The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-16

indian and his daughter. II we are 20
ret their secret out Of them II must be
done tonight, for. like fool. told
that Englishman the story when the
wine was In me. thinking that he would
never live TO repeat IT, 49,.
"Yes, yes, II must be done to-nigns'
for tomorrow we may have 70 ny.
But what II the brutes won't speak,
father2"
I'VE will find means 10 make them
sneak" answered the old man with
lkdeous chuclkle; "but whether they |
sneak or not. they must be silent after
ward" and he drew his hand across
| his throat and added: Come"
| An hour passed while we stood In the |
hole trembling with Excitement, hope, |
and fear, and then once moro we heard
cracks, followed presently by the sonnu
OF voice Whispering on the further
aide of the panel
.Are YOU there, lord?' the whisper
said. 1T Is !, Luisa."
"Ycs," answered.
Now she touched the spring and
opened the door.
"I,istcn. !" she SAID; "they have gone
10 sleep, all of them, but before dawn
they viii be up again 70 search for you
far and wide. Therefor you must DO
one OF two things-lie hid here. perhaps
for days, or take your chance OF escape
1t once"
elbow can we escape?" asked.
"There Is but one way, lord, through
the.chapel. The door into II Is locked.
but / can show you a place from which
the priests used TO watch those below.
and thence, II you are brave, you can
drop TO the ground beneath, for the
height Is not great. Once there you
can escape into the garden through the
window over the altar, which Is broken,
as have seen from without. though to
do so perhaps you VIII have 10 Glib
upon each Others shoulders. Then you
must fly as swiftly rs you can by the
light OF the moon, which has risen:
The dogs have been gorged and tied
up. so. IL the Heart Is your friend you
may yet go unframed"
Now / spoke TO the senior, saying:
"Although the woman does not know
, II, l think IL likely that we shall ina
| company in this chapel, seeing that the
l Indian and his daughter are imprisoned
} there, where Don Pedro and Jose have
| gone 10 visit them. The risk is great;
shall we take it?" .l3t
: "Yes." answered the senior, after n
r moments thought, ''for IL is better to
. take risk than to perish by inches in
. this hole of starvation, or perhaps 10 be
J discovered and murdered In cold blood.
Z AlsS we have travelled far and under
I pone much 10 find the Indian, and II we
I lose our chance of doing so we may gel
Q no other" ta
/" Now one by one we climbed through
/ the false panel, and by the light OF the
moon Tulsa led MS across the chamber
; to the spot between the beds where
s hangs the picture of the abbot. This
u pictnrc, which Ia on a painted slab o.
II wood, proved 20 be nothing more thar
a n cunninnlv devised door constructed
II TO swing upon pivot.
n Resting her knee on the threshold
n Luisa scrambled into the passage be
o yond. and when the rest OF us stood b.
. her side she closed the panel, and Did
ding us to cling to one another, ana o.
>, silent, she took me by the hand an
guided us through various passages I'll
Ia at length she whispered.
"a .sBe cautions, now, for we como :
AZ the place whence you drop into tn
10 chapel. and there Is stairway TO you
ar I'VE passed the stairway and turne
O. the corner, Luisa still leading.
"a Next instant she staggered back Int
80 nv arms, murmuring: Mother {
Nv heavcnl the ghotsi tho ghostsl' IL
!" deed, had l not held her she would ha'
We fed. Still clasping her hand, l pushe
az forward TO find myself standing In
n small recess that was placed about te
ur fee. above the floor of the chapel, an
he i like other places in this house, so n
IN ranged that the abbot or monk
I'm | authority, without being seen himsel
on could see and hear all that passed b
meath him.
"a. or one thing / am sure, TINT durir
~ all the generations that are gone by ]
monk watching here ever saw strang
IN sight than that which met my eye
The chancel OF the chapel was lit up
shafts of brilliant moonlight th
poured through the broken windo
and by lamp which stood upon Z
tha stone altar. Within the circle of strol
"A LIGHT thrown by this lamp were 70
.ss people, namely: Don Pedro, his s
,de bon Jose, an old Indian, and girl.
80 On either side of the altar then,
"a now. rose two carven pillars OF sapc
ter wood, the tops of which were fas
noe | Toned Into the figure of angels, and
Iclr these columns the old Indian and I
,yvs women were tied, one 10 each colum
nee their hands being, joined together
.e,.s the back OF the pillars In such mt
,gh ner as TO render them absolutely he
ont less. My eyes first rested upon
nos woman. who was nearest to me, a
Nm seeing her, even as she was then, 9
hevelled and worn with pain and IN
ia ger, with her proud face distorted
tor agony OF mind and impotent rage, 1
nall longer wondered that both Molas a
inc Don Pedro had raved about her beau
.haf She was an Indian, but such an
us dian rs had never known before,
~ In color she was almost white, and
ives dark and waving hair hung In mas
zero 20 her knee. Her face was oval Z
,ee,, srnnll-featurcd, and In IL shone I
not OF wonderful dark blue eyes. while
10 n clinging white robe she wore rcvca
9th the loneliness Of her tall and delic
r OF shape.
had rs was the girls plight, thai
here the old man. her father, who was n
and other than tho Zibalbay we had &C
90 seek, seemed even worse. lie v
the as Molas had described him, thin
star- very tall. with white hair and BET
! as hawls-liIse eyes, and aquiline featu