The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-26
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men left the cave. AS she heard the
hidden door Jar In closing she raised
the lid and stepped out. breathtng
deeply. The paper she had pur1olneo
was indeed blank, but Jones OF Slta e
would know what to do with ~. Az All
wouldn't they be surprised when sne
told them what she had accomplish a.
ed all alone2 Her exultation was. o.
short duration. She beard the WINE
OF the door on its hinges. The men
were returning. Why
They we're returning because theJ
had discovered woman's shoeprlnt
outside. 1t pointed toward the cave,
freshly, and there was none comlns
away. To re-enter the chest Woulu
be foolhardy. 1t would be the a sa
mace the men would look. she
e1ahced about desperately. She saw
but one chance, the we'll. And even
while the door was swinging 1nWaTo,
she summoned up the courage and iet
herself down into the well, w9lcn
nroyed to be nothing more nor less
than an underground river!
The men came In with a rush. ineS
upset boxes, looked into the cnese,
and the man who was evidenty u u
Command eazed down the Well, snah-
i,s t' pis Held i'd Their search was thor
om e hut they found no one. ana
al length tfley began to reason mat
nerhaps woman had got as lar as
the door and then turned away WaiA-
ing on the turf. ,ov :.
Meantime Florence was borne aiohs
nv the swift current OF the river
which gained In swiftness every mo7
ment, From time to time sne DUMP :
ed along the rocky walls out Sns
chung to life valiantly IN zen n n,a !
,,tas she was swept to the otner slus
~ the hin. into the rapids; but the
b1ne sky was overhead, she was our
~ the familiar world again. On, on
she was carried Even though she
was half dead, she could near me
roar of a falls somewhere In advance
Rraine thought he really had clue
to the treasure, and with ms us ~ =
nromptness he set about TO lear ~ !. y
was worth anything. he procu.eu :
inc mole az a feeler. All the wnlle
he was being closely watched by NOT
rnn who had concluded to hang onto
FRAMES trail until he found some
thing worthy of note. Bralne was US =
s,,ieed I. hut this time Jim was not 10
| 10 fooled. But what was ne look!ns
Ifor. wondered the reporter pIalns
Icontinued to pole along, sometllg 3
pausing to look over the W. =
I0OWn INTO LnS NAIOA' $500. 5, Z,
Fhaad after the last Investigator ns
d;scerned something struggling IN tne
water. about three hundred yaros
MTav The current leisurely brousn1
the object into full view. 1t was a
vonng woman with just power enough
10 keen herself afoat The solden
Se,.,tl rnnsed something in him strong
IS than curiosity. 1t might be!
Rraine proceeded to move tne
A i. i,nsh in the direction OF the girl
,,-ss this movement that turned the
ranorter's gaze. He, too, now saw
Lt1,e woman in the water and wonder
ed how she had come there. Wmen
Braine reached the girl and puileo
.|her into the lauLch jim saw hef iase
PLAINLY. 4.oa no,n.
found skif, and started a1teE 5r .,,,rs,
tbe rogue. well, they can talk Q:
mama from heaven, but this IS VIVA:
III cali luck Florence Hargreaye, gu:
.Iof nowhere, into ny arms! Inc goc
LOT luck has cast another norsesnoe
land it's mine. =
He had flask in his pocket, and
Inc forced some of the biting splrlts
4 down the girls throat She openee
lher eyes.
4 Florence eyed him wildly, not QUITE
understanding where he had come
3 from. -.
Ihe said; '.and l don't care But acre
We are together at last. Where e
your father?" AZ
II don't know" dazedly.
BETTER think quickly" he warned
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