The Marshall republican., 1913-03-21
BY

COYpEm rgi
bObBor MPRILl COMPANY
CHAPTER XIV.
The Search.

We hutN ~ AZ btth tuhCh oWdy
by force because a woman does not,
Of her own free will, 90 out drcssed
only in n silk petticoat, a fimsy
dressing.gown. and a pair Of thin bed
DON slippers. ven II the weather IL
warm. Adams. the detective, whom
John found tied M hard and fast. told
us the little he knew OF what had
happened. when he could talk-poor
fellowl And although ! tried not to
get shrieky and faint, I threw myself
across the pillow where JOS dear old
dark head had rested, and came very
near doing both. | tried to tell my.
self that she ~ all right, that we
should find her soon. alive! ! didn't
believe It. | could only zee that who
ever took her away did so for n pur-
pose. that they would kill her, or per-
baps-bad!
II was the elimination Of an awful
day. After what ! had gone through
morning and afternoon. I could not 20
down TO dinner. The doctor said
"No." with that capital N. and ! hated
him. And I was exasperated with
Jo. who. after playing golf with John
all morning. PLAYED golf with him all
afternoon-or said she did-and sat
outside on the terrace all evening.
also with John. where the sound OF
their voices noated up TO me-. punciu,
ated occasionally with laughter from
both OF them. He never IN hts life
did such n thing AZ sit ON the ter.
race all evening with "A woman! l
could not catch "A word OF what they
were saying. | was sure he was
Ing love TO her.
~ could not complain Of being
neglected, for the doctor had ordered
Jo dowr.stairs AMI told me TO 20. TO
sleep, adding that my temperature
was up and my heart queer. Cello
put me, 10 bed. but when 10 came
finally | was sitting up. crying softly
and scratching the palm OF my hand.
Poor old Jol She patted me to
sleep, hut n was q restless. htfui
sleep. and at two o'clock I changed to
the couch In the sitting.room because
Imagined the salty breeze that came
IN through the open windows would
soothe me. I must have slept sound
iy after that. ! did not hear 10 when
she awoke: ! did not know what had
become OF her.
When ] could compose my thoughts
I remembered 20 search for tho pistol
which Natalie had returned the day
before. II was gone. but could gain
no satisfaction from that because. evil
IDENTIFY, 10 had not used the pistol ana
the reason OF that WAS quite clear
to me: they had disarmed her.
Adams said there were three men.
lie had heard sounds but couldn't
locate them until he came into the
upper hallway. when he heard the
door AT the foot Of the stairs leading
20 the tennis courts slam. lie had
a ~fashlight and he said he wasn't
many seconds getting to the bottom
Of those stairs. when he opened the
door some one struck him a terrific
blow on the head. and when he re-
gained consciousness he was bound
securely. hand and foot. and gagged.
He had not recognised any OF the
man-it was still dark--nor we're their
voices familiar to him.
They had gone toward the ninth
hole and they were carrying some n
He know that tho person was Q
woman. That Was all. What had
happened before he heard the sounds
he didn't know. His wrists were bad
ly cut and bleeding where he had
struggled to release himself: he had
dragged himself to the door and
banged on It. but no n had heard
him.
Al the end of an hour We knew
that JOS sbductors had crossed the
wire fence to the pasture. q mile
down the shore, for q piece of the
dark blue dressing that was
missing from her wardrobe was found
on the wire where. evidently, II had
y caught. A little farther on, n oil
her slippers was found. But there
all trace OF the thieves and Jo ended
We teiephoned for winthrop and he
came Immediately. He knew more
about that part Of the country In q
minute than any Of the rest OF us
IN a year. BUT noontime- brought
nothing more. and afternoon still
nothing. Then the police were noti
fed and that brought also newspaper
men and photographers. The police
and the newspapers seemed the end
Of our desperate hoping.
Doctor Graham came and b~arricaded
me in my sittfng.room when the re
porters began TO arrive. with Celie as
sentinel. He said It would not do foi
me to zee them; that I would be III
Then the attempted Jewel robbery
leaked ou~t--reporters Just scent such
things-embellished with my having
heard suspicious noises. dramaticall,
rushing out and saving the Jewels
and plunging down the steps ant
breaking my arm AZ = hitting climax
An artist sketched n Of the maids
and added . broken arm, ~ the,
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