Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-01
ono thought /. his heart: rs my wife

| one thought IL his heart: rs my wife
| 0nafA3eReys. y ss-.is ..'sc.-ei 1t II
fWRh nj revolver ready In his hand.
he dashes rapidly up the circular stone
| stairway. upon which open-li little loop
holes. After nightfall. these give him
no light. But the illumination OF
lamp or candle comes down the stair
way ms, he Dssses hia5er up. rHe calls:
-laasina. afe yoA there?'" and eaters
the chamber at The. top Of the tower.
II is lighted By tismp and ftthd up
| for occupancy. Thetp. IL "a little, bed
II It. Souie old chaifs and an ,6aken
table, Upon thssbed, are q bunch Of
cyclamen flowers and articles Of wom-
ans apparel. lie flies To examine
then. They are not those Of his wife.
Upon tie table Is An envelope ad'
dreAsed ~ ~ =
Lieut.. Edwin Gerard Anstruther."
Iis-contents. written In the same
hand AZ that OF Marina's letter. makes
the young mans eyes roll In his head:
Mon Cher Anstruth-r; D.
have been watchins your coming. over
the hills. following the cyciamen fiowsrs
4
into the path To bring you hsre-and am
prepared for your visit.
| I thought you would be attracted to the
Hight In this chamber when all else wss
dark. t..4 81
As you read this you ar. already trap
ped.
Do you think ! will spare anyone who
brought about my brothers death! Ask
| Tomassos who is already gone
DO you imagine. English lieutenant.
| l.. call l.A nI IN
! hav. decr--d shall bs mine. that you
shall he srathiess-
The sharp cians of the doors below
makes Edwin drop the letter and
spring like a topman down the stairs.
Though he IL quick. somebody is
quicker The stron. doors are closed.
As he reaches the lower step. he hears
|, steel bars falling into their sockets out.
side. From without Jecrins laugh
makes him know this has been
planned. This Is confirmed by the
crcaky turning Of a great key.
Unlock this door" he commands In
quarterback tones.
"Diabic. not after having had 80
much trouble to trap you" Is returned
In almost Partisan French.
Without n word Anstruthcr dis.
charges his revolver into the lock of
tho door. He has exhausted his three
remaining cartridges. when tho i'm
pinEsmsnt Of the bullets shows that
tho lock Is protected by steel and his
attempts abortiyc.
He IL Interrupted by loud cries o.
terror from almost beneath his feet:
"Hsnx Il. quit that shootin.! DO yor
want to blow us up ! saw that scar.
faced chap shove sticks OF nitro
.iyccrin all around In the crcviccs.
This towers mined. and that scoun'
drci has got n fuse or electric wire
running To It."
His own language with Yankee
twans coming from below xtartlcs Ed.
win. Hc has some matches In his
pocket: strikes one. looks round and
secs trap door In the flooring almost
beneath his feet. lie pulls II up and
peers down. His eyes glare into those
of another mnn gain. up from mn un'
dcrground vault. Holding tho match
no that he can SEQ the face he gasps:
Great guns. Emory! ! thought you
dcnd!-
TIN almost dead srowls the dctcc.
. tive. Edwin. almost stunned by sur.
prise. gazing Mt him pctrincd. ny
the iivins lingo. where's Harness!
guessed some of you'd md me out"
adds the Pinkcr'on man In relieved
voice. Il rockoncd you'd rescue
chap who's been riskink his life and
getting n good deal the worst Of II In
your employ"
II came to md my Wife" cries Ed.
win shortly. Have you seen her.
'oh. there's n lady. I think, In the
house.
I'm the house! And they have
coopcd me up In this tower" Ans,ru.
thcr franticaiiy assaults the door
again.
"oh. I rcckoncd they'd he doing
something undcrhand to you." calls
Emory. Come down and help me out
first
why don't you come up? There's
a ladder
Il can't. Dash II. they've got leg
irons on me. They feed me on soup
and bread and don't even leave n
spoon with me to dig out. was seized
and smuggied from st. Tropcz in that
fishing craft that followed your yacht
Just the moment l had It fixed SO I'D
hear their plans. They're crafty as
snakes"
"A Pinkerton man like you captured
In this disgraccful way!" says An.
struthcr s,ernly. For he thinks had
Emory kept his eyes open and done
his duty. Enid would have escaped alb
duction and the rest never have come
to pass.
CTo be coNTfNUED)