The evening world., 1914-01-23

- She bore NO light. feeling with
her becds along the crumbnng walls
untH sh~ sained the chamber. -,
"rhsy are furious" were her hrst
words. 'sNever before has . human
sacrhncs escaped the altar Airsady
Iafsy have gone forth. to. track you
down. They have searches ths 's"p's
~ isd him back TO the chamber NJ
r>ath ne Altar room. Hsfe she turned
mo one Of the severai corridors ieahin!
frohp IL In the darsn ess ,TAYnan could
- - which one: For ten minutes
they cropped slowly along . winding pas
sass. until at length they came to .
rSossd door. Here he hoard her fum-
hunv with a key, and presently came
m. sound of q metal ook grating
sra,nst metal. The door swung IN on
,crapIng hinges. and they entered.
"You WIN be safe here until to'mor-
row night" she said. ~ ~.
Then she went out an oiosihs WV
Wnsre Tsrsan stood II was dark as
r,r.hus. Not even his trained eyes
cou,d nenetrats the utter blacxness.
C.utiouslv he moved forward unth ms
outstretched hand touched wal. then
,.rv .,o WV he travelled around the -FOUR
walls Of the chamber. 90,
Apparently It wns shout twenty iset
.o,are. The fioor was Of concrete tne
walls Of the dry masonry tnat markso
me method of construction eoovs
rrosond. Small pieces OF grehne OF
various sizes were inseniousiy la'o 70.
asther without mortar to cons'ruo' @"e''
ancient foundations.
Ths s,rst time around the walls Tar
.an thought he detected a strange phe-
nomenon for q room with no windows
ana hut 4 single door. Again ne crept
carefully around close TO the wall. No.
ne could not be mistaken! He paused
hssors the centre Of the wall opposite
ths door. For q moment he stood quite
motionless, then ne moved . few fset
10 one side. Again ne returned. oniy 70
move q few feet 10 the other side.
Once more he made the entire Hircoit
Of the room, feeling carefully livery
foot 81 tn. walls. Finally he stopped
arain before the particular section that
had aroused his curiosity. There was
no doubt Of II! A distinct draft OF
fresh air was blowing into the cham
Der through ~ interstbces OF the ma
sonry at that particular point-and no
where else.
Tarsan tested several pieces OF the
granite which made up the wall at this
spot, and finally was rewarded by md
. ing one which lifted out readily. II
was about ten inches wide. with face
some three by six inches showing within
the chamber. One by one the ape-man
lifted out similarly shaped stones. The
wall at This point was constructed en-
tirely, It seemed, OF these almost perfect
slabs. In a short time he had removed
some dozen. when he reached In to test
the next layer Of masonry. To his sur
prise he felt nothing behind the ma
sonry he had removed, as far - mis-
long arm could reach.
II was a matter of hut few minutes
to remove enough Of the wall to per-
NIT his body to pass through the aper'
ture. Directly ahead of him he thought
that he discerned . faint glow--scarcely
more than less impenetrable darkness
Cautiously he moved forward on hand
and knees. until at about fifteen feet. OF
the average thickness of the founda tlor
walls, the floor ended abruptly In q
sudden drop. As Tar out an no could
reach he felt nothing. nor could he find
tho bottom of the black abyss that
yawned before him, though, c!inglna
to the edge Of the heor. he lowered hi
body into the darkness to his full length
Finally 1t occurred TO him to look up
and there above him he saw through Q
round opening a tiny. circular patch Of
starry sky. Feeling up along me SIDE!
the ape-man discovered that 80 much
Of the wall as he could. feel converget
toward the centre Of the shaft 90
rose, This fact precluded possibility o
escape In that direetSeo. r.