The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
CHAPTER XlII.-cortinued,

CHAPTER XlIl-Cortinued.
That he meant every word ho spoke
felt convinced. and his enthusiasm
was contagious My bloc Ieaped
within me at this call to action, all
lethargy fled and with It every dead
ening thought OF her who had so sud
denly woven about me the mcghes Of
her power. False or true. Enid. wife
or widow, my duty as n soldier to nv
commander ana the army to which /
belonged, blotted ont all else. Even
as this now rush OF determination
swept over me. above us there
sounded clearly tho dash.ng music Of
military band I'm tho strains Of n
Strauss's waltz. and $50 could dis
tInguiah the mufflcd shutting of many
feet on the uak"n flno. overhead
Cations 'haucc remark about the great
ball 10 be- given that evening by Off
GERS Of the headquarters staff recur.
red to my memory.
THAT dancing up there will help US.
led" ! said quickly. my mind now
active 70 grasp every detail. lyon
say there IS n chance for escape from
your cell? Then give mo your hand
and help me TO crawl through that
hole"
II was a harrow squeeze for n man
Of my size, yet crcpt through viii.
out great difficulty, a. found myself
r. the dense darkness Of room
which as ! judged hastily from feel
ing about me. was similar in shane
and extent 10 the one t.. which | Ind
been confined RunEay, however. per
mitted me little time for exploration
Grasping mo firmly by the arm. and
feeling his way along the wall he
groped across 10 the other side.
There's a mighty big stone chlmblv
comes down we're, Cap" he whispered
An ther openin' tor take ont SCOT an
ashes is up thar. list blow thor
fluer. It's shcct.iron pan, reckon
Their way It feels: an II must be thar
they put niger in T. clean Their
chimbly within 1t gifts stuffed IN I
could Git mp thar alone. but ! couldn't
o no work, but thot thar pan ought
ter cum ont all right. Dew We think
ye cud hol' me up. Cap? I'm purity
durn heavy"
| smiled in the darkness at the If.
Tie fellows cgotism. and lifting him as
J might child, poised him lightly
upon my shoulder He struggled a
moment to steady himself against tho
wall, and then / could feel him tug
ging eagerly at something which an.
pcared TO yield slowly 10 his efforts
As he worked. Il dense shower Of dust
and SCOT caused me TO close my ewes
She's a comm all right" he said
putting with hIs oxertions.
but reckon rs how thl- chiulbly
amt bin cleaned out since Their war /
begun Hold up yer right han, Cap, /
al git a blame good grip on her. fer .
she's almighty fun, anil wanter go
down sorter easy like
did as he suggested, braclng my. +
self to meet his movements, rs he
stood straninE on my shoulders. and
In another moment | had succeeded
In lowering the large sheet.irou pan
silently TO the floor
Room 'nough we're fer two men ter
oncet," chuckled my companion. in
rare delight THE chief in silence
strode before Yere goes"
His weight left my shoulders: there
was a slight scramble, another shower
II dirt, then the sound of his voice
nee more.
Lift up yer hans. Cap; dig in yer
oes on ther stones. an well begin
,ur vi'ge."
He grasped my wrists with a
trength which ! had no conception
be little fellow possessed There was
moments breathless struggle, and
squirmed through the opening. and
ny painting on the flat slabs which
opposed the foot of the great funnel.
o afford me more room Bungay had
one up little. finding foot.lodgment
pon the uneven stones of which the
hinney was constructed For a mo.
lent we rested thus motlonless, both
heavily and listening to the
usio and shuffllng OF feet now almost |
pcu a level with our neads.
The noise, which was strong aud
,ntinuous, rendered discovery from
" nisstep highly improbable. and as Q