The Carlisle independent., 1917-04-26
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT

Owing to a delay in obtaining the gasoline, darkness had fallen before Morissey and Hook again reached the island where Hope and Cleo were awaiting them. Just as they beached their skin on the shore of the little cove, they were startled to hear, from somewhere on the cliff above them, the roar of an explosion. Thoroughly alarmed, they raced up the steep and winding path which led to the plateau. norissey, reaching the top ahead of ais ponderous companion, dashed to- ward the shack in which they had left Hope and Cleo. Suddenly he stopped. An exclamation of horror, amazement, utter incredulity, escaped him. The shack was gone! Sav2 for few splin- tered timbers, the rock on which it had stood was absolutely bare.
 "Mr Hope!" hailed Morissey, with sinking heart. "Mr. Hope! Where are your"
 That you, Morissey?" came Hopes voice from the darkness.
 Aye, aye, sir" in tone of profound relief Whats happened, sir? Where's the shack"
 'I hardly know myself what has hap pened," said Hope, appearing out of the darkness with Cleo, but strongly suspect that someone has tried to mur- der us.
 We were sitting in the shack exam thing the books" explained Hope. We !, Ia1, All at once Miss Burke said that she heard noise under the house. She stepped to the door to see what it was and a moment later I heard her scream. I ran out to see what the trouble was, but I had scarcely set foot outside the door when there was an explosion that threw us both to the ground and the shack toppied over the cliff into the sea"
 But what was it you heard under the house, Miss Cleo?" asked Hook, his ayes bulging with excitement.
 Tt sounded as though someone was moving about just underneath us, she replied. At first thought it was an animal, but, as I opened the door, heard someone running away. 1 step ped down so that l could look under meath the house and I saw spark run hing along the ground in the darkness. called to Jarvis-Mr Hope, mean to come quickly, for I felt sure that there was danger threatening us, and just as he reached me, came the explo- sion When looked for the shack it had disappeared"
 Have you any idea who did it. sir?" asked Morissey. Do you think it could have been the Jap?"
 "Yes,' said Hope, thoughtfully, 'it may have been Satsuma. He's the only one who could have any object in do- ing such a thing. We know that he and the man who was with him are after the books, and they're the kind that would stick at nothing in order to get them"
 By the way, Morissey," he added, did you remember to send that tele- gram from Middle island?"
 T did, sir," was the answer.
 What was the telegram, Jarvis?" asked Cleo.
 You remember that Fitzmaurice told us that he had bought three of your fathers books at the auction, but that he had lent one of them to friend, a Doctor Owen, who lives at Sandsboro? It struck me that it was just as well not to take any chances of someone else getting there ahead of us. had Morissey send wire from Middle island to the doctor that we were leaving for Sandsboro and asking him not to let the book out of his pos session until we arrived. =. Now, Nor issey, if you have gasoline. we had better get down to the launch and get started"
 He turned to Cleo. Tt is SO late that