New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

and laid his head in the hollow of his LETT elbow,
and instantly went u sleep. It was not symptom
of astounding self command ana spiritual C1liiile'2
under stress. it merely the natural result oil
excessive exhaustion He was awakened, how
ever almost as soon as he had lost conscIou9ne29,
by the soft pressure OF a hand on his forehead lie
reused himself with start over INN Wa7 ptndli?
the tear wet face Of the woman who had followed
Maurice into the statue
Father" She murmurcd, 81 have heard every
thing that YOU and Maurice have SAID
The frigid and stern habits OF lifetime fought
then against an impulse IN Crampron breast, ana
they defeated The old man drew ihe 3i1L 10
him with a fierce gesture and cvcIl5hly kissed her
MANY strange things had happened to Aordh IN
her brief career. but that kiss the sranSest OF
all. 1t caused her body to shake with 3oos.
Il have key she explained brokenly, clngin8
TO him and | came into the statue after Maurice
| had seen him in the grounds don thlnN
Milicent knows that he Is here meant to be
rrrnnciIad with him. or clse-clse to Kill myself.
| brought the elevator down, ami came up III IT. as
quietly as could, and then heard voices And
| listened | should have come into the room
was just deciding to come m when ne surprised me
bv rushing out only had time 70 hide IN the
service room. Father, don't let US waste time IN
What are We to do7" murnured Crampiron.
despairingv What can we do against a Inadnan:'
Il have key Once out III the grounds, We are
safe We can appeal 10 MiCent-to anyone.
What then: shall only be caught and given
up Once the fact gets about that am here, the
game over.
Come. father!" the girl insisted imperously.
with eyes suddenly flashing, and she raised him
from the chair. To please me,
He followed her inspired by her energy. They
the bottom. where Maurice had left II Moran
touched the button which should have caused It
to ascend but hcre was no answering movement OF
the wire ropes She gLncci ~ her father IN d's'nay
OF course he has Ictt the door open Al the
bottom Nothing viii make the elevator STIR TIL
that door Is closed He has done II on purpose. Il
was not to bt supposed that he would leave ME
free to play with 1t. 'n'sh, have been eAPAbIIG,
OF bursting the outer door We are trapped, TIL
he chooses to return and finish his work
And Cramp,r3u gave queer laugh
Then We viii wa; together Tor him SAID
When trlrieallv silent. they had been seated
f,r a fcw moments si.c by SIDE IN the chamber,
Cramp.ron spTang up though he had received 4
4 am losing nv senses, lie exclaimed What is
the good ot knowing the secret OF the statue II
dom make of II :,
lie rushed - the wall on the right OF the door.
l. Wa, a white plaster wall with tr;ezc carved n
lpH relief under the ccllnE. and daio beneath
The daio separated from the upper PLAIN space
Of the wall by decorative band designed III
pattern ol leaves with small raised circle. con
vcntIonIy representing 4 seed. between each palr
of leaves CrAmp.ron began 70 count the seeds,
starting from the door
l. the thirteenth he sa:i
He counted thirteen pressed on the thirteenth
circle and then counted again.
What are YOU doing"
The other exit IS through here he answered.
Ten, eleven. twelve. thirteen
Then he pressed more on the circle, but with
no visible result He lookeI at NDr1h
What IS II. father,
The whole OF that part of the daio. he replied.
rs panel that gives way when the spring Is touched
and leads To u staircase
Have YOU pushed the righ, one" She demanded
Yes.}', he said, i have pushed the right one"
Them"
spring has been locked on the other side
Who could have fastened II