Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1925, Page 18

TheAstonishi of Jane Smith _ (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) Without giving herself time to think, she plunged into the next open- g on the left. It ran at right angles to the central passage, and was com- vely dry. 1t kept on the same too, and Jane, trying to make ental plan, thought it mucst run ouse, cutting across the It occurred to her that e vaults of some kind ce, and that this pas- would perhaps lead to them. If e 0, it must soon either curve to the left or take a sudden She wished she had counting her steps, but it ace regularly on a \d in such a poor she had begun to think that ge must run out to sea, she came to the eharp turn which she had A wall of black rock faced T right & tunnel ran in at a gnle, and to her left there was a dark stone arch, a few feet of of tunnel built of brick, tly like the shut off the laboratories above it she sur- The candlelight It was rusty, t so very rusty, and therefore d not have been for very long sent position. She came uched it, It was real s good fortune almost rcame her. What a thing to tell ¥! What a justification for g his orders! What a score! ane transferred the candle to her eft hand, put out a right hand which d with excitement, and tried was open. For a mo- ¢ back. Like the child thday parcel, ) provides it the string and un- e stood and looked . her discovery—Ahers, not | d her eves were caught b on the right-hand about four feet above or quite close to the steel | It was made of some dull metal looked exactly like an electric eht switch. By going quite close to . and looking through she at a cased wire ran along | same level, and she | at Henry had sald the | e wired. | ¢ been first on the field | all? ‘She turned, held her light | and looked back. The wire | » to the roof and ran along | until che, lost it in the darkness. She that Henry might much farther again switch | light, ut, on the other hand, it might loose a raging demon of destruc- that would blow the whole place to smithereens. It was an unrea- sonable thought, the sort of thought hat one dismisses instantly in the ght, but which by candlelight 2 an underground tunnel assumes & certain degree of credibility. “The question is, am I going on silence having failed to supply h_an answer, she sald vi- You're a worse rabbit than shut her eyes, held her jerked the switch down. gh her closed lids came a red She clung to the switch and ed. A drop of boiling wax gut- ed down upon her left forefinger. opened her eyes and saw the steel like black tracery against a rted space beyond. With a quickly drawn breath of relief she pushed the steel gate, took one step forward, and then stood rigid, listening to the muffled vet insistent whir of an alarm bell. After one horrified moment she d the door toward her again. The nd ceased. Jane considered. As a result of her consideration o turned out the electric light, opened the gate, slipped through, and 2 5o quickly that the heard. She did not and, stooping, set brick to hold it | dlelight seemed very but she decided that she it do, and holding it well of her, she came through | ch into a long chamber s of stone Jane oked about her with igno- rant, widely opened eyes. She had never been in a laboratory, but she knew that this must be one. The printed page does not exist for noth- ing. The vague vellow light fiickered on strange cylindrical shapes and was flung back by glass jars and odd iwisted retorts. A great many appli- she could find no from dense. shadow rtain dusk. il torture cham- lder—more cal- sort of torture It gives me the Iy down the room. as quite dry in here. There was lime, and there were no slugs. ate it a t d tin the passa she sa fer feet moved slow when with o found her- 5 r own shadow. It | und black on the brick floor Some one had turned | tric light fane's candle tilted and the wax dropped. Her horrified eyes looked about wildly for a place of refuge. The light showed her onme. Within | 2 yard of the entrance there was an hed hollow. With a sort of gasp 10 blew her candle out and bolted for the shelter. The whir of the elec- bell sounded as she gained it, nded and then ceased. She heard ber say, “Quite a good run, wasn't which she did not ex- Well enough.” The It was a pleasant It had some- £ a brogue and something of t unpleasant light broke J It was the voice of the anarchist uncle. It was the voice of Alr. Molloy. Jane got as far back into her hol- ow as she could. It was not very r. There had evidently been a tun- 1 here, but the roof had fallen in, and the floor was rough and uneven with the debris. She heard the two men moving in the room bevond, and she experienced most sincere repentance for not ving attended to the counsels of nry And now we can talk,” sald Em- “You've got the cash?" bt with me,” said Mr. Molloy. Why not?" Oh, just in case . a not un- melodious whistle completed the sen- They paid the higher figure?” They did,” said Mr. Malloy. “Bel- coviteh was for taking their second bid, but I told him ‘No. Belcovitch has his points, but he's not the bold bargainer. I told him ‘No.' I toid him ‘It's this way—If they want it they'll pay our price’ And pay they did. I don’'t know that I ever ngAdventure By PATRICIA WENTWORTH (Copyright, 1925, by Small, Maynard & Os.) handled that much money before, and all for & sheat or two of paper. Well, we - “You should have brought the money with you. Why didn’t you?" In the now brightly lighted labora- tory Molloy sat negligently on the end of a bench and lifted his eye- brows a littl Well, T didn" “Where is it n u place of safety. ber shrugged his shoulders. Well, we've pulled it off,” he said. ¥ the way, the fact of the sale known. We've had an interfering voung jack-in-office down here mak- ing inquiries, and Sir Willlam has gone up to town in a very consider- able state of nerves.” “The anarchist uncle,” said Jane to herself, “has been selling the gov- ernment formula ‘A’ He doesn't trust Mr, Ember enough to hand the money over. Pleasant relations I've got!” Molloy whistled agaln, a long- drawn note with a hint of dismay in it “I wonder who let the cat out of the bag,” he said. “These things always leak out. It doesn’t really signify. With this money at our command we can com- plete our arrangements at once, and be ready to strike within the mext few weeks. You and Belcovitch had better keep out of the way until the time comes. He should be here in four days' time, traveling by the route we settled. Then you'll have You must both lie close here. That's the devil of a plan, now, Ember,” said Mo ‘We'll be no better than rate in a draln. “Well, it's for your safety,” said Ember. “They're out for blood over this business of Formula ‘A’ 1 can tell you, and there's nowhere you'd be half so fe.” Jane was listening with all her ears. She decided that Mr. Ember's solici- as not all on Molloy's account. ks that if Molloy and Belco- e arrested they'll give him away over the big thing in order to |save themselves. 1 expect they'd be |able to make a pretty good bargain for themselves, really.” She heard Molloy give @ sulky assent. Then | Ember was speaking again “I want to check the lists with you Not the continental ones—I'll keep those for Belcoviteh—but those for the States and here. I've got them complete now, but I'm not very sure about the names. Hennessey, now; he's down for Chicago. But I don't know that I altogether trust Hen- nessey. t's late in the day to say that,” sa Molloy. “Well, what about Hayling Tayl Jane listened, and heard name f low name. mber appeared to be reading from list. He would name a large town and follow it with a list of persons who apparently acted as agents there. Sometimes these names were passed with an assenting grunt by Molloy, sometimes there was a dlis- cussion. (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) ¥ The All-Purpose T 17 KIRKMANS CHIPS ;,“‘é Guaranceed FREE from Silicate of Soda MOTHER Clean Cfidg . Bowels “California Fig Syrup” is Dependable Laxative for { Sick Children Hurry Mother! Even u fretful, feverish, bilious or constipated child loves the pleasant taste of “California Fig Syrup” and it neyer fails to sweeten the stomach and open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may pre- vent a sick child tomorrow. " It doesn’t cramp or overact. Contains no nar- cotics or soothing drugs. 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