El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22

greeted me anably ana iauSninsiy sdio
II have heard that you Yankees are q
persistent race. but in this case you are
simply wasting your shoe leather. L
suppose you have come to make new
offerY
II have come about that Liverpool
affair."" / replied. and / went on and
stated the nature of his crime and the
name he used to sail under
The shot told. The man grew nerv-
Gus and pale faced. and when l had
concluded he said:
How you secured your information
do not know. but will frankly admit
that IL is partly correct l have little
fear that the police would NEEDLE with
me at this late date. but / do not care
to have the affair stirred up. 1 am Will
ing to make a fair financial arrange
ment with Saunders widow"
That was matter to be talked over
at another meeting. / was a bit sur
prised that Smallwood should give In
so quickly. but concluded that the Liv-
erpool affair was rather serious and
thar like a man OF sense he preferred
to part with a couple Of thousand soon
er than have Ia resurrected- He hac
rooms over his office. and was TO sup
with him on the next evening but one
ut 8 o'clock. and the matter OF restitu-
ton would he arranged I went to the
place appointed by Dun to meet him.
but he was not there. l had given him
my address. but he did not call on me.
As n matter of fact. I never saw him
again. After he had played his part
he vanished.
When 1 made my third call on Small
wood. I was cordially received. and
while waiting for supper to he served
we came to an understanding. He was
to give me $4,000 for Saunders Wild
ow. and was to give him a receipt In
full. He grew sociable and jolly as
the AFFAIR was concluded. and my glass
was no sooner empty than he pressed
me to drink again. or a sudden things
began to whirl, and then came a blank.
When I recovered consciousness, 1t was
morning. and I was lying on a cot bed
In n strange room. My head bnzzed
and racked. my throat was as dry as
paper. and as 1 rolled out of bed and
attempted TO stand my knees gave way
and let me down. A strange man came
to me and talked. and I was given
something to drink. but 1t was late In
clear enough to understand things. AS
I sat uD on the edge Of the bed and
wondered what had happened and
where 1 was quiet spoken man who
had the look of a doctor entered and
sat down beside me and felt my pulse
and said:
you will do now IL you keep quiet.
Let me say for your encouragement
~. 4,
been cured in three months. The great
point Is to avoid excitement"
"In the first place. where am IT.
asked
"In Dr. ColwelPs private lunatic
asylum" he replied
"Who brought me bere?"
your friends. The loss of your mon
ey in that Peruvian speculation unbal-
anced your mind. You will be well
cared for here. and IL you aid me as
you should your detention will not last
over three months"
81 see how Il Is" said as looked
him straight I'm the eye. II am indebt-
ed to Smailwood for this. He drugged
me and had me brought here that he
might have time to fix up his affairs
end skip. / demand my liberty this in
stantr'
'Come, come" he replied In a coax
ing way as he patted me on the Shout
der. 81 know no one named Small
wood Your friends In Beacon street
brought you here, and DIR. Henry made
out the papers All was perfectly reg
ular. Let us have no excitement Din
ner will be ready In half an hour.
Meanwhile think IL over"
In that half hour 1 figured 1t out.
had drugged and abducted
me. 1t might or might not be a private
insane asylum, but the man had surely
been bribed to hold me fast for a time.
II raised n row. II would be the worse
for me- II l remained passive, / would
be set at liberty IA soon as the money
lender left the country. / decided To
make the best OF things. and when the
doctor returned l was very quiet The
two of us ate supper together in a
small room and were waited upon by
IN old woman He called me Mr. Per |
rine, and, according TO his talk. I WAS |
4 member of 81 mercantile firm In Lon |
Ion. Next morning was taken to walk |
m narrow garden surrounded by high |
walls / got sight OF no other person.
nor could / make out what sort of |
place / was in. During the day I had |
the use OF a sitting room OFF my bed |
Dom. 1t looked out on the rear yard. /
md the windows were barred. l was
given plenty of reading matter, and the |
ioctor played chess with me. and TAX
IN altogether the time did not pass I'M
pleasantly. In the three weeks l was
N the house l saw only the doctor and
he old woman. At 8 o'clock one even
ng i was told that my cure was CON-
,lete and ten minutes later was being
lrfyen away from fha hnfldfnp in O i