The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-23

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through but he managed to grope
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The minutes passed as the police
man and | watched our prisoner in the
cellar BY the tube. | looked anxiously
at my watch.
- ~ SHOUTED h. At last, unable
to control my fears for aim.
No answer
BY this time Craig had come to
small, open chamber, into which the
viadnct 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 shelflike aperture in the
sewer chamber, and gazed about. 1t
was horribly dark. He reached out
and felt piece of clotn Anxiously he
pulled on it. Then he reached further
into the darkness.
There was Elaine, unconscious. ap
parently dead.
In desperation Craig carried her
down the ladder
With our prisoner we could only look
helplessly around
Ply 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
Listen said the policeman.
irI 70 mt pn{Sa from,
the black depths below US. A rope
alongside the rough ladder began to
move, as though some one was pulling
it taut. He sazed down.
Craig! CRAIG l called, "ls that
your"
No answer. But the rope stlll
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
2ta quilting on the rope 10 attract nv
attention ha could neither lear nor
s1cur TE5 had taken "a tufn q tie reno
aaa1t C#uc ! tried pulling On it
- wa AAit
e. e7 Ina ! kout on pulling
Al ,sel [ could make out Kennedy
mly mounting the ladder. The
weight was the unconscious body cf
T Elaine ,,h:g& ~ etecAied as he mount
/ I'd he ladder | tueged harder and he
slowly came UP.
Together. at last. the policeman and
! reached down and pulled them cat.
~ Tiittai -y 2. go ..,<..,--.-~-s-S-
as comfortably as was possible, and
the policeman began his first aid mo-
tinns for resuscitation.
+. .Hc no" cried Kennedy. Not
( here-take nel Up where the air Is
! fresher.'
With his revolver still drawn to
! overawe the prisoner, the policeman
| forced him to aid US in carrying her
up the rickety flight of cellar steps.
Kennedy followed quickly, unscrewing
! the oxygen helmet as he went
| In the deserted living room we de-
! posted our senseless burden. while
Kennedy, the helmet of now, bent
| over her.
"Quick-quck," he cried to the Off.
| Ger. AN ambulance!"
But the prisoner" the policeman
indicated.
"Hurry--hurry; I'll take care Of
him." urged Craig, Selling the police
mans pistol and thrusting it into his
! pocket. Walter, help me-"
He was trying the ordinary methods
| Of resuscitation. Meanwhile the OH.
Ger had hurried out, seeking the near
est telephone, while we worked madly
| to bring Elaine back.
Again and again Kennedy bent and
outstretched her arms. trying to In
duce respiration again. So busy was
| | that for the moment l forgot our
! prisoner
! But Dan had seen his chance.
Noiselessly he picked up the old chair
in the room and with 1t raised was ap-
preaching Kennedy to knock him out.
| Before l knew 1t myself Kennedy
had heard him. With half instinc-
tive motion he drew the revolver from
his pocket and. almost before l could
see 1t, had shot the man. Without q
word he returned tho gun to his peck
-,.1 >s~s ..ssss> ssasst.aysy Elaine. without
80 much as look at the crook. who
sank to the door. dropping The cnete
from his nerveless hands.
Already the policeman had got an
ambulance. which was now tearing
along to US.
! Erantlcaliy Kennedy was working.
A moment he paused and looked At
me-hopeless.
Just then, outside, we could hear
| the ambulance, and q doctor and TWO