Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-07

Storm Saw the Walls Slowly and Re
isntisssly Contract
his soul told him that she would ~
turn unhurt
"liui how did you escape. uncleT'
They wanted you he snid glibly
They blindfoldci uic nFnin aud sent
me about my business What DID you
lenrnr
Enough o. determine me H. see what
/ eau do or course u II n colossal
trick Of some Sort. hut II would not b.
wise TO suggest that u must he
proved
MY child. this h altogether n strange
business These UrientalS Hre pulck
60 didust II they ind you gone
when they wake Mp " II quite likely
they will try to XIII you"
"fve made up my mind "
Then she run upstairs SHE was nnx
louS TO S.nd u mrSSage 90 Storm by the
carrier pigeon She wrote short note
explaining the situation mud liberated
the bird storms bousekecper received
the bird aud naturally read the mes
sage She rcribblcd on the hack OF
this message and Informed her mus
ter's sweetheart that he had left the
house In hnrte the night before and
had not yet returned The return Of
the pigeon left Zudorn IN n fair state
OF excitement She Immediately set
out for storms apartments. but the
houSekeeper could add nothing further
than that Mr. Storm had sent n pigeon
a. her and II had come back with the
note.
Zudora returned home aud quiEzed
her uncle: but. OF course. he piouAly
denied having seen Storm. surepu
tlouzly she pliel the Hindu servant
This man secretly worAhiped the young
memHahib, and by and by she got the
facts from him Sol She had not only
TO solve the mystery OF the sleeping
house. but 10 save her lover also lie
would be- without n mission In that
fantastic house. and Il was quite likely
that he would he made 90 suffer for his
audacity
Rmvely she set out for the house OF
Nnbok shan and boldly she demanded
admitmncc The servant nc the dooI
recognized her. but II took a bride o.
open the ioor wide enough for her e
slip through.
The persistent ceremony was beinl
stnrted agnin To Zudon u woult
nave been Imaginable but for the new
tragedy underneath. The mnn who ha'
brought her 10 the house originally
finally disclosed 10 her whnt had beet
done 60 storm. His death hnd beef
decided on
Az Zudora gnEed wildly about tn
room she saw n man In a gnrb quit
different from that worn by those u
the OctngOnal room. She stole up q
where he stood aud cUyertiy watches
him aud becHme suddenly conscious -
the desire o. sleep She brenthr'
through her handkerchief. never lei
ting her glance wayer from the hlddeI
man lie turned. smiling ironirally
aud she saw MN rnisr n stone In th
nooring lie disappeared iniO plI
letting the stone fall carefully mt
place.
Sleep had again attacked those de
termined upon the ceremnuy On
would think that they would have q
least given her some chance 10 invest
gnte before proceeding again In an ~
deayOr which had 10 many times prov
ed a failure This very sleep. how
ever. gave her freedom Of action. Sh
stole from the OctagOnal rom. fonnI
the stone. raised Il aud discovered
tunnel II was not the snfest tnnne
IN the world. hut with Johns life han.
ing In the balance she accepted ne
chances The tunnel led to n rour
under the cellar This room bewildeI
ed her far more than the OrtagonT
one There was large vat whlc
mad the appearance Of a distillntio
vat. with many little pipes leading ~
from H. The men gathered about mi
strange eontfvance were evidently q
a different caste from those In the NJ
per room. tall. graceful young ma
seemed to be directing the Others. ON
% them. however. saw the shadow b.
the door drew his knife and stol
quietly up 70 the sin. She ives caught