The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

turned into the side street. When he
started along he was dead alone. and
he was feeling his way by touching the
fences with his left hand.
Suddenly, and without the slightest
warning, he WIS seized by two men
AS one put a. knee in the small OF his
back and bent him over, the other
Clapped a pad over his mouth to pre-
vent him from uttering any SOUNDS.
In q moment more they had him In
some kind Of carriage and moving
slowly away, man sitting on either
side of him. The driver Of the We
hicle must have been well acquainted
with London. He guided the morse
through the black darkness three
quarters of an hour before he stopped
Meanwhile, not a word had been
spoken by those in the carriage. It
seemed to be the plan of the abductors
not to speak. and as for the Colonel
the pad prevented. He could get ms
breath through his nose, but his mouth
was tightly covered. His hands had
not been bound, but strong fingers held
them in q grip of iron all the way.
When the vehicle stopped 1t was by
a Quayslde. The Colonel knew that,
because he could hear and smell the
water. He also realized that his cap
tors walked him up a gang plank and
aboard a steamer. once aboard there
were men with lanterns and there
were electric lights, but so dense was
the fog and so quiet everything around
that nothing seemed real until he was
finally landed in a sumptuous cabin.
There the men let go of him and stood
back, and the Colonel looked around
him to find two men seated at a table
He knew them at once for Russians.
and he saw that he had been made
prisoner by two others Of that nation
Ivan Moskow, advance said one Of
the men at the table after the silence
had lasted for minute.
DO you mean me p querled the
Colonel, as he walked forward
His speech betrayed his nationality
in a second, and both men uttered a
curse.
'sWhat are you doing here" was
asked.
7 was brought here by force and I
should like to know the meaning of It. =
The man tapped a bell and a young
man who might have been his secre-
tary. entered The talk was in Rus
sian and an explanation seemed to be
demanded. 1t was made. but it did
not satisfy. There was ioud ana Vio-
lent talk for ten minutes, and then the
Young man retired and the Colonel was
asked:
DO you know Russian anarchist
named Petron Misky2"
II have met him." was the reply.
Did you aid him to make an in
fernal machine p
Never! aided him to complete a
mechanical toy"
and YOU are who and what2"
The Colonel gave his name, address
and business. He had certain papers
with him. These were taken and
carefully read, and after awhile the
Russian said:
''It may be that there is a mistake
We shall know in a day or two.
And am to be held prisoner while
/ you take your time to find out that
/ I have told the truth?'
you may call it lucky for you that
1 you are. If there wasn't a doubt about
/ the matter this steamer would be at
sea at sunrise.
/ The Colonel began to protest, but he
was hustled into cabin, told to make
4 himself comfortable, and for forty
/ eight hours he was a close prisoner
I Then, at midnight, ne was blinded with
I a pad, two men got into a vehicle with
! him and after half an hours drive
I he was landed at the door Of his lodg-
ings in Porter street.
AS the men slipped away one of
| them pushed a small parcel into the
! late prisoners hand, and when opened
/ it proved to be an English bank note
/ for the sum of one hundred pounds.
! The colonel made no complaint to
/ the authorities. He looked upon him
/ self as a lucky man. - Copyrighted,
1905, by G. H. Sutcliffe.
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