Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-03

ans apparel. He flies to examine
them. They are not those Of his wife.
Upon the table is an envelope adj
dressed:
Lieut. Edwin Gerard Anstruther.''
Its contents. written in the same
hand as that OF Marina's letter. makes
the young mans eyes roll in bis head:
Mon Cher Anstruthcr
have been Watching your coming. over
the hills. following the cyoismen flowers
the charming Marina so astutely dropped
into the path 10 bring you here~and ata
prepared for your visit
! thought you would be attracted TO the
lisht In this chamber when all else was
dark
As you read this you are already trap
DO YOU think ! viii snare anyone who
brought about my brothess 6aat.ts Ask
TofuaSso, who Is already gone.
Do you imagine. English lieutenant.
who call yourself husband TO the woman
have aecreed shall be mine. that you
shall be soathiess
The sharp clang OF the doors below
makes Edwin drop the letter and
spring like a topman down the stairs
Though he Is quick. somebody Is
anickev The strong doors are closed.
IS he reaches the lower step, he beers
steel bars falling into their sockets Gut.
side From without a jeesing laugh
makes him know this has been
planned This Is confirmed by the
crcaky turning OF great key.
Unlock this doort he commands In
quarterback tones
niabie. not after having had Sc
much trouble to trap you. Is returned
Ia almost Partisan French
Without word Anstruther dis.
charges his revolver into the lock OF
the door. He has exhausted his three
remaining cartridges. when the I'M.
pingement of the bullets shows that
the lock is protected by steel and his
attempts ahurtiye.
He Is interrupted by loud cries of
terror from almost beneath his feet
Hang 1t, quit that shootingl Do YOU
want 10 blow MS up2 I saw that scar
faced chap shove sticks uf nitro
giyeerln all around in the creyices.
This towers mined. and that scoun
drel has got a fuse or electric wire
running 10 It.
His own language with Yankee
twang coming from below startles Ed.
win He has some matches IN his
pocket: strikes one. looks round and
sees a trap door In the flooring almost
beneath his feet. He pulls 1t up and
peers down. His eyes glare into those
90 another man gazing up from an un*
foreground vault. Holding the match
so that he can see the face he gasps:
Great guns. Emory / thought you
deadi"
Tim almost dead growls the detec-
tive, Edwin. almost stunned by sur
prise. gazing at him petrifsed. by
the living lingo. where's Barnes2
guessed some Of you'd find me out, :"
adds the Pinikerton man In relieved
voice Il reckoncd you'd rescue a
chap who's been risiSing his life and
getting good deal the worst OF II in
your employ"
Il came to find my wife" cries Ed
win shortly Have you seen herr"
ooh. there's a lady. think, In the
house.
.In the houseg And they have
cooped me up In this tower" Anstru
Their frantically assaults the door
again.
oh. reckoned they'd be doing
something underhand 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 IL, they've got leg
irons On me. They feed me on soup
and bread and don't even leave a
spoon with me TO dig out. | was seized
and smuggled from st. Tropez in that
fishing craft that followed your yacht
just the moment had 1t fixed so I'D
hear their plans. They're crafty as
snakes
- Pinkerton man like you captured
In this disgraceful way," says An
struther sternly. For he thinks had
Emory kept his eyes open and done
his duty. Enid would have escaped abb
dnetion and the rest never have come
to pass.
"Oh. hang It. what have they done
to you, smarty2y growls the detective
angrily. Then he cries: Glory halle
lujah Bully for you," for Edwin has
run down the ladder and Is busy try
ing 70 unloosen the irons from The
Americans legs.
They've got keys somewhere"
saaris Emory Hang it. think of their
cheek. manacling q detective
Edwin ID up the ladder again. He
strikes another match and on the
ground story finds, after some little de-
lay a bunch Of keys hanging on the
wall
After some trouble with the locks,