In order to baffle pursuit he was taken from one valley to another. He was imprisoned in a succession of hiding places. His captors spurned him, starved him, abused him. Pitiable indeed was his plight. News of his sufferings reached his father, who in sheer desperation sent notes to the value of 100,000 cash in order to secure his better treatment. His messenger found a way to the robbers' retreat. The money was tendered and accepted. "And now," said the robbers, "to help you to make it. clear to the old gentleman that what we want is not 100,000 cash but $10,000, you shall see how we treat his son.'
And the young man was led in, the ghost of his former self. He was thrown upon the floor, and beaten. But let a veil be drawn. The messenger heard his cries, and saw his struggles, and went back with news to wring the old man's heart. And the latest information is that the youth is still in the hands of his captors.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.