The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-16
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AT New York my cousin Richard
met US and literally took possession
of Us. Without my knowledge, the
cruel-looking doctor was included in
the party l did not discover it until
we were on the train, bound, as l sup
posed, for my old home just beyond
Buffalo. 1t was some time since l
had been in New York, and l naturally
did not notice much which way we
were going. The fact was, every plan
was anticipated, and | was told that
all arrangements had been made. Mrs
Chambray began to treat me like
little child and say: You see, we are
going to take good care of you, dear,
so don't worry about thing"
Il had taken the drawing-room COM
partment, not so much because l had
. headache, as / told them, as because
| wanted to get away from their So
ciety. My cousins marked devotion
became painful to me. Then, too, the
attentions and constant watchfulness
of the disagreeable doctor became
most distasteful
I'VE had been sitting on the OBJ
servation platform, and it was late in
the afternoon, when / said was going
to lie down, and the two men got up to
go into the smoker. In spite of my
protests. Mrs. Chambray insisted upon
following me in, to see that l was per
fect1y comfortable. She fused around
me, covering me up and offering smell
ing salts and eau de cologne for my
head. let her fuss, thinking that was
the quickest way to get rid of her.
closed my eyes, and she said she
would go out to the observation plat
form. l lay still for awhile, thinking
about her and how much l wanted to
get rid of her. She acted as if she
had been engaged to stay with me for
ever, and it suddenly became very
plain to me that l ought to have a
talk with her and tell her that should
need her services no longer after this
journey was over. 1t might make a
difference to her if she knew it at
once, and perhaps now would be as
good a time to talk as any, for she was
probably alone out on the platform. |
got up and made a few little changes
in my dress, for it would soon be time
to go into the dining-car. Then | went
out to the observation platform, but
she was not there. The chairs we're
the railing, away from the car door,
and sat down to wait for her, think
. ing we would soon be back.
I'VE were going so fast, through
a pretty bit of country. 1t was dusky
and restful out there, so I leaned back
and closed my eyes. Presently
heard voices approaching, above the
rumble of the train, and, peeping
around the doorway, l saw Mrs. Cham
bray, Richard, and the doctor coming
from the other car. l kept quiet, hop
! ing they would not come out, and they
! did not. They settled down near the
+ door, and ordered the porter to put
, up a table for them to play cards.
| THE train began to slow down, and
/ finally came to halt for longer time
/ on a sidetrack, waiting for another
train to pass. | heard Richard ask
! where l was. Mrs. ChamEray said
! Iaughingly that l was safely asleep
! Then, before I realized it, they began
!
were no other passengers in the car
! Richard asked Mrs. Chambray if she
! thought had any suspicion that l was
not on the right train, and she said
| Not the slightest and then by de
| gTees there floated to me through the
open door the most diabolical plot
had ever heard of. / gathered from il
| that we were on the way to Philadel
phia, would reach there in a little
while, and would then proceed to {
| place near Washington, where the doc
tor had a private insane asylum, anc
where I was to be shut up. They were
going to administer some drug tha
would make me unconscious when
was taken off the train. If they could
not get me to take it for the headache
| had talked about, Mrs. Chambra!
was to manage to get it into my fooC
or give it to me when asleep. Mrs
Chambray. 1t seems, had not known
the entire plot before leaving Europe
and this was their first chance of tell
ing her They thought was safely il
my compartment, asleep, and she haC
gone into the other car to give the sig
nal as soon as she thought she had MT
where l would not get up again for ;
while
They had arranged every detail
Richard had been using as models thu
letters I had written him for the las
three years, and had constructed Sc
of love letters from me to him, in pei
feet imitation of my handwriting
They compared the letters and rea'
snatches of the sentences aloud. Tn
letters referred constantly to our be
| ing married as soon as I should return
from abroad, and some of them spok
of the money as belonging to US both
and that now it would come to its owl
without any further trouble
Continued Tomorrow