CHAPTER IV.
ALICE PASSES THROUGH THE DOOR OF DEATH.
What then had happened to Alice?
What did happen never could have happened but for the fog, which it will be remembered blew in more thickly just about the time she disappeared.
Alice stood watching the box, never thinking of danger, when suddenly a cloth of some sort was thrown over her head from behind, and by a strong hand gathered in about her throat.
No doubt she had been closely watched previous to this by sharp eyes peering out of the mist.
The thing was done so suddenly that Alice was taken wholly unawares, and when a voice said in Chinese: "There are two revolvers covering you, Miss Montgomery; utter a sound and you will be instantly shot," all she could do was to submit, especially as the voice added: "And Young King Brady as well."
"No shooting," she said. "I yield."
Her voice was sadly muffled under the big piece of burlap which had been thrown over her head.
Her arm was now clutched and she was drawn forward, the hand still retaining its grip on her throat.