Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

peemed to be the leauiuS aN'oi .,
+be outrage perpetrated upon me. Vrleo
to get look at his face, but he heiu "e y
that could not turn my head. ~
After the train had gone a lew miles, eno
nan ot NV side released his hold upon me.
Rnt 7 was bound hand and feet, 30 that l
could hardly move The leather gag, wmch
thew had covered with a narrow shawl ne
fore 7 was taken from the carnage, had De
come very painful to me-. My respiration
was much impeded, and l could not heip
groaning ,.1 to coo
| could not speak, and l was glad 70 see see
that nv groaus excited the attention OF my
custodians. Minturn pulled the shawl 9oWn I,Nl
from NV nose. so that | could breathe niue
better and then set me up IN the corner VI
the compartment, like a mummy IN a mu-
scum. -. o,t 30
sleep. probably from sheer exhaustion. when
/ awoke it was daylight, but the tram was
still rushing on its way. ;.
Though | was not suffering any severe pam;
- the cramped position in winch haa passts st;F
the last five or six hours made me very sum
and uncomfortable. | do not know that l
ever felt more miserable, mentally and physi-
cally, than / did on this particular morning
/ could not help thinking of poor Maddy, VINO
Law sick upon his bed when left the hotel to
90 for the doctor. For aught knew ne mlen'
be dead by this time.
l had before made up my mind not to incur
the risk of failure by attempting to escape
before favorable opportunity presented u
self 1t was useless to waste my strength In
irving to do what could not possibly be done.
Nv captors doubtless knew that l had been
made prisoner twice before, and had es-
caped both times. This seemed to be the
reason why ! was kept bound and gagged Tor
so long time.
The train continued to move on for two
hours longer; but at last the stacking of the
speed, the frequent whistles and the increase
in the number of houses as seen from the
window. assured me we were reaching our
destination, or at least entering some large
town.
| could turn my eyes, if | could not move
my head, and 1 looked out the window.
Minturn sat opposite to me, but the other
not see him. / had inferred that l should
be carried to England, and it was, possible
that we were entering Calais. l had seen
the place before, and it did not look like it.
The train soon stopped. AT gesture from
the man at my side, Minturn got out OF the
carriage, and voiture was quickly drawn up
near the platform. The other man put the
shawl around my neck again, evidently to
conceal the gag, and nearly buried the whole
of my face in it, Minturn united my legs,
so that l could walk, and then, taking me by
the arms, dragged me out of the compart-
ment, for l was SO stiff l could scarcely
stand.
The associate ruffan kept behind me and
l.
voiture without any ceremony or delay.
AS my captors took their places, a police
man stepped up to them and demanded what
their prisoner was. My unknown guard
handed him paper, which he examined
He returned it when he had read it, touched
his cap with his forefnger, and the carriage
was suffered to proceed.
! wondered what the paper was, and con-
cluded that it was an official document with
signatures, permitting them to convey an in
sane person out of the country.
Minturn directed the driver to proceed to
a certain quay, the name of which was not
familiar to me.
As we approached the water, was conf
dent we were in Hayre, though / had only
landed there in the night. But the form of
the harbor was enough to satisfy me.
| was put into boat with two rowers, and
then for the first time l saw the face of my
unknown captor.
1t was Pallingrovel
had more than half suspected this before,
and | could see no reason why he should con-
ceal his face from me for so long time. He
had had abundant experience with me in
Southampton Water, and / could not expect
him to relax his vigilance for a single instant
Certainly he had not done so since they had
captured me in the street at nine o'clock the
evening before.
Minturn told the boatmen to pull to the
steam yacht Olivia outside the jetties At the
same time Pallingrove tied my ankles together
again, SO that if l jumped overheard, was
sure TO drown.
The rowers gave way, and in half an hour
we were alongside the Olivia
AS the boat came about so that / could be
conveniently taken to the accommodation
steps, / caught sight of the Sleeper | won
dered ii l should ever go on board of her
again.
My legs were released once more, and with
both men holding me- / was dragged out upon
the landing at the foot Of the steps.