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end thrust heads out of an unbarred
window. The sailor plucked Neal
10y the sleeve.
There he whispered. It's next
door to this. The two windows, the
bars and the handkerchief tied ON.
Come ,on.'
They darted out once more into
the corridor., There was no door. no
opening; but this mattered not TO
Neal. he stepped to the far end
of the hall and seized lire AK.
which hung there in rack Then
he darted back and with ringing
strokes began his assault upon the
wall. Suddenly from within he
heard Woman's shrek.
Meal" cried annette voice
within, and 1t was the voice OF
girl beside herself with agony and
fear Meal. it is Annette. Come,
for Gods sake. come"
Neal delivered one more crashin,
blow, then he motioned To his fell
lows.
Come. boys he said. there's not
Il second TO lose. This thing has
got to 20"
The corridor was fairly broad.
The little squad OF sailors withdrew
and huddled against the opposite
wall Then as one man this human
bdttering ram lunged and lurched
across the hall and propelled itself
against the already splintered parti-
ton.
With crash the secret door went
down, and with a bound Neal was in
the room. Annette, her dress torn,
her hair disheveled, struggled with
the brute in one corner Of the room.
Fonto had released her. With a
bound he crossed the room and Jerk
ed aside the fireplace. disclosing a
secret exit. He crawled through the
aperture and disappeared.
Hernandez, stupehed with aston
ishment, yet had an expression of
triumph and glee upon his face. He
was thrusting yellow parchment
into his pocket. Annette with
hnal struggle Slipped from the
brute's grasp and darted toward
Hernandez, calling 10 Neal.
Neal, Neal" she cried, hes got
my fathers map"
With one spring Neal was upon
Hernandez. He snatched back the
hand with which Hernandez was
pushing the map into his pocket.
The may came out torn and crum-
pied. Annette, beside herself.
snatched at it with both hands. Neal
grabbed at it and also got n hold.
Hernandez still held it in his iron
clutch.
All this took place In an instant.
In another instant the three had
fallen back, each in a separate di-
rection. The map had parted and
each clutched a piece OF IL.
Hernandez, with an oath, turned
and diyed into the secret passage
way.
Five minutes later the fastest
boat along the shore-the boat
which Inez Castro called her own
was chug-chuggging out to sea with
| three figures huddled in her bottom
the brute and Ponto and their
chief, Hernandez. They had wrig-
/ gled somehow through the surround.
ing circle, had zig-zagged in and out
OF shots-had made good their es-
cape.
! When the chase was over Neal re-
turned and half apologized TO Inez.
Sorry, Miss Courtier," he said.
but they've made away with your
fast motorboat We couldn't get to
ours In time. We landed half a
mile OF so just us the shore. How
do YOU feel?'
Better" exclaimed lnez. ITS
the excitement, the noise. the pistol
shots-they have made me well
again"
Neal thrust his hand into his
pocket and pulled forth crumplcd
piece of parchment.
What did you get, Annette?" he
inquired.
Annette thrust her hand into her
dress and pulled forth her own tat
tered portion. Inez. watching. bent
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