The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-01

was nothing for us 10 do but TO aban-
don the car ourselves and run for H..
We left the road and struck into the
trackless woods, followed closely now
] by two OF the men who had outdis.
tanced the rest. Through the woods
we fed. taking advantage OF such shell
ter as we could find.
Look. here's a cave" cried Elaine.
as we plunged exhausted and about
ready 10 drop, down into ravlne.
We hurried in and the bushes
swung over the cave entrance. Inside
we stopped short and gazed about 1t
was dark and gloomy. We looked
back. There was no hope there.
They had been overtaking us. On
down through a passage we went
The two men who we're pursuing us
plunged down the ravine also. AS I'LL
luck would have It, they saw the cave
entrance and dashed In. then halted.
Crouching In the shadow we could see
their figures silhouetted in the dim
light Of the entrance OF the cavern.
One stopped at the entrance while
the other advanced. He was a big
fellow and powerfully built, and the
other fellow was equally burly. l
made up my mind TO fight TO the last,
though knew It was hopeless. II was
dark. I could not even see the man
advancing now.
Quickly Elaine reached into her
pocket and drew out something.
Here, Walter, take this" she cried.
seized the object. It was the
searchlight gun.
Hastily I aimed it. the spot OF light
glowing brightly. Indeed, / doubt
whether / could have shot accurately
otherwise. AS the man approached
cautiously down the passageway the
bright disk OF light danced about un-
I'll finally it fell full on his breast. l
fired. The man fell forward in
stantly.
Again / fred, this time at the man
| in the cave entrance. He jumped back,
dropping his gun, which exploded
| harmlessly His hand was wounded.
| Quickly he drew back and disappeared
among the trees.
We waited in tense silence, and then
cautiously looked out of the mouth Of
the came. No one seemed to be
about.
"Come-lets make a dash for f."
urged Elaine.
We ran out and hurried down the
ravine, apparently not followed.
Back among the trees, however, the
man had picked up a rife which he
had hidden. While he was binding up
his hand with a handkerchief, he saw
us. Painfully he tried to aim his gun.
But 1t was too heavy for his weak
ened arm and the pain was too great
He had to lower it. With muttered
imprecation, he followed US at a dis
tance.
Evidently, to us, we Rad eluded the
pursuers, for no one seemed now to
be following, at least as far as we
could determine We kept on, how
ever, until we came to the waters
edge. There, down the bay, we could
see Professor Arnold's yacht.
Let us see Professor Arnold, any
how" said Elaine, leading the way
along the short.
We came at last, without being mo-
Tested, to a little dock. A sailor was
standing beside it and moored to it
was a swift motor boat. Out at anchor
was the yacht.
You are Professor Arnolds man."
asked Elaine.
"Yes'm," he replied, remembering
her.
rs the professor out on his boat?"
we asked.
He nodded. did you want to see
him."
Very much" answered Elaine.
III take you out" he offered.
We jumped into the motor boat
he started the engine and we planed
out over the water.
Though we did not see him, the man
whom had wounded was still watch
ing us from the shore, noting every
move. He had followed us at dis
tance across the woods and fields and
down along the shore to the dock, had
seen US talking to Arnold's man, and
get into the boat.
From the shore he continued to
watch us skim across the bay and pull
UP alongside the yacht. AS we climbed
the ladder, he hurried back the way
he had come.
Elaine and l climbed aboard the
yacht where we could see the pro-
fessor sitting in a wicker deck chair.
why, how do you do?" he well
coined us, adjusting his glasses SO his
eyes seemed, if anything, more
Opaque than before.
cold not help thinking that, al
though he was glad to see us, there
was a certain air of restraint about
him
Quickly Elaine related the story of
finding the bomb in the rocks and the
peculiar events and our escape which
followed. Once, at the mention of the
searchlight gun, Professor Arnold
raised his hands and coughed back of
it. felt sure that it was to hide an
involuntary expression of satisfaction
and that it must be he who had sent
the gun to Elaine.
He was listening attentively to her,
while l stood by the rail, now and
then looking out over the water. Far
away noted something moving over
the surface, like a rod, followed by a
thin wake Of foam.
Look" exclaimed. whats that?"
Elaine turned to me, as Arnold
seized his glasses.