The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-08

to say that Oh any sign of an attempt
on the part of the police to rescue her
or capture us she will ut once be kill
ed"
AS soon as these injunctions had
been delivered the doctor was conduct
ed into the house. He was glad to get
news of Miss Townsend. whose disap-
pearance had naturally greatly moved
all pers0ns-residents and strangers
in Sorrento. Resolving to keep his eyes
open for some loophole by which to
relieve her from her position without
endangering her safety and If possible
lead to the capture Of her captOrs. he
entered the house and was led to Il
room, where he found the young lady.
She had worn herself out with hys-
terics. lying ON Il bed In n state border
ing on collapse. Another man was In
attendance.
DOrrance and his patient had not met
before When he entered the room her
eyes were closed. and every few mo-
ments she gave way to nervous
twitching. He opened his satchel and.
taking out Il little syringe. gave her a
hypOdermic injection in the arm, ill.,
tended to quiet her. This done. he
awaited the result of his treatment.
Meanwhile his brain was at work in
another direction. Finally he said to
the men:
1T may be necessary to save her life
to send to Sorrento for medicine. Have
you any one to sendT'
TONY will CO." said the man who
had been the doctors conductor.
Another person should go to the
captive's father and get the ransom,
for her life depends on her being freed
at once"
Cannot one person do both err
rands?'
THAT is for you to say
well. Luigi can attend to that"
will there be no other person than
you left to assist me?'
mo. What more assistance do you
want than l can give you"
mo matter. You will do
These questions were intended to
discover how many persons were pres
ent. and it was evident that the num-
Der was three. Dorrance said nothing
more. but sat looking at his patient,
who was gradually getting more calm.
He would have liked to attack these
men and rescue the girl. but what
could he do with three armed men,
while he had no weapon at all? Pres
emily an expedient occurred to him.
but he gave no sign Of it.
The patient opened her eyes and
saw stranger looking down upon her.
She said nothing. but the doctor thought
she was sufficiently Gained To- notice
that he was Of n different class from
her captors. He would have been glad
to say something to her by way of en-
cOuragement. also something TO assist
him In carrying out an embryo plan.
but there were two men In the room
watching him. and he dared not An
expedient occurred to him.
do you feel faint?' he asked in
Italian.
Miss Townsend did not understand
told the men that he must speak to his
patient in English. They consulted
and finally permitted him to do so.
II am going to try to rescue YOU"
said the doctor. BE on your guard
and ready to take advantage Of what
l may do"
Hope sprang into the girls eyes. and.
fearing to betray herself. she closed
them and groaned. The doctor turned
to his satchel and began to hunt for
some drug. finally lighting on a small
bottle. Though he had refrained from
carrying arms. he had always kept In
his satchel something that might be
used in an emergency In lieu of arms.
The bottle he took out of the satche
was marked aqua Forts" Putting
the mouth Of his syringe into it. he
drew up the piston. sucking up a cou-
pie of ounces Of the liquid. Then. lay
ing 1t down beside him. he asked for
pencil and paper and wrote request
to send whatever ransom was demand,
ed and on no account to attempt
rescue or capture Of the bandits.
This paper he gave to her conductor.
who read 1t and handed it to Tony. tell
ing him to give it to Luigi with in
structions to set out with it at once
for Sorrento.
The doctor listened to hear the mes
senger depart. but made no move for
half an hour after he had gone. He
was gathering his forces for the two
men. Presently he said:
II must give her another Injection
Taking up his syringe, he asked one
of the men to hold it for moment.
and, extending it just as the bandit
was about to take it. Dorrance gave
him half the contents in his eyes. and
before the other had realized what had
been done he received the balance i'm
the same place.
Nothing beyond the yells of the two
villains was needed to tell tho cap
tive what had been done. With mar
velous recuperative strength she
sprang from the bed. and both she and
the doctor made Il dash for the door.
leaving the two men blinded. bowling.
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