The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-08
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 The shot told The man grew nery- ous and pale faced and vhen ! had concluded he said
 "How you secured your Information I do not know. but win frankly admit chat lt Is partly correct l have llttlo fear that Che police would me0dle with me at thls late date hut do not caro to have Che a6alr stirred up. ! ann will. ing to make fair financial arrange ment wlth Saunders widow"
 That was a matter Co bo talked over at another meeting was bit sur prised that Smallwood should give in so quickly. but concluded that the Liy. orpool ndair was rather serious and that likc man of sense be preferred to part with a couple of thousand soon CT than have it resurrected. He had rooms over his office. and was to sup with him on the next evening but one at & o'clock. and the matter of restltu- ton would be arranged. went to the place appointed by Dun to meet him. but be was not there. had given him my address. but he did not call on mo As matter of fact never saw hlm again. After he had played his part he vanished.
 When made my third call on Small wood ! was cordially received, and while waiting for supper to be served We came Co an understanding. He was to give me Sl0OOO for Saunders wid- ow. and l was Co give him a receipt in fun. He grew soclablo and jolly ae the affair was concluded. and my glass was no sooner empty than he pressed mo Co drink again. or a sudden things began to whlrl. and then came a blank. When recovered consciousness, it was morning. and was lying on a cot bed i'm a strange room. My head buzzed and racked my throat was as dry as paper. and as | rolled out of bed and attempted Co stand my knees gave way and let me down A strange man came Co me and talked, and I was given something to drink. but it was late In the afternoon before my brain was clcar enough to understand things. AS I sat un ou the edge of the bed and wondered what had happened and where ! was a 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 lf you keep quiet. Let mo say for your encourngcmcut that cases just as bad as yours hayo been cured in three months. The great point Is to avoid excitement"
 "In the first place. where am Ir' ! asked.
 "Iu Dr. ColweTs private lunatic asylum" be replied.
 "Who brought me hereT
 "Your friends. Tho loss of your mon ey in that Peruvian speculation unbol- qnccd your mind You will be we'll cared for here. and if you aid me as you should your detention will not last over three mouths"
 "I see how it ls." I said as looked hlm straight In the eye. CT nm indebt- ed Co SmaIwood for this. He drugged mc and had me brought here that be might have time to lX up his affairs end skip. ! demand my liberty this ip- stant"
 Come, come" he replied in a coax ing way as he pattcd me on the shoul- der. "I know no one namel Small wood. Your friends In Beacon street brought you here. and Dr, Henry made out the papers All was perfectly reg ular Let us have mo excitement Din uer win be ready in half an hour. Meanwhile think 10 over.'
 In that half hour I figured it out SmanwoC1 had drugged and abducted me. It might or might not be g. private Insane asylum, but the man had surely been hribed Go hold me fast for time. lf raised a row. it would be ts worse for me. If | remained passive, l would bc set at liberty as soon as Che money lender left thc country. decided to make the best of things, and when the doctor returned ! was very quiet Tho two of us atc supper together ln a small room and were waited upon by 1n old woman He called me Alr. Per r.n,. lud according to h.s talk. | was a member of 70 mercantile ilrm in Lon iuu Next morning was taken Co walk 'u a narrow garden surrounded by high walls. ! got slsht of no other person, no- could [ make out what sort of uhcr ! was iu. During tho day [ had thc Use oc.a sitting room o0 my bed room lt looked out on Che rear yard, aul tAc windows were barred. ! was given plenty of reading matter and Che doctor playcl chess with me. and talk au altogether thc tune did not pass un olcamutly. In Che three weeks was iu tlc house ] saw only thc doctor and the old woman. At 9 o'clock one even. tug ! was told that my cure was com picte and len minutes later wus being driven away from thc building In a closed carriage. After an hours ride vns srt down in a street in White chapel. and had | been backed by an .hn police of London ! could not have found tha house where ! had been held .aptivc Smallwood had been gone a Hcck--gone no one knew whore While [ do not believe there was anything ln ,bs Liverpool story told me by Dur. Che money lender was more afraid of me than he need have been and had played me a pretty little tricl, Co give blmsclf time to settle up his analrs md move on. did not go Co the police officially. but | did tell the story to a detective on the quiet How they woull have regarded lt at Scotland Yard may be judged from what the nflcnr snll in mo AL fhn nnl nl thn