The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-09-07

though he was Of tho powerful Society
OF Convicts. be VAS moi, supreme In
hts power once outside his own DOM
inlon. and it would not have taiscn
much 20 hare sat Pearson and shar.
key against him.
with q gesture Of disdaln Pearl
threw on the restraining hand OF her
fathers enemy, and with a cry Of an.
gnlsh fell upon her knees beside her
father.
Miss Huntington" said Schiller, IL
ss calm q voice rs he could command,
as ne tore her from her fathers breast
that you will not be allowed TO DO.
but u you give me your word OF
honor not TO cry out. nor try 10 es.
cape. I viii not bind YOU, should you
refuse VIII be compelled to use
forcei"
"A compact with criminals ls not
bindinGl' she cried. again struggling
to escape from his grasp,
AS you please. said Schiller,
hercely. "Then | viii have 70 bind
you"
AS you Will" she said, dlsdain
fully. "a dn not wish to he heholden
even for a slight favor. What are you
going to DO with napag' Even in the
extreme peril that she realized sur
rounded her. her fears we're most for
her father.
Make YOU Queen Of the Convict
Country; make your father Sir James
Karhu-Huntington. Physician in Chief
to the Convict Court! Does not this
fAtter your
who are you?' she asked at last.
sobered by the vehement words OF
The great scoundrel.
My name is Schiller. Of whom you
have no doubt heard. and I am the
king OF the convicts."
"You look 81 A villain and a con
victi" was the retort She had ceased
to struggle now and schlller proceed.
ed 60 bind her. Only once did she
attempt TO reach her father again.
Have good cheer. fatherl7 she said
just before they proceeded TO tie a
handkerchief over her mouth. IAN
will be Welt"
After binding the girl no time was
lost in preparing TO move The team
had been turned around. Pearl and her
father we're forced into the wagon
and stretched out upon the bottom
upon a pile OF straw. then the whole
party set out whitley and Schll-
Ter seated themselves upon the
drivers seat: Sharkey and Pearson
sat in the rear OF the wagon with
their feet hanging v e the back, com
pletely hiding from view their prison
srs.
bid farewell to freedom. home and
family" said Schiller. tauntingly to
the bound and helpless man below
him, for you never viii enjoy them
more. Il is my turn nowi / swore TO
be even with you. and l mean TO
keep my word. You have made me
suffer years Of toll and the loss OF
freedom, and now l will heap the
same indignity upon you tenfold. !
have torn you from your family and
friends and am carrying you into
bondage worse than death-yon and
your Pearl-and will seat her upon the
throne OF a people unchaste and i'm
pure. You will be forced TO tend the
sick and dying-at n and all times
land there will be no pleasure In per.
forming a good days work. no atten-
ton, no quiet ireside to rest at after
your labors are overt"
DR.. Huntington scarce heard the
taunt. His thoughts were far away.
He was thinking Of his wife. his faiCh-
fi companion through years Of toll
and struggling and his heart bled for
her. The thought was terrible. would
his gentle. loving helpmate lose her
mind God grant that such would
not be her fate. or Pearl be dared
not think--lt was too horriblei
when morning broke many miles
had been passed over. and the muddy
waters OF the mighty Ohio lay
stretched out before them. Now
Pearl ard her father were placed
under a powerful drug and became un-
conscious OF their surroundings. In
this state they were taken on board
a packet plying down the river. and
they knew not whittier the tide bors
them.
Ito be ~continued1