Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-11-03

Ny "hA SWIM NC NAA ilSAt. IOOu-uay,
SIR"
The guard signalied the engineer,
jumped into his compartments, ANA
once more the train was in motion
and specially lost TO sight.
count Jura watched IL eagerly.
That was u sold move, he NUT
tered, but it was the only thing.
Now, what to a. next? Let her faint
on, t Is the safest thing that could
happen. She Will scream perhaps. II
SO, must gag her"
An ugly look passed over his face,
then, after bending over Alice once
again, ho stood upright and scanned
the road.
The NtlA~e seomd deserted, but
while he was debating whether 1t
would be wise to leave he syuseless
girl alone with the diamonds While he
made enquiries, his eye caught sight
OF n cart coming lesiurely along,
1t was milers dray drawn by
three stout horses and bent in the
same direction as the train had gone.
Count mra hailed It, and in n few
minutes the driver was beside him.
ny dmt OF much oloquenee nc per-
suaded the man to believe his tale and
to consent to their travelling in the
cart as far us the nearest town, Then
hitting Alice easily between them,
they placed her ON some sacking at
the bottom OF tho cart.
Count Jura placed his precious dia-
monds beside her. jumped In himself,
and very soon they were numbering
along heavily,
He watched Alice like lynx, The
tolting motion soon began to rouse
her, and he answered the drivers
questions briefly while he kept his
eye upon her
At the first look of returned con-
seriousness, under pretenee of making
her comfortable, he bent over her,
Scream or utter one word, he mutt
tered tlorcely, and | shoot you like
Il dog"
Alice shrank away from his flash
ing eyes, All that she had undergone
had undermined her strength: the ia
tigue and walking OF the night before
made every limb ache, she could not
make any resistance to his cowardly
.aroats; she had grown as weak m a
child. but hor brain worked wildly.
What was happenings Where was
she goingG Would no one como to
her aid?
She sent up prayer for help and
releaseif need be. for death. rather
than be longer In this mans power
Seeing her lie 40 quiet. Count Jura
put II down to fright. and was well
satisfied.
THIS girl was no spitire like Myra.
! he should be able to manage her
we'll.
lie talked to the driver leisurely,
and managed to extract the knowledge
he required.
The town they were approaching
was some forty miles from Moretown.
and branched of the line that led to
uxton, There he could get n train
that would take him to ono Of the big
manufacturing towns, lie hidden there
for day or two, then creep cautiously
to London. and from there hurry
abroad.
lie reckoned that Mt the rate they
were going II would be quite midday
before they reached the town. but
he was well content.
If the station iaaster mt Moretown
had photographed M once To llxton TO
stop him there, II would DO an hour
and half or nearly two hours before
the news that he had escaped would
reach Morotown, and ms. he thought
contemptuousy, there would DO only
one or two policemen handy. the
chances were the whole thing would
get itno middle and he would get
comfortably away.
Not one thought Of pity was in his
heart for the girl he was carrying
away, He was lost to everything but
love and desire. No woman had ever
intlamed his heart ns this fair lovely,
slender creature did, and he swore she
should be his As for Myra, the wo-
man he hnd ruined, sense of gratin-
cation that she was, perehance. dead
was all her memory brought. lie had
long wearied OF her, and sought 10 be
rid OF her
lie sat smoking comfortably as the
cart logged along, making his plans
with calm minuteness. while Alice
lay in agony OF fear, shame, and
weakness. Her mind was peopled
with many visions. She seemed to 90
back to her childhood. and saw once
again the face OF that lovely woman
she had spoken OF when Roy's mother
had questioned her-~then all the cru
city. the harshness OF Aunt Martha,
then that dark night, the CHASTITY MUIR
der In the woods. the memory OF
Roy's pale. handsome face. and then
ner nurried marriage.
Then her mind went over all the
unhappiness that followed, and yet
strangely through 1t all ran the pie
ture OF her husbands tender face as
ne looked at her the last night they
were together.
A faint thrill OF happiness went