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194. UNDER HIS THUMB. I must take you in charge—place you where you can be found when you are needed. I don’t expect — you to confess to me at present, for you have a powerful motive for concealing the crime, else you would not have fled. But you must yield to my con- trol. I will take good care of you—won’t even let the other detectives get hold of you. What do you | say?’ ‘‘T shall not yield. ”’ ‘Is that your decision?”’ od nee bay ‘*Let us see.”’ i ot Hyjah strode forward with outstretched hands. The young man whipped out a revolver and quickly raisedit. But, quick as was the movement, he was too late. , The weapon was sent spinning from his hands; he received a sharp rap upon the cheek that caused him to stagger against the side of the hut; and almost at the same instant he was caught by the shoulder, whirled violently around, thrown upon his back, and his wrists were confined with handcufts. Thus, within the period of twenty seconds, he was reduced from a condition of bold defiance to one of helpless captivity. , ‘‘. never endure anything of that sort from so young a man,’ Hyjah quietly declared, standing over his conquered adversary. He turned to Stella and her warm-hearted compan- ion, and continued: “You had lost your way, it appears?” ‘It was my blunder, to be sure,” said Katie Byrnes, ready to take the blame. ‘“You were going to the house of a friend up in the village?’”’ the detective pursued. Pes) Sins ‘‘Allow me to show you the way. It is not safe for you to remain here unprotected.’ oem Stella hesitated. She thought of her father, whom. she believed to be hiding not far away. And she thought, too, of the warning which she had received _ not to trust the detectives. Yet she could not wholly distrust this kind, strong man; and at the same time her mind reverted to ~—