The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-14

"You Shall Visit Me at My Villa AZ
Newport"
there in a rack. Then he darted bact
and with ringing strokes began his as.
sault upon the wall. Suddenly from
within he heard woman's shrek.
| "Neal," cried Annette's voice within.
and it was the voice of a girl beside
herself with agony and fear. Meal.
it is Annette. Come, for Gods sake.
come"
Neal delivered one more crashing
blow, then he motioned to his fellows
Come, boys" he said, there's not
a second to lose. This thing has got
to CO."
The corridor was fairly broad. The
| little squad of sailors withdrew and
huddled against the opposite wall.
Then as one man this human batter
ing ram lunged and lurched across the
hall and propelled itself against the
already splintered partition.
With crash the secret door went
down, and with bound Neal was in
the room. Annette, her dress torn,
her hair disheveled, struggled with
the brute in one corner Of the room.
Ponto had released her. With bound
he crossed the room and jerked aside
the fireplace, disclosing a secret exit.
He crawled through the aperture and
disappeared.
Hernandez, stupefied with astonish-
ment. yet had an expression of tri-
umph and glee upon his face. He was
thrusting a yellow parchment into his
pocket. Annette with a final struggle
slipped from the brute's grasp and
darted toward Hernandez, calling to
Neal.
Meal, Neal" she cried, hes got
my fathers map"
With one spring Neal was upon Her
nandeZ. He snatched back the hand
with which Hernandez was pushing
the map into his pocket. The map
came out torn and crumpled. An
nette, beside herself, snatched at 1t
with both hands. Neal grabbed at it
and also got hold. Hernandez still
held it in his iron clutch.
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another instant the three had fallen
back, each in a separate direction. The
map had parted and each clutched
piece of it.
Hernandez, with an oath, turned
and dived into the secret passageway.
Five minutes later the fastest boat
along the shore-the boat which lneS
Castro called her own-was chug'
chugging out to sea with three hg-
ures huddled in her bottom-the brute
and Ponto and their chief, Hernandez.
They had wriggled somehow through
he surrounding circle, had zig-zagged
n and out Of shots-had made good
heir escape.
When the chase was over Meal re-
urned and half apologized to Ine..
Sorry, Miss Courtier," he said, but
hey've made away with your fast mo-
orboat. We couldn't get to ours IN
ime. We landed half a mile or so
ust up the shore. How do you feel!
Better" exclaimed Inez. Its the
the noise, the pistol shots
they have made me well again"
Neal thrust his hand into his pocket
nd pulled forth a crumpled piece Oh
What did you get, Annette?" he in
uired.
Annette thrust her hand into he
ress and pulled forth her own tat
cred portion. Inez, watching, beH
er head to listen. Neal and Annette
pread their two pieces of the map oul
pom the little stand. Between them
ley had the bulk Of the lower portion
the map. 1t was blank surface,
ave for three things-a little tail OF
le island sticking down and the words
and latitude" and notn'
e else. Annette laughed in glee.
We've got everything we want
le said to Neal. What is here Lii
1portanf. What the man with tHe
der cut upon his face has got Is OF
, use to him or us. We beat nn0
it, Neal, we beat him to 1t"
Over on the bed Inez, in her crouch
G attitude. still listened, wondering
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