The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-27


dom, the less, it seemed to him,
he knew about It.
He thought in the week which mad
passed ne mad fully explored all the
tunnels and hOllOWed-Out chambers so
Iabori0usly excavated by the tong.
He had even plotted out a rough dia-
gram of the winding corridors, twist
ing and turning out OF one anoJheF IKE
the folds of j snake.
True he had been persistenuy bafiied
in finding any signs OF an exit or en-
trance TO the place; but TINS IacL, aItef
ne had DOked his nose into every con-
ceivable hole and corner in vain, had
simply led kim to conclude that there
was none.
In other words, he decided that the
avenue of egTess must be in the other
''hangOuI that similar domain on the
farther side of the death chamber,
where the girl from the restaurant was
leld q prisoner ana WnlLner ne ndd
not as yet felt it safe TO penetrate
A staircase or rickety ladder he had
surmised il would be when he nnally
came upon i: hence he could hardly
believe his ears when he heard the
Lieutenant speak OF "nftee machine
which went up into the 'choW-hOuSe.
Actually an elevator running W into
the restaurant building. Manifestly the
other section was better fitted out with
modern improvements than was the
case on this side Of the line.
NO U0uDL lueN nave a iiALll NiAuNS
also and branch telephones in every
room over there" jocularly muttered
Tom "By Jove, I'll have to make q
kick and tell EN- If they don't improve
the accommodations on our side 1ooi
I'll move out
So positive was he that the outlet was
not on his own side that in his eager
ness he brushed ahead OF his companion,
and was halfway Gown the passage
toward the death chamber before sur
Cd s-11o
called him TO the dangers OF oYerpre-
isWhere so2" demanded the Lieutenant
sharply. ''Liftee machine not down mat
"Of course not assented Tom, hastily
retracing his stems You don't imagine
I was in any doubt on that point, 40
you? II simply thought L heard some
one call me from down the corrldor, ana
started to see who II was.
The excuse was the best he could
frame up on short notice; but that II did
not entirely satisfy the qUestloner show
ed in the vaguely skepJcal look Deht
upon him from the slanted eyes Denln0
the mask.
"Chief know no man caIl-ee at him."
he remarked gravely- Tong rule say
eviybody act muchee polite 10 chleI.
Surely" grOWled TOms angry at MINI
self for not remembering the universal
Difference required of members toward
their leader THAT is just what was
the matter ] wanted 10 see who II
could be that dared TO howl after me IN,
such a way"
stiu the lieutenant stood regarding
him in a way that made the impostOr
feel decidedly uncomfortable.
well, what are you staring atE' ne
ena1Iv ventured. Anything wrong with
the set OF my mask, or DO you think
nv robe IS cut too much on the blas2'
striving 10 speak loosely, but making
rather a failure Of IT,
mo" the other soberly shook his
head. MASK and shirtee alice lghtee;
bun what bout underneath man? Chief
act muchee funny lately. No speakee
alice samee, no do alice samee: lOOkee
round alice time like not know"
Tom fervently cursed under his breath
at the rascaTs perspiCacity.
rWhy YOU fool he snapped, you
must be going insane. How do YOU i'm
agfne I could change under my robe?
Whatever else 7 may be, I certainly am
not a chameleon