prizc cUull take to the upt and make
,hcif .-ap' thrugh all Jp,ning hnildings
IL hal I.sp.gr,i.,i Gar enough Into the
fourth hulS' without detection. to find
that thr siair. lrslins "a the attic noor
~crc inrl,~i aud the dor lock~l
lie suggested. therefore. that some of
the Iafty ought 90 fovV their way into
il.c attic oi an adjoining hou.e whether
the inmate. liscd IL ot not, AMI thus take
I.---s,ion 81 the runi. while the rr-i
shoall siorm the apartment In the other
hOu-s.
Tie chief strongly favored this plan
a. the ouly one which insured success
There w,re eight Ia the party. and. ~
a. not To attract attention. u was deter
mine,l iha, they should rendezvous at q
nsighbjring saloon. known 10 the chief.
prpn,<Sling thith.r ia couples. All were
81 L. well armcsl. for resistance was Ia
l., eNI-cts,L
Gu arriving. thr~c. with Tom leading.
were to enter the adjoining house near
ct the corner and. rushing up, take 90
session ~ the attic. and after a signal
had l.ccu rrcciyrl FROM Toms party. the
olhcrs Ill by the chief. well supplied
with "iimmies. were Ia make an as
sault on the house where Annie was con.
fined. lIolbtook was to b. with the lat
icr party.
llolbpok and Tom went up together,
AMI taking a cab acr~s town wereon the
ground earlier than the rect.
They left the cab. after having given
Instructions io thc cabman o. station
himself In ILyarl street half way down
tl,e block. and there await or'iers.
Guarding themselves as much as pos
sible from observation. they sirolled into
the sir,yt ani located the house In ques-
ton. They were slightly disguised, and
thought they rissc,l nothing.
They hal Iassel the house bat few
PAGES when Ilolbrook felt a tug ON the
skirt. Of his coat lie hooked down and
saw a ragged little boy whom he took for
n b,ggar, AMI was about 81 drive him
/ away when the lal said:
"Iie you goin To trash him nowi lie
Amt up dere."
lIolbrcok would have spoken harshly
10 him. - a. a. rii himself of the an
noyancc. when Tom Whispered:
lit i, the boy Who brougit the note to
you.
Thcn. sp.aking To the boy. he said
"Come here with me. and led the
way in,o neighhoring passase. where
they could partially oonceal themselves
by llIc door.
"Whll Il, yOu mean 10y 'trashing
himy- askei Tom. Kindly aud encour-
agin,ly
"Ds woman sesl as how wen you come
yOu'i blacs his eyes aud walloP 'im.
"Wlat woman asked liolbrcok.
"De wan bruns de paper from to
you. She pFolni-ssl. sbe did. "
"wlrre Il sl,e:'
ia do mex house. She's upstairs ON
de top tinFc. d. man ain't deere. iiewent
away jl,l aforc You coms. Yer a-go'n
u bic. i'm. amt yerf
"YOa jast let We are. said Tom. you
want us To. ,lon't your
"Oh. my eve. don't "
"whyy"
"cos he's Kicked me ofIen and oden."
"what Is he To you! /.
"Noshin'. lie cuffs me over do head
weneyer he gits de chance.
"Xhy does lee ,lo thaty'