“You are taking a fearful risk—the laws here are very stringent.”
“Nothing can prevent my success. I have said it.”
“I wish you all sorts of good luck, old fellow; but, in my humble opinion, you are completely off.”
Ajeeb laughed in a cold, hard manner.
“My friend,” he said, “I shall succeed.”
“Where do I come in?”
“You will kidnap this man!”
CHAPTER VII.
TRAPPED.
Henry Stolburst was thoroughly frightened at the dangers which seemed to environ him. He had put great faith in Zulima’s affection for himself.
Now he found himself with but one friend in New York. The latter was a girl named Lizzie Nightingale, and a distant relation. She was an orphan, and in good circumstances.