The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-18
Addicted.

A Miss Hattie Bailey. daughter of a
prominent English manufactures, had
taken quarters at a sanitarium among
the Mills of Scotland to be treated for
a nervous disorder. One afternoon,
after being in the place for a week or
SO, she walked up the road about
mile, accompanied by her maid They
sat down IN the shade of a large IOck,
and after perhaps half an hour Miss
Bailey fell asleep and the maid got up
and began gathering a bouquet
As they left the sanitarium, Wit
less yOkel named Adair was moving
weeds in a field up the road, but
neither of the women observed ham.
he followed after them, keeping IN
the fields and determined to take adj
vantage of any opportunity. Ine nlalu
Sarah was not over 200 feet away,
though out of sight of her mistress,
Wnen Adair crept up to the sleeplhs
girl, passed his folded handkerchleL
over her mouth and tied 1t anu ny
the time she was awake he was carry
ing her off in his arms.
she naturally enough crled Out any
struggled, but her cries were muliSu
and her strength was taken away ~
the surprise of the moment AdaIf
carried her across an open field forty
rods wide, and yet boy at WoIk a.
the north end of it and only lolt
rods away did not see him. a SpOItS-
man at the south end, bout as Tar
away, was looking about for game,
and yet he was as blind as the BOY:
The maid returned TO ma tne ililS-
tress gone. and though surprised at
the fact she argued that Miss Bailey
had returned to the hotel she TOOK |
her own time about getting there, ana
it was six o'clock before there was |
any general inquiry. 1t was after dark
before any one was sent out in search
and noon next day before the hunt be-
gan in earnest
Something had happened during the
Interval to deepen the mystery MISS
Pei 14.rr4
her trunk and clothing. The maid
Occupied a room adjoining, and yet
some one had come by night and re-
moved the things without raising the
slightest alarm. Most of the clothing
was hanging up. The garments had
been taken down and placed in the
trunk, and the trunk carried down
pair of stairs, through two halls and
out of a back door.
Until the father arrived it was gen
orally believed that the girl had fed
with a lover who had followed her to
1cotland- He soon dispelled that be-
lief and stopped all gossip, and then
a professional detective was told to
go to work. He was soon satisfied
that the whole thing was the work of
some daring villain, and as Mr.. Bailey
was a very wealthy man, it was nat
ural to conclude that his daughter had
been abducted in order to eXtort a
large sum of money. The man who
carried her off was also the one VINO
carried her trunk from the sani-
tarium. If he was not going to hold
her several weeks somewhere, why
was the need of the extra clothing?
And yet the idea of such a crime be-
ing perpetrated in Scotland almost
paralyzed the officer and made him
doubt his own conclusions.
When the detective reasoned out an
abduction he jumped to the cOnclu-
sion that Miss Bailey had been car
ried to the Cheviot Hills. twenty
miles IN the south and was there con-
cealed in some lonely place. While
the father offered a reward of 1000
pounds for the restoration of his
daughter force of officials made a
thorough search of the Hills in hopes
to stumble upon her prison. Not the
slightest grain of Information was to
be picked up. After three weeks had
gon6fbv It eaffie to be generally be- /
lieved by all except the father and
the detective that the young woman
had run off to be married, and that in
due time a letter would be received
from her giving particulars.
Meanwhile. how Jared it with the
girl2 AS she was being carried
across the field she recognized Adair
as an emplOye of the sanitarium.
TIL ough greatly surprised at his ac-
lions. she was not very much fright
ened. thinking he had made a mis-
take and seized her in place of some
country girl He talked to her as he
hurried along, saying he meant her no
narns Out was only Trying 10 VIII q
wager made with a friend. On the
far side of the cleared field Miss Bal
ley made such a fight that he had to
put her down, and she also got the
handkerchief clear of her mouth.
Then he threatened her with death if
she raised an alarm. and she walked
the rest of the way to a cave about
two miles distant He had furnished
the openings with a rude but stout
door, and as soon as she was safe in
side he put up the bar and returned
to his work without his absence hav-
ing been noticed. That night he re
turned to the cave and informed the
girl that he had fallen in love with
her and would keep her prisoner un-
til she agreed to marry him. It was
he who carried her trunk out of the
hotel.
Adair visited the cave but once in q
hours, and that was at about 9 o'clock
in the evening. He provided the pris-
oner with light and food. gave her all
the news, and was particularly jubilant
over the way he was foOling the search
ers. He usually remained for a couple
of hours, and always treated the girl
with the greatest respect. He would
even shed tears over her appeals, but