Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-29
CHAPTER: Y xI.
4 Wild Ride.

CHAPTER XXI.
4 wild Ride.
once he realized the futility Of re-
.eaeeAAee, Britx busted himself with ef-
lortssto get q line on his direction. He
Waa A an ordinary brougham. drawn
~ Aspair Of housekeeping horses. He
was lying on the floor, but on q pile
Of ruEs. The silk scarf with which
~ had been fastened had been loosed
from his neck. only to be drawn tight
" shout his mouth. A smaller strip
50k Nh, rolled into . ball. had been
thfutt between his teeth, gagging him
4 bSyond his power to utter cry. His
wrists and ankles were bound with
similar scarves. He was as helpless
- Il In the electric chair. His life,
It might be. depended on his self-con-
itrol and res0urcefulness.
| n the faint light that flashed from
time to umo through the windows Of
1.-THE bfougham - It whirled past park
lamps. Br1tx sAW that all three OF his
Icaptoss were dark Of feature and 1.-the
| OF form. One moment he was con-
iyincod there was something foreign
III tie appearance ct the men. The
next 10 was lsss certain they were
not American. a hawklike sharpness
of psunle. however, inclined him more
stroagly to the former belief. He had
seer recently. he thought. a face that
I'm such . light would resemble those
pending above him. Al he was striv-
ling - rscall Il. and the circumstance
Isurrunndins II . fourth scarf was
spassoA about his eyes ana knotted
lbehind his head. The silken strip was
light n texture. but folded 80 many
times that he could not SEQ the din
NEST Glimmer q light
! Bits focused his forces on the task
OF aDcsrtaininE his whereabouts and
direction. Ono, two. three blocks the
Ibrou6hAm sped westward Brits knew
hs WAS headed for the Hudson. Had
not his blindfolding convinced him his
life was not in peril, he might have
thought his oAptors were hurrying
him TO the river to: mako an end of
him He continued counting the
blocks until. wheeling sharply to tho
right the horses headed north, and
4 change In the sound Of their hoofs
BETRAYED that they had left the as
phalt and were on the nacsdam
sg1in.
1 the Drivel" Britt told himself
nth slight gloMsof satisfaction. Tho
diot6nee Travelled from the park, the
soAaneo 81 diroct1pn. and tho altered
,pounAing Of the h1ghsteppers' hoofs
eouM mean but oneething; the vehicle
sWa1 e0wnng along tho beautiful Riv-
Geo3d6 concourse New Workers. have
come to appreciate only In recent
yoaJD ~ III
s i ~ e thaespeint Brits made his
nrst 1llstako 16sths trip The latch
scf tho left door was Jared loose by
IN uneven cfossin8. and the detective:
Eolt the door give slightly against his
ghou4Ar. He ssnsed In an eyehash
tho door had not swung open. Prob
Ably IN end OF the rug had caught
under Z sum caently to hold 1t shut.
hut e undoubtedly was unfastened,
anA tAat svldently without the knowl-
Sledeo @ h1s caDtors. Had any Of the
slthavo notiosd the unlatchins OF the
hoor. 10 would have drawn Il close i'm.
stmsdfetoly. Thsrs was momentary
dane@ a that. TAsrs was not mo
meat b spare. Brits had little time
kor thought With powerful oontoe-
|tion 81 his wiry frame he threw OF
khesmen above him long enough to
ldine himself against tho door.
B11ts rsckoned on the likelihood
that his 1all from the carriage would
|bo eo6n by . patrolman-at any rate.
that His attempt at escape would
loaase . oomnnotion sure to result in
poles Interference. He did not ex-
|peGS 10 ret away unaided: he was
lbounA too securely for that. It was
more than possible bad bruises, IL not
broken bones, would be smong the
chat chance rather than to hazard IN
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