The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-24

- .s,,itos . member Of the Brotherhood
~. s,even Kings. ] saw, when too
% " ~ ,,hoie deadly trap into which
.-oil-ed. The advertisement had
-, ,-,osuf 10 arouse my attention. l
- heea inveigled down TO treshwater
- ,,,eans which only Nine koiuchy
I'M devise. LockhaFt was M decoy'
Ns5bx- Rad I not lsteheu 70 ti,e Nvlus
NsuS srsve girl who had truly risked
OF lI ,5,1 cor me? That twice-repeated
hef NJ III have come from her lips
cry ~. ~, doubt in trying to follow me
W l'nos been captured by our deadly
she iaN Tocl[bart himself. in all prob
enens' ~ done the deed. Had / not
aoiiI - coming UP the path in the d.
me-. me- 80 froun which they cry had souno-
lsc.i' vS-bat chastity doom was even no"
t,anging over her head nat. =, NM
II1,iiis nv heart beat Wioiy III my
- ana my brain swami anu L L. e ths
-. sizzv. wild thoughts SUI 80
,b,ve came and Iiasiieu n l.-le,,t when
Here came a dizzy moment W 49,
men blank and then again the cIouu
aii ,,sted and madame's sentence as
vas ~ over me filled the entire hoil-
l .e.n.,,-ettber earth nor sea shall hold M ms
t,+ IL shall be rent asuhuSI &c
,'s' .,e,, -" she had said. DSaei,
ait.S me bevond doubt, Dut ! Iau
-, learn what a lingering ueHNi
~ r,,cbed the sands and peI perez GO
1,-1ao AL anchor within nan c. thjs
g.. .h.ro small steam ydcI'- +o1It+ss
Was Che way madame anu l.- "'I 1-ben they
t1 como here. Doubuess' '-i.4i.,oc
a ,icd the doom Of their NlCtlIls'
l.'l Iii s,iI away and never return
l't> 80 ,Vas the girl? she was GER
'.' -ot IN the old golf house, WHAT /
h4,i been done with het v7o,,- men
~ .,ss and Nine. koluchy. sun
'.-'. .;,,s, her mask. sat in the stern ana
.,..rsd We're we going 70 lhe SdSnt'
y, The men pulled the boat IdP,uiy
along. beneath the WhiIe liam -,
mat lowered above US II was i.sil
-. VA the water rose IN crested
1ler 1csinst the FACE Of the cllns.
".,,'t,,1,+ we headed sharply round ana
,,.1 sbipping their oars. shot the
- beneath an overhanging lip INTO
,1NoT the chalk cayeTns that abound
-, +be coast l knew that l was
,HL5i,r my tomb. One OF the oars
-, ,,o,, m . torch and I at once saw
.a,,.,thinq floating on the water, which
Locked ike some heavy balks OF tihipeI
lsshed together 70 form a sort OF ratt.
Tron, the roof OF the cave chain was
dangling. Al the end Of the cham was
an iron circlet. -, A., ,.,,s
e,ns seized me and placed me standing
,,nrirbt on the raft They quicklyd
Tasbed my feet TO the heavy block of
Uood with a strong rope. Another man
snsnped the iron ring round my neck
and The next instant they had pushed
tbs. heat back out Of the cave As they
Hid 50 7 distinctly heard Lockhart's
voice addressed Nine. Koluchy-
The other boat is ready" he said.
How long will it fiOat?" asked ma
dame.
reply. we shall lash her TO the bot
tom. aud"
Ths boat turned the corner and 1
LOST she remainder Of the sentence. For
a moment or two / thought of it. but
the awful scene through which l had
Just passed confused my thoughts and
som all feeling was concentrated or
my .oWn awful position.
Nv neck was fixed to the chain
above nav feet 70 the timber in
tho sea below. The words of my terri
BE sentence burst upon me nov with
al their fiendish meaning. AS the tide
went down the whole weight of the
from my head, The horror of such q
fearful doom almost benumbed my fac
ulties, and I stood as one already dead.
being sEayed up and down by the light
swell that found its way into the cave.
The moon rose presently and its pale
beams struck across my dungeon with
a weird light The moon that ruled the
tide was 10 he a witness of her own
work that night. l wondered vaguely
how long l had to live. but Bockhart
must have given me a violent blow
vhea he feled me To the ground, and
was siill more OF less stunned. Grad
ualY, however. the cool air which blew
inie the cave revived ne and / was
able more thoroughly to raelize the po-
Sition 7 now perceived that the chain
had At least two feet of slack. Thus
The brotherhood had arranged TO pro-
long my tortures Was there the most
remote possibility of escape? l
laughed 70 myself horrible laugh. as
the hopelessness of the whole thing
rushed over me. And vet there was a
mad passionate desire to make up 10
Miss Ward for my want of faith in her.
Which brought sudden fire 10 my heart
ana aw9ke each intellectual faculty to
us fullest. She also was doomed. In
what N3y, and how. ] had but the
Vaguest idea; but that her death was
certain ] felt sure IF 1 could escape
myself | might yet save her. To res
che her now seemed TO be the one i'm
portsHt thing left TO me in the world.
seald only manage II by setting myself
iree Ny hands were dashed behind me, |
nut not. ] noticed. very tightly. This |
Vas my conquerors knew, unnecessary. |
for even with them free I could neither. |
on account Of the ring Of iron which |
neid my neck, bend down sufficiently |
Iar ia release my feet. nor drag myself |
up hy the chain. as my feet We're Sc
euEed 70 the raft. and the effort would !
" too tremendous should soon have |
a get 60. determined. however. to |
llee my hands II | could. and at last. |
NsSn great pain and difficulty, worked |
~ NE cords that bound my wrists |
I'm my hips and felt a momentary
se q freedom. Could they not In
su'le way helm me?
Ny long scientific training enabled |
-, nov . thing clearly and coHsecu-
tS. The knowledge that on my life |
s s IN an probability depended |
sRelred each endeavor to the |
,lsnest point. This much at least was |
S..oes | could not stop the tide, nor |
s ..e@se me iron ring from my neck, nor |
NJ. NJ feet from the raft: but there |
h., 80 one thing just possible. Could 1t !
80 cay means be done2 / grew cold /
~ excitement as the thought struck |