The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-30

-
me This was the back road that led
past the entrance to the reasuresyanit
at Aunt Tabby's
We went on now more Quick1y, Lis
ten3ae carefully to catch any sounds.
but heard nothing At last kennedy
stopped. then plunged among the
rocks and bushes beside the road.
We were at the cave * q
You go this way, Walter. ne de
rected. TIL go around and down:
where It caved IN.
had gone Only a yard ortwo when:
It seemed as though something had
grasped my foot
with great wrench I managed to
pull it loose. But the weight on my.
other foot had EMBEDDED itdeepers IN
something. I struggled to free this
foot and got the other caught My re-
volver which had drawn. was Jared
from my hand. and In the effort to res
cover It. lost my balance Unable
to move foot in time to catch myself
fell forward My hands were now
covered by the shiny, sticky stuff, and
the more struggled, the worse II
seemed to get entangled.
a.
WI and Long Sin paused only ..
minute In establishment. Then they:
literally fell upon the wealth that lay
before them
Suddenly they paused There was.
the slight tinkle OF a Chinese bell
;. Kennedy had reached Aunt Taobyss3
garden, outside the roof OF the subter
ranean chamber where It had given
way. had gone down carefully over the
earth and rock, and in doing SO had
broken a string stretched across the
passageway The tinke OF: a ben at
tached to It aroused his attention and
he stopped short, second, to look
about. wa Fang had arranged "a
primitive alarm
Quickly. wa: and Long Sin blew out
their lanterns while wa gave the rock
q push. Slowly. as It had opened. e
now closed and they stood there listen
ing. -
was sttH struggling IN the bird
time. getting myself more and more
covered with it. when the reverberae
ton Of revolver shots reached me.
WI and Long Sin had opened fire on
kennedy, and kennedy was replying
IN kind. In the cavern It sounded Ike
veritab1e commandment As they re-
treated, they came nearer and nearer
to me and could see the reyo1ver8
splitting fire IN the darkness
I watched, them fearfu1ly as they.
hoped deity from one stone to an
other to avoid the lime-aad were
gone
Acrair, craig" manared to cry
-raebI1-s 4eE,e carefuI Keen n, +71a
; stoves
s+annirr from, e+ones+o stone he fol-.
loved the refreatinr Cinnamon But
4tay had already reached the mouth
Of the cave and were making their
way rapidly down the road to
bend. in the opposite direction from
which We had come. There Wuss auto.
mobile was waiting.
moment later kennedy appeared.
but they had made their getaway.
Bamed. he turned and retraced hiD
stems to the cave
-aThev got away walter he said.
lrrunr a lantern they had dropped.
.eBy Georre he added. think a it,
tie yexed that had not been able to
intercept them. .<you are sight..'
ne was a1,o,,+ e., Janrh when fafnt.
al car ran1e,nfer 1,ot7,InrI s11nt,I r
woke mn over nv the van Of The cham-
a. 80 49, 1,s S;ra 80, me
r.es57- 7,,5 49,, ,-,,,o,-i-+,ss,,,r5 "a
- - .-,d go o.,en.sd nv e7es
49,. as Ii 9 de eye snddsn JIr
ne sssa1gneeasa Up MS eye suqe $500
49,. 1;.41e $3.50
=. - s 49, s +,,s So nscnIsar
tnz sa5 ssss-., ,,,,nts. Ksnnsdv ~.
h go, s1zf0zered ne little saR near re