The Washington times., 1911-12-16

tracings On the movement q hand from
behind closed on his throat and a tur-
ban was thrown over his face. His out
cry was completely stified.
A big negro seized his shoulders; the
Frenchman took him by the heels. and
cul-de-sac near the mouth Of which he
had been standing.
The whole thing went with the pre-
clsion Of clockwork. From the street
the cries Of the boy drowned the noise
1t was over in ten seconds. Bur-
roughs made a feeble struggle; but so
firmly was he held and SO tight was
speedily choked into submission and
rushed to the end of the alley.
The. door at the side opened and he
was dragged in.
Outside the cries of the boy had
They stood the artist on his feet and
the bandage slipped from his eyes. In
the dim light before the door closed he
saw that he vas IN 2 narrow q; t passage
There came the. sound Of footsteps
outside. He heard Elise at the door
and he tried to call out to her, but
the hand Of tn. big negro tighsened
In q scarcely audible cough.
His captors stood close around him,
menacing, but silent, breathing deeply
in order to give no sign OF their
There was a little suspense. during
which Burroughs had time to wonder
what they were going to do with him,
then then the stsR. SusSs rd h
Ing round, the men walked him rapidly
down the passage to small. dark
room, where they paused Just long
snS ssHe To- sef and tur Snd Mas fes
around his face. the cloth being forced
into his mouth till It almost suffocated
Quick" said one of the captors in
French. The woman may get help in
any minute. We must take him where
we will not be interrupted"
II told you 1t would be better to take
BOTH" said another voice.
Zone is enough to deal with at a
time" replied the first speaker. whom
Burroughs recognized as the man with
the wall-eye. .! think we shall get all
with man on either side and one be-
hind, they hailed him up stairway till
he was conscious, by the chill on his
wrists, that he had come out on roof.
consideration for the captive. He was
dragged across one roof after another,
boosted over walls which he took to be
parapets, and finally made to descend.
through one or two rooms, and at last
the bandage was removed. For the first
time Burroughs had distinct view If
his assailants.
one, as he knew, was the man with
the wall-eye. Near this precious rascal
was a short, heavily built Frenchman.
with a thread of a mustache, while the
third. the one whose finger-marks were
still red on the Americans throat, was
a giant negro.
The latter was evidently a man of
enormous strength. His forearms were
bare, and the muscles stood out like
tarred ropes under his ebon skin.
The apartment in which they had
stopped was as different as possible
they had first taken him. 1t had all the
marks of being tenanted by Europeans
and by men.
1t was q spacious chamber. with a
modern iron bedstead on one side and
an oblong table in the middle. On this
were French daily newspapers. copies
Of Ia Rire and L'Amour.. tobacco jars.
oil lamp OF American make. The air
WAS heavy with the odor Of stale to-
curtained.
At signal from the wall-eyed man
the negro showed Burroughs into a stiff
backed chair near the table. Then, in
response to an order in Arabic, he went
two Europeans and facing the blue nose
OF a big thirty-eight in the hands Of
the taller Frenchman.
The two seated themselves at the
table opposite the prisoner, and as soon
as Burroughs could get his breath he
murst out:
What the devil does this meanT'
1t Is useless to make q fuss" said
the tall man. There Is no one near to