Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-06-26

saark." said Mr.. Chandler. there's
cent; go get me paper"
II was 6 O'Clock in the evening. and
aav and night were mingling. A boy.
who was ten years old. started for the
naner. The walk before him there and
sack would require about ten minutes.
rvyenty minutes passed and he had not
,stprned. His mother began to grow
.,x,eus. Her husband laughed at ner.
miner was announced. and stin no
word from Mark. Mrs. Chandler In
s,s,ed that the father should so to the
newsstand and make inquiries. He
consented and learned that the boy had
haen there, bought a paper and gone
away with 1t In the direction Of his
home.
This il what happened to Mark
While walking home a carriage drove
mn 10 the sidewalk beside him, two
men alighted. seized the boy, put him
into the carriage. got In with him, shut
tho door and were driven away. There
was not a person near to see what had
been done.
Mark Chandler was very bright
how. He was a boys boy. not girls
how by any means. He had no use for
indoor playthings. except that In the
earret of his home he had workshop
and various electrical contrivances He
knew nothing of electric theories, but
had played with batteries to turn min
,ature mills. ring bells and make tiny
lights so often that he had become
quite conversant with the adjustment
Of wires. His other amusements were
baseball. football and in winter sknt-
ing. Altogether Mark was as well cal
culated as any boy of his age to take
care of himself.
He knew he was being kidnapped.
and from the lingo in which his cap
tors couyersed he judged they were
Italians. or course he was terribly
frightened. but 1T didn't take him very
long to recover his equanimity sufii-
GENTLY to notice the direction In which
he was being taken. He had been
some locations. But he was not driven
In a straight course and soon lost his
bearings. 1t was in the spring Of the
year, the length of the twilight had
considerably heightened. and the boy
could see landmarks II he only recog-
nized them. Presently he passed a rink
where he had skated After this the
carriage turned down broad avenue,
which be distinctly remembered, but
did not know It's name. The lamps were
lighted. and he saw the names OF the
streets crossed Bogart street was one
OF them. and into this the carriage
turned. Not far from the corner Of
the street and the avenue the carriage
stopped at large house. 1t stood
alone and had the appearance Of being
unoccupied- Mark was taken into 1t
by back door, but there were no
lights. and after passing through a
basement hall and up short stairway
be found himself In n handsomely fur
nished room in which gas Jet was
burning. Besides the two men was
woman. veritable bag. and. though
be understood not q word Of their talk.
he knew that the men were turning
him over to her Al his TALLER. After
brief consultation the two men went
out Of the room. followed by the wo-
man. who locked the door altar her.
Mark threw himself on a lounge
and cried till she came back with some
bread and little butter and sugar on
it She told him in Italian English not
to cry, giving him to understand that
he would be well treated This helped
him to recover his equanimity. and he
ate the supper she had provided for
him Then she took him upstairs to q
large bedroom. In which the gas jet
was turned low, and told him to 60 to
bed.
The kidnapers were evidently either
caretakers of the house or. knowing
that 1t was vacant. had forced an en-
trance and appropriated 1t to their use.
Mark didn't consider this. He was too
young. But he did consider means Of
escape. His father had once locked
him In room for disobedience and
shortly after found him playing base
ball with his boy companions. Mark
mad slid down a drain pipe. As soon
as the woman left him he began to
make investigations. He raised a win
dow SO stealthily as not to make
sound that could be heard and looked
out He was on the third story in the
rear Of the house and nothing near by
which be might get down. He noticed
q telephone wire leading into room
below and wished he might get near It
long enough to send message. But 1t
was not likely that his captors would
permit him to do SO.
He longed also for the battery he had
at home and wires to connect 1t with
the telephone wires. thinking he might
send message. But he was perfectly
safe where he was. and at last. giving
up trying to devise means of escape.