The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-08-15
gagged At the foot Of the stairs lsA2
Ing to tho tennis courts.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Search.

The Search.
We knew 10 had been taken away
by force because woman does MOI.
OF her own free will, 90 out dressed
only in a silk petticoat, a f1imsy
dressing and pair OF thin bed
room slippers, even II the weather 10
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 l 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! I didn't
believe It. 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 I had gone through
morning and afternoon. l could not go
down to dinner. The doctor said
NO" with that capital N, and hated
him. And I was exasperated with
10, who, after playing golf with John
all morning, played golf with him I'll
afternoon-or said she did-and sat
outside on the terrace all evening.
also with John, where the sound OF
their voices foated 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. I was sure he was maxi
ing love to her.
could not complain Of being
neglected, for the doctor had ordered
10 downstairs 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, fitful
sleep. and at two o'clock changed to
the couch in the sitting-rOOm because
I imagined the salty breeze that came
in through the open windows would
soothe me. I must have slept sound
" after that. I did not hear 10 when
she awoke; l did not know what had
become of her.
When / could compose my thoughts
remembered to search Tor the pistol
which Natalie had returned the DAY
before. 1t was gone, but l could gain
no satisfaction from that because, evi'
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
3 locate them until he came into the
:. upper hallway, when he heard the
door at the foot Of the stairs leadine
to the tennis courts slam. He had
3 a flashlight and he said he wasn't
: many seconds getting to the bottom
7 Of those stairs. When he opened the
J door some one struck him terrific
blow on the head, and when no re.
, gained consciousness he was bound
securely, hand and foot. and gagged
He had not recognized any OF the
7 men-it was still dark-nor were theil
! voices familiar to him.
, They had gone toward the ninth
hole and they were carrying some one
i He know that the person was 9
! woman. That was all. What had
+ happened before he heard the SOUND,
;, he didn't know. His wrists were bad
S " cut and bleeding where he hao
struggled to release himself; he hae
t dragged himself to the door and
Q banged on It, but no one had heard
e him.
" ro BE CoNTINUED.>