The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-02

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Continued from Our Last lssuel
II q GNGLEToN held tho light aloft
- The roof. walls and floor were
~ OF limestone. croded until the
suhterranean stream had worn ita
way thru the aoftcat part Of the rock
and disappeared In It's lower chan.
mel. leaving the upper portion OF
the cave firm and dry.
What puzzles me, said Betty.
is how the Frcnchman could dig
n hole In the solid rock 10 feet
under the surface of tho water"
you forget that tho water was
probably not ~ feet deep ia5
years ago" Vendome observed
How do you account for tho
higher level Of tho csve1 Wasn't 1,
made some time by this siream7"
4 don't know"
"And II the stream was nj q
higher level. how conld u avoid
tillng tho lower level AZ tho came
tlme:'
4 don't know" Vcndome replied
"And how could tho Jewels
yon1l admit that this portion wal
dry when the Killing occurredf"
~undeuhtedlyl
And tho stream was therer"
Il don't know"
what do you known" sinKie,or
smiled.
Nothing. my fricnd--xcept thai
IL IL quite possible tho stream
wasn't there when the men died.
Well. It's small use TO speculate
over what wAHws'ye Got a Hufii
GENTLY hard problem confronting
US now. How are We TO get at ths
Internal iewels7-
IAN know regretted Natalie
"ia that we won't get nj them TO
dAyl-
Nor in many days" snid singlc
ton.
4 think We had better let then
rest" vendome advised. WIZ
should We trouble ourselves fur
thsrF We can notify thu French
government 81 what we have
learned. and % what We have found
In confederation: then Il can pro
ceed as u Hsea IT.
You know you are not In earn
esti~ Natalie laughed
What 10 tho good OF ~" Ven
dome pursued. And think OF this
labor entaiisd. even n We succeed
Not to rnention. n W.. don't sue
coed: ~ we'll as the time spent un
der ground" singls,on remarked
III makes me chilly to contemplate
e. I'm voting with vendoms. Lei
tho French rescue their own jewels
There II no assurance tho Grand
Cross Will be forthcoming. IT,
purely speculative"
4 thought you two scr. good
sports" Knocked Natalie.
II isn't sporting proposition
NY dear Girl We lose anyway We
look a, e.
I'm rather Ashamed OF tho zen
tiemsn'" Natalie remarked. turning
to BETTY.
"One moment" returned Single
ton. We have not verified the
depth OF tho stream. Maybe II
isn't IL fcct--maybc It's very shall
low "
Williams stepped forward and
sounded the stream with his shoy
el lie failed TO touch bottom. tho
he rot down on his knees and add
cd the length OF his arm.
1t looks that way" Singleton
admitted. Anything moro 10 be
done here at this timef"
Suddenly Williams put down the
lantern and darted toward tho en-
trance. At the same instan, n man
dropped thru tho hole into the
leave
CHAPTER VIII
The Red Emerald
Blake was IN the habit. NJ Ger
tain tlmes. Of going for long rides
laloue; sometimes not returning IN
ltil late I'm the nlEht. or even NOT
until tho following day. He sought
solitude. and 30 these excuraions
we're mainly toward tho mountains
where the roads were rarely used
and the encounters seldom. He
knew the Lands End peninsula
well. and tho bridle-Dath lcadlns
lalong tho river bluff was mainly Of
his horses making.
That morning. M he came slowly
down the track thru tho timber. no
noticed the negroes watching some