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By VICTOR BRIDGES CHAPTER XL. JIMMY FOX AGAIN. @ N OTHER words,” sald Molly sharply, “you're a Bolshevist spy, and youre frightened that we shall give you away.” “That is precisely the situa- tion. You have more intelligence than your companions, Miss O'Brien. It's Tegrettable that you will have to share their fate.” By a tremendous effort I managed to keep my head. The odds against any help reaching us from outside seemed to be a million to one, but with Jerry at liberty, every addi- tional moment ‘that we could gain added to that slender chance. “You're a trifle too late,” I said deliberately. “All the information we have about you is already in the hands of the police. If you kill us you will be hanging yourself quite unneces- sarly.” Once more Orloff laughed softly. “I think not. I am under the im- pression that you have been foolish enough to rely upon your own in- telligance. I®should scarcely have taken the trouble to follow you down here and arrange for your removal unless I were convinced that the re- sults would be satisfactory.” “And what are your arrange- ments?” I demanded. “If we've got to die, you might at least tell us that.” | “They are simple enough” came| back the suave answer. “You will be | the victims of an unfortunate acci- dent, due, I am afraid, partly to your own carelessness, and partly to the almost criminal negligence of your friend, Sir William Avon. “In the cellars under our feet there are still several cases of high ex-| plosive—enough, I should say, to re- | duce this building to a heap of bricks and mortar. That is the exact use to which I propose to put it.” ! I felt Molly's fingers tighten on| mine, but otherwise she remained | perfectly still. | “The fuse, which I am now about | to light,” continued Orloff, “will reach the powder 10 minutes after I have left you. That will have a double advantage. It will give you time to| prepare for the next world, and it will enable me to retire from the scene of the tragedy. “I had hoped to include the rest of your party, but since that convenient solution appears to have miscarried, we shall have to find a different meth- od of dealing with the others. You - can be quite sure that it will be equally effective.” His voice ceased, and for several seconds, amidst a deathly silence, Molly and I stood there hand in hand. Then, from somewhere down the pas- sage*came & faint sound like the clos- ing of & door. With a bitter oath, I stepped back. “I've let you in for this,” I mut- tered brokenly. “It was my utter stupidity—" “No, no; you're not to blame.” In a half dazed fashion.Moclly drew the back of her hand across her eyes. “I wanted to come. I made you bring me.” “There must be some way out.” I glanced desperately round the room. “Another door or something—those curtains——" I strode across the farther corner and, clutching the two strips of green linen which hung from a brass rod, wrenched them savagely apart, All I disclosed was & stretch of bare shelves. “These cursed walls are as smooth as glass,” I exclaimed despairingly. “If there was only something I could climb up by—" “It’'s no use, Nick.” Molly stretched out her hands. “Come back to me; come back to me and hold me in your arms.” I stumbled blindly toward her. “My darling—my dearest.” I caught her to me and crushed her against my heart. “I love you so,” I whis- pered. “I'd go through torture to save you the least harm, and yet—oh, my God, Molly!—I've brought you to your death.” “But I love you,” I repeated wildly. | “I didn’t know, I didn't realize—" “I love you, too, Nick. I think I've| loved you from the first moment I saw you!” Her arms tightened round | my neck, and her soft lips met mine. | “Oh, my dear,” she whispered, “my dear.” “To let you die now,” I groaned. “It's too hideous; it's too utterly hideous.” “I'm not afraid—not if I can die| like this. I know there's another life | and we shall always be together there. Kiss me again, Nick. Keep on kiss- ing me until—until—" T strained her still closer; so close that I could feel her heart throbbing against mine. It seemed as though | something of her own faith and cour- age had suddenly passed into my soul, | and all I was conscious of now was | tened breathlessly. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©," TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935. ME DowN WHEN.- T ‘PROPOSED To-HER! HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ! HELL TELL You! £ God in heaven—what was that? My whole body went tense and rigid, and with a low cry Molly freed herself from my arms. “You heard it, Nick—you heard it?"” I noded. “Listen,” I said hoarsely. “Mr. Trench—where are you? It's me—Jimmy.” ‘The voice was incredibly faint and remote—fainter even than the little tinkling crash that had preceded it. Clenching my hands, I sprang toward the door. “We're here,” I shouted. “Straight ahead of you—the first opening on the right. We're in the room at the end. Hurry, Jimmy, or you'll be too late.” Molly was beside me again, and staring up at the ventilator, we lis- One—two—per- haps three seconds, and then from the passage outside came the patter of bare feet. “It's all right, sir. The key's in the lock. I'll have you out in 'alf a jiffy.” There was a sharp click, and jerk- ing around the handle, I pushed des- perately at the massive steel slab. It swung back as swiftly and silently a9 it had closed, and a small, dripping, half-naked figure stumbled forward over the threshold. “You ain't "urt, sir—you—" “Run, Jimmy,” I gasped. the front door. This place is going up in two seconds.” a strange and exalted happiness. If death were only— ‘Tomorrow, there is a great explo- sion. ADMIRAL STANDLEY RETURNS TO DESK Mass of Work Greets Chief of Naval Operations After Weeks at London Parleys. The chief of naval operations, Ad- | miral Willilam H. Standley, returned to ! the Navy Department yesterday after | assisting in conversations dealing with the limitation of naval armament in London. The admiral greeted his colleagues | and immediately plunged into a mass of work, which had accumulated on his desk during his absence of several weeks. 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