The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1906-12-15
A Dead Easy Thing

! his set as good fellow he was also
! known as 4 conservative.
When the yacht got around TO GER
tain port i'll Spain the owner went off
one day To view the leading cathedral
hy himself As a matter of fact. the
other three had said that they would
rather see one hUlIfight than ten cathe-
,iral> and they were left L" enjoy
themselves III their own way Mr..
Ioncr SAN the cathedral from the out
side and from the in. While he was
visiting the interior two ladies passed
him. and one deity slipped a note into
his hand He made out that the note
slipper was 4 girl and the other her
duennu. His heart gave several Jumps
ere he got outdoors and found oppor
tunity t. read the note.
You are an American, read the
note. and appeal to you as an Amer
lean. Five years ago an uncle Of mine
WLo desired 10 get possession of my
fortune had me shut up i'll the convent
/ called TIE Sacred Heart l have been
/ 4 prisoner ever since. and II has been
given out i'll America that | am dead.
! once Il week am allowed to visit the
! cathedral. but am always closely
| watched | SAW You week ago and
! determined To appeal to You. For
! heavens sake, rescue NE from this liv
! ing death. Ii YOU can place Il ladder
! against the northwest corner of the
wall surrounding the convent at IL
o'clock on the night of the nth, ! can
! persuade Sister Mary TO permit me 10
pass into the grounds and thus escape
! Bring a rope twenty feet long with
| YOU. Bring horses or Il carriage. There
| IS no WAY You can answer this except
! III person
! Some conservatives would have stop
ped To analyze Il bit, but Mr. Yonge
! didn't There was an American girl in
! distress. and it WAS his duty 10 rescue
her He would mount the wall, pull
! her III, with Il rope and then take her
aboard his yacht. He would then
I steam away, ana Who was u catch
him: He had it al! planned out before
his impul>iye companions got back
I from the bullhght. They did not see
! the matter as he did.
W'h"u Mr.. louee had auuouuced in
! cast iron tones that he intended 10 res
I cue he @irl single handed if his friends
We're afraid II tackle The job with him
T they could do no less than offer their
services. one Of them was sent to buy
Il rope another 10 look for a ladder and
! the third I" survey the wall. 1onge
/ himself saw Ia the lrpviSionin" of the
: Yacht and the ovcrhaIsiug oi her ma
! chincry II" would steam out of port
! the minute the dam>cl was aboard
! When The Night Of the lIth c:iI.e all
/ WAS III rc;I,iiuc>~ \ vehicle was pur
/ chased 0utI.L; Instead Of hired. Moth
/ in= had trAu>pireI to arouse the suSpi-
ci5uS Of The people i'll the convent and
it was BOXED upon ~ 4 dead easy
thing t. max" the rescue.
The uirht WAS dark and rainy 1t
WAS tn, night I'll al nights to rescue an
I American damSel from 4 Spanish con
+ Vent Yong" had only TWO conpan-
! ions. Ou, drove ana WAS 10 act Is look
/ out and the other WAS To hold the foot
: "f ihe ladder and help the rescued girl
10 descend without breaking her neck.
+ Nnt Il dog haycG or a eat meoWed as
j the angle OF the wall was reached If
: Sister Mary had done her part and if
/ Mss RritrIuartc had not tainted away
Willie waiting. then five minutes would
Sc her OUT of that and laying plans t.
! .giy, her uncle a surprise party. There
: WAS = feeling 81 the heroic about him
IL Ynu@r mounted the vail The water
ran l"wn the back of his neck and
! n,l.l his side pockets. bur he WAS not
discouraged lie WAS on top of the
wall 1i>hin%.Wijh 4 rope and trying 10
Z lrc;,1.. the dam>el when half Il dozen
dark Lanterns flashed 1T the foot of the
ladder and six strange men appeared.
They had not come 10 assist in the res
cue Of Miss Keith. but were in the uni
form Of the police AMI spoke With com
I...uLabIc frlnknc>>.
Mr.. Y"n=sc was ordered to descend or
TAX. = bullet from 4 revolver. and Il
l.iIHr" la;er tn handouts We're slip
:.ri on the tv!o. There were two other
'-srr.a-,-~ clo~,- IL. and presently the
th"rr vehicles set out and made Il
drive ot >jX "v seven miles 70 Il stone
barn III the suburbs Of the city. Here
The. prisoners We're put through the
Jh.rt degree III great shape. When the
sergeant OF police got through detail
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