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? ? ? ? On my way home I was stopped by two men who have confined me in a cave, and won't let me go unless a sum of money is paid for my ransom. I don't know what to do. You will know better than I.

Rodney Ropes.

? ? ? ? His chief captor took the note and read it aloud.

? ? ? ? "That will do," he said. "Now he will believe us when we say that you are in our hands."

? ? ? ? He signed to Rodney to rise from the table and took his place. Drawing a pile of paper to him, he penned the following note:

? ? ? ? Rodney Ropes is in our hands. He wants his liberty and we want money. Send us five thousand dollars, or arrange a meeting at which it can be delivered to us, and he shall go free. Otherwise his death be on your hands.

His Captors.

? ? ? ? Rodney noticed that this missive was written in a handsome business hand.

? ? ? ? "You write a handsome hand," he said.

? ? ? ? "I ought to," was the reply. "I was once bookkeeper in a large business house."

? ? ? ? "And what--" here Rodney hesitated.


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