Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

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the outside BY large iron bars sos:far
as ! could zee, there was no other way
Of escape from the DOM.
Though Il laid down on the bed I did
j not sleep; my thoughts would not
| permit OF that. The face Of the wom-
an who had trusted me so profoundly
was before me continually, gazing at
me with sweet, reproachfulG eyes. Oh!
what fool I had beensto accept that
rascal's =invitationl The more l
thought Of it, the angrier became
with myself. Now, goodness only knew
how long should be confined in this
wretched place, and what would hap
pen during my absence from the
world! GE~-%= IS zz<.ss=stssss =" : :.s
! At last the dawn broke, and with it
q weird, sickly light penetrated the
room. sprang from my bed and ap-
! preached the window, only to find that
it overlooked small courtyard, the
latter being stone-fagged, and sur
rounded by high walls. could see
! that, even if I were able to squeeze
my way out between the bars, I
should be powerless to scale the walls.
At a rough guess these were at least
IL feet high, and without a foot
hold of any sort or description. This
being so, I was completely at the
mercy of the men in the house. In
! deed, rat caught in trap was never
more firmly laid by the heels than L.
! At about half-past seven o'clock a
small trap-door, which I had not no
ticed near the ground and the main
door, was opened, and grimy hand
made it's way in and placed upon the
| floor cup of coffee and roll. Then
! it was closed once more and made Sc
cure. I drank the coffee and munched
the roll, and, if the truth must be
confessed, poor as they were, felt the
better for both.
At midday bowl of miserable soup
was handed in; darkness, however,
had fallen some considerable time be-
| fore 1 could detect any sound in the
hall outside that might be taken to
mean the coming of my evening meal.
At last there was clatter of feet, the
bolts shot back, the key turned in the
lock, and the door opened. A man
carrying lantern entered, followed
by two others, and as the light fell
upon his face uttered cry of aston
| ishment, for he was none other than
my old friend Leglosse, while behind
him was the infallible Lepallard.
"Well, thank goodness we have
found you at last" cried Leglosse.
1--WE have had such hunt for you as
man never dreamed Of. I called at
your apartments late last night, hop
ing to see you, on important business,
but you had not returned from din
ner to which you had been invited. l
called again this morning, and was in
formed by the concierge that they had,
'up to that moment, seen nothing of
you. When the good Lepallard in
formed me that you had left the res
taurant in cab with M. Hayle, and
that the latter had returned to his
y
hurry, only to leave them short time
after with his luggage for the rail
way station, began to grow une asy.
You have no idea what day have had
! looking for you, but it has been well
spent, since" we have the pleasure of
seeing you again" - :.,-- j.:
II shall be grateful to you all my
life for the service you have rendered
me-" replied. "But how did you man
age to gain admittance to this house p
1T was quite easy; the birds had
Town." he answered. Has the sus-
picion not struck you that they were
going to clear out and leave you there
to starve?"
1.-The brutes," I answered. "But I'll
be even with their leaderyet. And now
let us get away from here as quickly as
possible. Haveyou any idea where our
man has gomez"
ITO Naples" Lepallard replied. II
disguised myself as a pompous old
bourgeois, and was behind him when
he asked for his ticket and distinctly
heard what he said.'
Then I shall go after him at once -
I replied. HE will in all probability
be off his guard. He will ina CINE me to
be still locked up in this room, you
see.''
"And I shall accompany you, if you
will permit me- said Leglosse.
''But why?" I asked in surprise.
what have you got to do with him?
You have no case against him, and
! you cannot spare the time to do it
simply out of kindness to me-"
cts not kindness, it's business, nv
FRIEND he replied. you may not be-
lieve it, but I have a warrant for your
mans arrest"
ION what charger
ION charge of being concerned in
a big embezzlement in Cochin China, -
he answered. 1--WE laid the other two
men by the heels at the time, but the
Englishman, who was the prime mover
in it, we have never been able to Law