The Washington times., 1915-10-13
Continued from Yesterday

Captain, there she goes! A thousand
| nspoleons n you lay US aiongside-dis-
honor II you fail to do So" And the
| ce ptain nodded.
Meantime what waS the secret that
tho distant liner WAS carryins with her.
None save those aboard could tell that
and Of these but two or three rude
deckmen. The bought agents Of sachio
had done their work well. None on the
ship save those interested hsd noticed
when two bundles. trussed up and con-
cesled In heavy COVERINGS, had been
hoisted aboard by the ship's donkey en-
gne and dropped into the hold. Yet in
this way two human beings were loaded
as cattle. without the knowledge oi the
ships officers.
When Kitty Gray recovered her senses
! she found herself In dark and noisome
hole, she know not where: Terror
smote her. Her pulses refused to work.
Above she heard tramplings. shout.
Jugs. tho creakins of tackle. the sound
OF machinery muficd by intervening
walls OF the ship's structure. At last
she thought she heard the swash OF
water alongside. What did this mean
war this tho sea? Was she prisoner
to be handled In some new and mystify-
ing way" WHAT did II all mean?
faint light cemc from high aooVe.
whcr" tho hntchvay yet remained open.
held and beyond eiI aid. She called
out, hut got no answer. Exhausted by
her fr,illcFs efforts. ~ last che nuns
h, rtolf down upon a nearby bundle.
hnd atnr;ch ~ aE1!n with n Phrtek ot
terror
the bundle beneath her had stirred
--movcd.-vet, sin WIS sure OF that.
II moved main Terrified "a she was.
she STOPPED and cut the thongs which
bound the neck of the long bag OF
jute.
There appeared to her gaze the
tousled head and livid face oil her
friend Rolenu. without her knowl-
edge he had been hoistel in with her
and left to live or die. as he chose.
bound tight in a bag which gave him
little enough chance for air.
Kitty gave a cry OF delight and dis
may mingled as she bent above her
friend He was half unconscious.
unable to speak. because tightly gag
ged. She aided him and freed him as
she might. The The air x,vs bad as IT. I, VA. wa;
ferer.
"Excellency." said he at last. "ex.
cellency. It is YOU! And where are
we?"
Il do no, know. Roleau." said she.
"r can only guess We are some
where in the hold OF some ship. We
must have been smuggled here. for
what purpose do not know. II may
be we shall he carried out to sea. How.
then. can We escape7
Rolesu only laughed aloud at this.
why trouble. excellency7" said he.
Are We not alive? And my word. so
tight were my lungs. but now that I
never hoped to live again. Parbleu. II
is good to feel the air OF heaven once
more-so good I can forgive all the
past. There must be food here, some
where there may he water-my word,
you do not know how fne this air Is
until you have lost all air whatever. ex-
Cellency, why. to me ,ife seems a very
good thing. indeed, So let us not de-
spair. The first thing is to make q
noise Can you cry out. excellency!
There is not much space In my own
lungs vet. Wherefore. you do the call
Ing. Keep II up. excellency. az long as
you can. and as loud. The matches are
not vet closed-perhaps someone will
hear"
Someone did hear her-seversl persons
heard hcr-heard a sound difficult to
trace. faint and muffed. impossible to
locate accurately. Some of the pas
! scngers hastened TO the boats offices.
but the officials gave small heed.
Go below. then said deck officer
to n steward who stood near by. See
II there are any animals loose In the
hold"
The man thus ordered beckoned to his
mate. and the two swung down the mar
row way which led by ladder to dis
tant part of the hold. No one noticed
that the two winked AT each other as