Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25

Rather too risky. should say" put
in the other. 'lf the Herr Hauptmann
had only taken my advice last week.
Il never take advice. But you may
have been mistaken. | can scarcely be-
lieve that Herr Windt had the skill TO
trace us here-unless--"
But it was he. I was peerng
through the slit in the postcrn. not
twenty feet away I could have killed
him easily"
But twenty feet is long distance
when two hundred feet yawn beneath.
for a sege--ah, there 1t is again ~
There was significant silence be,
tween the two men. but Renwick listened
the more kcenly. for he heard the deep
rumble. as of thunder, which had per-
picked him in the afternoOn-a rever'
Iteration repeated and continued, which
seemed to make the very flags beneath
him tremble But since he could hear
and feel il within these solid walls much
nearer and louder. he realized now that
1t meant the roar Of artillery-the def
ant blasts Of the Austrian guns at the
ned of the pass. or the triumphant sal;
vos of the Russians. And the voice of
Goritz confirmed him.
The thing has come rather sooner
wetter, vet, Why couldn't the Russians
have put off the attack for week?'
And If they win the pass"
Perhaps II is Just as well for us II
the general scramble for safety"
"He is not of that sort, Herr Haupt-
mann"
''Then let him come. Twenty feet IS
a long. jump even for the legs OF the
Wndt."
Goritz laughed at his joke and ther
yawned sleepily.
you may go now. Is Strohmeyer al
! the gate?''
! yes, Herr Hauptmann."
! "You are sure that he will not go t.
S'e"P Il think s6si.s E
"The signal is one stroke of the post
ern bell. He understands"
Yes. Herr Hauptmann. Any othel
orders?"
None except these: That he is or
no account to fire unless attacked. Bu
this fact is to he understood: No mar
is to pass into Schloss Szolnok tonight
"Zu befehl. Herr Hauptmann.'
The chauffeur Karl passed across
Renwck's range of vision and the steps
of Goritz resumed their pacing of the
floor-more slowly now. The English
man had been knseling. scarcely daring
to breathe, and now he wondered what
he had better do next. Taking infinite
pains to make no sound he investigated
the wall Of the hall with his finger tips
There was a door here, a secret door. ht
thought. hidden from the interior of the
hall in the paneling of the winscoting
Did Goritz know of it's existence? The
shown no sign of footsteps and the dool
below. Renwicl< was sure, had not beer
opened for many years. But If Goriti
knew of this passage there was chance
of his entering and finding him Rer
wick dared not strike matches now ant
determined 10 go until he bad mastered
all the architectural detailsNof the pass
age and then devise some plan to reach
Marishka. Baked in other directions h.
could return to this secret door int
the hall. and awaiting the departure Of
GCritz force an entrance and trust tt
luck.
But there might he some other and
less dangerous means Of reaching Ma.
rishSa. Even II he entered the hall hC
would have no idea which way to turn
Better to follow the passage to the up
per floors. II it We're possible, and enter
above. thus creating a diversion which
might add to the advantage of his sur
prise. But-did the passage mount high
er? or was? His advancing toe.
touched something solid. Bending for
ward he found steps, and immediatel.
began mounting them on all fours.
The sleeping rooms he had supposed
were on the two upper floors of the keeI
and in the buttressed building toward
| the south, which was a part OF 1t. This
was the direction in which he was goinf
now. He reached another landing, a!
nearly as he could judge by the steps h,
had taken, almost over the crypt, three
levels below. This was the keep then
upon his left With pulse beating rap
idly he felt for and found a wooden up
right-another door. He paused and lis
tened. There was no sound nor any ligh
upon the other side. So he went OF
slowly until at a distance above him h
saw the starlight coming through an
| other loophole, the counterpart of tina
| below the hall. and mounted noiselessly
| peerlng out upon the wider valley to tn,
south He had therefore traversed tn'
castle from one side to the other ant