It was
indeed a long time before he heard a sound within, but at last there
was some muttering inside, the door flew open, and Archie found
himself in the arms of three Filipinos, who threw him upon the floor
and bound him, hands and feet. It was all so sudden that he had no
time to cry out, and before he could say anything at all he was thrown
into a dark room, and the door shut behind him.
CHAPTER XVI.
A PLEASANT CAPTOR-- BRAVE BILL HICKSON ALLOWS ARCHIE TO ESCAPE-- FIRST
GLIMPSE OF AGUINALDO.
FOR a long time Archie lay still upon the floor, being unable to move
a muscle from the shock of his encounter with the men, and because he
was tightly bound with ropes. And then he at last went off to sleep,
feeling frightened because he was in the hands of strange men, and a
little satisfied, too, because he was the victim of some adventure
which might turn out in a very interesting way.
When he awoke, it was morning, and the light came into the room
through two small square windows, set high up in the wall. Archie
looked about the room with great curiosity, but found little there to
interest him. There was nothing to be seen but an old bed without
spring or mattress, and a rickety chair with but three legs, which
stood in one corner. The walls, he was surprised to observe, were
handsomely decorated with tapestries, and Archie at once made up his
mind that this had at one time been a private dwelling-house, and had
probably been owned by some rich Spaniard who kept a store on the
ground floor, and lived in these rooms.
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