The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-08-16
gagged at the foot of the stairs lead.
ing to the tennis courts.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Search.

Vhe search.
We knew 10 had been taken away
by force because woman does not,
of her own free will. go out dressed
only in a silk petticoat, fimsy
dressing gown. and a pair OF thin bed
room slippers. even II the weather Is
warm. Adams. the detective. whom
John found tied up hard and fast, told
us the little he knew of what had
happened, when he could talk-poor
fellow. And although I tried not to
get shrieky and faint, 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 was all right, that We
| should find her soon. alive. didn't
believe 1t. l could only see that who
ever took her away did so for pur
pose, that they would kill her. or per
haps-had.
1t was the elimination of an awful
day. After what had gone through
morning and afternoon, could not go
down to dinner The doctor said
NO" with that capital y. and hated
him. And | was exasperated with
w. "ho' aAb'i piaN ihS Sun WIN ooh'
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 floated up to me. punctu-
ated occasionally with laughter from
both of them. He never in his life
did such a thing as sit on the ter
race all evening with a woman.
could not catch a word of what they
were saying. | was sure he was max
ing love to her.
could not complain of being
neglected. for the doctor had ordered
10 down stairs and told me to go to
sleep, adding that my temperature
was up and my heart queer. Celie
put me to bed. but when 10 came
finally l was sitting up, crying softly
and scratching the palm of my hand.
Poor old 10, She patted me to
sleep, but 1t was a restless, htful
sleep, and at two o'clock l changed to
the couch in the sitting-room because
imagined the salty breeze that came
| in through the open windows would
soothe me. | must have slept sound
ly after that l did net hear 10 when
she awoke; l did not know what had
become of her
When | could compose my thoughts
remembered to search for the pistol
which Natalie had returned the day
before 1t was gone, but | could gam
no satisfaction from that because. evil
IDENTIFY, 10 had not used the pistol and
the reason of that was quite clear
to me: they had disarmed her.
Adams said there were three men.
He 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
to the tennis courts slam. He 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 terrihc
blow on the head. and when he re-
! gained consciousness he was bound
securely. hand and foot, and gagged
He had not recognized any OF the
men-it was still dark-nor were their
voices familiar to him.
They had gone toward the ninth
hole and they were carrying some one
He know that the person was
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 1t, but no one had heard
him.
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