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CHAPTER xxIv-contlnued.

Tue aiAD. But nrSC Will prepare my OH
for Helen's lamp
Having said this, he moved away,
and Martha, following his lamp, saw
how he entered his secret cell.
She then hurried to the verge of the
cliff, where still were the ropes which
had been used to draw up Capt. Os-
reds body.
Il will save the young lady If cam
thought Martha, now aware of the pas
sage under the ledge, and quickly
using that skill in climbing Of which
she was mistress, 1t was not long ere
she descended below the upper ledge,
and gained footing upon the lower
one.
She then crept into the cave pas
sage, and was able to see the light in
the interior cave, just as the sorcerer
entered it from behind the leaning
slab
Then she dared go no further, but
watched.
AS soon as she saw the sorcerer drag
away Helen in the blanket, she hast
ened to ascend the cliff by the knotted
rope, and was in the house before the
sorcerer had carried his burden to his
CELL
Martha saw him enter the cell, and
then hurried back to Helens first pris-
on, suspecting that Sosia would again
look In upon that room.
He did. and this time his pastilles
took quick effect upon Martha, who, it
will be remembered, sprang to her feet
and instantly fell senseless.
She was just regaining her senses
when Clarence returned from Kilro-
nan. also tossing in pastille, and ere
Martha could cry out, insensibility
again seized her.
From this last Inconsistencies she
did not recover until she awoke and
saw Sosia leading Lord Genlis from
& the room. She remained motionless,
not vet able to move, and was thus un-
til Sosia returned and bore away the
! body Of Capt Osred.
Horror neryed Martha to action soon
after she had seen the sorcerer bear
away the body.
His muttered exultation as he lifted
the body from the bed had told her
that he was about to place 1t in the
dungeon with Lord Genlis and Clar-
ence Darrell, and dreading that the
sorcerer would soon return to carry
her to the same place, she hurried to
the cliff, and in the broad light of day
again descended to the seward cave,
n and then crept into the passage that
led to the interior cave, carrying with
her q lantern which she had snatched
up and lighted in the kitchen ere she
began her second descent.
This lantern she left burning in the
interior cave, and then crept into the
passage which led to the stone door OF
the dungeon.
She arrived at the stone door Just
3 after Sosia had carried the body into
i the dungeon, and while he was hurting
parting taunts at helpless Clarence.
She waited, half insensible for a
time from inhalation Of the gas of the
recently burning pasti1les. But after
q time she ventured to whisper to
Clarence through the opening over the
stone door.
Then. together, he and Martha pass
ed through the outer passage to the
cave In the face Of the cliff, Clarence
in advance.
In the same order they assembled the
/ knotted rope, Clarence going up with
md an
enced acrobat.
He had no weapons, however, and
L waited on the Cliff verge till Martha
joined him.
II will go first" she said, when he
asked where he might find weapons.
Hide there, near the wall. till / return.
He must not suspect that you have
escaped. Patience!n
Martha then hurried through the diff
terent gateways, closely followed by
Clarence, who refused to permit her to
s#Ro alone.
Together we shall be more than a
match for him." he said, "and think
we can enter the house without his
4 knowledge unless he is at the front en-
trance Indeed, at this time Sosia was
4 using all his medical skill to save the
I life Of Helen Beauelair.
When the sorcerer entered his cell,
4 he WIS astonished to see Heller lying
as ifahalf dead upon The floor AT q
glance hessaw what she had done. and
with lightning Quickness he cut the
4 knot of the strangling cord.
he WAS unable, without wounding
her throat, to- cut any Of the cord ex-
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