The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25

Kennedy reached down and picked
" = rock. hitting the tank With 4 70.
sounding blow. As the echo died
down. he listened again.
Yes. there was q sound scream.
perhaps woman.s voice, faint. but
unmistakabie. S's''s =. nv; nv
looked at his face inquirinKly.
Without . word / read In Il the con.
tirmation OF the thought that had
flashed into my mind
Elaine Dodge was inside!
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First had come the Limousine with
its three bandits. TO the spot fixed on
as q rendezvous. Later had come the
taxicab. As II hove into sight. the
three well-dressed crooks had drawn
sevolyers. thinking perhaps the plan
for getting rid OF Kennedy mi.ht pos.
sibly have misearried. But the taxi.
cab driver and the rough.faced fellow
had treasured them with the sign Il
the clutching Hand. and the revolver
were lowered.
As they parleyed hastily. the
roughneck and the fake chauffeur
lifted Elaine out OF the taxi. She was
bound and gagged.
Well, now we've got her, what shall
we do with herr" asked one.
ITS got to be quick. There's an.s
other cab" put in the driver.
The deuce with that.
The deuce with nothing. he re-
turned. That fellow Kennedy's =
clever one. He may come to. II he
does, he won't miss US. Quick. now!
See" cried the third. asee that old
boiler down there At the edge Of the
water? Why not put her in there:
No one'll ever think to look in such
a place.
With a hasty. expression Of approval.
the roughneck picked Elaine up bodily.
still struggling vainly. and together
they carried her. bound add gagged.
to the tank. The opening. which was
toward the water, was small. but they
managed. roughly, TO thrust her in.
X A moment later and they had rolled
mp huge bowlder against the small
entrance, bracing it 50 that it would
be impossible for her to get out from
the inside. Then they drove of hast
lily.
Frantically Elaine managed to
loosen the gag. She screamed. Her
voice seemed to be bound around by
the iron walls as she was herself. She
shuddered. The water was rising
had reached her chest, and was still
rising, slowly, inexorably.
What was that? Silence? or was
someone outside?
Coolly, in spite Of the emergency.
Kennedy took in the perilcus situa:
ton. Z ~
The lower end Of the boiler. which
was on q slant on the rapidly shelving
beach. was now completely under wa
tel. and Impossible to get at. Besides.
the opening was small. too small.
Kennedy gazed about frantically
and his eye caught the sign on the
factory: (, +.
4: oxYAGErYLENE WELDING CO. q
,s.....
Come, Waiter he cried, running
up the shore,
A moment later. breathless, ws
reached the doorway. 1t was. q
course, locked. Kennedy whipped out
his revolver and several well.directed /
shots through the keyhole smashed
the lock. We put our shoulders to II Z
and swung the door open. entering
the factory.
Beside a. work bench stood two long
cylinders, studded with bolts.
That's what I'm looking for. ex-
claimed Craig "Here. Walter, take
one. I'll take the other and she
tubes and :S
We ran, for there was no time TO
lose. Az nearly ass1 could estimate Il.
the water must now be slowly closing
over Elaine.
What is it?" I asked. as he Joined
up the tubes from the tanks to the
peculiar hookIike apparatus he car
ried.
IAN oxyacetylene blowpipe, he NUT
tered back feverishly. used for weld.
ing and cutting, too he added.
with a light he touched the nozzle.
instantly q kissing, binding fame
needle made the steel under 1t incan.
descent. The terrific heat from one
nozzle made the steel glow. The
stream Of oxygen from the second
completely consumed the hot metal.
Kennedy was actually cutting out q
huge hole IN the still exposed surface
Of the tankall around, except for
few inches: to prevent the heavy.
piece from falling inward. e.
AS Kennedy carefully bent outward
the section OF the tank which he. had
cut. he quickly reached down and
lifted Elaine, unconscious. out of the I
water.
Gently he laid her on the sand. It
was the work Of only moment TO cut
the cords that bound her hands.
There she lay, pale and still, Was
she dead7 \.
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