The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-22
IN A LONDON FOG

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 ing house In a street off the strand one day and there met foreigner who ID tercsted him.
 lie was a Russian and also an in vertor. He called himself an inventor of mechanical toys, and as the two be cal.e better acquainted he gave the colonel his address and asked him tC call and see some of his work Three days later the colonel called. He found his man on the third floor of a mean house In a squalid street. The man had rigged up a workbench and supplied himself with tools, and what he was really trying to do was to produce clock that should spring an internal machine at the hour and minute in- tended.
 The colonel was a big, unSuSpiciOus westerner, having no thought of plots or couspiracies and perfectly willing to give a fellow inventor any help possi- ble. He called three different times in as many days, working for couple or hours each time, and then the inven- tion was complete. The Russian, who could speak English fairly well, had completely bamboozled him as to the object of the ClOckwOrk.
 One night, three weeks after the Rus sian had dropped out of sight, the colo nel decided to attend the theater. He sat through the performance and came out, as others did, to find a fog so thick that one could hardly see his hand when stretched out the length of the arm. He had not far to so, however-three blocks down the street and then turn to the left and go one block to the corner house. He could have done that with his eyes shut. There were pedestrians ahead and ID rear of him as he made his way down to the corner, but standing there a mo ment be realized that no one had turned into the side street.
 Suddenly, and without the slightest warning. he was seized by two men. As one put a knee in the small of ais back and bent him over the O,LCr clap ped pad over his mOJCh to prevent him from uttcriug any sounds. h g moment more they had him in s2Ge kiuI of carriSgh and moving slowly away, d man sitting ou either s,ds oI aiu. The driver of the vehicle -1lSi as,e been well acquainted with LyG. Uou. lie guided tic h3csc through the black darkness for tLgeC-guartcr5 of au hour before he stopped.
 Meanwhile Lot d word had beer spoken by those in the carriage. it seemed to be the plan Ot tue abductorS not to speak, and. as for the colonel, the pad prevented. He could get his breath through his nose, but his mouth was tightly covered. His hands had noi been bound, but strong fingers held them in grip of iron all the way.
 When the vehicle stopped it was by a uuayside. The colonel knew that, be, | cause he could hear and smell the wa ter. He also realized that his captOrs walked him up a gang plank and aJoIry a steamer. Once aboard, there were men with lanterns and there were cleo tric lights, but so dense was the fog and so quiet everything around that nothing seemed real until he was final. | lv 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 be saw that he had been made prisoner
 Ivan Moskow, advance" said one of the men at the table after the silence | had lasted for a minute.
 Do you mean me-" Qucried the colo nel as he walked forward. Ills speech betrayed his nationality In a second, and both men uttered a curse.
 What are you doing here?" was asked.
 q was brought here by force, and l 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 Russian, and an explanation seemed to be de, manded. It was made, but it did not satisfy. There was loud and violent talk for ten minutes, and then the young man retired and the colonel was 1 asked:
 Do you know a Russian anarchist named PetroR NIisky|
 'I have met him." was the reply.
 Did you aid him to make an internal machine"
 "Neverl I aided him to complete 8 mechanical toy"
 And you are who and what?" The colonel gave his name, address and business. He had certain papers with him. These were taken and care fully read, and after awhile the Rus sian said:
 Tt 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 1t lucky for you that 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 a cabin, told to make