The evening world. Newspaper, November 5, 1915, Page 23

The Evening World Daily Magazine. Frid-y. November $. 1915 Capt. Velvet’s Farewell ren oe ree The Adventures of Three New Yorkers Who Tried to Run « Whole —— a a a BE PATIENT IN A FEW MINUTES , The Devil’s Admira ———— | WE WiLL BE / a By Frederick Achose foe Ferdinand Moor STATE LINE . wo have Oh | y tow to pe) dow'l start Choking with pare eahoustion - evra, 1018, te Pret & Mery Coy “Whol the Menke asked ay of the Finded wuniteas ai oesas of emotion. ‘They fete , “On, he tel the © age . 4 nevmvety bow “alert eurring and bead bee eral ) ty oF PamNG marten | Oe ™ wre ae werte your enere ding ehowt Ht ing erumt, Fine earth dribeied down Captain Velvet said im 1.6 secther shekening, 1 on! the Unmediste past “Then here's! red you paid Maliins! down he only charged me eleven dol-| cartage for the etull he bad to send up and teke owt again” 4 he turned and pounded de v, ahd again their ¢ r se steady tramp outside them & 6 doten little ireeme otiacked the fay of teint light appeared and=— . old, slow. Now! orted water mind ont eee enh Upward be heaved with of Ste i vrtreined « strength and alr vohed hems Desediy, ‘furtously,. thew eripped Mr. Potlerd and hoteted- heard bin feet, the indy wtut that lay b eal, it 4 the other ectualy Wo push and after « time od for ap amined the window of ry thre: on erynel U6 the foe “ d at Uber mids of giving the word ad ow ™ " t Kobert Pollard was @ " ) f Fetaod beatishe And yet in lees than on howr the mo standing there, frosee jentionet ee - |nole progressed beyond (heir reach The Spanish Hrute looked Day After To-Morrow. ee oe eee HERE'S Your from the cell, The Bnake, writhing wildly; they were not outdoors, ¥ name's J, Townsend, ¢) ond we seal a Me. ¥ ‘at. >, lin for his own (urn, proved with (he were in the candie-light of + the see ag passing, w r DRINK SIR — crowbar and reported that gnother buge cell! Aad they were mot tents My pe hog id ig ~ ag Fes fs fa Ngee] ) / ’ | read possibility jad vantahed=they alone, for somewhere « votce ls nerf Benin. “Here, both chuckling as he pushed “@ bundle WE ARE Now ; GETTING NEAR aq | bell vo ee ve Ld t be ot you eign it! You're gee ee eet A blanket!” he ANOTHER 1 Mere garth lay beyond the bar, and IN 4 q ” : ate, albeit every fibre of hie © Rotuerrurtcamuc Re. Tua feared warn eteing ant ff WET STATS i al ae Sad Ll Jo py) nother voice, wheeaing, : sah! A-a-aht They! we, ot ® bint of friendliness in thar rd, wtrangely familiar, Wis tooth Give it bere! Now, give me that pin | War wen re And a chamber be- 1 DOW—quil I wateh, not only over you took from Mendes, Snake, ThACN oy nut for you! If one app hen, | mighty, take he “Betrayers! Assassins! Now, nd after a Jone least we may die—ha, ha, hi ifs take Tito’s eye!” I drop the butt of my riffle, thus | a thet nod anda! . , Wr fo po " “Well—er—Dolly’—— * es vans — Pollard sciaed a file from the bundle om tor both of you new: “ite colon tee chattacens, "ama and feverishly set to work at the . a chord in jittam Ryan whieh he seemed to recognize; he dashed the lant of the olay from his eyes and begne. bare, When he tired, yan took b “All right!” the leader snapped piste and in uw few hours the bars wavagely ue bo reached to tho moer- were sawn through | Most recesses of DIB trim rauuiens Robert Pollard stagmored to his tect | and wtar rehending for an f there was @ violent rip and a pile Instant, in his hands aud of DABA-huies Wuiseod into lant liget & hook whi ANG OF. viata Had AHayped LHe 4UP- curiously by hacking apart their chatr They hauled and wring place; and the Spaniah i | whoop came out of the hole kiared at the direction whence it had ! ome. And there, huddled tightly together eyes ) “Mey! It's softer here now! | Noon came and went Rett sunahine vanished from the Mttte win> in the corner, hands clawin , and the gray of their cell dee burning, all in tattered event stood Mendes and Ferra, Perito, to the thickening Cwilight; % spormust one und pocawed the rest frame, Hin sbaking fingers passed tt Ney did not light ther candies. ThA he and » 2. valmust as tney & ‘rua r over sion Spanteh Brute, and he ¥ y partly because they were bura- Aripo~the five! ha rae te ; ‘f ir ” vartly 0 ene a's note 1 Wait de- | "That—that—if wo can get it over sewhere and partly bedauss. vei" CHAPTER XI. . orig the wall, Bull That Romango miss the exact di- UNF est words to a dear friend, per- I can do it!" the Brute called down, Cee erate thay arrives Home and a Loaf. > hapa? ther quard said sympacietl- tl the Brute og Tals. Se nail e "went, geno and in'each ou intn the trae | |LEANE THAT] (Caiye ME THAT) witain the wees L promise you.” World and his muscles tugged again, ALONE Mthis'le to the United States Con- They saw his \ eee eae eae a go dole and wens lates Ga nti [THAVEN'T. | \ DRINK as) 5 “Walt! His b Yet they had agreased; thoy had progressed, ‘They gnthered | ah, bow OBERT POLLARD shut bt : } tooth and clenched his handa in the cell a Di ie | 4 ft] | | tight} he could not ‘urther bread dran! al believe, | suite acy spetenee briefly. All of and at{ll, he must bellewe- eho next two hours,” tho gentle- square. They heard the painful tear-| [HAD MSY You ARE Too {he parred door punted, tng of cloth, and, looking upward, thelr Bo oes a thousand dollars—look hearts ceaned beating, for the Spai DRINK ; Siow ! ‘ p than you seo in Brute was stuck fast in the window, a ui eave years” ae and only his kicking legs could tell of YET , 1” the young man his trouble. Be" bngem e000 y Yet the Snake and Robert Pollard easy rose to the emergency and the chair, “fake ke this note; elther n Gaienic youreat Sr have some one and selzed Willlam Ryan's legs and else deliver it—to the Consul per; pushed with every ounce of force left ally and absolutely without fail. V in them, Outdoors there was a stifled you do it?" shout, and @ queer shudder went 4 Je with through the legs, but the Spanish guard controlled himse Brute gave suddenly nu thirty feet of rough tunnel had been for after turning y for | dug, and If they were within an inch an Instant they were still there, just of th, that wae a bien ya in he bad seen them at the first up- ; the Chauteau d’lf, looking Dates ote muse have slush away “ore.buene’ the three mus shecned, for if they had not yet grown Then they had been cowering, ten liong whiskers, they had done every eyes glued to the open patch of floor possible thing that could render the from which he had risen and terror escaping tunnol-digger tubl®, in every eyo, Now they had not cot mone it all in a mere @lght.Or ten ME lee wan met hours of back-breaking labor. 5 rror gone, “The Soake, smeared heavily with '@ ite place « light appearing Wat The d passe May, secmed no longer hu- chilled Mr. Pollard's overweary pout. ble efforts softly, “As you the outer world, all pitchy with pied reddish van in the dump cell, he slid And now the spell had broken and Te<eoid trust your own brother b dawn blackness into hiw modish evening coats the f- they were moving apart, and Mendes, ru is pained face appeare ; 3 at of the organ- eo Wust mer ged. The master mind candle light for an themes Nie chant pape Seeahey and Robert Potlara, 42 @ hareh, savage little snarl all un- ee tte ee the bars and mopped reached in, and they passed hin. «| finder miner well favored, had ceased Uke his usual gentle volce, was ery~ fh; geneende Md his smile, if weak, was Tope. When the Shake had writi to have even one ornamental point, ing: he brow, and hi . through the window, and Mr. Pollard, | Red olay plastered his hair and his ~his—this, then! For this we have happy. ver With superhui ay H 7 show little it ever With superhuman effort, had pulled his Wall tse pret he muttered. OWN ‘vrecked anatomy after, William Fy TO eee etn tho fret Man was already Kasping gleefully Ed ee qughad at the old, “The walla mile high, but 1 ange he © rope first time, Can ‘you climb?" crazy! , 19) S00 set ne Poet be some- _, He walted for no answer. He seized EMS aaa AO en the, Consul Robert Pollard and held bi higth and | = yh it ; ibe scuited. the master mind, clutching the rope, wy, 4 ” ‘d'Nober: Bollard "Soenedly” ann en neta herel” Witemnd pretty quick Went up with a monkey-like agit Where—where is" Mz, Pollard remain on guard ail day, and after me the worst cell tn the place, and, a8 own—now, senores. Vile dirt upon the aaid Kober: Polina doggedly ae he ““vye how, even’ before ourselves! o ow that would have astonishe pp croaked. iny good friend Juan Sadina, and we nearly as 1 can recall. there ought to far side where the shadows are deep, pic vel fre the dirt ” when they get a letter like thats sot or tim onished him rt FMP Ast, senor!” tho newest muard have reported that all iawell'and that bea court over that way, fit are deeb) picked ap his shovel from the dirt ghey diel’ anowted the games Bums. heaving chest; red clay formed passed hours of halr-whitening ter- smooth crust on his hands and arms jor, waiting second by second, for the as they hugged his splitting back, and crash of the mine Velvet was laying the masa of rod clay that had once tbuet’ been William Ryan groaned as he ath ue —thtee We nave euained: watohed his leader and said: the cortures of ten thousand polis of - “We might rest an hour new and" fea; Senor Ferra stated with stop Romango's cease! ¥ or and leave the rest to mo,” y within their humble home. * bw Robby ve what they're hore. AlofL, he felt about and then qt DFeathed as he pressed against tho you spend the time in silent prayer. Tt AIxty fect, and the chances are it’s ‘The master mind hud already turned eee eee AETUL. ditt cilhy. Conssanata Wecttra ic Cian bp gs Msg “Why, that’s ljaughed.. “1 don't Sduarely atop a wa't all of three foot bars, “It is not known here, but Lam is done! You are free!” unguarded, from him. From the corner of bis which reached the roof and Would pated! Now, in ¢ er blood, we"——- for!” Mr. Pollard laug ‘te aud he nd panted and whimpered Homange, of Santiago del Occidente, “And T haven't a doubt in the world | “It's possible that my sense of loca eye Mr, Pollard noted that the self preyently flow into the corridor and = And Damba step; apart from the know who the) good man in, aad he 1 all at once, forthe iruty Me bandit, senor—hiding for the time that Velvet would like to seo us try tion las gone astray, but my rea: styled bandit was waiting for the bo- doesn’t kno i“ i. Ms and James vans wero si ing to “8 @ private soldier, Pay me, and I that, too!" Mr, Pollard smiled acidly, fg power hasn't. So lon; tramp; load group and dashed a rain of shiny frope ‘and ginning of operations; and he smiled by load it had ber inore to the point] but when they dig ed forth on & drops from bis agitated for his side, and only one downward slide *hall contrive your escape: been pointing definitely that way I'm tartly and, selecting a square atone {/ Jim out of bed and he gets that It” lay hetween them and freedom! And , Bitterly Mr. Pollard smiled at him Mo not comprehend, senor; but. willing to secsble my life that frees bear the Loti of thelr cally aged [istie el0d Improviaed from tele eats threw out BOGS REARS el aaa ‘tor there won't be anything !m town Winiam Ryan's voice had cracked to “8 the Iron bar clanged down to the as to this Velvet—ace! I'spit to'clear dom lies in’ the other direotion, a crowbar into the ancient mortar " wtnoye's only twenty feet more “This is @ time for aotion, not for . aFant enough to get him here." He | Hitle Whine ag ne wb AR? stones, but there was small force be- his foul name from my mouth! And Well and motioned the Spanish Hrute to ony twenty fact!” the maater mind words—a time, not for meditation and threw back his head and drifted 5 hind smile. again, senor! How cheaply this may | The Spanish Brute considered his strike with the sledge. oald brokenly ax he writhed through Yeap consideration and analysis, but \ away in a gale of glorious mirth: “snobby, 4¢ it td tat been one foot “How many times do you think we be dono! Task but the price of my leuler with a growing smile, The blow landed ringingly, and {ld brokenly aw be Fr Wert egy Roorgterry b “Why, we'll even sleep at our OWN Hehe J" hever—I_ never” bite on the same bait?” he gasped e; from this wretched country . “I rot a hunch you're right, at that, brought a violent atart from Roman, TMA veri’ NANO ae i noaion to us through an agency of venge- hotel!” “1 know, Bill, but—it's over!" haustedly, now that even the prospect a new beginning elsewhere, T Robby,” he said simply, go; another landed, and another -and ice Would no longer move of their ance we cannot understand and need The Snake grinned wonderfully. oyoked his chief, “We've beaten the of one murder had been denied him. bring you picks and crowbars, shovela irious, but I have one the guard abruptly seized his rifle an ance ‘ , “And just as quick as we get there O14 hound this time, and"——- paged Bory Agro trol duty. own volition and must be foroed to not now question, the accursed, three ess fools for all, at the risk of my Ife! And said the master mind, resumed y he a have to telephone Dolly,” The words died in a shriek, Beside does Velvet think wo ai this, senor, for—oh, It 1s Incredibia!— welll do that, I hate to , “We going to all the bother of pull: Coty, tieniea, nranne tendoney.to Aula Welverrwhos Raving taken of « wated. "Bho might have heard about jiorm the slide had been removed from | “Velvet, senor, and may bis soul fo Ave thousand dollars.” hand him, five thousand dollars, but im% thie one out? lam Ryan ole overcame James Bvane css cur coney end ovr Oonaaemah MIME ~ this and be worrying, an an old time dark lantern, Beside blaze and blister In the hottest depths He peered until his eyes popped money isn't going to do us much good queried (ar t have to more; he sobbed a little with utter themselves to our holy ion. Wall, we'll drop Dolly and all the them, inthe other direction, thn of" the guard began quite euthu- and held bis breath, Mfr, Pollard fies untine to-morrow? He NOt only, thats but, wit Qe"polc Wwenrinoas “ay. ho “disanpournd, ‘and and-'by vile. mendaghy any eae t of the talk for awhile, -,Pol- beams of a pocket flash-lamp were siastically. urned away, vheeled about. | “Romango 1 ao 6 cur's W to William ‘Ryan's own throat © reat of the lore quictly. “There's NO bathing them with a radiance that — ‘The master mind listened no toner: _ “Well, your businoas sense ts highly “Senor!” crled the guard, stopping urd. “hat Niue curly Maltin fe tal Ne cliched hie: heed and rains itty Cae! CAG tte ekelt BED Rint Sani ‘use letting Velvet tind out ahead 4 seemed rather brighter than the noon- he had turied away, and was acut- developed, but we're not biting thls corly. rection, We'll let him have the da- fully, and th cursing In om sina, ti n, in its infinite kindness, haw time; it would spoll the fun if ot a day sun. Overhead, from the prison fling back toward his stricken friends, morning,” he said, "Go on with your . “We have the money, You bring siveq information, Slam her!” choked whisper, followed his friend, | given to our last hours this’ eur- ‘a chance to run—the infernal old wqj), » of the kerosene lanterns He tried to speak to them; his dry march! the stuff. You get the money when “wii ites of pounding, further mine Nightmare hours camo after that; passing solace of revenge, we need und!" was thrust out, to add a4 : peitence dropped once more Upon the Hright yellow to the scene tinge vf lips closed-—for they could not hear. — But as he moved sowly from the W!),!¥e ‘The Spanish Brute, sprawled on the door the smile fade: vole. The et ° A 4 had not 4nd the Spanish Brute dug and damp, stone cell, but it was another “And feet were scuffling along the hurd Moor, grotesque In evoning lard; hls even Mae heey Mr. Pole nidvous amile, See a TEeR) eran ar id aged mroaned and panted; hours of Hades in tim Aone he Sree bey damp, tad another cell, Gloom had wali, too; and now, when they looked clothes that were no more than black gnawed gently on his under lip ne “As the bird files, senor, 1 go,” thelr Biowly back and forth. On the op- 'tself, In which tho Snake, on hands winging both great arme around the flown, and the chill was all gone. about wildly and clutched each other and white ribbons, snored heavily, one he waited for the steps to resume, owner stated. "“Delay—a little delay posite sido of the cell **- squatting and knees, went back and forth, and heavy punk in the corner of the cell, ‘three warm, glowing citizens of the and chattered senselessly, a light ap- hand resting upon the shining top He nodded them to approach, and he may be mine. We can but hope other- in picked busily and soundiessly back and forth, dragging his little (ore it loose! It was a mighty pleoe great United States strolled about, peared on the ground outside the pris- of @ silk hat. breathed: wan? Ree eed eae other sane; ana barrow and dumping It aud dragging (oreit loosel Tt was.@ DAaeoe Bee Lhumming little tunes and buckling on Walis—just, in fact, where, for one — and the Snake, sleeping, was draped “I think we have the answer!” “and now he's gone to tell Velvet all when-—solely for Romano's, benefit it back again, until even their com- lumber was cheap and plentiful. sfiiorand then, And as they hummed, insane second, Robert Pollard had geross the hard bed with its few “You ain't going to fall for that, about it,” chuekled Mr, Pollard, “Bo the master mind had shovelled out Mmodious cell was choked with loose Thee” wae Robert xteps approached and Mr, Pollard contemplated jumping. | wisps of niraw; and, more than any- Robby?" the Hrute muttered, Much the better. Once the old fool loose earth for a Httle, he paused and earth, ie ol viene, eee ae to the door. It was a long way below, but It thing else, he resembled a gentleman “Say, I'll tell you," James Evans knows we've started he isn't likely to whispered: ; Nightmare hours dragged into square and eight feet long—and come to say that the messet.- seemed to be an excellent light, for in who, snatched from an evening af- contributed, “I've been thinking and come down and watch tho job. “How's it coming, Jim?" nightmare months and years, and stli, yee was waving it now, like ao has started,” he explained. its glow thelr burning, uncoimpre- fair, has been dragged through @ The real reason why we'r “It's ROing to be a terrible job, this “You can gimme Bill and that crow- the Snake crawled on, back and forth, pny weightless pith! 6 yet he erred. It was a soldier, to hending aves could cateh the glint of eoal-yard, Sranped from a balloon, ix that Dolly doesn't dixink, after the night we put ini” bar said the Snake, “How's pausing now to ery a little, now to . even dozen 4 : ui Uf tugging, and the stono came Areadful hours in which Mr. Pollard nov'— e v1 Y ry Nor, in the next ten or fifteen . but not Tito, This one was onets, upward and then struck by « racing autom T an Now, you can the Snake murmured. dirt? Fy emit a low, cackling, insane laugh: : . oe aver and ungmiling; rifle over nis and wait one Hnture. in fine, had claimed his laugh {f you want to; but T tell you I, you'll do four ebare, my son, “ino and, gott ws mugart” chuckled and still he crawled back and forth onde ware the nner: ee wer Nnoukler, his military tread brought —_—— two. friends, and ‘Robert Pollard that five minutes after that Ittle kid's or you'll stay behind: T prom ‘ou the feader. “You hardly have fo push and after a time he began to had snatched up ® chair and, whirling jim to the door, and there he stopped CHAPTER X. thudded down to the edge of the other wise that I'm in trouble she'll have | his leader smiled pleasantly, ‘0, send the shovel through It." bright flowers growing on either side "ad snatched up & chair and. whitine is Mr, Pollard asked: hunk and sugged back against the her father on the run to save us; and — Not oven. ten minutes had passed “Lovely.” breathed James fvane of the tunnel long after he had passed he wall, Four heavy legs, yo rcs ipl Ay The Safer Route. oat «4 millionaire aix times over. Itll tetra & distagt clanking reuched “Right in'bore with that bar, Bil. T from the light of the candle at Mr, neminat the Wall, oul neala Site © “The new guard, senor,” the other NCANNILY near to them, At dawn they awoxe, ‘The guard be for my sake, not yours; but you'll their ears. Nearer it came and sess she'll fall out” plas eS ees rely Rows by edger hands before they toucbed © oexplained, fumbling in his blouse, cet drawn a large-cheat. brought them bread and water, ‘They come in on It, "Now, my idea of get- nearer, growing louder and morging | Tix qucay was inaccurare Mr, Pole were lovely flowers, red and . pare r, by order of our most r ‘ ea nr Captain Velvet was not de- which the guard asked: “Snake, I haven't any time to waste isly, Romango himself hove In sight, been a scant four inc hea In, thicken Mae patched.” } Changan officer stood re- «phe genores desire further bread— choking you!" Mr, Pollard said, with staggering under @ cargo of hard- this one was of at ner f pel * £- He proffered a sheet of paper to vealed in the prodigal illu- of it is, perhaps, desire. to order the u 0 " y ting word te ney vit ry my 4 a Slock of stone, to be sure, had green and yellow and purple; he took the floor, and Aripo, with his ows drank ravenously, After ting word to her is’ with breathless grunts, until, amaz- lard's bloc Ie the rope between his teeth and, never heavy weapon raised, was doing a pausing, picked a bouquet as he went -dance and screaming: cer than all, whea he cam ed, important little Santa “te and j rangely increasing force. “We're Ware that would have taxed a hand- Mortar all aroun BR Pi y stvenser than ell, whee Be carne. | ‘amass! Onward, ere help comes ) ‘angers, suddenly turned icy agains ination perrate’ breakfast, as per- likely to need every minute between cart away a9 far itian Ryun was prying ing for the Sowers <1 A dreadful little fruchtened ery «even in the poor light Mr, Pollard'’s ““,, : r inatantiy: abe ? now and sunrise to-morrow; but I be- els there were and two pluk- #84 und i Wee het Sinha eemminga Has eennned fap & gamant 46. Ak A aera be yg Swn writing was visible, and— Fou wil return glanced at him, One hand, lieve we're on the way out!” crowbar protruding from shergerleally; Be: fiapbed for & moment to. OAL SCR Dee ee cis ta aee anal olan't he. foal here spose en7umy aren’ he le ae, carefully concealed at his wide Wal iat thug ny replt, and in bis right hand od atter « time and foun Kettle on the electric stove Inthe and. watched the fying advance of fo sneak it, out?” he demanded, The three obeyed, They crept peckoning energetically, and bis at- ‘That thug out there is Velvet's ltomango carried a heavy sledge. They paused a is 4 vorner and the tast ul modern furnt- yet there was that in the ~ afres! 2 : te ahahae te f ‘on Mr, Pollard, With tool, of course, and the old man xwift glance up and down tho other crowbar; they pried 4 . 4 é 4 m jl ote ito, senor’— the guard began pack into their cell, Their chance \ rein aes ‘amuse nt, the mas- sized Us up for euch absolute Imbe- rridor a to passing them Mr. Pollard working beside the tu with wach ane nae Dees ned she. gake BW icked eye which startled a “soberly. Ww e. ted, ‘d the person's cilés that he thinks we'll fall for thi y to cager fingers in the cell alee ane Neen BAI iy dno more, From the outer Was gone set ter mind drew near nd the person's Cl t 4 ‘all for r ry 1. , sil the dirt, too, he observed, low ay hve Gnoing through the ghastly Although there would be no neat ‘og was all but pressed hetwoen the last one” the mi chuckling the while: FE ae ee did and pried again: Was reproving 1d, ever’ Gas Guat SiRamRNNd 98 RENO Oe Te i deovince, came on heavy, muffled re- trip, would there? The guiding mind bars ay he hissed AM right ; ee eee ee eet cud now six inches of solid rock for averexerting herself when it oc- der was hardly moro than a polite port—and stillness again, The guar! gmiicd strangely as he looked at the n the name of reason, senor, and Thay aise he'll | and and justice, senores! Thero wax hot ay w aix inces, of so more curfed to him (o return for the next tap. It stung the Snake to suddey ee eee tityou not {hything etso he'll bring, and we'll dig one eye to witness as J stole those atvod out from i Gh hands and need her tated a ” Po: bowed his head. - floor, One cannot pass a guarded wins utual profit, why y out a stone over there, As nearly ast)! from the tool-room.” man oaeniia a nees he tolled fury, however; his fists, clenching “Alaa, poor Tito!" he said, “It Is uve your Ives?’ TG { 8 ne tind me tr > : away, head Wasging from side to side, collided with Senor Ferra’ countens all told dow, but one can take a little, poor nt too much being saved heh ante that £99} trick wreuld Fortunate, wasn’t it? Mr, Pole 4 moment they wlanoas at one bi Calling back fond adieus as he wont, ance and the little gentleman Oodle D he eis nt too . ring us out AOMeWhere near the on- lard said dryly. other; then #ix hands laid hold of the ‘ ng rhe ance, anc eo Little revenge, Wight lengths of iron lay all y," said Mr. Pollard. | trance, und Velvet would probably "More than that, senor,” the erin; er! ind tugsed. with ail thelr Svc tien after milee Of travel down lapsed with o shriek—aog the Tene CHAPTER IX. about and it occurred to Mr, Pollard have paid good money 4 tH ‘& man waiting with a club or w iual type grinned, ag he surrendered Wvehuth, and a cuble foot of rock 20 heiiliant, flow ¥ lane, pmed to dl Aw away au omat= The Way to Liberty. that, by concealing one behind him beits al be ea iS 7, fe 5 i of hot water when We came out, the sledge and stretched, “And now Qamerfurth rather too muddeniv and Tani wi amy ih Honor Mendes, too. 5 i and Juring their guard quite close to A9ldier said impatiently. of, who Wik | “tut.” continued Mr, Pollard, and --the money?” Ceuhed to the floor, miming Willem (spin ute was Robby. the q . yea Oo Bet D ¢ is whisper dropped over, “we will — “Ilere,’" t 1 le: A p manne &. . 4 IAT the Sam Hill was the barred door, at least one small } Fort oe the h! PY Ryan, who slipped, by something less Whore ar?’ the for Aripe’ : rn " eat ‘ hones, am not of these! I am Ro- also take out a stone over there, and “And one thing more.” Komango 4: cj . , the bunk for Avpee that the Spanish Bruve wets i éped giddily and acquired one mango, senor!” Aig atrateht In the opposite direction, said comfortably as he tucked the Iit- “Rost wan out, and the hole yawned “Sut. a wk tho, pausing, a ie gasped. of the murderous little thinge; he held uu said that last night.” Mendez showed mo the chart of this tle fortune tnto his blouse, “the les# op misingly. ‘They went at the next 4, We're done work!” the Spanish & very startied Fashion at Mr, Feces ‘A shot, senor—a single the hand close to his side and ap- ‘And sider with what caso this prison night before last when we noise, the greater safety for us all. og dislodged with smaller effort, and Brute BagtsG et pie, and the Bhake's and ae mo i nt and shot!" their guard an- proached the door with a smile of un- thing is done!" Romango urged fever- locked up Velvet to prove that he had My life {8 no less at stake than your jy hag no more than been latd aside joy aennO cad of the tunnel!’ Now, indeod, wor the hewidere® swered with much feeling, “And he, cunny awaotneas, The monotonous ishly, " ap ADAG sie af your om pall ~ han Willan Ityan waa Srouching “Phere is nothing but 4 paving Spanish Brute wholly idl Als : . * tramp was still there and he waited, senor, a stone may be Ik 4 | ‘ith his shovel, and dirt was flying stone overhead, and it’s su loose that heavy fist caught Senor Damba, Just aa TL Aum SOrREBGw QW FTO BAA Ureasdng ight, Hila line parted for 6 Dar of lion, Here 15 Of almost 1 | Weaaascsansaseagnesnnaseseassenesgoenananeneenee!). | 00 tio corner of (he fell Muritialy: can snove it’ with one taid,” Mr ay that gentleman turned to fea, and y. Thus, senor, the gentle summons that should ca! e ocean, he Ie 0ft 0d | ee ee eee eee een eee ee eee wagely he dug, until breath Md Pollard’s exhausted voice went. of lid fallen over Perito and they perish all traitors!” he concluded and one traitor to his doom—and then they sandy. Consider the stone to be re-| ¥ im, and he mraightened up for @ with queer crispness. "We've struck rolling shouldered hie rifle again cloned again, for once more their moved! You dlg~directly ahead tor : Httle. est be tive te courl, ad there's no one over. "Tut they ‘would be up tn another : ren guard had been changed, and there forty feet, for y foot! hay = + “Well, that over there might be like head or they'd have heard ux and minute: and the gasping leader of the Merging with the monotonous tread Was no satisfaction in’ alayiug. @ then? THAT WAS THE STAKE THEY PLAYED FOR IN migate but this is like cement” he herd Cave tour thou tong bofure ficrated to cement Wikiaa Mvene bi see shale mar, fife familiar Stevo stranger, “We get shot!” the Spanish Brute 9 . stated this. There's no doubt in arm and gasped returning, and into the lantern ‘This latest individual wae an {ll- eupplicd. “Yes, you can hear It crunch.” Mr that this ta where Romango was not ‘In—T couldn't land another punch light stepped’ Captain Velvet once favored citizen too. His eyes, so close "Hut never, senor, with only a litte] $| $ | rolurd mused intorestetly. heading ws!" f to save my life! > Down there! ‘ © MOR together that they almost’ Joined, caution!” the criminal type urged! @ Fe "RDINAND MOO! $ “Yes, and you can feel’ it crunch ow listen!” tho thin tone went Quick!" 4 ne eat pane Wr Hp pooounls, far sparkled wickedly and suspiciously; earnestly. eee you will dig up-| ©! 7 THE PT oT nar ae pg myeyl too, when you're digging,” the Span- on, “I'm going to push this up, A headlong dive and he —~ in Par 1 ‘ H 0 ‘ore I gO his brow was low and receding, and ward, reaching the stones of the court- - in next wee! ete nove! ish Brute panted. "Take a chance at the first thing tc is to Ket out tunnel once more; a writhe and he : ¢.Aome to bed,” the Captain explained there was a cunning, criminal contour yard east of this wing, which ta all Ww ft." fus, Ul Y ke, chat- J : nN P a ' of us. go first and loc ; had vanished, an@ the Snake, cl ® tartly, ‘Now, that wal eo’ mine to his mouth, Quickly the eyes darted unguarded and will so remain, You Iti THe, EVENING WV © FFE bef h He thrust the shovel into his chief's tho time you're with mo I'll know coring, was after him; and then, with 4@ Afn't been touched, an’ here's the four at Mr, Pollard and then up and down emerge! The wall is low! You climb, is a stirring tale of treasure and piracy, an American hero hands and dashed the drops from his which way to bead, Don't hesitate one look at five gentlemen who were ; thousand dollars you gave Bentino the corridor, He drew close, and discover a little cove with a small brew. Mr, Pollard locked him in th@ ome second! Ready?" getting to tpeir feet, William Ryan gud the fitteen thousand you paid “Senor! he breathed, “You have boat and oars, waiting! Not even > | ©) In the"impenetrable blackness they followed the) Snake! @ecret service men,” . been betrayed cruelly, but'’—~ then is your escape suspected, for I “You baven't dug three inches and grunted breathless aasent and waited, (To Be Con ae - - — wh seach