The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 162: what you’re looking at

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THE TWIN DETECTIVES. 153 “‘What’ll we do, then? You’re the general. You’re the boss!” dress. “‘Can’t we make old Triggy give us the key ?? = “Yes, we can; but maybe the men will turn against us.” ‘“What men?” | ‘*'The male patients.” ‘‘T don’t think they will. Watch that nurse; she is try- ing to steal off.” ) ‘No, you don’t, Sarah!” said the wild-looking woman, seizing the nurse ‘‘ Give me something to tie her with—a rope, if you can find one. Don’t fight, or Pll choke you. To think of me sitting here for over a year. Wait till I get out. Ill teach my brother to put me in a mad-house!”’ The other women were hunting about, and came at length upon a stout clothes-line. © The wild-eyed woman, whose name was Matty, tied the nurse hands and feet. «‘ What’ll I do with her, girls?” she cried. ‘“*Put her in the closet,” was the answer from a dozen ‘mouths. ‘‘Gag her first!” suggested a fierce, red hairetl woman. ««That’s so—she’ll holler.” Mattie tore off a goodly portion of her own dress, and securely gagged the nurse. ‘‘ Help me to drag her to the closet, for she is heavy,” said Matty. ‘Yes; she don’t starve on burnt oatmeal,” replied the others. They roughly dragged Sarah to a Jarge closet, and threw her in with no gentle hands. ‘‘ Lock the door and carry off the mien said eit ‘6 All right.” This was done. ‘¢ What next, boss?” p 4 cried a large, wild-looking woman in a ragged calico : (e(0) EComicbooks