Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-05-04

estate. While the damage Is being
done there Is no way to get the boy
out of his uncle's hands. After 1t Is
done there is no way of convincing a
jury of the perpetrators guilt"
l was in agony at hearing the doctor
say this and begged him to try to think
Of some way of preventing poor Her
bert from being made maniac.
"Pll try" he said. but can't as yet
see any method likely to succeed
Heirs have been kept in lunatic asy-
lums before this who have been In
perfect mental condition That's an
old story. Here Is a case where a
man Is to be made really mad without
any one being able to get him out Of
his prosecutors clutches. The law Is
slow, and It VIII require but a month
to drive the subject hopeIessly insane.
Besides. understand that nearly one
half Of that dime has been spent"
~Qreat heavens!'' I exclaimed I'VE
have only . fortnight"
"Lsss than that In q fortnight the
case win be hopeless. Even now We
can get no help from the patient him
self He b too far gone I zee but
one chance. and that u to kidnap him. "
left the doctor. plan after plan run
ming through my brain whereby to
carry out his suggestion. thought
many hours before decided what to
do. When l made up my mind 1t
seemed to me that my method ws6
very simple. though this was no RIA
son why It should succeed. I resolved
not to take any one into my confidence
to help me. fearing to complicate mat.
tiers. and believed that could do all
myself.
Ny plan was to put on q bold front.
call for Herbert with an automobile.
ask him to 60 for a ride. take him
away and conceal him. All depended
upon his being permitted to come with
me. Had 1t not been for certain hap
penings be would not have been %
permitted. these being first that his
uncle had gone to his ONCE, and the
housekeepsr who had charge Of Her
bert In his absence had left It for ten
minutes to buy q spool Of thread II
b singular that Herbert's sanity should
have depended ON q spool Of cotton.
but It did I drove up to the house
two minutes after the houSekeeper
had left 1t and was driven away with
Herbert Just - she approached the
house on her return. can zee her
look Of CONSERVATION now. But be-
fore she could do anything We were
spinning away from her.
said nothing to Herbert - to my
intention TIL We bad been out two
hourA ! supposed Au- Bugle would
telephone Mr.. Holt - to what had oc-
CURED. but hs bad no reason to sup
pose that ! was doing moro with bis
nephew than giving him q ride. and
he would probably wait q reasonable
time for my return Nevertheless |
followed q torturous course to throw
him on the track II he followed me.
The change In Herbert after his re-
movaI from the noxious colors and
partaking OF plenty Of fresh air was
marvellous he was not by any means
himself. but he was near enough him
self Tor me to tell him what his uncle
was trying to do and that was kid
naping him In order to save him from
hopeless lunacy.
There was some response-more than
l could have expected in % short q
tme-and after awhile be grew eager
to escape what be was now beginning
to realize, urging me to 60 faster and
Faster TIL, IN order not to oppose him,
had on full speed. though knew Of
no pursuit
We had starte4 on our ride at 10
O'Clock. At ! we stopped at a road
house for luncheon and BY 2 were
again under way. BY this time Her
bert was 20 far restored that l left
our future course to him.
Have You arranged for any place
to take mer be asked.
mo"
VERY well: we win 60 to b. / know
a place there kept by one I can de-
pend upon not to betray me, a quiet
place in which to hide. though now
that l am myself and my own master
| all will be different"