The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

.'why notr
"'I3ecause you arc mol allogrd 10 ~
her unless she Is sick
"'she probably will die before ! so'
her again, ! said.
"ile looked al TIC hercely aud said
You had better he careful what you say
10 INC. sir. Nos ! will leave you 10 vi
you find what a comfortable piaec YOU
arr in.'
"iie went out and q, be- started Ia
rlosr the door ! sprang forward a.
prevent his doing 10 but he Was tao
quick aud said. Not - fast. old fellow,
So ! said no mon and sat doan Ia q
chair which would have been rasy had
Lucy been with me. The roam Was
furnished very extensively with three
Windows, lace curtains and everything
vanished up-to-da,e.
after had collected my thoughts and
'ainly tried 10 make out my surroundings.
] came Ia the conclusion that Nc had been
druggrd and taken 10 this house. had
no idea where We were. Why should they
take us here, and what obJrc had they
IN bringing ~ here and locking us In
this strange house, Was Lucy Ia
dangerf thought Of all those questions.
! found there was small bedroom out
Of the room ! was in and II plainly
showed they intended to keep US. I
looked out Of the window. hut il wa
total darkness, and thought over our
situation. sat down aud as did 10 the
same man came IN, >at down and began
Ia read.
How long do you intend 10 keep u,
lereY ! said
Until you tell Inc where your money
-
How do YOU know have got any,
by what YOU have said al different
lines, but you need no, question further
aid he And with that he went out and
Dcked the door felt easier after that
; knew Lucy wasn't in 80 much danger.
Lucy awoke ~ from dream, she wa, Y
ound on bed ~ she could not move
nd she felt dcathly sick. She opened :
rr eyes but closed them quickly. for their y
as man STOPPING over her Ia unite a
" '''' hihh nflNtllfFs ~ u
st she was free but did not realize h
here she was and was too exhausted h
care. She heard voices In the next
'om and man was saying: II AM
raid the young lady Is hurt She
'esn't seem TO revive Another voice V
I'd, oh. never mind her, It's her father,
Dney We wantr Then she heard INV
ice, which sounded like music 10 her 81
rs to know that was near her. :,
THAT night after ] heard them say AZ
od-night. ] sat down To plan escape. :.
It then heard a whisper at the ~ =,
ndow. turned the lamp down and "
led up the curtain and II was Lucy no
Nv she got free was more than | could 'l'
l. She told me To press a button on ai'
right side of the window and | did M
the window opened. pushed the VIC
ldow down and we climbed off the ~
i into tree which was close TO the iou
Use and to the ground Then we were an
a puzzle for We didn't know which "g'
d to take to go home. II wasn't a
y dark night so We could see very , y,
J. Finally we came to guide board nc
told us II was three miles to our 'oo
lie. We hurried along and got home mo
asst, too tired to tell of our experience, see
vent to bed. The next day we were
ing around in our house In their 'he'
~ the robbers had dropped-my :
Set book and every dollar was in it! see
I'd read that there were robbers in pir'
&c few miles from us but didn't gon
they were 50 near. During Lucy's
-isonment She tried to open the her
low at dusk and she had most given
ihen She rubbed against button and nave
window opened and she crept out pes
she was free We were awfuly ana
tened but we were none the worse mus
t." max
gu had quite a time, declare" said :,
well, | must 60 home and get i''o',
dinner or my wife will be anxious" rea 10,
he walked home thinking what In
they had. hatl
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