The Dermott news., 1915-06-10

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 The minutes passed aa tho police man and watched our prisoner in the cellar by the tube. l looked auXiously 1t my watch
 Craig" | shouted al last, unable to control my fears for him
 No answer.
 Fly th.s time Craig had come to a small. open chamber. into which the viaduct videued 0n the wall hefound another series of iron runss up which he climbed The fas Was terrible i As h. ueared the top of the ladder he came to I shelfAke aperture in the sewer chamber. and ea1ed about It was horribly dark He reached out and felt piece of cloth Anxiously he pulled on it Then he reached further into the darkness
 There vas Elaine. unconscious. ap- parertly dead
 In desperation Craig carried her down the ladder
 With cur prisoner We could only look helplessly around
 By George. I'm going down after him, cried in desperation.
 Don't do il" advised the police 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 fhe black depths below Us A rope alongside the rough ladder began to move. as though some one was pulling t taat He eafed down
 -crag' craig called. Is that you9@
 No answer nut the rope still moved Perhaps the helmet made it impossshl" fer him ta hear
 Ile had strarrled hack in the swirl. ing current almost exhausted by his helpless burden Holding Elaine head above the surface of the water and pulling The rope 10 attract my attention he could neither hear nor shout Ho had taken turn of the rope about Elaine tried pulling on 1t There was something heavy on the other end. and keat on pulling
 Al last I could make out Kennedy dimly mounting the ladder The weight was the unconscious body of Elaine which he steaded as he mount ed the ladder tuesed harder and he slowly came up
 Together. al 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 tious fer resuscitatieu
 No o=uo,a cried Kennedy Not horo take her up where the air Is lr,sher
 Wlth his revolver still drawn to oserawe the prisoner, the policeman forced him to aid us in carrying her up the rckety flight of cellar steps. l 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 of now bent over her
 "Qutek quick" he cried to the off cer. eAn ambulancei"
 But the prisoner" the policeman indicated
 Hurry hurry; I'll take care of him, urged Craig. seizing the police mans pistol and thrustng 1t into his pocket Walter help me"
 He was trying the ordinary methods of resuscitation Meanwhile the ofii- cer 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 that for the moment I forgot our prisoner.
 But Dan had seen his chance. Noiselessly be picked up the old chair in the room and with 1t raised was ap- preaching Kennedy to knock him out
 Before knew 1t myself Kennedy | had heard him. With half instinc- 1 tive motion he drew the revolver from his pocket and. almost before l 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 a 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 1 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