Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10

more revenge than anything else. He prob.
ably realizes that Gerald will be free,
and he wishes to prevent our being to.
gether. He cant be So insane as to i'm.
agine he can ever win anything but the
deepest abhorreHee from me-
Elizabeth s eyes looked a little fearful
as she thought of her sisters, and her
heart was breaking as she pictured the
despair of Tom at her being lost. Her
high courage stood by her, however, and
she did not weep.
They both sat very mute and sad for
several minutes, Aileen stared out of the
window, thinking of the desolation of her
mother-in-law,
con, motheri'' she murmured, as the
tears rushed to her eyes.
"lDon't Ailecnl He will come back,
and don't, for heavens sake, let him see
that we are losing courage. l hate to be
abducted, but 1 am glad you are not
alone with him."
81 will not cry; but the thought of
mother overcame me for a moment. Youl
mother will take care of her, though,
and they will sympathize with each other
OF course they will soon find us; it is i'm.
possible for him to keep us hidden-two
Of us.
"Well, l have such a headache, and we
ought to eat something, but how are we
to be sure of not being drugged again,
if we take anything that hideous porter
brings?"
"Im see if I can't get him to bring
a chatting dish and a coffee pot and
things we can cook ourselves. We ought
to keep up our strength; if we should get
a chance to escape, we will need it all. "
She rang the bell. The porter came,
looking like an evil spirit, and silently
waited for orders.
"Can you bring me a ~chafing.dish and
some coffee, bread and eggs?'
~ can bring the things, madam, but
there is not a ch~afing-dish on the train"
81 want some coffee, but / do not trust
you nor-the gentleman who is with us.
1 wish to cook myself"
ct can 90 into the first town Of any
size and have some thing sent out, mad.
ann
Aileen shook her head.
81 will not take anything from you--
stay-you can bring some fruit
every well, madam, I will do So" lis
manner was extremely dignified the pres
ence of a snug sum in his pocket made
him able to hear with equanimity Aileen .
doubts of his honesty; he was rather sor-
ry that she took that view of him, as he
had anticipated brides from her as well;
her jewels and rich furs gave him reason
to believe she had money. He went back
to Richard.
"The ladies is hungry, but won't eat
for fear you II hire me to pizen 'em, sir, 4"
Richard smiled.
"That is a very common delusion when
ladies are a little crazy, but 1 had to get
my wife home, you know, no matter how. y
Richard had given out that he was Sc
cretly married, and that Aileen was a tri-
file insane; he did not explain how he hap
pened to have an insane bride, and the
train officials were obliged to be salts,
fed with such information as he gave
and he was lavish with money.
"They will eat fruit, and you can get
some canned meats and crackers and open
them in their presence; l don t want them
to be hungry. Get them some coffee
and-In see them myself"
He went to the stateroom; Aileen wait
ed for him to speak.
"Aileen, you need not fear that I shall
give you any more morphine; it is no lon
ger necessary, and l DON It mind telling
you that it would be very hard to get you
and Miss Redfeld to where | wish to take
you in a state of insensibility. We are
far away now, and any cutlery you may
make will cause you more trouble and
would not ass st you any,
Aileen said nothing in reply, and Eliz-
abeth was speeches. with rage when she
saw him. He left them once more to
themselves. 1t was nearly noon and the
girls were ravenous, so when the porter
brought the food, they made a substan-
tial meal, and felt better for it; though
they spent a very dismal day and night.
To vary the monotony, Elizabeth prowled
about the stateroom and peered through
the intricate patterns of the ground glass
door.
"Aileen, l believe this car is empty! l
think he got a special car and shut us up
in this end, so any amount of noise we
made in here could not be heard.
Aileen rose hastily, and they both wait
ed anxiously until the train stopped at a
station, and they could not hear a sound
in the car--no talking, no ru~stling of peo-
PIES dresses, no footsteps; all was silent.
1T think you are right, Elizabeth; ]
don't believe there is any one in this car
1ut us and Richard, though | did not
ink Of that before. I wonder if we
i'd not manage a letter somehow. Have
any paper about us, or envelope, Of
jthing9" She searched a little leather
g she wore, a chatelaine, and found hei
rd-case with two of her cards in it
Elizabeth searched her pocket-book, anG
found a letter doubled up that she had