The Press., 1912-09-18

bounced upon it and put 1t l pocket. That was as far as he g
 some time. Nevertheless, his
 brain was at work, and finally
 upon plan. He said to the woma
 Please let me write papa to
 and take me away"
 "Hushp' grunted the woman.
 no write anybody"
 ''I1l tell him to pay you a whole of money"
 The woman's eyes frightened at th
 but she made no reply. When one
 the men came the same afternot
 Mark heard him and thes woman d
 cussing something, and evidently was the subject of their discussiOI l When 1t was finished the man we1 l into another room and returned witIl pen, ink and paper.
 "You write your father to send $1O,- | 900 and take you home."
 Mark sat down at table to write without having the slightest idea hoy he was going to use the lemon juice | would be impossible. He wrote let ter and on reading 1t over found that he had left out certain words. He laid it aside and wrote another While writ ing the second letter it occurred to him that he might have use for the first and he should secure it. But his cap tors were watching him every moment. ho Gn4c hn n they were both eagerly reading 1t he found an opportunity to put the first in his pocket. Then when they returned him his letter they had read that he might enclose and address it, he read 1t over, tore it up and began to write another. ....... ....>.
 The Italians gave him a sound cuff for what he had done, but he did not mind that if he could only follow a plan he had in view. He wrote another letter, which he purposely spoiled: then another, in which he wrote the amount of the ransom wrong. Then he said he had changed his mind and wouldn't write to his father after all. Since his captOrs were now bent on his doing SO, they endeavored to force him to write another letter by repeated thrashings But he only said Tomorrow" and at last they desisted.
 When Mark was put to bed-this time in room with the windows nailed up he wrote in lemon juice with a match a description of the house in which he was imprisoned and it's location, so far as he could give it. The next morning, when alone with the bag. he told her he would write the letter. She gave him tie writing materials and he wrote while she did her chores. Finally he handed her letter in an envelope. It was the one he had first written. with postscript, Burn up this letter when you have read it."
 When the man who had been there the day before came again the woman showed him the letter. When he came to the postscript Mark saw that he was talking to the woman about it. They finally seemed to agree to let it stand, probably considering it, if of any importance. rather an advantage to them. The man replaced the letter in the envelope and took 1t away with him,
 Meanwhile the Chandler family were in a continued agony. One afternoon. on entering his house, MT. Chandler found Marks letter that had been slip ped under the door. With it were in structions as to how to pay the ran som. The postscript arrested MT. Chandler's attention at once. He sur missed that Mark had been forced to write the letter and the postscript. At any rate, he had no idea of burning the letter. But in time he began to wonder as to it's meaning. Then he remembered his fathers story of how he had used lemon juice to effect his escape from prison. He held the letter before n hot fire and the problem was solved.
 The same night. with a force of DO lice, MT. Chandler broke into the house and made thorough search They found nothing and hope was beginning to desert them when they entered the basement. Hearing them, Mark began to shout. MT. Chandler raised the lid of a stationary washtub, and Mark jumped into his arms.
 The police took care of those they found in the house, and MT. Chandler took the boy home to his mother, who smothered him with kisses.
 "How did you happen to think of the lemon juice racket, Mark? ?'' asked his father.
 T wouldn't have thought of it if hadn't remembered grandpop's prison story"
 There was no use in the kidnapers putting in defense, for Mark identi- fled the woman and the man who had taken his letter, and they are now serving a term in state prison. The other man was never fOund