The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-07-10

Another half hour passed so, and
when at last be came out from under
the table his face was dripping with
sweat.
Its trying work." he said, sitting
down again and hopping his face.
F'But isn't it beauty, Lester? The
more look at 1t the more wonderful it
seems"
I'D point out one thing to you, God
frey" ! said ''If you go on poking
about with the fingers Of both hands,
as you've been doing. you are just as
apt to get struck on the left hand as
on the right"
''Thats true" he agreed. "Stop me
if | forget
There were three little drawers in
the front of the table and these Cod
frey had removed. He inserted his
hand into the space from which be
had taken them and examined it care
fully. Then, inch by inch, he ran his
fingers over the bosses and arabesques
with which the sides and top of the
DtG Ncle lICi tlSte(i III SC6lDGO W tuG
that If the secret drawer were any
where 1t must be somewhere in this
part of the cabinet, and watched him
with breathless interest But no hid
den spring was touched: no drawer
sprang open; no poisoned fangs de-
seconded.
swell" said Godfrey. sitting back in
hts chair at last and wlping his face
again. "now We'll try the upper part"
The upper part of the cabinet con.
sisted of series Of drawers. rising
one above the other and terminated by
a triangular pediment, its tympanum
ornamented with some beautiful little
bronZes. The dra wers themselves were
concealed by two doors, opening in the
center and covered with a most intri-
cate design OF arabesqued incrusta-
lions.
eff there is secret drawer here"
said Godfrey, sit Is somewhere in the
back, where there seems to be hollow
space. But to discover the combina-
tom
lie ran his fingers over the inlay,
and then. struck by sudden thought,
tested each of the little figures along
the tympanum, but they were all set
soiidly In place.
There's one thing sure" he said,
''the combination. whatever it is, Is Of
such nature that 1t could not be dis.
covered accidentally. 1t is probably
question of releasing series Of lev.
ers. which must be worked in a Ger.
tain order or the drawer won't open.
I'm afraid we are up against it."
81 can't pretend I'm sorry," { said
with Sigh Of relief. "As far as ] am
concerned, I'm perfectly willing that
the drawer should go undiscovered"
don't know what 1t was, for was
conscious Of no noise, but some mystic.
rious attraction drew my eyes to the
window at the farther side of the
room. Near the top of the wooden
shutter, which Parks and | had put in
place, was small semicircular open
ing, to allow the passage of a little
light, perhaps. and peering through
this opening were two eyes-two burn.
ing eyes.
They were fixed upon Godfrey, who
was now examining the back of the
cabinet, with such feverish intentness
that they did not see my glance, and
| lowered my head instantly.
Godfrey" said in shaking voice,
don't look up. don't move your head,
but there is some one peering through
the hole in the shutter opposite u.s."
Godfrey did not answer for quite a
minute.
Ibid he see you look at him?" he
asked at last
mo; he was looking at you, with his
eyes almost starting out of his head.
I never saw such eyesw
ibid you see anything Of his faceH"
''No; the hole is too small"
"How high is the hole?"
'Near the top of the window"