Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-16

ing Christine Daas. bslievs me. ehieh
h Is eSbe tnS aDunemnosEsDlzD4shl
the monster" ~.
"And IL there an sps q thst
arY'' IN I.
"Ah. ifkza not t6strbpe. l would
not have konse TO flchsyDuyR ~
And bow can one enter yLle house
ON the lake without crossing enc
lakef"
From the third cellar, from which
we were 90 unluckily driven away.
We will 50 back there now.
/ will tell you" said the Persian. with
a sudden change In his voice. Il viii
tell you the exact place, sir; Il is be-
tween a Set piece and a discarded
scene from Roi de Lahore. exactly at
the spot where Joseph Buquet died.
Come, sir, take courage and
follow mel And hold your hand at
the level OF your eyesi /. but
where are wei"
The Persian 1T his lamp again and
flung its rays down two enormous, cor
ridors that crossed each othef At
right angles.
I'VE must be-" he said, ''in the part
used more particularly for the water
works. see no IRE coming FROM the
furnaces" -, !,
He went In front OF Raoul, seeking
his road, stopping abruptly when he
was afraid OF meeting some water
man. Then they had to protect them
selves against the glow OF q sort OF
underground forge, which the men
were extinguishing, and at which
RaouI recognized the demons whom
Christine had seen at the time OF her
first captivity. '~'''t''
In this way, they gradually arrived
beneath the huge cellars below the
stage. They must At this time have
been at the very bottom Of the tub"
and at an extremely great Deepen,
when We remember that the earth
was dug out at nifty feet below the
water that lay under the whole OF
that part of Paris.
The Persian touched q partition
wall and said:
"If l am not mistaken, this is a
wall that might easily belong to the
house on the lake."
he was striking a partition-wall OF
the "tub." and perhaps 1t would be as
well for the reader to know how the
bottom OF the partition-walls OF the
tub we're built. In order to prevent
'fhe water surrounding the building
operations from remaining in imme-
date contact with the walls support
ing the whole OF the theatrical ma
chinery, the architect was obliged to
build a double case in every direc-
ton. The work of constructing this
double case took a whole year. 1t
was the wall of the first inner case
that the Persian struck when speak
ing to Raoul of the house on the lake.
To any one understanding the archi-
lecture of the ediflce. the Persian'S
action would seem to indicate that
Erik's mysterious house had been
built in the double case, formed OF
thick wall constructed as an embank-
ment or dam, then OF brick wall, q
!, tremendous layer of cement and an
other wall several yards in thfekness.a
At the Persian's words, Raoul lung
aAimself against the wall and listened
eagerly. But he heard nothing
nothing !. except distant steps
sounding on the floor Of the upper por- /
tons Of the theater.
The Persian darkened his lantern
again. I'll
cook QUIT" he said, keep your
hand up! And silence! For we shall
tryganother way OF getting in"
And he led him to the little stair.
case by which they had come down
lately. ta7a 4
They went up, stopping at each
step, peering into the darkness and
the silence. till they came to the third
cellar. Here the Persian motioned to
Raoul to go on his knees; and, In
this way. crawling on both knees and
one hand-for the other hand was
held in the position indicated-they
reached the end wall. -
Against this wall stood large dis
carded scene from the Roi de Lahore.
Close to this scene was set piece |
Between the scene and the set piece |
there was just room for q body
for a body which one day was found |
hanging there. The body OF Joseph
BuQuet.
The Persian, still kneeling, stopped |
and listened. For q moment, he
seemed to hesitate and looked at |
Raoul; then he turned his eyes up
ward, toward the second cellar, which
sent down the faint GUNNER OF a lam /
tern, through q Granny between two
boards. This glimmer. seemed to
trouble the Persian.
At last, he tossed his head and made
up his mind to act. He slipped be-
tween the set piece and the scene
from the Roi de Lahore, with Raoul
close upon his heels. With his free