The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-18

roupced upon II ana put II Tn nlS pocket. That was as far as he got for some time. Nevertheless, his little brain was at work, and finally he hit upon a plan. He said to the woman:
 Please let me write papa 10 come and take me away"
 "Hushw grunted the woman. You no write anybody"
 "Tn tell him to pay you a whole lot of money"
 The womau's eyes brightencd at this, but she made no reply. When one or the men came the same afternoon Mark heard him and the woman dis cusSing something. and evidently he was the subject of their discussion. When it was finished the man went into another room and returned with pCn. ink and paper.
 You write your falhC" t0 send $lO,- OO0 and taEc ynu homc.'
 Mark sat down gt a tah.e 10 write without having lNc slichtc>t idea how he was going to u~o the !cmon juice. Indeed. with tho two watching him 1t yycurI be irlrr.. 0'r rIn wrote a let ter and on reading jr .trr found that he had left out ,.r.an words IIc laid 1t aside and wrote snranr Whur writ fnE the Sr.oui letter .l ,..Uwnl Io him that lc m..ht hs1. r.' i"r fine first and hr sl,nI >nuru #. Ew his cap- tors were v..1mg Hn ,'..r moment When nc aH.-.,I thN ow .'..rr aod rhcv vcw I.,n ,..r3 wn' Ing it he found an o.lw'"m.. .' r" ''r first in lis pocket Gna when '.ny returned him his letter '#y '.l u.' teH, he mignt enclose and -,G~.-- E. Ie read 1t over. tore 1t Un and I-.1 '' write another.
 The Italians gave h.1 " S'1ud 'nh for what hr had d"uo. hat tn dId not mind that if hc could vny loduw a plan he had in view. IT, -rH'r a.n''rr letter. which lc pur"o~..l ,p"j'l. 'h'n another, in which hr vrnt" 'Hr mount of the ransom wr,U- EhrH hr >a.' he had changed his m'ul @u. N.a.H'i write 10 his father a.e, aI .n"r 'is captcrS were now haw <" '. aH.H- 70. they cudrayorvd ,a r.r., h.a z" wit" another letter ly repeated .a..~aI,' But he cuIy ,.i3 'Eu.. r.H. auj ai last they dHsiS,"d
 When Mark WA IU. [" i.H ...- ..m. in room with lle "lH.. '.'," H' he wrote iu tpwon m.. r'.A a "t.i.h a description .f rI' ! ..... ,n N,.'F .r was imprisoned and .t- .oea..". >' f"r as he could niyo il. Tln uny, T. r.ia@ when alone vith tne n1r. nn told her he would write ,hC letter ST" save him the writing materials aud he wrote while she did her chores. Finally he handed her a letter in an envelope. lt was the one he had first written, with a postscript. Burn u3 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 10 the woman about it. They finally seemed to agree tn 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 it away with him
 Meanwhile the Chandler family were in a continued agony. Ono afternoon, on entering his house. Nr Chandler found Marks letter that had hcCN slip ped under inc door With it were in structious as to how to ray thc ran som. The postscript arrested Mir. Chaudlcr's attention at ou-c. He sur missed that Mar, had been forced to write the letter and tuv postscript. At ?ny rate. he had no idn# or burning the letter Eut i'm time he began to wonder as to ifS wrauiry Then hr