The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-07
What is the m Gaming of this? /
demanded fiercely.


hypocritical tone; excitement will &c
you great harm, yoa see. We trust
! you will soon be better
" 'Betterr exclaimed; why there /,
nothing on earth the matter with ne.
'Yon are scarcely the best judge
OF that, was the quiet response.
" But tell you l was never i'll ia
my life, l replied driven to frenzy by
such insolent mockery.
" Not exactly i'll, perhaps, returned
the imperturbable doctor; but you
have not been quite yourself lately,
you see-not quite, and he tapped
his forehead significantly.
"Then You take ne TO be crazy?' ]
said, bursting into laugh at the alb.
surdity of the thing.
We'll, well, if you only keep
quiet and avoid excitement, we hope
to bring you round in a month or So
II strove to dash my fist in the fell
lows face, but the aperture closed
suddenly and 1 only skinned my
knuckies.
Next morning breakfast was
brought by servant and passed
through the opening. The man was
coarse and brutal looking, app arently
of the class not usually money proof.
There could be no harm in making
the trial at any tate.
~ had considerable sum about
me and began with an otter su efficient,
as thought, to tempt the mau S cupi-
dity. He rejected ii, however, Tut in
such way as 10 render it evident he
was only out for more.
II was to impatient to hag3le.
" Only help me out of this, and
will give you all 1 have, said, NAM
ing the amount.
"I'll put You in the way OF work
ing your own way out he replied,
that's the best can do; but it must
be cash-up job.
Put the means of escape in my
hands, I answered, and that moment
the money goes into yours.
with my next meal my new friend
brought small file and q coil of rope.
"'All you have to do, he said, is
to raise the sash and file couple of
the iron bars. Then wait till might
and by means of this rope you may
safely reach the ground It's the
longest could get, but when yoa
reach the end you'll only have to drop
few feet. Once you're safe off Til
come in and remove the rope, aud
twist up your sheet iettingit hang out
of your window, so ttat they may
think you've done all this without
help.
''With one hand I received nv pur-
chase and paid the money with the
other.
''The little tool worked like magic.
In couple of hours I had sawn
nearly through two OF the bars, leav-
ing barely enough TO hold them in
place till night set in. could hardly
wait for the darkness, but when it
came it took bat q moment TO COM
plets the work, remove the bars, adj
just til. rope and begin my descent.
"Soon my feet had passed the end.
l was about to let go my hold, confid,
ing in the servants word as to the dis
lance remaining. But that man may
have played me false something
whispered; he may think my death
the best security against the discovery
OF his bribery
az had been unable while prisoner
to look out from my window upon the
ground aud now all beneath was dark
ness. 1 had one way of determining
the truth. pushed my hat from my
head and listened closely Then came
a sound as of some object far below
bounding from cliff to cliff. 1t was
evident that 1 had hung suspended
over rocky precipice and if I re-
leased my grasp l should be dashed
to pieces.
"With what speed 1 could I clam
bered back in my old quarters. Soon
l heard a step outside. Doubtless it
was the perfidious wretch coming to
remove the rope and arrange the
sheet. l crouched so as TO be hidden
by the opening of the door. Soon it
opened inwards. Springing from my
cOncealment 1 seized the villain by the
throat
"'MaIle the least noise and III
strange you,' I said through my
clenched teeth. Now give me back
my money
.Do-don't choke me, and I WILL
he gasred.
81 relaxed my hold aud the money
was returned.
"'Now the key!' ( demanded.
cit was handed over.
"Springing out Of the door closed
and locked it on my late accomplice.
/ rushed down the stairs and along
the passage to the font door. For
tunately 1 was able to open it, and .
few moments saw me free"
But what was the motive of your
imprisonment" we asked.
''Oh it was all a made up job b :
tween the doctors and the disinherited
relations TO enable the latter to get
control of my estate. The certificate of
two doctors, as the law then stood,
was enough to get man locked up as
lunatic and my good friends Leech
and Pellet had done me that service,
But / made things disagreeable for the
whole set by an action for false i'm
prisonment afterwards.
An Important Detail.
sT want to see some blankets, said