The Ely miner., 1915-06-18

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rent Elaine's Chest Slowly Begins to
I'd Fall.
1t was just about big enough to get
through, but he managed to grope
along it.
The minutes passed as the police
man and l watched our prisoner in the
cellar by the tube. looked anxiously
| at my watch.
"Craig!" I shouted at last. unable
to control my fears for him.
No answer.
By this time Craig had come to a
| 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 shelf-like aperture in the
sewer chamber, and gazed about. 1t
was horribly dark. He reached out
and felt piece of cloth. 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.
"By George, I'm going down after
him." cried in desperation.
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man. You'll never get out"
One Whit of the horrible gas told me
that he was right.
Listen" said the policeman.
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
it taut. He gazed down.
Craig! Craig!" l called. "Is 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 mol
shout. He had taken turn Of the rope
about Elaine. I 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-
tions for resuscitation.
"No-no!" cried Kennedy. mot
here-take her 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 off now, bent
over her.
"Quick-quick! he cried to the Off,
Ger. can 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 resusaitatiCn. Meanwhile the Off
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
l 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 it raised was ap.
preaching Kennedy to knock him out
Before I knew it myself Kennedy
| had heard him. With half instinc-
tive motion he drew the revolver from
his pocket and, almost before could
see 1t, had shot the man. Without a
word he returned the gun to his pock.
ct and again bent over Elaine, without
so much as look at the crook, who
sank to the floor, dropping the chair
from his nerveless hands
Already the policeman had got an
ambulance. which was now tearing
| along to us.
Frantically Kennedy was working
A moment he paused and looked at
me-hopeless.
Just then, outside, we could hear
the ambulance, and doctor and two