Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-05

.ent slaine's Chest Slowly Begins to
d Fall
IL was just about hig enoush 90 get
Through. but he managed 70 erope
along it,
The minutes passed az the police
man and watched our prisoner IN the
cellar by the tube loo ed anxiously
az my watch
Craig ] shouted At last unable
20 control my fears for him
No answer
by this time Craig had come 10
small, open chamber into which the
viaduct widened On the wall he found
another series OF iron rungs up which
ne climbed The sac was terrible
AS he neared the top of the ladder
he came to shelflike aperture in the
sewer chamber and gaEed about IL
was horribly dark He reached out
and felt a piece Of cloth Anyioualy he
pulled on &C. Then he reached further
into the darkness
There was Elaine, unconscious. APP
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
Don't do it, advised the police
man. You'll never get out
One Whit of tho horrible gas told me
that he was right
Listen said the policeman.
There was. indeed, a faint noise from
the black depths below VS.. A rope
alongside the rough ladder began to
move. as though some ono was pulling
1t taut He gazed down
Craig Craig!' called "Is that
+ YOU"
No answer But the rope still
moved Perhaps the helmet made it
( impossible for him 20 hear
He had struggled back in the swirl
ing current almost exhausted by his
helpless burden. Holding Eaine's
head above the surface OF the water
and pulling on the rope to attract my
attention, ne could neither hear nor
shout He had taken a turn Of the rope
about Elaine. ! tried pulling on It.
There was something heavy on the
other end. and ! kept on pulling
AT last ! could make out Kennedy
dmly 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
MS comfortably as was possible, and
the policeman began his first aid mo.
/ lions for rosusctaton
"No-no." cried Kennedy "Not
here take her up whore the air is
irosher
/ With his revolver stlll drawn TO
oyerawo the prisoner, the policeman
forced him to aid us in carrying her
mp the rickety flight of cellar steps
Kennedy followed quickly unscrewing
The oxygen helmet az he went
4 In the deserted living room we de-
ported our senseess burden while
Kennedy the helmet or now. bent
over her
Quick quick" he cried to the OH
Ger An ambulance"
But ihe prisoner" the policeman
Indicated
Hurry hurry; I'll take care OF
/ him, urged Craig Selling the police.
mans pistol and thrustlng it into his
pocket Walter help me
lie was trying the ordinary methods
of resuscltatiou 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
/ chat for The moment forgot our
prisoner
But Dan had seen his chance
Noiselessy be picked up the old chair
IN the room and with It raised was ap.
preaching Kennedy 10 knock him out
Before knew 10 myself Kennedy
had heard him With a half lnstnc
/ tive motion he drew the revolver from
his pocket and almost before could
see t. had shot the man Without a
word he returned the gun 10 his peck
ct and again bent over Elaine without
80 much as a look at The crook whC
sank to the floor dropping the chair
from his neryeless hands
Already the policeman had got az
ambulance which was now tearing
along 10 ug
Frantlcally Kennedy was working
A moment he paused and looked "a
me hopeless
Dust thon outside we could hea
the ambulance. and q doctor aud tHN