Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
cHAPTER YIu (continued. !

CHAPTER VIII (cOntinued.)
l had not even time to utter cry
for help Besides, it would have been
useless, for who could come to my help
in this accursed house, far from all
habitation?
With quick hand Kingsley gagged
my mouth, and felt my lips closed
over my teeth under a tight band
which seemed about to break my jaws.
MY tormentor passed bundle of cords
to the Indian.
you have not forgotten the trick?'
he said.
In a few minutes I was bound from
head to foot. All movement was I'M
possible. soon understood what the
millionaire had called "the trick 1t
was system of ligatures which, If
tried movement Of the leg, my arms
were frightened in an agonizlng grip,
and if | tried the least movement OF
the arm. the pain in my legs Would
wiring from me cry of anguish. MY
wrists were fastened together. Ihey
were able to do whatever they liked
to the unresisting mass that was.
suppose I must have had an I'M
speakable look of terror in my eyes,
for Kingsley bent over me ana salu, -
an amiable tone Of compassionate
pity:
what l want of you Is only one
minute of courage. What the deVli are
you so scared about? This is for your
own interest what am going to 40.
/ could not yet understand the sense
of his words.
AS Bambou threw me over his shout
der saw Kingsley take up from tne
sideboard the two little packages tnat
he had brought from Paris that even
ing. 80
Eve will do the operation in his own
ROOM" he remarked to the Hlndoo.
NV body broke out In colo per
spiration. closed my eyes, with tne
desire and the fear strangely mlngleu
to faint. What were these vllllans
going to do with me?
Bambou. placed me on the bed:
"Draw the bed into the middle o,
the room" said Kingsley, and go anu
fetch me a bowl from the kitchen we
must work quickly and with cautlon !;
We won't make him suffer needlessy.
These last words terrified me beyond
all expression. thought that my iasl
hour had come. AS stared up into the
millionaire's eyes my look must nave
been one of Mortified fixity, for ne salu
after wheeling an arm chair up 10 Ine
bed and seating himself complac ently:
& "Charles, calm yourself. You are hol
going to drink the ocean. shall have
to nut a new pair OF spectacles owe,
your eyes as precaution. MY hanu
might tremble.
Is NV terror increased. God help me-
What was going to happen to me!
.You want to know what am gong
to do, I know. 1t is very simple. soon
we shall be obliged to separate,
charles. It will not be for long, put
Won must not lose in one minute all the
benefits that have come to you mere IN
nv house during the last month. IL -
very probable that you Will soon see
your daughter Evelyne and be ooilgeu
to 20 among people again with an un-
covered face, if may SO express IT,
"Just because Marcadian failed 10
recognize you on his first visit is NJ
reason why we must not take every
nrecaution. Evelyne must not Know
YOU. neither must anyone else. NO one
must look into your face with too much
.insistence. either here or in Boston
where Douglass was known. Ihere az : :
MANY who knew him, just as there are
MANY who knew Barrabas, SO we nlusI
he careful. Understand? That IS why
frst thought of the black varilold, OF
thSr fr;ghtf,,1 skin disease. But