The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-05-02
ne thought in his heart: rs my wife

one thought in his heart: "Is my wife
| upstairs?"
With his revolver ready in his hand.
he dashes rapidly up the circular stone
stairway, upon which open little loop
! holes. After nightfall. these give him
/ no light But the illumination of a
lamp or candle comes down the stair
way as he passes higher up. He calls:
Marina, are you there?" and enters
the chamber at the top Of the tower.
| 1t is lighted by a lamp and fitted UP
/ for occupancy. There is a little bed
in it, some old chairs and an oaken
table. Upon the bed are bunch Of
/ cyclamen flowers and articles of WON
( ans apparel He flies to examine
them They are not those Of his wife
Upon the table is an envelope ad-
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 his head
] Mon Cher Anstruther:
/ l have been watching your coming over
/ the hills, following the cyclamen flowers
! the charming Marina SO astutely dropped
into the path to bring you here-and am
prepared for your visit.
! / thought you would be attracted to the
light in this chamber when all else
! dark.
AS you read this you are already trap
I ped.
( Do you think I will spare anyone who
! brought about my brothers death? ASK
T0masso. who is already gone.
I Do you imagine English lieutenant.
/ who call yourself husband to the woman
/ have decreed shall be mine, that you
shall be scathless-
The sharp clang of the doors below
makes Edwin drop the letter and
/ spring like topman down the stairs
| Though he is quick, somebody is
I quicker. The strong doors are closed
! AS he reaches the lower step. he hears
4 steel bars falling into their sockets out
! side. From without a jeering laugh
/ makes him know this has been
/ planned. This is confirmed by the
/ creaky turning of great key.
/ Unlock this door" he commands in
/ quarterback tones.
"Diable, not after having had so
F much trouble TO trap you" is returned
| in 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
I pingement OF the bullets shows that
the lock is protected by steel and his
attempts abortive.
He is interrupted by loud cries of
terror from almost beneath his feet:
Hang it, quit that shooting! Do you
want to blow us up? l saw that scar
faced chap shove sticks OF nitro
glycerin all around in the crevices.
This towers mined, and that sconn-
drel has got a fuse or electric wire
running to 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 trap door in the flooring almost
beneath his feet. He pulls it up aud
peers down. His eyes glare into those
of another man gazing up from an IN
=! derground vault. Holding the match
| so that he can see the face he gasps:
/ Great guns, Emory! ! thought you
| dead"
! I'm almost dead" growls the detec-
/
Z, prise. gazing at him petrified BY
! the living lingo, where's Barnes? l
guessed some of you'd find me out"
! adds the Pinkerton man in relieved
voice. Il reckoned you'd rescue a
! chap who's been risking his life and
| getting a good deal the worst of 1t in
g, your employ
! Il came to find my wife" cries Ed
! win shortly. Have you seen herr"
| oh, there's a lady l think in the
/ house"
/ In the house? And they have
I cooped me up in this tower" Anstru-
ther frantically assaults the door
( again.
/ oh, reckoned they'd be doing
something underhand to you calls
I Emory. Come down and help me out
first
Why don't you come up? There's
a ladder"
Il can't Dash it, they've got leg
+ irons on me. They feed me on soup
and bread and don't even leave
4 spoon with me to dig out. | was seized
and smuggled from ST Tropez 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 disgraceful way" says An
struther sternly. For he thinks had
Emory kept his eyes open and done
his duty, Enid would have escaped abb
| duction and the rest never have come
| to pass.
CTo BE CONTINUED
Easy Entertaining.
One woman who does her own