The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-24

laughed softly with the JOY OF II, ana
RULED him over on his back.
You had better lie still" | Wills
pered, "and show little Christian
humility. l don't want TO choke you
,uIys- have to"
Nv the white of his eyes glimmer
M at me in the darkness; but he gave
n sudden squirm almost out OF my
grasp. and Kicked viciously at me.
"All right" | said. and gave his lean
throat little pinch. so that he soDDeu
and lay still | gagged him with MS
cwn handkerchief, and then holding
both bony wrists in one hand. search
ed his pockets until ! found my water.
Ii was now quite dark so that |
moved without fear OF being seen, re-
Numbering oqly 10 move In silence.
Why Stevens had come | could not
guess. II was enough for the mo-
ment that he was here and must be
reckoned with. Glad as | was to see
him. he must not interfere with the
real work | had In hand. So, for a
while, | sat holding him and listening
10 the irregular whistle OF his return
ing breath. casting about In my mind
Tor some means of leaving him safely
behind me- had nothing in my peck
cts 10 tie him with except my hand
kerchief. and this used to bind his
gag more firmly in place. At last,
with infinite satisfaction. set DELHI.
erately TO work. First OF all, | strip.
ped him OF his coat. and when | had
transferred the contents OF his pockets
TO my own, | tore out the lining and
twisted IL into very serviceable
rope to bind his knees and ankles.
His tie. found, although a very ugly
one as | remembered IL, was finely
suited 10 my needs; for il was strong
and long and thick. so that when |
had turned him on his face and
brought his hands together behind
him. found il exactly suited for tying
them together. The lining OF the
sleeves furnished me with cord
enough TO draw up his feet until they
almost touched his hands. where
tied them together. and left him truss
ed like some lean and contorted razor
back swine. IL was not, perhaps,
very comfortable position in which 10
leave the minister who had married
ne: but the night was warm, and 10
my thinking. Mr.. Stevens did not
merit much consideration. And ] re-
U6Cleu tIdt II WOulu bc easy VACuoS
next das~to send somebody word TO
release him.
Ny own repeater licked delicately
in my pocket with a steady, courtly lit
tie sound, perfectly distinct and rhytn-
nical through the louder and coarser
puisation OF it's cheap plebeian sub
stitute, and when pressed its spring.
told me merrily that il was nearly 3
.s.A Ea1 laxs n
glance at the dim. phosphorescent face
OF the ether. And sat by the human
bundle | had made, at peace and al
most happy For all OF my tense
I,ess had disappeared, all that before
struggle feeling OF interminable time:
in their place reigned the joyous and
confident calm OF combat. | did not
even care that | had still more than
an hour to wait. and. although had
missed my glimpse OF Nancy flor now
her light was liz and the shade
drawn, yet | felt that ! could AFFORD
TO wait, serenely certain that in a
LITTLE over an hour would take her
in my arms again There is some.
thing intoxicating i'm even the small-
est success, the very fact OF winning
seems to make the ultimate and com
peter triumph an easy and foregone
conclusion. | even made some shit
to make my prisoner comfortable, al
| though of course did not loose his
| bonds. At ten minutes OF ten left
him in undisputed possession OF the
| place he had chosen, and began TO
/ make my way carefully toward the
/ door OF the sanatorium. The watch
! man should just have gone by so my
! only thought was 10 avoid observation
| by the man on the roof. an observa-
1 ton which the heavy darkness made
practically impossible
| | felt along the lvied wall until |
came TO the low steps which led up 10
/ the great door, and then shrank back
! into the ivy to wait and listen. / did
not dare. now, TO press the spring OF
my repeater, but ! guardedly took the
other watch from my pocket and,
/ grading IL in my hands, saw that II
| was two minutes OF ten. In moment
more thanked God In the darkness;
for | heard the soft shrek and click
of the big lock almost at my ear.
(Contlnued.)
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