Show REVELATIONS OF A WIFE no ROW R I UNTIED HER iIER BONDS AND I PREPARED U TO DL HER HER- Sl LI I waited only until the sound of or orIme Mme Ime footsteps had died away awat at the tho foot loot of or the stairs before beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning the attempt to free myself from Crom the cords binding m my wrists and an an- kles There Thereas was as no time to bo frittered awa away I realized that The giant called Otto bad had conceived conceived con con- the tho Idea that I was toas too dangerous danger danger- ous to keep alive even oven until the arrival of ot the tho man with the scarred hand He Ho wanted me to be bo put out of or tho the way at lonce once and I knew that ho would killme kill killme me with as little compunction as he would trample upon an Insect Indeed If It I read hl his type aright he would probably carefully avoid treading upon the insect because o of the thc strain ot oL ot sick sickly sickly- sentimentalism often otten found in his particular brand of ot the Teutonic mind That he possessed the of ot his type I could coul easily read and Iwas I Iwas was sure that even In the face of Or the ferret-faced ferret youths youth's prohibition he ho would make an opportunity 10 to attempt my my life lito Bat thanks to Mme Hofer's Horer's strange whim he would find me free of or my bonds and armed for tor my own defense instead of ot being a a. helpless victim I ready for tor the shambles I With Infinite caution to avoid old any I creaking of ot the conch couch upon which h I had been laid I rolled to my side and I then slow slowly muscle by muscle raised rained myself to a sitting posture Tho excitement ex cx- I and strain of or the effort efort al almost almost almost al- al I most made me forget forSet the pain of ot the tho gag gar which Mme Hofer had thrust into my mouth but when I was finally seated on the side of or the couch my feet once more upon the floor loor I realIzed realized realized real real- that m my first effort must be di directed directed directed di- di toward the tho horrible thing which stretched m my jaws apart Madge e Is Ready Rendy I raised my bound hands over my head hea and back to m my neck rejoicing that thit I had never neglected the dally daily any I exercises which keep my muscles fit tit titan an and my fingers supple I found the removal of or the gag childs child's play even cn I with m my wrists bound The knot with I which Mme Hofer had fastened It was an absurdly simple one Then I attacked the wrist bonds with m my teeth first examining the knot carefully and finding the same painstaking painstaking painstaking pains pains- taking lack of ot care on tho the part of the strange woman who had tied me up It was comparatively easy to free my wrists ludicrously so 50 to unloosen my ankles and then I was able to take tako from m my cloak and dress the tho objects Mme me Hofer had thrust within them I A small loaded pistol and a skeleton keyl key I I felt a 3 warm surge of ot gratitude to thA nn th fh 1 i h uno u. u n I life lite for tor me mc me even en though her reason for doing so 50 was my re real l or fancied re resemblance re- re semblance to someone someone she had loved and lost Because of ot her I didn't dare to rise from tho couch and explore the room I must make no movement that would direct suspicion to my room and thence upon her until after I was sure that she was as beyond the reach of ot her comrades' comrades vengeance Torturing as the Inaction was I realized that I must He lie quietly tor for hours perhaps simulating the tho gagging and trussing which Ottos Otto's eyes had declared de declared declared de- de satisfactorily do done e. e But I found abundant occupation In arranging my bonds again and again so BO that at the sound of ot a footstep I could coul quickly tuck tho the gag ag in my mouth and lay the bonds loosely over not over not around aroun around my my my ankles and wrists In such a mann manner r as aa asto asto to deceive anyone as ns far tar away as the door And just beneath my mj right hand was the pistol little bigger than a to toy which I grimly resolved to use If It It was necessary for me to do flO eo o. o The ke key I had concealed again In m my dress It was perhaps two hours after atter Mme Hofer Horer had left me hours In which I heard much movement and confusion down b below low evidently e the preparations preparations preparations of ot those of ot the conspirators who were getting awa away that I heard again upon upon the the stalls stairs the clumsy clums stealthy footsteps of or Otto A S Saving Interruption I quickly Quick adjusted my mj bandages and I with my fingers tensely grat grasping the tho pistol braced myself for tor the ordeal before be- be be before I be-I fore me my mj- first essay against the life of or a human being Curiously enough I f had nod no other thought but that I should shoot and that accurately the i moment he crossed the tho threshold My ly frame of ot mind was waR ex exactly that of or I someone trapped rapped In a wild beasts beast's cage Tho be footsteps reached tho top of or the stairs his hia hand upon the tho door I when from below the voice of ot tho the fer ter- ret-faced ret youth called peremptorily I Otto where the tho devil are you OU your ZO i Otto OUo mutter muttered d an beneath beneath be be- I neath noath his Ills breath and then than answered 1 sullenly I Up here I Continued Mon tn 1 |