Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-04-24

through, but he managed to grope
along it.
The minutes passed as the police
man and watched our prisoner In the
cellar by the tube looked anxiously
at my watch,
"Craig!" ! shouted at last unable
to control my fears for him.
No answer,
BY this time Craig had come to
small, open chamber, into which the
viaduct widened On the wall he found
another series of iron rungs, up which
he climbed The gas was terrible,
AS he neared the top of the ladder
he came to a shelf-lke aperture In the
sewer chamber, and gazed about. 1t
was horribly dark He reached out
and felt piece of cloth. Anxiously he
pulled on 1t. Then he reached further
into the darkness.
There was Elaine, unconscious, APP
parently dead
In desperation Craig carried her
down the ladder
With our prisoner we could only look
helplessly around
by George, I'm going down after
him." cried In desperation
Don't do it," advised the police
man You'll never get out
One Whit of the horrible gas told me
that he was right.
t,f1
There was, indeed, faint noise from
the black depths below US A rope
alongside the rough ladder began to
move as though some one was pulling
1t taut He gazed down.
Craig Craig!' | called. rs that
you?"
No answer. But the rope still
moved. Perhaps the helmet made 1t
impossible for him to hear.
He had struggled back in the swirl
ing current almost exhausted by his
helpless burden. Holding Elaine's
head above the surface of the water
and pulling on the rope to attract my
attention, he could neither hear nor
shout He had taken turn Of the rope
about Elaine tried pulling on It,
There was something heavy on the
other end, and kept on pulling.
At last | could make out Kennedy
dimly mounting the ladder. The
weight was the unconscious body OF
Elaine which he steadied as he mount
ed the ladder tugged harder and he
slowly came up.
Together, at last, the policeman and
reached down and pulled them out
We placed Elaine on the cellar floor
as comfortably as was possible, and
the policeman began his first aid mo
tons for resuscitation.
'No-no!" cried Kennedy. Not
here-take her up where the air IL
fresher"
With his revolver still drawn to
overawe the prisoner, the policeman
forced him to aid US in carrying hel
up the rickety fight Of cellar steps
Kennedy followed quickly, unscrewins
the oxygen helmet as he went.
In the deserted living room we de
posted our senseless burden while
. Kennedy, the helmet off now, ben
over her
"Quck-quick! he cried to the offi
Ger. AN ambulance!"
; But the prisoner" the policeman
indicated
= "Hurry-hurry; I'll take care o
him, urged Craig, Selling the police
mans pistol and thrusting 1t into hi
pocket Walter, help me"
He was trying the ordinary method
I" of resuscitation Meanwhile the off
Ger had hurried out, seeking the neal
est telephone, while we worked madl
. to bring Elaine back.
. !, Again and again Kennedy bent an
= outstretched her arms, trying to In
duce respiration again. So busy wa
L that for the moment | forgot gu
prisoner
u But Dan had seen his chance
Noiseessly he picked up the old chat
in the room and with it raised was al
preaching Kennedy to knock him Out
Before | knew 1t myself Kennel
= had heard him. With half instinC
tive motion he drew the revolver fror
Q his pocket and, almost before coul
see it, had shot the man. Without
- word he returned the gun to his pocl
= ct and again bent over Elaine, withou
= go much as look at the crook, VIII
y sank to the floor, dropping the chat
from his nerveless hands.
: Already the policeman had got a
J. ambulance. which was now tearin
along to US.
- Ffantically Kennedy was working.
- A moment he paused and looked a
: me-hopeless.
= Just then, outside, we could hea
y the ambulance. and doctor and tw