The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-23

better case and almost equally uncsr.
tam as 10 the fate In store for them.
They could not guess. poor creatures.
that staIwart officer OF the Quilted
States army lay In nm adjoining cell
In an equally deplorable plight.
Soon after the departure OF the po-
lice detachment Of soldiers marched
mobiles had reversed. The company
was. engaged In scouting operations.
and Captain Downing ordered halt,
as the men had been kept continuous
ly at work during some strenuous
hours. Dismounting be banded the
reins to an orderly. lighted cigar and
strolled little way up the road. No
/ ticing the recent tracks Of two auto
mobiles. he was surprised on coming
to the place where they had stopped
Rand turned. There seemed to be no
late spot. SO he examined the ground
with some curiosity.
As It happened. he had some expert
ence Of Indian warfare. and his train
ed eyes soon detected signs In the bro
ken reeds and crushed grass which n
dicated that numerous party had
gone on into the marsh while taking
every precaution to obliterate their
tracks. Unfortunately. he did not
summon his men. but continued the
investigation alone.
| Soon he found himself staring at an
abandoned house. and there could be
4 hnnhf that hn tran Ixl f,, &ka%
rection. Though consumed with curl
osity. he suspected no real danger
Why should he? Why should any off,
Ger OF the United States army guess
that his life was In peril merely be-
cause he chose to investigate such
slight yet bewildering circumstance as
| the presence Of a mutfied trail across
New Jersey marsh?
Wholly unknown to Captain Down.
ing. however, stealthy eyes were
watching him from the brushwood.
Before he had the least realization OF
| danger he was pounced on. choked
brutally and dragged int" IN evil smell
ing passage, whence he emerged In the
| presence of All Singh.
The astounded missioner fancied he
had tumbled headlong into some scene
from The Arabian Nights He was
faced by tall and simperious person
age attired in rich garments of eastern
fashion. His captors were men whose
language and dress suggested the Can
ton Bazaar rather than bleak patch
Of New Jersey. And. most amazing
thing of all, he personally seemed to
be an object Of common hate merely
because he wore the honored uniform
Of his country.
who are your demanded Ali Singh
scornfully.
IF you want to know my name
began Captain Downing.
Perhaps it was an idle question:
said the other, with bitter and Gym
ical smile. What does 1t matter to
me whether you are captain or pri.
vate? You are my enemy. and that
sufiices. You. as well as another. will
serve my purpose. shall take care
that your employers learn your fate
Without another word All Singh
strobe close to the astounded prisoner
and began to tear off the insignia OF
his rank and the buttons of his uni
form. Too amazed at first to resist.
the soldiers spirit soon refused to SUBJ
NIT to such indignities. He wrenched
himself free and endeavored to deal
this mailman knockdown blow.
But the effort was I'm vain. A dozen
hands grasped his arms and legs. his
sword and revolver were snatched
| from him, and he was thrust into an
ha H.. -.
occupied by the three girls
When his prolonged absence led to
uneasiness the men of his company
searched the road and adjacent
swamps. Naturally. they went too far
at first. When it became evident that
they must scour the land at point
nearer to their hating place daylight
was failing. and 1t was wholly impos-
siblei to- detect any footprints which
might have led them to their leaders
prison house.
So Ali Singh now had four captives
In his hands. One was doomed to
death. The others might. according to
his mood, he either killed outright or
kept in vile durance to act as pawns
in the amazing game he was playing
with the government OF the United
States.
After wretched night Willard Bron-
son awoke to n new day Of misery and
foreboding. His first care was to ask
Manning and the butler If there was
any news.
No; nothing had been heard from
Kemp, and from him alone might any,
definite tidings be looked for.
Bronson returned to his room and
began to dress. Then he noticed let
ter on the table 1t had not been there
the night before. and the handwriting.
which set forth his own name. was
strange to his eyes. Confronted by
such a mysterious missive. man in
stinctively looks around as though to
learn its source. and Bronson then saw
that a window pane had been re-
moved. obviously to permit some one
to thrust back the bolt and raise the
window
He tore open the envelope. A sheet
Of npfQ mn nor hnra In IN a., 4. x.~oc,.