Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-05
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means OF escape, but could find none.
Pound the floor and walls with the
butts OF your guns" ordered Arnold.
There must be some place that Is
hollow"
They did so. going over all inch by
inch.
Meanwhile. through the passage. along a
rocky stairway. Del Mar continued to
drive Elaine before him, up and ever up
to the level OF the land.
At last Elaine. followed by Del Mar.
emerged from the rocky passage in a
cleft in the cliffs, far above the promon-
tory.
go ont" he ordered. forcing her TO go
ahead OF him.
Then came finally to a small hut on a
cliff overlooking the real harbor. 49,
"Enter!" demanded Del Mar.
Still meekly. she obeyed.
Del Mar seized her and before she knew
II had her bound and gagged.
Down in the little office our men con-
tinued to search for the secret exit.
Here's a place that gives an echo"
shouted one Of them.
As he found the secret trap and threw
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cumbersome diving suit and jumped in.
followed by Woodward, myself and the
soldiers.
Upward we climbed. until at last we
came TO the opening. There we paused
and looked about. Where was Del Mari
Where was ElAine7 We could SEQ no
trace of them.
Finally however, Arnold discovered the
traIl in the grass and we followed him,
slowly picking up the tracks.
Knowing that the submarine would
cruise about and wait for him, Del Mar
decided to leave Elaine in the hut while
he went out and scratched for a boat in
which TO look for the submarine.
Coming out OF the hut, he gazed about
and moved off cautiously. stealthily no
went down TO the shore and there looked
up and down intently.
A short distance away from him was a
pier In the process of construction. Men
were unloading piles from cable car
that ran out on the pier on a little con-
struction railway. az well as other ma
terial with which to fill in the pier. At
the end Of the dock lay a power boat
moored, evidently belonging to some one
interested I'm the work on the pier.
The workmen had just finished unload
ing a car full and were climbing back on
the empty car. which looked as II It had
once been a trolley. As Del Mar looked
over the scene OF activity, he caught sight
OF the power boat.
"Just what want" he muttered TO
himself. II must get Elaine. I can get
away IN this"
The workmen signalled to the engineer
above and the car ran up to the wharf
and up an incline at the shore end.
The moment the car disappeared Del
Mar hurried away in the direction he had
come.
At the top Of the grade he noticed was
donkey engine, which operated the cable
that drew the car up from the dock. and
at the top Of the incline was q huge pile
Of material.
The car had been drawn up 10 the top
Of the grade by this time. There the
engineer who operated the engine stopped
IL.
Just then the whistle blew for the noon
hour The men quit work and went q
get their dinner pals, while the engineer
started TO draw the fire. Beside the en-.
CINE. he began 70 chop some wood, while
the car was held at the top OF the grade
by the cable.
In our pursuit we came at last In sigh
OF lonely hut Evidently that must be q
rendezvous Of Del Mar. But was he
there7 Was Elaine there7 We must SCI
/ first
While we were looking about and debat
Ing what was the best thing to do. who
should appear hurrying up the hill but
Del Mar himself, going toward the hut
As We caught sight OF him. Arnold
sprang forward. Woodward and I, fol
lowed by the soldiers, allso jumped out
Del Mar turned and ran down the hil
again with US after him. I'm full cry
| While we had been waiting some of tbs
soldiers had deployed down the hill ant
now. hearing our shouts. turned and
came up again.
Beside his engine. we could see an en-
gineer chopping wood. lie paused now In
his ohoppins and was gazing out oveI
the bay. Suddenly he had seen something
out IN the water that had attracted his
attention and was staring at il. There II