The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-04-20
PRRILs OF PAULINE
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that door would be to face drawn re-
volvers OF detectives or only the ex-
pectant eyes of bellboy.
There was nothing to do but to an
swer, however. Wrentz moved to the
door.
Who is it?" he asked
Your trunk, sir
you are the pOrter?''
Yes SIR"
well, you can leave the trunk at
the door am too busy to be in
terrupted just now. But here
Wrentz opened the door an inch and
passed dollar bill to the porter.
Il am going to need you again in
few hours he said
Move the girl over behind the bed
out of range there" commanded
Wrentz. Two men seized Pauline and
dragged her across the room where
she could not be seen through the
door, which Wrentz now opened wide.
In the corridor outside stood
large trunk. The bandit leader and
one of his aides lifted it and carried
it into the room.
man,
1T will be heavier in little while.
Open it."
TheAobeyed.
DO you think it is large enough?"
asked their leader.
Large enough for what-the girl?"
demanded Rocco, the bandit, who had
been sulking since his rebuke
"You are shrewd, Rocco" replied
| Wrentz "You have guessed rightly,
and l suppose you will want to put
pillow in it."
| Yes. would said Rocco, who was
the youngest of the band "Or else
would kill her first. What is the use
of torture?'
| "Wrentz' dark face grew even black
er as he eyed the young man
IF you were grown man, Rocco"
he said, instead of soft-hearted boy
you would know that there is one form
of murder that is ALWAYS found out
the trunk murder. And l want to
say this to you," he added with grow
ing heat. that if hear one more word
of rebellion from you this little prison
or will be alive some hours after you
have departed. Now then, into the
trunk with her"
I Rocco sullenly helped the others
in the grim task. The trunk, large as
| it was, was not deep enough to pre-
vent the painful cramping of her
limbs.
But she was deadened to physical pain
With the words of her doom still ring
ing in her ears-the calm discussion of
her death by these merciless brigands
her terror was her torture The
choking gag, the cutting bonds, the
sitting trunk-in which the knife Of
Wrentz had cut but few thin air
holes-these were as nothing to the
agony of her spirit-the agony of a
lingering journey toward certain but
mysterious end.
Pauline had been prisoner before,
had been through many desperate
dangers but her heart had never failed
her utterly until she felt the pressure
of the trunk lid on her bent shoulders
and heard the clamping of the locks
that bound her in
She could still hear the voices.
"1'll go down and settle my bill and
send up that porter" Wrentz was say
Ing. Don't let him help with the
trunk, except to run the elevator
You're sure your car is at the side
entrance-not out in 'front.'"
I'VE are sure"
Il will meet you there"
Pauline had been SO carefully bound
that she could not stir in the trunk
AS she felt it lifted and carried rapid
ly through the corridor to the hotel
elevator she strained with all her
might to make noise-to beat with
hands or feet or even with her head
the sides of the receptacle. But it was
no use. She was carried through the
hotel and out to the side entrance
without attracting any ones attention
She felt the trunk lifted over the
mems heads. and the whirring of an
automobile told her that she was be-
ing placed in machine
well, you didn't care much for your
pet room this time. Mr.. Wrentz," smil-
ed the clerk as the well-appearing
bandit asked for his bill.
Indeed I did, but a message has
called me back to New York"
He paid his bill and fastened out to
the big car In the back of which Pau
lines trunk had been placed. Spring
ing to the wheel, he ordered his fol-
lowers in, and they drove away.
Once ON suburban roads, Wrentz,
either fearful of pursuit or drunk with
success, began speeding The SPLEEN
did car, with its strange freightage,
dashed recklessly for what goal only
its grim driver knew
Along the railroad tracks the noise
of their speed seemed to draw tu-
mutt Of wild sounds from string of
gayly painted cars on the siding. The
snarls and bowls of beasts were ming
led with the angry voices of men, who
seemed to be at work on the other
side of the cars.
To Pauline the noises came family,
but with horrid and unearthly noise.
She, who had been the victim of so
many cruel and fantastic plots. knew
not what new danger the roaring of
the beasts betokened.
In moment, though her mind was
set at rest on this point. For Rocco,
the young bandit, turning 10 the man
next him, asked:
What does it mean? What are they
doing?"
at is a circus train" answered the
man. "They are loading the beasts in
to the cars"