The Washington times., 1910-09-23
PLUMBER ISLAND By LOUIS .l, Us JOSEPH VANCE e.
bsFankA Mnayo
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

TreSumal lv trying 20 determine the ne
Ero actions in the cellar BY the sounds
ne made. Willing took down the green
lantern and, lirnpiHg across the floor,
went slowly up the stairs.
AT The top he turn ID. and the light
disappeared But the other remained,
and though the girl was in the room
while vikings feet were still to be
heard painfully ascending the fight, she
was IN no state OF mind TO give his
movements further heed. While he had
been in the room her interest had been
wholly engaged by him. the minute he
turned his back her eyes were free 20
take another look, and they had not
been slow To see and guess the meaning
Of those vague dark shapes that lay so
motiOnless in the shadow OF the wstns-
coting.
Not slow TO guess. she had keart 10
tell her, albeit a heart re=u and raclSed
with compassion -Ir--uitiOn told her
what they had el1--ed OF purely phys
icaI gain
Oh that she had bat guessed when
she had first passed through the halli
Now Willing might return at any in
slant she fairly few intErouEh the
window and dropped upon her knees by
CadOCan's side Her own sufferings for
gotten. II was without regard for the
panSs OF her own sacrificed fingers that
she tore al the rope that gagged him.
ARD. with il IoOsed and cast away. with
drew the rag
He gave her a glance Of unutterable
love and gratitude. Indeed. for the time
he could not speak, and she was FUN
whisper reached her ear
ifC-cOat-DOcket, q" he enunCiated
with indescribabIe effort But she Tn
derstOOd-
The first object I'm his pocket that met
her fingers was his pistol. She took 1t
forth and laid Z on The floor gingeriy,
but with relief Now II Willing were
to make an uutcward return she could
HelH ~ q al
fire upon a woman, surely, but II he did
she could forget. peTheVs, her sex
Notwithstanding the hot anger that
burned in her heart for him, she snud-
iereu at the thought that her hard
might he the one 10 mete out TO him his
due reward
But. thinking in this wise she had not
been idle She had found the knife and
slit the bonds abeCt Cadogau's swollen
wrists. and immediately afterward had
freed his ankles Resting on one elbow.
for he could not vet Use his hands, ne
huuChed I'D and got MS shoulders 10 the
wall closing his ewes nat. ne might
not guess the agony that Accompanies
che return Of blood through congeSted
veins KS arms and legs felt as il aiire.
and 20 his very soul he i'nEed 10 be able
But She was there. the best. the
sweetest. true and purest Of WON
en- And something in her silence and
immObiliry caused his eyes 70 open
She knott still by his side. frozen
with terror. her white lips little
parted. her eyes turned TO the outer
door. the blood driven from the profile
thar confronted MIN like a cameo n
Fss ea-e followed hers, even as his
ears caught the sound which rad
startled her-the sound Of heavz.
Iab0red breathing
some thing was moving in the door
WaE-z shadow Graz wiling shape. a
wonStrOity Of nightmare iucarusted.
ESCAPED rom the cellar by an avenue
perhaps known TO himself alone. the
negro was returning TO claim his re-
EeuEc- He moved across the threSh-
old like a shape Of horror. supporting
himself upon a heavy club. dragging
q shattered and useless leg. its knee
cap spIintered by "a bullet. In his
side. too there was raw, gaping
wound. from which the blood welIed
like thiu tar
His face was an inhuzan mask,
blood -supa-eI and distorted with an
Euish. and made luTid by the express
sion Of thai rabid hatred which alone
gave him strength TO move.
CadoCaD was poWerless, his limbs
refusing their office until circulation
should be restored
Maddcned by the knowledge, he
WTitled impOtently until he saw the
Girls hand steal forth and pick I'D
the automatic pistol
The Continuation OF This story VIII
Re Found In Tomorroyv's
Issue Of The Times