Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-05

parently entertained no very high esti'
mate OF Emerick's promises an6
thought it would be better to have
something on account So he demanded
a payment in advance, and upon his de
sires being satisfied he left the house
and made his way into the town as fast
as possible, to find suitable men te
carry out his plans. AS daylight dawned
Percy and his second arrived on the
spot which had been agreed upon They
we're first on the scene, but had not long
to wait, as Mr.. limerick and his second
arrived soon after them.
It took but a short time to prepare
for the fight, and when ready the sec
onds were standing short distance
from the men who. devoid of coat and
vest, stood facing each other. The word
was given, and they measured swords
Then as they crossed, Percy heard 8
rush behind him, and in another in
slant cloak was thrown over him and
he was forced violently to the ground
His struggles were in vain, and a mo
ment later he felt his feet being tied By
rough hands SO tightly that he suffered
intense pain. The next thing he knew
he was being carried somewhere
though in which direction he had moi
the faintest idea.
Once he heard his seconds voice ex
postulating, but only for second. He
writhed and struggled, paying no atten
ton to the injunction of his captors
given in Spanish, telling him to keel
quiet. Finally, tired of handling such
troublesome load, one Of them strucl
him a heavy blow on the head which
stunned and effectually quieted him
He remem bered no more until SOME
hours after, when he came to his sense:
with a terrible pain in his head. ano
realized that he was being conveyed II
some vehicle without springs over /:
very rough road. What his thoughts
and feelings were can better be imag
ined than described, but his chagrin a.
not being permitted to pass his sword
through his enemy's body surmounted
all other feelings. Whittier he was be
ing carried he could form no sort o.
calculation. One thing he was thank
full for, and that was life; for SO long as
that was left he cherished the hope that
he might find deliverance. He was toe
much exhausted to remain consciou:
long and soon sank again into 2 coma
toSe state.
Meanwhile, Mr.. limerick returned tc
his house, settled with the Spanish ras
cal who had engineered the outrage or
Lowell and appeared at the usual time al
his Office as if nothing out of the ordi
nary course had happened within the
past few hours. He was little afraid
that any disclosure would be made, fol
he knew full we'll that the Spaniard
who had acted as Percy's second would
never dare to say a word of what had
happened. lest the other members o:
the gang should injure him Of the
others, he had no cause to be afraid.
In the afternoon of the same day Mr.
limerick received a cable message from
New York stating that his partner had
died that morning. Here was dilemms
for the merchant Hew should he acti
If he returned to New York he ran
risk of again meeting that woman sell.
ing newspapers; or he might meet
other equally, to him, disagreeaole
people.
Still his business was worth saving OF
selling flor, whatever the secret his
tory of this man limerick, and what
ever the reasons he had for playing
hide-and-seek with his fellowmen, he
was undoubtedly clever man of bust
ness) and he had run greater risks than
he imagined he incurred by re-visltlng
New York. So after weighing all the
pros and cons. he decided to sail for the
Empire City by the next steamer