Chapter Seven The Night Of The Misdirection
Artemus and Susan made it to the Wanderer without a problem, he told Jim, he was going to drop off Susan and himself in town, leaving them alone on the Wanderer, so that Winoma can check him over, plus he would have the doctor come over to them from the town to check out his partner, he would be fine.
With saying good night to them, he would be back soon to check up on them, along with sending a message to Colonel Richmond.
As Winoma and West entered the darkened car an lit a lamp. She picked it up and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place.
West pushed the door open and cautiously looked around. Seeing nothing amiss, he started to back out when a rather large hand snatched the lantern from his up raised hand's, as he and Winoma turned to looked, the both of them were struck from behind by the butt of a gun. As the both of them collapsed, while Andrew and his two friends were ready to get them off the train and back to Loveless.
Sometime later...
"Oh, Andrew, excellent work. most excellent work. You brought the both of them back far sooner then I had hoped, which of the two did you bring me?" Loveless asked Andrew lifting the heads of West and Winoma on the floor.
He used his cane to push the both onto their backs to get a good look at their faces. He jumped ecstatically, when he saw the two still faces of West and his wife. He poked them with the tip of his cane as he giggled.
"Put them in the cage Andrew, tie them up first through and I do remember that Mr. West for his inventive little toys, so search them well." Andrew nodded as he scooped up West, as with the woman and left the room.
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Artemus glanced at the clock in the corner of the doctor's office, for the doctor to get his things together. Susan could sense, Artemus wasn't feeling just right about this entire affair with leaving them alone on the Wanderer.
"All right Mr. Gordon, I am ready, we need to get moving, leaving any one alone with a head concussion is not a proper thing to do, even if his wife is with him."
"Point taken." Susan stayed behind back in town, with the both of them getting on their horses riding off quickly, making sure they were not being followed and headed in the direction of the train. When he reached the siding, he continued on past the train taking in the darkened cars.
He didn't see West's horse any where. He slowed his pace and turned his horse and headed back to the town. When a man stepped out from between two of the cars.
"You looking for those two that were here a while ago?"
"Yes, did you happen to see where they went" Gordon asked.
"Yeah, some strange dude name Andrew took West and the lady to someone name Loveless." The man said.
"Yes, they are my friends, how long ago did they leave?"
"I can't rightly say." The man turned to leave.
"Damn." Loveless has them, as Artemus was saying to himself, plus the man handed him a pigeon having some sort of note that was folded, after reading it, he stuffed it in his pocket.
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West groaned as he opened his eyes. He tried to reach up to the sore spot in the back of his head, when he discovered his hands had been tied around a pipe, that ran the length of the cage. He surveyed his surroundings with Winoma no where in sight. He appeared to be in a large cage suspended over a rock floor. He tested his bonds and found them to be tight.