The Progress., 1892-08-13

Of blue sky overhead. 1t was quit,
cool where | lay. on bed of sand an,
rubbish, and it WAS still as death.
was buried alive 10 all intents and pur
poses. and the chance of my ever benz
dsinterred rested upon basis of prob
ability so narrow that judged ii wisest
not to hope. lay there. gazing up al
the Sky, and thinking over my adven-
tUre-bcginning ut the beginning, with
ny meeting with Birchmore at the hotel.
and tracing the progress of the conspir-
acy step by step to Its conclusion here.
1t was very ingenious, and very well
carried ont. 1t had taught me Il lesson
that was likely to profit by if | ever
got ont.
don't know how long | lay there
probably but Il short time Ali at once
another face interviewed between he and
the Sky. Il was not Katc's this time; il
was very different one-Christina's
After peering anxiolsly downward for
several moments, she asked:
''ls Herr Gainsborough there?"
Yes"
The Herr is not badly hurtT
'Not a bit, Christina"
"Gott sci Dank" she exclaimed
heartily, and adding, at is all well; YOU
will be helped ont immediately" she
vanished.
Soon other faces appeared. with boards
and helmets-thc faces Of the "Poiizci."
In few minutes, by the aid of roncs
and stout arms. was drawn up one.
more to the light of day, blinking Ike
an awkward bat.
Before me stood nearly a dozen per
sons, a squad Of police officers. with |
their swords and cirbines; Herr Ru-
dolph and Christina and three prison
ers-a woman and two men, whose faces |
were unpleasantly familiar to me.
Some little official ceremony of identi-
flcatlon. and SO forth. having been gone
through with, we all started for or
various places of destination. The trial
took place not long afterward in Dres-
Ten; the prisoners We're ali convicted
md sentenced to- don't care to re-
member what. They were Il dangerous
gang OF thieves, whom the police of sew
'ral countries hal long been vainlv en-
ieavoring TO capture But meanwhile
vent back to spend the night at the farm
louSe OF Herr Rudolph. | need not say
hat | scarcely had the courage to look
lim and his daughter in the face. Herr
tudolph was a most excellent and
person, and as for Christina,
knew not III what terms to begin my
pologies to her ,
1t appeared that my little friend Helm .
lch III Paris had had his suspicious of
ne man calling himself Dirchmore from ,
le hrSt. and in writing to his father {
nd sister had mentioned rs much G
When. therefore. the Birchmore party |
nexpectedly turned up at the farm f,
ouse, along with the owner of the dia- 8
londs, good deal of perturbation was 4
'eated. Afraid openly to warn rc in 8
lie absence OF direct evidence, Christina +
al done what she could indirectly TO 9
i;lte suspicious in my mind. Failing :
this the girl hal actually gone down .
Schandau. on the evening of my in +
rvlew with Kate in my chamber. and r
III her information at the police =,
ireau The next morning she met the ~
lcerS by appointment at some dis ~
nee from the house, and they followed
to Kohlstein.
After seeing the whole party of us to y,
e top of the Stein (Dirchmore followed =,
few minutes after myself and the 9th -
81. they formed Gordon at. the foot of -.
path and one of their number went
to reconnoiter, Peeping over the s..
Se of the plateau. he saw Dirchmore IN
It making his attack. and immediately -,
nailed to those below to approach. ",
rs 1t happened that the thieves. as ~
y were making of with their plum h,
:, found themselves confronted by an -,
passable Gordon of six loaded car 90,
es. Resistence was out of the ques atr
n, and they surrendered at discretion ~,
And what can [ do. Christina" In
l, Ito show you how much thank in
!: OF course don't speak of cancel trg