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You see I am the freshman class president.... The boys in the upper classes kidnaped me, and kept me prisoner in an unused house at the inlet.... I escaped last night, and you brought me here." The story was so tame so unlike what Tess had expected to hear that she drew a long, disappointed breath. There had been a vague wish within her heart that she were going to be of infinite benefit to him.
I propose bringing her and Miss Forbes to London tonight. They will be safer in your house than in Eastbourne, as you will probably agree when you hear what a narrow escape your daughter had this afternoon from being kidnaped by Wong Li Fu." "Great Heavens! Evelyn in danger from that scoundrel!" "Yes. But all is well, believe me. Owing to Mr.
"Kidnaped?" "The word I used was 'kidnaped. But I will spell it if you like. Or I will get a dictionary, that you may see its meaning." The duchess looked as if she was beginning to be not quite sure if she was awake or sleeping. She turned to Ivor. "Mr. Dacre, has the accident affected Hereward's brain?" The duke took the words out of his cousin's mouth.
In telling about their capture, most of them say that their master's wife killed herself with a dagger after the Croutha killed her husband, but about one out of ten say that she was kidnaped by the Croutha. Two different time lines, of course.
In the first place, I will draw up an affidavit and sign it myself, to the effect that a female slave, the property of Vincent Wingfield, has, with her male child, been kidnaped and stolen by Jonas Pearson and others acting in association with him, and that we have reason to know that she has been conveyed into South Carolina.
The pushing guard spun him around hastily. "He was trying to get into the building, Cor Urga," he said respectfully. "These damned Earth slaves are everywhere under foot. It's time we rayed a few to teach them a lesson." Hilary found himself gazing at the gray saturnine countenance that had burnt itself into his memory. Urga the Mercutian who had kidnaped Joan!
In two hours Weary, Pink and Andy Green were touching hat-brims over a telegram from Johnny Scott a telegram which was brief as Chip's, and more illuminating: "CHIP BENNETT, "Dry Lake. "Kidnaped Park hotel chef best cook in town will be on next train. "Sounds good," mused Andy, reading it for the fourth time. "But there's thirteen words in that telegram, if yuh notice."
I could tell Tish I had found a nest, or perhaps, since that would be lying, I could put them in a nest and let her find them. I'd have ordered tea, too, if I could have thought of any way to account for it. "I'm going to do some meditating myself to-day," I remarked, "but I think better when I'm moving. If I don't come back in an hour or so don't imagine I've been kidnaped."
Our tutor had arranged to send a party of the class to hunt for you after dinner, and there's been all kinds of excitement and fuss about you." "I'm sorry," said Frank, "but I couldn't help it. I've been kidnaped, Bob." "What!" "Don't blurt it out. I want to see Ned Foreman first. He's interested." "Gill Mace was around with his sneering meanness," said Bob.
By not responding to the second call in person, Tom went on, he had probably saved himself from being waylaid or kidnaped by his enemies. "Thank goodness!" Sandy exclaimed. "Still, that creepy Len Unger was trying to get information from us." "But how did your enemy know about the dance, Tom?" Phyl Newton put in. Sandy snapped her fingers. "I know!
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