The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-07

He finished it, and it finished him.
1t was not ten minutes before his own
eyes closed in that terrible sleep from
which he could not arouse himself until
the effect of the drug had passed off.
"Come" said Olga.
Nervously and quickly she rifed the |
sleeping mans pockets and found a
bunch of keys. Swiftly. then. these
two rushed to Itzig's room and, shut
ting the door. barred it on the inside.
"Now we can work without molesta-
ton" said Olga.
She trie1 several keys in the lock of
an iron door that formed part Of the
rear WALL but without success. FL
nally she found one that turned the
rusty bolt. and the door swung open.
This door led into small passage. in
which there were various articles-lan-
terms. whips. chains and weapons. Olga |
quickly chose a lantern which showed
it haG been recently used and lighted
it. At the end of the passage was an
iron grating forming a door. and this,
too, she unlocked with Jansky's keys
Beyond this was a flight of stone
steps leading downward, and then all
was darkness. Olga, holding the
lantern above her head, led the way
down the steps. The stones We're cold
and damp and slippery as she neared
the bottom. The dark atmosphere sent
a chill through her, but the brave girl
did not falter. IhereSe came creeping
after her, shivering with fear They
did not count the number of steps, but
knew there We're many. At last they
stood on a cold stone floor.
'Now, which way?" she asked, hold
ing the lantern TO flash its light as far
as possible around her.
She could see that they were in a
large chamber from which various
passages broke away III every direction.
We must not lingerie lose time
would be To lose the game" she said.
"Choose this passage and follow it TO
the end
She turned into the nearest passage,
ana the Cleans OF the iautern We're re-
fected from slippery walls. AS she
walled she examined these walls for
doors There we're arches that led to
other passages and smaller ones that
opened into chambers that had evil
dently been once used for prison cells.
for chains were hanging on the walls.
The lantern in Olga's hand flashed it's
light into every nook and Granny until
at last she reached the end of that
passage. Making sure Therese was
olo nd la tl1pn Stn
another passage, running apparently
at right angles with the other. This
she traversed in the same way until
the very bigness of the place and its
silence began to awe her.
The first courage that had led her to
the desperate act gradually gave way
to the awful gloom and mystery of the
place. But in it's stead thert came
determination not to relinquish the
search until she had found the unfortu-
nate victims of Neslerov's hate or prov
ed that they were not there. She walk
ed on, gradually increasing her pace. A
door at last greeted her vision-a real
door that swung on hinges.
cat last perhaps" she said.
She tried her strength against the
loor, and, though it was not locked.
set she could not open it sufficiently to
enter.
"Therese, help me-" she said, setting
the lantern down upon the floor.
The two placed their shoulders against
the door and pushed. and it suddenly
opened. Therese was precipitated head
m n a
air almost stifed Olga. There was a
peculiar sound. as if Therese had fall
ell upon heap of something. She was
whimpering in her terror.
Olga seized the lantern and dashed
into the chamber. A cry of horror es-
capped her She was in what seemed
to be an old tomb. At least, there
We're heaps of bones scattered about,
and into one of these poor Therese had
pitched headlong.
Olga swung the lantern and, near to
the spot where Therese lay, two skele-
tons hung in chains. One had lost its
head, but the other, by reason Of being
fastened in peculiar way, had retain
ed it's grinning top piece.
Therese was in dead faint.
Olga was now in terrible difficulty.
She knelt by the side of Therese.
"Oh," she said, IF l had but some
water! She will never recover in this
place."
Setting the lantern down, she
dragged the woman from the plaes Of