Bob Younger's Fate — page 70: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. : gio He found that his limbs were swollen and numb from contact with the cords which held him prisoner with remorseless and undiminished vigor. He at once began the attempt to free himself, but he might as well have desisted, for not one fraction of an inch did his bonds give way. A low, malicious laugh greeted his efforts; he had had a witness to his futile struggles. “Try again, dear friend! You know the old maxim,’’ and with these words Irene Trainer came into view. Theo made no answer. “T should have told you when we parted we night, though I was just a little too excited to think of doing so, that your quarters would be changed to- day, so as to allow you somewhat more freedom, with but little risk to ourselves; so you see I am not wholly bad yet.” ‘Release me, and I’ll promise not to molest you.’’ ‘“Why should I take such a step as would place us exactly on the same footing as we occupied prior to last evening? Oh, no! you may censider yourself a prisoner still.”’ ‘‘Hard-hearted woman !’’ ‘“Hard-hearted man! Weare even on that score.’’ “There is something else back of your pretended love for me,”’ said Theo, suddenly. ‘‘No woman is | going to make such a fool of herself all for love.”’ “There may be something else, possibly hate,” was the malicious reply. “T am convinced, despite your words, that I am the victim of a plot in which you are merely trying to hoodwink me by pretending a love of which you are incapable. ’’ ‘‘What penetration !’’ cComicbooks.cc