Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-01-29

we NouIu Iot get IL TdllSOW lOr ueT.
You are to give her some medicine to
quiet her: then you must carry back
with you demand for $1,000 lire
($lOO0O), on receipt of which she will
be suffered to return. You have also
to say that on any sign of an attempt
on the part of the police to rescue her
or capture us she will ut once he 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 perSOns-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 u
room. where lie found the young lady.
She had worn herself out with hys-
terics. lying on Il bed in Il 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 II nervous
twitching. He opened his satchel and.
taking out little syringe, gave her a
hypodermic injection in the arm. in
tended to quiet her. This done. he
awaited the result of his trea tment.
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 send:'
TONY will GO" 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
randsY
THAT is for you to say"
We'll, Luigi can attend to that"
will there be no other person than
you left to assist meY
NO. What more assistance do you
want than can give you?'
'No matter. You will do"
These questions were intended to
discover how many persons We're pres
ent. and it was evident that the num-
Der was three. Dorrance said nothing
more. but sat looking ut 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 ut 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 calmed to notice
that he was of a different class from
her capt0rs. He would have been glad
to say something to her by way of en-
enlargement, also something to assist
him in carrying out an embryo plan.
but there We're two men in the room
watching him. and lie dared not An
eXpedient occurred to him.
DO you feel faint:' he asked in
Italian.
Miss Townsend did not understand
Italian and did not reply. The doctor
told the men that he must speak to his
patient in English. They consulted
and finally permitted him to do 50.
Il am going to try to rescue YOU"
said the doctor. BE on your guard
and ready to take advantage of what
| 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 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 satchel
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 it down beside him. he asked for
pencil and paper and wrote request
" SNhu W HdleNcT IullSOlu WIS uemaDu-
ed and on no account to attempt
rescue or capture of the bandits.
This paper he gave to her conductor.
who read it 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 10 moyc for
half an hour after he had gone He
was gathering his forces for the two
remaining men. Presently he said:
81 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 ba.lnce in
the same place.
Nothing beyond the yels OF tlia two
villains wos needed to tell ,ha cap
tive what had been done. With mar
velous recuperative strength she
spranS from the bed. and both she and
the doctor made dash for the door,
Ta0VtnD tho tun man lI;n1,,1 b,u,l:,,.r