The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-06
OUT
THE JAWS OF DEATH
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CHAPTER XVIII.

begged him to read. Swiftly ran to my
room and put on the things | had laid out
ready to my hand. At the head of the
stairs paused to assure myself that the
way was clear. The mufiied sound Of Mere
Lucas voice humming in the kitchen and
of Taras reading aloud showed that the
doors were closed. | ran down noiselessly,
opened the street door and perceived Kav-
anagh's carriage drawn up by the pave
ment before the church. The driver stood
on the curb, and l recognized the man at
once.
"You know where to go?" asked as
stepped in.-
"Adelphi terrace. miss, first of all" he
replied.
In less than a quarter of an hour we
reached the terrace. | stepped out, and
pushing open the swing door Of Grandson
chambers entered the hall.
Gordon, who had heard the wheels Of the
brougham, was on the landing above.
"What is iti" he asked anxiously. run
ming down to meet me-
/ had repeated Kavanagh's instructions
too frequently to forget them, and / had
not overlooked the necessity Of translating
the phrases into French to avert suspicion.
"raras went out before dinner and has
not returned. Kavanagh says they have
carried MIN OH 10 onduWtll. ne nus gone
on in a hanson. He sent me to fetch you.
His carriage is outside. The driver knows
where to take us''- ...
"My dear girl" he interrupted, there Is
no necessity for you to go. Better stay out
of this. There's sure to be scrimma9e."
1.-THE greater reason for going. will go
alone rather than be left behind"
"That'll never do. All right, mademoi-
selle. Pluck's everything. Wait mo-
ment."
Saying this, he ran up stairs, taking the
steps two at time rushed to his rooms,
and minute after came out with his hat
on, an ulster over his arm and stout stick
in his hand. He banged the door after him,
rejoined me, and slipping his arm through
mine to support me led me down to the
hall. The offlcious porter again stepped
forward as II he had something to say, but
Gordon brushed past him impatiently and
| took me to the carriage.
"All right" he called, wedging himself
| in as soon as I was seated, and before the
door was closed the carriage started off.
As Kavanagh had foreseen, there was no
necessity for any pretense on my part.
| shook from head TO foot with excitement
IT'S all right, mademoiselle," said Cor
don cheerfully, slipping my arm through
his and nudging 1t to his side. 1--WE shall
pull through. You see Kavanagh has his
wits about him. I'd back him against all
| the police Russia can send over here. He
| didn't give you any other informationf"
"None Those words were all he spoke"
| Enough too. He warned me last night.
/ That fellow Rudersdorf was hanging about
| Lambeth all yesterday But is seems Taras
never left the house."
Thrusting his head out of the window, he
called to the driver;
| "You know where you are to goi"
"All right, sir. We are to find the gov
ernor at Sandy's walk, and IL he's not there
we're to cross the river to the Mariners
JOY"
do you know all these places2"
fought to, sir. Born in Rotherhithe and
served four years in the Thames police pa
trolling the Pool"
As we penetrated the low lying district
beyond Southwark park the fog grew thick
er, the darkness more intense.
"It's to be hoped we shall meet them on
| this side of the river" Gordon observed,
'for we shall find it difficult to cross In such
| darkness as this"
made no reply, knowing that IL we were
to cross Kavanagh had provided the means.
| The streets were absolutely empty, so
that the driver was able to rattle along at a
| good speed in spite of the darkness, which
| in the back streets through which we passed
was unrelieved by any light save the dull
CLEAN of an occasional street lamp.
There was a resinous smell of pine wood.
On one side of the road the light fell upon
stacks of timber; on the other ships spars,
projecting over the tarred palings, was
thrown into relief by the glimmering lamp
beyond. We were running down by the
Baltic dock. The driver shortened his pace
to turn a corner, then pulled up under a
lamp that stuck out from II high brick wall
The driver whistled MS he sprang down
from the box. Grasping his stick, Cor
don opened the door and stepped out
crouched back in my corner of the carriage,
setting my teeth, holding my breath in ex.
pectation of the coming catastrophe The
driver had given the signal. 1t only re-
mancd for the accompiices to spring out
Of the darkness and overpower Gordon.
But no one appeared. The driver whis-
tied again, looking around him in perplex-
ity.
II don't understand it." he said after
waiting moment for some sound to break
the silence. 1.-The goycrnortold me should
find him here, or some one else"
you are sure this is the place" Gordon
asked.
Certain. There's the old boat" noddng
at an upturned boat hard by on the fore
Shore "and there's the beershop," nodding
to glimmer Of light across the wastespace
opposite the wall He must be down by
the water. Wait here half a minute, sir"
With these words he ran off along the
foreshore, and in a minute was lost to sight
in the fog.
"Kayanagh must have crossed the river,n
said Gordon, "and the person he promised
to station here to meet us has evidently
| r;a To ba Tan, ,r,tn ion aF hat
That's much more probable than that he
should go down to the water. You woat
mind being left alone for minute or twom
mo, no. | am not afraid"
| "I'l try the beershop. IL Kavanaghs
man Is not there, l may find some one who
will take me across"
| He hurried across the open space, and ]
saw his figure against the light as he en-.
tered the house by a swing door.
There was a moment Of intense silence,
and then heard long, distinct whistle in
the direction taken by the driver.
| My eyes were fixed upon the beershop.
The thickness of the night and the distance
prevented my making it out clearly, but it
seemed to me that there were two doors to
it-one on each side of the front, with its
two spears of gas-and this was presently
proved to be the case by man slipping out
on the other side to that entered by Gordon.
Another, and another followed, all with
swift stealth. Outside they stood together
for a moment, looking gigantic in the fog.
Then, as the driver whistled again from
the shore, they started off at a run toward
the waterBide. Probably knowing that |
must be in the carriage, they kept as far
from it as possible. Nevertheless l saw
the three phantom figures file past and
disappear into the darker distance.
| A few minutes elaDsed and Gordon cenn a
quickly from the beershop, followed by a
man who carried lantern
.l,ye found q man to take us over He
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