Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-27
.HAPTER XIV.
DREAMING JAIL.

tO ten G'r dLy'U tle nOli'lCHSllOSN ot
trying to escape via the roof Then She
remarked philo,orhically that ii could
not be helped. They must just discover
some other way ont
There s. No earthly use in our staying
here any longer. you know " She added.
"We've discussed Nicholas the First
and hi, doings with the most comprc-
hunsive fullncss, and as ho hash t left
me any legacy worth carrying away |
admit that my interest il the sinful old
hIbuster has quite eyaporated. Besides
how long is it since you had your last
meal, AlanY'
"Breakfast," returned the under
graduate promptly About eight
hours, isn't it ?'
Quite. Well, that's longer than m
accustomed to. Therefore | m develop
ing most unladylilc appetite There
fore | mean to return to the Eureka to
satisfy that same appetite. Therefore,
to put the situation tersely, ] mean to
leave Nick's snuggory Immediately
O. T. d."
"Pcrhaps the others will contrive to
find us " suggested the UNDERGRADUATE,
Captain Colepepper and Dir. Trng viii
both do their best as soon rs they know
were missing, and they Il root mp half
the island sooner than not find us.
Dolly sat on the edge Of the table and
swung shoe.
Now Alan" she said quietly,
"you know as well as ] do that it 5 nom
sense to expect either dad or DR.. Tring
to find us down here They might per-
hups have Just a bare chance Of doing
go if they gave up about month to tho
Job and were lucky. B.t | don t think
we can wait quito all that time with
ont considerable Inconvenience No;
if we don t find some way ont of the
BOBBY trap by ourselves we shall he
Itarved to death. That was the fate,
you remember which we agreed would
probably overtake the members of the
Pry family who poked their noses in
here.
"Oh, Dolly" broke ont the under
graduate with a sudden burst of self re-
proach, "what an idiot | was to let you
get into this scrape at allp'
The girl laughed with a gayety
which was quite genuine. GAS if, " she
exclaimed with a fine scorn, cas- if Won
pad anything to do with it. | like that.
Do you really mean TO imply, Mr..
Guthrie, that you imagine you could
have stopped me if l wanted to come ?
Don't you know that red haired people
Ire always obstinatef'
Your hairs auburn, Dolly" said
the young man.
THAT a mere bubble. Besides, au-
burn 5 worse if anything, for oDstinacy
But never mind my hair now, We're
wasting time. I'm just horribly hungry
already, and as ! don't Want to get
much hungrier, 1 IN going to leave this
ancestral cabin with the smallest posi-
bic delay"
Guthrie looked at the girl admiring-
ly. Her courage was magnificent, and
it was, moreover, Of that quality which,
In straits Of this kind, has a way Of
working impossihilitios. The young
man. seeing it, felt the infection and
was ashamed Of his own perfectly nat
ural misgivings.
"I'm with You in that, Dolly" he
cried heartily. Tell me what to do, and
III do it.
''Thcn 20 and inspect that automatic
letter box thing which dropped Ms in
here and see if the return tourney Inv
the same route isn't possible. IN clinil,
NJ through the skylight. meanwhile.
and admire the prospect M there "
Guthrie helped her up through the
little manhole. and. then dropuinp bacl,
on to the floor cf the dusty den. ser
about the piece of exploration which
she had commanded. He opened the low
door which bore the insulting inscrin.
ton, "Ye Bobo, Hvs Trappe. and care.
fully inspected, for the second time. the
wooden slide and its SURROUNDINGS.
His survey was no cursory one He
examined every nook and granny. he
pulled up the heap of molderipu rrshes
which lay at the foot Of fine sloniuo
boards, in the hope of finding vague
something hidden beneath if. lie tried
to pull away one Of the blanks Of fine
ehoot. thinking that. uerbans he mioht
be able to swarm M the edpo of if,
neighbor. But without tools ho found
that he could not even start the boards
and, if he had been able TO do So if
would still have been useless for above
the MINER ed0e of tho ,lonI,iu,, wa. ,