The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
IN A LONDON FOG

tay ANA th'fH lhct Il foreigner who i'll
ter"stcd him.
He was u Russian AMI also an i'll
Ncutor. He called himself ;;I Inventor
of mechanical toys, and a> IL" two be-
cal&C "itrt acquainted II" gave the
colonel his address and asked him TO
cal! - .'r' some Of his work. Three
day l.,.V -" colonel ,lli"i. He found
his LlAn on ii" third itoor OF Il mean
houi" IN >.iIIi!i street. IN" man had
rugged NJ Il workbench alri supplied
himself with toss. and what he was
really trying u q" wa" t" produce II
clock that Should spring IN inicrnal
machine at the hour ami minute III
t"hu"d.
III" colonel WA hiS. unS'lSpcou>
wc>;"ruer. haviu': no thought If plots
III con. 'itAc:eS ANA perfectly willing 10
give = fellow inventor amy help pJsSi-
hic. lie called three different times in
rs many days. working for Il couple of
hours each time. and then the invcn-
lion WAS complete. The Russian. who
could speak English fairly we'll. had
completely hamhoo:i";l him AZ to the
object "t llr clOckwUrk
One night three week.; afirr the rus
sian h.i dropped out Or sight, the colo
mel decided t. attend the thcatcr. He
sat tiv,Ugh the performance ana came
out. uS others did. 10 find Il fog so
thick thnt one could hardly 500 his
hand when stretched out the length
of the arm. lie had not far to 20,
huwcvcr-tli,.r block, down the street
and tneu turn to the left and % one
block 10 Inc corner House. He could
have ,cur that with hi. ewes shut.
There were pedestrians ahca,l AMI in
rear 0t him -; he made his way d,Hu
TO the corner. ln,r s,andiu.. ,hcr, = mn.
mcut hr r,..,Iiyn:l that no one huu turned
into th. Sill. Sirr.,
Su.;IruIy. and >vi,Lnu, ,h, SIi,.nt,st
WHruiu.r Inc NynS sciz,I bv two mcn
As one put u knee i'm tho small nf hi,
back aud beat him nv,r tl,n othcr ,I,n-
pcd Il rad over his u,nuth ,o nrr,,nt
him frnn r,tcrinr nuv sounds In II
moment IA ,rc they hnd him in s,mr
kind of c;ri.iaur ana u,nyn,.- SLOWLY,
away, Il man sitting ON riibcr side of
him. The river of The vrhic,o must
have been well acuuaintrd with Lon
don. lie guided the horse through the
black darkness for. threc-uunri,rs Of an
hour before. lie stoned.
Meanwhiir moi a word had hr.u
spoken by those in the carrinrr. II
seemed to lc lLr ulan of In" otuIuc,,rs
not TO sncull nnd. rs for Tho ruInurl ,i,,.
pad nrcvcntod. He could get his breath
through Ei. nose. hut his mouth was
eighty covered. His hands had not
been bnun, hut strong fingers held
them i'm 4 { IN of iron all Tho way
When the vehicle stopped it was by a
ouayStdc. D The colonel knew that. be-
cause he could hear and smell the wa
ter. lie also realized that his captors
walked him up 81 gang plank and ahoarl
Il steamer. once aboard. there were
men with lanterns and there were cleo
1ric lights, ut 80 dense WAS the fog
and SO quiet everything around that
nothing .ccmcd real until he was final
~ landed i'll SulHptuouS cabin. There
the men let &, Of him and stood back,
and the colonel looked around him 10
find tW" men seated at II table. He
knew them ut once for Russians, anh
ne saw that he hnh been mad" prisoner.
ivan MOSCOW. advance. Sald one
OF .he men III the 'ahlS after the silence
h"u iaS'cl lor IL minute.
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