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Rh of my discovery, my companion sought by main force to hold me in a humiliating position, but I struggled and prevented it. On seeing that his original plan was frustrated through my alertness, the eavesdropper came forward, passed himself off as the watchman of the store-house, and sternly demanded of me what business we had there.

"Only sitting down and resting," I replied all in a tremble.

"This is a queer place to sit down and rest in. 'Tell me what yous two was doin' here, or I'll have you locked up."

"We were only talking together."

"Only talkin' together? What did yous walk a mile from Madison Square fur?" On hearing this question, I first realized that the man was a confederate. I replied that we were just out for a walk.

"Do you generally take walks to a lonesome place as this where there's nothin' to see?" Then he addressed my companion, "How long you known this feller?"

"I met him tonight in Madison Square for the first."

"People don't ginerally take walks together to such places as this when they just happen to meet in parks! Out wid it, what was this feller doin' wid you?"

On my companion accusing me of fellatio, the man feigned surprise and abhorrence, and started to grab me. But I nimbly sprang away, and fairly flew eastward, with them at my heels. After sprinting an eighth of a mile, I felt my speed decreasing. It seemed as if I scarcely moved at all. My legs trembled under me, my breath came and went in sonorous gasps, and my heart beat audibly. I could hear the footfalls of my pursuers, now gaining upon