His struggles were simply useless. In a
moment he was being carried bodily back into the hall, which the
doctor saw was now lighted as before.
On one side, lined up amid a mass of wrecked chairs, stood most of
the workers at bay. On the other were four men with small boxlike
devices, such as Billie had already seen in the hands of Powart's
guards, and which were kept trained threateningly upon the crowd. On
the platform stood Ernol, now quite helpless in the grasp of two
stalwart fellows.
The mob from the door poured in. Immediately they made captors of
all the workers, who had precious little to say. Apparently they had
been warned. The doctor also concluded that the capture was a piece
of treachery, in which bribery had been employed.
Two minutes later young Ernol was placed in a large passenger flier,
which the doctor labeled "Black Maria." Presumably the elder radical
was taken in another; at any rate after another flight in the
darkness, father and son shortly found themselves together again.
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