Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-16

''Yes. sir. His orders"
Curse Lieut. Mazzard-' cried Hum
phrey. Where Is the captains
No answer.
rs this so-calIed lieutenant master
here?"
Tries to be-" grumbIed Bart.
The captain is away, them
Orders are not 10 answer questions,
said Bart. abruptly; and he left the cham
Der.
Midday arrived. and Humphrey was
looking forward to the coming of Dinny
with his meal The Irishman lighteued
his weary hours. and every time he came
the captive felt some little hope of win
ming him over to help him escape.
All. Dinny. my Iadr' he said. as he
was drawn aside
He stopped and listened. for a voice
whispered from somewhere close at hand
the word Kelly
YES; what is it? Who called?' said
the prisoner, aloud.
There was a momentary silence. and
then a peculiar whispering voice said:
Don't be frightened"
I'm not" said Humphrey, trying to
make out whence the voice came, and
only able to surmise that it was from
somewhere over the dark corner where
he slept But where are your
Up above your chamber" was the
reply. There is a place where the
stones are broken away"
Then | am watched" thought Hum
phrey, as the announcement recalled the
captain.
Can you see - he asked
Il cannot see you where you are now,
but l could if you went and lay down
upon your couch"
Then I'll go there" said Humphrey,
crossing the great chamber to throw him
self on the blankets and skins. "Now,
then, what do you want with DinnyY''
Il knew the captain had gone TO sea, -
said the voice, evasively; but / did not
know Kelly had been taken, too. He
cannot be. without letting me know"
Listen" said Humphrey, quickly.
"You are Mistress GreenheysT
Eyes"
"And you love Dennis Kelly?"
There was silence.
You need not fear me. know your
history" continued Humphrey. you
are. like myself, a prisoner, and in the
power of that black-looking lieutenant"
Il am a miserable slave, sir"
Eyes, yes, know. Then look here,
can we not all escape together?
Escape, sir! How?"
Through Dinny's help"
HE would not give it, sir It would
be impossible. I-I-there!, / will speak
out, sir-I can bear this horrible life DO
longer! l have asked him to take me
away"
'Well, will he not?"
HE is afraid, sir"
"And yet he loves you?"
He says So"
"And you believe ii, or you would not
run risks by coming here"
Risks" said the woman, with a sigh.
"If Mazzard knew / came he would kill
mew
'The wretch muttered Humphrey.
Then, aloud, ''Dinny must help US. Wom-
an, surely you can win him to our sidei
You will try?"
TRY, sir! l will do anythingw
Work upon his feelings, and l will try
and do the same"
The curtain dropped. Humphrey stood
listening and thinking. Finally he ose,
and without any hesitation walked
straight out through the opening, and
made his way along the corridor to
where the sun blazed forth.
The prisoner made a bold dash in a
fresh direction, going straight toward
where he believed his mems quarters to
be; and, as before, the moment he pass
ed behind the ruins he found himself
face to face with a dense wall of ver-
dure. Defeated here. he tried another
and another place, till his perseverance
was rewarded by the finding of one Of
the dark, maze-like paths formed by cut
ting away the smaller growth and zig
tagging through the trees.
Into this dark pathway he plunged, to
find at the end of FIVE minutes he had
lost all idea, through it's abrupt turns,
of the direction in which he was going:
while before he had penetrated much
further the pathway forked. and, un-
able to decide which would lead him to
the required direction, he took the path
to the right.
This suddenly deboUched upon another
going across it at right angles, and after
a moments hesitation the prisoner turn
ed TO the left, and to his great delight
found that he had solved one of the topo-
graphical problems of the place, for this
led toward what was evidently the outer
part of the buccaneers settlement, and
of this he had proof by hearing the smoth-
cred sound of voices. which became clear
as he proceeded, and at last were plainly
to be made out as coming from a ruined
building standing upon terrace
(To be continued.)