The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
BY
SCOTT CAMPBELL

trap door at a ladder leading down to a
dark cellar.
The lamp. Jimmie, he quickly
whispered. I'll go down ahead, then
you pass me the lamp and follow"
AS Coleman descended through the
trap, two burly central Office men an
peared at the door, and softly entered
the shop. At each corner of the SQUARE
occupied by the Trust building. more
over, two officers then were waiting
and watching.
BY the light of the lamp Royd glanced
sharply around the cellar Huge mounds
or dirt on all sides confirmed his sus-
picions.
There's tunnel here all right. jim
ME-" he whispered. And the entrance
TO it must be through the rear wall.
Bring the lamp this way"
The foundation wall at first appeared
TO be intact, yet Boyd's keen eyes soon
discovered the break
There's light beyond this wall.
Jimmie" he muttered. "Ha! here's a
section that swings this way. Put out
the lamp, old man"
out she goes" chuckled Coleman
softly.
For moment they stood in Egyptian
| darkness. Then Boyd cautiously
| discovered, and by the yellow
ish glare OF an incandescent light
there then was revealed a subterran-
can passage. fully fifty feet long, and
running under the area back Of Bro
gers shop. At the farther end Of it
| could be seen another foundation wall.
| partly broken away; but not a sign Of
any person was in evidence.
1.-The knaves have done a big Job,
and done IL Well" whispered Boyd
That farther wall is that OF the Trust
/ building, and the break i'm it is just
under the rear of the vault. The scoun-
drels even have tapped some wire. 10
! light the place. But where the dickens
are they now?"
! "Not in sight. surely" growled Cole
man, under his breath.
! wen see where the passage leads.
! There may be a divergent section, in
which they are now at work. Follow
me, Jimmie, and have your gun ready"
] Ready she is, Felix"
| Together the two men left Broger's
cellar, and entered the tunnel. Yet they
| scarce had set foot I'm IL when the pre-
diction Of Felix Boyd was verified.
There came an explosion which
seemed to shake the earth. and with It
binding flash Of light. As he reeIed
/ backward under the sudden awful
shock, Boyd saw the distant wall give
way for several feet, and a section of
the vault floor ruptured like so much
tissue paper.
| For several moments a thick veil of
smoke obscured the passage. Before it
fairly had begun to clear, however, a
voice which Boyd instantly recognized
TO be that OF Paul Wyroff rang
through the farther end Of the passage.
This way, palsv' he shouted tri-
umphantly. 1.-THE Jobs donei The
plumber is ours, for a ducatp'
Through the veil OF smoke, Boyd saw
his tall, 1.-THE figure, as he came from
O divergent passage, and sprang upon
the rocks which had fallen from the
wall. He was followed closely by two
other men, and Boyd drew his second
revolver.
AT them. Jimmier' he cried softly.
''If they show fight, shoot to kill"
He started through the passage while
he spoke, and his last word was min
! gled with yell Of dismay from wy
koff.
by God. we're done upr he fairly
shrieked. THE cops are on us! Out by
that way, boysw
The two men behind him vanished
like a fash. AS Wykoff leaped from
the rocks. however, Boyd's revolver
rang Ike thunder through the confined
place, and the burglar fell with a bullet
in his hip, unable TO rise when BOYD
rushed through the smoke and ap-
| prOdCneQ MIN.
Look after him. Jimmiep' he shout
ed. I'll follow the othersr'
AS he had suspected a divergent
passage led off to the right. 1t was
In darkness, however. and Boyd could
follow 1t only with difficulty Not a
sound from the men he pursued reached
his ears, and be presently came to a
heavy wooden bulkhead, which was Sc
curely closed, He guessed the truth at
once-that this way Of escape had been
provided against Just such an emer-
gency as that described.
Under cover of the darkness. despite
the vigilance OF the waiting officers. the
two burglars who had fled succeeded
In making their escape. Paul Wykoff
and Broger, however, were promptly
taken into camp, and the Sunday edi-
tions of the New York papers con-
tanned full-page stories Of the extra
ordinary work done by the central Of
fee.
For Felix Boyd still chose to remain
as much as possible I'm the background.
1T is wisest and safest at present.
Jimmie, and there is a chance that
may not be connected with this lob.
since neither Wykoff nor Broger knew
me-" he explained to Coleman, a few
days later.
II think so, too Felix" admitted
OCltIldils yet J. III RATHER akGThe 10 TAX
! ing so much credit for your own re-
markable work"
Take it and welcome, Jimmie"
laughed Boyd. II still have my head to
consider, remember that, while T am
seeking that obscure party dubbed the
Big Finger. Neither Wykof nor Bro
ger, though they now are booked for
Sing Sing, viii betray their confeder-
ates that's already plain enough. As
for Kramer, Grimshaw, and the others
concerned in this job, they have van
ished like bubbles. Yet have an idea
that we yet shall land them, one and
all-indeed. I havew
A WONDER CROP.