The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-11-27

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Ele aesh nas narm II 0as no cold
CORPS. be iouehed. hns living human
hclng ay' tied ilke mummy. un.
able a. move hand or zoe, Then. ns
saddenly as rronlng nussrs eager
enough noN. discovered the canse -
siieuoe-ihe man was gagged. cruelty
eaesc1 helpless 10 utter a sound
lhe situation once realized. West
worked rapidly n this bound man
Vas sexton the quicker he could be
released the better hobart had al.
ready revealed his plans. ana might
appear al any moment for the pur.
pose q; executing them n escape was
% he achieved. q must be- accom-.
plishef az once IN the darkness his
fingers could 10 nothing With the
Anot, but The sharp blade o. knife
quickly severed the twisted cloth. and
tie gag. was instantly removed from
between the clenehed teeth The man
muaued breathing heavily. hut made
nn oiheg sound white West slashed
= Gee cords lashlue his limbs finally
freezing them entirely Not until this
had beea accomplished did be pause
long enoneh 10 ask questions.
There that's the last. Now, Who
are you-- SextonT'
"Ncs slr.7 weakly. and IN mere
whistler "an I know yer voice sir.
Ihank God. yer found me. SIR"
n nuS a bit of luck but we'll talk
That over later Now we've rot 70 get
oul of here Can lou walkT
4 gout know. sir. after a fashion.
mayht I'm mighty stlg and nunh.
sir"
Take q easy work YOUR legs no
aud down like that; good. that VIII
restore the circulation How long
have 500 been living herey
II don't know. SIR his voice
strengthening = must have been h.t
The way my head aches The nrst
Thing knew after / went into mat
roam wah yoa. I VAS lyln here IA
lhe dark J couldn't move or speak.
s.r an IL was So hlaek. kind 81 got
q into uiy hcad maybe was dcad ahd
buried " . hadn't hrcn for ms hear
Ing thlncs-yolccs taking. nud all
ihat-l guess would have gnue clear
hstiy Ma,he | didn't set everything
straight. SIR. bat one o. them fellows
vas Iiuharf wasn't hey"
Yes We walked right inin Ms tran.
The fellow who came over 10 NE table
and talked 20 rs WAS jim Hobart Tie
snew me ~ first sight ani easily
guessed what NE wcre there FOR"
Aud was Miss Coolidge here. too.
sirf'
Yes she was. I bad e talk with
her 'hai has mixed me ail up. sexton.
Sha seems % he hand ln glove with
these fellows But hoa did sou sus
poet Sic was herey
u hcari her voice. sir: up there
Sir. soon after | come 10
ny senses She ana some man went
along outside Sounded IKE be- was
maxim her 70 With him. couldn't
gei much ~ What was said. but he
sure talked awful rough. an she |
seemed % BE pleadln aith him. They |
wasn't there hut just minute M
then. a liiile later heard an automo- |
bile start up"
"You have no Idea how long ago I
his vasT-
No, amt SIR. ! been iyin' here
sboat half ,ead guess. an ! don't
seem to have knozn anything after
hat until those fellows come down
lfe wiih the lantern. Were they
lunting after your
Yes: l outsitted them upstairs
nd jumped from window. But that
: enough talk now: we'll 20 over the
shole affair when We are safely away
rom this place. How Is Its 10 yau
hlnk you can navlgate7
sexton responded by getting slowly
q his feet. lie tremblcd ana vas 80
inceriain. as he attempted - gfspe
Onward. that West rrasped him firm
= helping him slowly toward the
DOT 81 the steps. The iso crnnt 40
be stairs canroBsls. and surveyed
i'e cloiisned go yard as best they