The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-03

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Roughly they seized the children
and slung their wraps around
them saying only, 1--WE have not a
minute to spare!" and other things
that sounded terribly ugly and
angry, that Jane did not under
stand at all, but that Jack thought
must be swearing in Italian, for it
sounded just like Mr.. Cradd back
in Make Believe town and Captain
Brave had called it swearing. Any
way Jack did not like it at all and
it made him feel afraid the man
would do something terrible to
them, But
Just then the door opened and
two, big. armed men jumped inside
of the door, then two more and two
more until the room seemed full Of
them. Every robber was taken
captive by these men and every
door was guarded. This was all
the children could see. but they
somehow felt that these new
corners were their friends. The
room was almost entirely dark as
one yellow Pickering flame from
small lamp was the only light in
room.
AT first the kidnappers looked
so angry and talked so ugly that
the children were terribly scared
but they soon realized that the
newcomers had taken all their
arms and that even the robbers
had realized that it was useless to
try to escape any more.
Then came a blaze of light and
the children looked in the direc-
ton from which it came, but one
look was enough and with shrill
cry Of I'VE knew you'd GOMEZ" the
children ran across the room and
flung themselves in the arms of
the big man who had dropped the
flashlight to gather the children in
his big strong arms.
1t was Captain Brave, and oh,
how glad they were to see him!
and he, we'll he was so happy he
talked real excitedly and laughed
so often that this made them know
that Of course he was not crying,
he never did that-but they wonder
ed why he took his handkerchief
and wiped his eyes often, they CUES
sed that it was because he was
happy.
Then some of Captain Braves
men found two large lamps and
lighted them, and then the child
rem recognized some of the other
men that had come to rescue them.
There was Signor Angelo and Como
and some of the men they had seen
on Signor Angeles estate when
they were there. But this was
not the time nor place to visit and
the robbers must be taken away
and the children must be dressed
and fed or they might get sick, for
they had not had very good meal
for a week.
Then most of the men went
away, taking the robbers with
them. There were two men on
each side of each robber and they
seemed to know where they were
going to take the kidnappers.
Later Captain Brave and the
children got into an automobile
that was waiting nearby and started
off for home and Ladydear.
They went straightway to their
rooms and to Ladydear. Such
happy meeting as it was. l will
leave it to you to guess just how
happy the children and Ladydear
were to see each other again. Lady
dear looked so thin and pale the
children thought, but she said that
she would not look that way any
more now that she had Jack and
Jane back again.
What did they do with the kid
Captain Brave?" asked
Jack.
"They are all locked up in Jail,
son, so that they will not rob
children any more.
After the children told their
story, how they were picked up and
carried away, and where they stay
ed and how happy they were when
they looked out of the little window
and realized they were near the
Sea, and how they
knew that Captain Brave would find
them soon, Captain Brave told
hem how they had been searching
for them day and night since they