Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-11-07

The belief that I might have been
meant to act as guide for Kim Lees
men faded to more uncertain thing
than ever. How, 1 reasoned, could
any one follow the body Of a woman
nailed into case and carted through
the streets? O
/ bit my lips on my resolve not to
falter. tried to clench my hands and
stopped at the pain in my wrists. l
wanted to cry out, and could not for
the gag. Without knowing that l was
crying, found my hot cheeks wet
with tears of pain and discouraged
emotion. In that moment I cried out
in my soul to Dual, the man who had
sent me, and after that cried out to
the God had seldom appealed to be-
fore.
After bit the first sick shock OF
my position passed and calmer mood
came on me. What sort of actions,
asked myself, were these for woman
who had promised to be strong and OF
good courage? Was this the bravery
Dual had praised? Had !, when fol-
lowed him in his rescue of the girl
Lily Lawton, known any more fully
than now what plans he had formed
in his brain?
And he had told me that everything
would be well-that by doing as he
said / would reach to the man whom
1 loved. Was to doubt? Surely he
had known / was going into danger.
He had shown me SO much. The lit
tie automatic, still safe in my waist,
said so The package Kim Lee had
given into my keeping spoke OF
knowledge far deeper than mine.
I eased myself on my jolting bed as
best could, and fought back by de-
grees to something like my former re-
solve to be calm and meet things as
they came.
After u long time felt the cart slow
and then stop. So far as l could tell,
it was backing. There came a sound
of whining voices and squeaky tone,
speaking in English, inquiring if this
was the place where a packing case
was expected.
NV case moved again. 1t was drag
ged out, and swung and swayed as it
was carried-somewhere 1t was laid
down. A hammer hit the wood above
my head. A nail shrieked as 1t was
withdrawn from the wood. Many
hands, as it seemed, seized upon me
and lifted me out. The cords on my
ankles parted, and was placed on my
feet. With sense of immense relief
/ felt my wrists united. y
Quite unexpectedly the cloth was
torn from my face. glimpsed circle
of yellow faces grouped around me.
looked about.
So far as l could see, stood in the
vast interior of a deserted warehouse.
The debris of years of disuse was scat
tered all about me. Old packing
cases, old boxes, old packing refuse,
Uttered the floors. A faint light of late
afternoon filtered through cracks in
the walls. High up, the girders of the
roof spanned the distance from wall
to wall.
So much I saw, and then one of the
men about me laid hold of my arm.
down the length of the Uttered floor
toward the farther end. AS / neared
it l saw what looked like heavy
door set into the wall. Before this
my captors paused. The one who held
me fumbled in his garments and
brought forth key.
At sign from him, another pro
duced small, dark lantern and set II
alight. The key was thrust into the
lock, turned, and withdrawn. Th'
door itself was set open. A gust o
cool, musty air rushed out. The mai
who led me and one other-the on'
with the lantern-passed through. Th
door was closed.
We stood in what seemed to be
tunnel dug straight back into tn
yround. The faint beams Of tho lar
lsrn showed me the damp-streakc
Sides Of the place and the earthe,
floor under my feet.
WeNHwent forward again-perhap
for hundred feet. Again a door bar
red our progress. 1t was small a,it
set into heavy framework, its sur
face reinforced with iron bars and to.
heads Of bolts. A great paddock helt
II fast by staple. 1t was also secured
by bar dropped into sockets.
The man with the light handed |,
over to the one who held me, lifted the
bar and set 1t aside. took a second key
from the hand of my guard, and un
fastened the heavy paddock.
Leaning back against its weight, he
drew the door open. In s.,.3J.
My guard led me through. heard
. sound which sent my heart into my
throat. 1t was the sharp, metallic
clanking Of chain and the motion OF
. body of some sort disturbed by our
arrival.
My guard paused. The ray of his
lantern darted beyond us and struck
the farther wall. t.
think that save for the gag would
have screamed aloud. Before me in
the dim circle of light saw Danny
McKabe crOuchine down nm fhe floor