The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-20

youngest though not the small
est. These bereaved and des-
olate boys remained in confne-
ment in that room for the space
OF a week without any special in
cident, except that three others
were added to their number;
they were fed daily by the young
woman already mentioned, who
also looked after their health and
even mended some of their
clothes but would not answer
any of their questions about their
future prospects or the cause of
their Imprisonment: and they
drew brave plans for a forcible
escape. in which doors were to
be torn from their hir ges, the
blood of the kidnarers was to
flow like water and the whole
world was to ring with the story
of the depravity of the child
stealers and the proves of their
victims.
But before these valorous plans
could be made ready for act
ion a change came and thew were
all upset and made useless. One
day the woman appeared at an
unusual hour and asked four of
the boys to go with her, Angus
being one of the four. AS they
approached the head of the
stairway she opened a door and
directed two boys to pass through
which they did, and she locked
them in and went down the
stairs with Angus and his re-
naming companion. In the
large room at the bottom sat a
man at table in the act of
emptying mug of ale, a hard,
reckless. unkempt knave as ever
lived, but to Angus he became
beautiful as an angel when he
announced that he was ready to
conduct the two lads to their
homes, warning them under
awful penalty to speak not on
the way save in answer to him
self. which they eagerly prom
ised.
They forthwith set out
and two light hearts danced with
JOY upon the journey. The sun
shone gaily and lighted the
whitewashed houses of Stone
haven. in whose windows were
various articles of curious at
traction to Angus, such as mod
els of full-rigged ships, living
parrots in cages, the jaws of
whales and the teeth of walrus
and many strange things betok-
ening foreign travel, and the
wonderful glistening sea stretch
ed off endlessly to the right as
they joyously faced the north.
A marvellous path they trod, ly.
ing sometimes along the beach
and through squat and sinking
fishing hamlets close under
beetling cliffs and other times
hanging in lnidair on the very
crest of the crag with the sea
beating and tapping a hundred
feet below. or winding back tC
the edge of the moor where
sheep were grazing peacefully
and stolid shepherds leaned or
their slaves in calm content,
The man and his young charges
slept that night in a shepherds
bothie and again the sun rose
clear. Late in the afternoon &
halt was made to rest. Wher
darkness came and a fog raised
from the sea and fioated heavily
over the land they took the road
again and shortly entered Aber
deem, which, in the darkness anG
approaching it Unexpectedly and
from an unfamiliar side, Angus
did not recognize, and without
stop or hesitation proceeded
rapidly to the waterfront, en-
tered a boat whose four oarsmer
rose rom the pier at their APP
preached, and were rowed to 6
brig riding at anchor
in the offing. The boys
were placed on board and
conducted to a large room
below the deck while the boa
returned to shore. During the
night the rest of the Stonehave1
prisoners came by twos an6
threes and were told to stow
themselves and be comfortable
in the large but stuffy room
where Angus lay with great