New Britain herald., 1922-07-26
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threw few things into a bag ant
 waited for the signal. It came ant
 Miss Patricia slipped down the drive
 to where limousine stood at the
 gate with one man behind the whee
 and another holding the door.
 After that things happened toe
 quickly for her to utter a cry. The
 man took her bag, clapped his hand
 over mouth and bundled her in also
 and they were off. She remembers
 struggling, but 8 swedish smelling cloth - chloroform. probably - was
 placed over her face and then every thing was blank
 When she came 10 herself there was rush of cool air in her face for the window behind the drivers seat was down and the two men were talking.
 Her heavy beaded handbag was still on her arm and without stopping the face with it, tore open the nearest door and jumped, rolling over and over into ditch. They cursed and halted but another car was coming and that gave her an opportunity to scramble up and over a low stone wall into a mass of willow shoots growing by brook.
 They gave up hunting for her and drove off. She stumbled along in the darkness with sense enough to keep to the main road, A moving van came rumbling along and on an inn pulse she hailed it; she says the idea flashed across her mind that if she could find out the name of the nearest village and get the word to Mir. Wells he would keep her confidence and come to take care of her, at the same time sending a warning to you.
 When she asked them where they were going and they told her Tree dale Miss Patricia thought at once of this Higgs and got them to give her a lift.
 "Whatever they thought they let her climb in and on the way she ar ranged with one of them to take that note to Wells house when they got back to the city in the morning. They reached Freedale at dawn and Miss Patricia got down and went di- rectly to the Higgs place.
 Did she recognize either of the two men who abducted her?" demanded Miles.
 No. But when one of them flung her travelling case into the car she saw that his sleeves were rolled up and a device of some sort was tatooed on one arm'
 "Tell me how you located Miss Pa- tricia," asked Miles.
 "The scrap of paper she had used for that message to Mir. Wells started | me in the right direction" Zorn re- piled. T caught the first train to . It wasn't difficult to To- cate a new family named 'Slocum' and [ earn the name of the furniture | mover 1
 "The boss of the moving gang de- scribed the house at Freddie where | 1e had left the girl. l took the early .fternoon train and located the girlSat | he Higgs place.
 Did you see Wells last night at leven ?" asked Miles,
 "Yes, It came near being disas- rous appointment for mel
 Disastrous!'
 When l le1L nls HouSc ooiloooN1 ried to hold me up hit me with blackjack and only the soft felt hat fas wearing saved me from being hooked for a goal! See ?" Torn re- { 1oved his cap and displayed a strip f plaster where his smooth, blond air had been clipped away. He neaked up from behind and landed . n me, but something must have :, cared him for he took to his heels z nd was gone before I could recover ,, to give chase. It's on . le, isn't it?" r Tt certainly is" agreed Miles, but ' lere was peculiar quality in his ,, ,ne Are you going back to the :, ty now?" !, Zorn nodded and rose