Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25

so suayely-that he was sorry foctne
way in which he had acted-he
thought / was the typical American
Girl who loved excitement and had
tried to give me an idea Of the way
they do things in Paris, and all that
nonsense. and he apologized and VOW
ed he would never have been so DIS
Greet if he hadn't loved me and that
the visit TO this house was simply Tor
a bit of luncheon which he had order-
ed in advance.
"And that Frenchman was appar-
emily so sincere in his talk and so
gentlemanly in his manner that
took courage and believed him and
great sense of thankfulness and relief
came over me.
Ever so politely a woman showed
me to a room where I might rest
while and fix up. But when / tried
to open the door soon afterward
found it was locked.
She is Trapped.
81 knocked and called again anf'
again. After a long time a second
woman came and opened the door.
I'll never forget her face. 1t was The
personifcation of wickedness, such as
l had never seen in my life. And she
said that l was to remain in the
house by instructions from him-the
Frenchman whom l had assumed to
be my friend. When l protested she
reviled me. l ordered her to leave.
the room. And she turned upon me
like a tigress and slapped me in the
face so hard that | nearly fell over.
"Then she went out of the room,
locking me in. knocked and scream
ed and cried till l was weak. Perhaps
fell asleep in my weakness. must
have, for it was night-fall when i
the front on the second floor land
locked out. The sky was overcast
| knew a storm was coming.
ITO escape vas my only object,
and l searched the room for a rope.
There was none. So l snatched some
of the covers from the bed and tied
them together. l also tied some tow
els to the bedclothes and fastened
one end of the rope made in this way
to an armchair fixed against the
window.
But the rope did not reach to more
than ten feet above the ground. And
| listened and waited-oh so long. to
be sure no one could hear. Then the
storm came.
cat last | found courage to risk go
ing down the rope I'd made, and | fell
from the end of it without making
any noise. l lay still for a while,
with the rain beating in my face.
"Then l hurried away from the
house, walked up the road-on and
on. And about daylight I was near
some town, when police officer
came to me and questioned me excjt-
eddy in French. I could not make
him understand, so he arrested me
and led me to Jail, where was
locked up in room not fit for a
horse.
For two days was kept prisoner
in that miserable place, and I never
saw anyone except a woman who
brought food to me. Twas nearly
distracted when made thd jailKeeper
understand that l wanted ~ write a
letter. had some money<n my chat
elaine and gave part of it to the at.
tendant, or whatever you call her
and she brought pencil and paper
and l wrote a message to the Ameri.
can consul and the very next day
after a sleepless night of worry |
hope no other woman will suffer, the
consul came and l was set free.
II must have seemed like a crazy
person to him and the french people
in the Jail, because just shouted for
| joy. l knew l was, safe
'The consul was very kind and
helped me all he could, and l got
back to Paris, l tell you, as fast as
possible. and-now I'm home and SO
happy and-what an adventure!"