Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-10

room dulOlDluB, anu YET some one naQ
come by night and removed the articles
| without raising the slightest alarm. Most
Of the clothing was hanging up. The gar
ments had been taken down and placed in
| the trunk, and the trunk carried down a
pair Of staire, through two halls and out
| Of the back door. They knew it must have
been by the back door because it was
found unlocked and strange key broken
in the lock. Until the father arrived il,
was generally believed that the girl had
fed with lover who had followed on after
her. He 5000 dispellei that belief, and
then the professional detective was told to
go to work. You will wonder where lie
could make beginning. He started with
Sarah, the maid While he did not bz
lieve her guilty of conspiracy, he was sat
isfied that she had either told too much or
too little. She stuck out for day or two,
but finally related Just what hal occur
red. She had neither seen nor heard any
thing. She had been absent from ten to
fifteen minutes. Upon her return Miss
Bailey was nowhere to be seen. On the
ground was the book she had been reading
before she fell asleep, and near by was her
fan. Sarah had forgotten" to speak of
these things before. The detective was
soon satisfied that the whole thing was the
work of some daring villain, and as Mr.
Bailey was very wealthy man it was
natural to conclude that his daughter Ea.
been abducted in order to extort a large
ransom. The man who carried her off al.,..
carried her trunk from the sanitari;ui J.
he was not going to hold Ter several yec,.-
somewhere, why the he, . Of extra cloth
ing; And yet the idea OF such a crime BE-
ing perpetrated IN Scotland almost paral
wed him and made him doubt his owr
conclusions.
Detectives who have to 20 gropiu-
through a case make their hits by accidenl
When this one had reasoned ont an abduc
ton he jumped to the conclusion that Miss
Bailey had been carried to the Cheviot
hills, twenty miles to the south, and was
concealed in some lonely place While the
father offered reward of 81 900 for the
restoration OF his daughter force of
officials made a thorough search of the
hills in hopes to stumble upon her prison
Not the slightest grain Of information was
to be picked up. Other detectives were
called in, but they could make no progress.
After three weeks had gone by it came 10
be generally believed by all except tn.
father and the first detective that Miss
Bailey had run off to be married, and that
in due time a letter would be received Civ
ing all particulars.
Meanwhile how Jared it with the girls
AS she was being carried across the field
she recognized Adair as an employee of the
sanitarium. He had frank, open face
and though greatly surprised at his actions
she was not much frightened He talked
to her as he hurried along, saying he meant
her no harm and was only trying to win a
wager made with friend On the far side
of the cleared field she made such a fight
that he had to put her down, and she also
| got the handkerchief clear of her mouth.
! Then he threatened her with death if she
raised an alarm, and she walked the rest
| of the way to the cave. He had furnished
| the opening with a rude but stout door
! and as soon as she was safe inside he re
| turned to his work and no one noted his
absence. That night he returned to the
cave and explained to Miss Bailey why he
had carried her off While there was
| nothing of the villain about him he proved
to be so obstinate and pigheaded that tie
| situation was almost as bad. He was re
| spectful and boorishly tender, but very de
| termined. 1t was he who got her trunk
desiring to make her more comfortable.
| Adair visited the cave but once in twenty.
| four hours, and that about o'clock at
night He provided his prisoner with a
lamp, gave her all the news in the case as
| it happened, and seemed to be greatly de
lighted over the accounts in the news
| papers. Her fare was a portion of that
| with which he was himself supplied, sup
| plemented by some Injuries he bought in
the village. He usually remained from II
| to IL. He was nervous and abashed in hel
| presence, and treated her with the utmost
consideration and respect. He would even
! taa har Ic IN,,tr
Tented of his purpose. The tunnel turned
out to be cool, dry place, and Miss Bailey
did not undergo any physical discomforts
on account of the imprisonment. Each
day for the first week she hoped to prevail
upon Adair to release her. Finding that
he could not he moved from his position
she gave her consent to wed him, having
| no intention, of course, of standing by hel
| word. Then he was brought to see that
the bans must be published and certain
forms complied with, and that legal mar
riage with her prisoner was impossible
Although made desperate by his own stu
| pidlty, he would not give up his idea, anG
thus passed second week
Miss Bailey had not been passive pris
oner during the fortnight. She had gon,
over the place time and time again, hoping
20 find some weak point to begin opera
tons on, but had found no encouragement
The timbers used for door frames were
massive and set against solid rock, and tn,
door would have defied stouter arms anG
better tools than she could bring to beal
on it. At the beginning of the third weel
Adair became sullen and morose, and sh,
began to fear him. On Wednesday nigh
of that week he proposed that they secret
ly leave the neighborhood for the coast
and on reaching it take ship for America
She agreed, but here he was baffied again
She had some money in the safe at the san
itarium, but he could not get it and hat
none of his own. He did not come OF
Thursday night, but the next evening b,
threatened that if she did not bring for
ward some plan within couple of days t.
solve the difficulty he would murder her
If he could not marry her no one els
should. There was no question in he
mind but that be had become daft ant
dangerous. A simple incident in tn
kitchen of the sanitarium solved the Who'll
mystery. One of the female servants nc
ticed that Affair had changed greatly o
late, and she had her eye upon him whel