Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-22

works both our fortunes are made.
Interested In knowing what the other
had invented. John signtfled his de-
sire TO inspect the centriyance.
Mounting ladder which the super
infendenf placed lii position, John hr-
gan mounting II closely followed by the
other He arrived at the trap leading
into the upper chamber Of the he'll
and at the gesHon of his companion
climbed down into it, 4 moment later
ne was startled 10 hear the door closed
behind him and find himself alone III
the interior OF the submarine plunger.
Alarmed ny the strange actions Of
the one who had Iured him here. Davis
hammered upon the trip. There was
no response Beneath his feet the
door Of the bell was rising and he cast
i glance from tho window, bur nothing
but the barren sen met his gaze. For
d moment the machine mounted. hung
suspended and then began to sink.
Slowly hut steadily he vent down md
down. saw his prison beyond the ginss.
With all means OF escape cut of from
above. he opened the trap III the floor
and looked Into inc chamber below.
Held hack BY The compression Of the
air which filled 1t. the sen had been
able To mount but little ways into
the lower room The dir which Ind fill
ed the upper chamber already Ind he
gun to grow heavy, md finding thnt
he breafhcd more freely With the In
fIux Of fresh oxygen from below. lie
seized d hammer, knocked open d valve
and putting his mouth to the open he
gan calling for help into the tube which
ran to the free mir above the surfnce.
Help Helpl Still silence He
glanced about his prison
The inside of the bell Ind grown
dark as he neared the bottom of the
bay. and the atmosphere If the place
was fast becoming unhrcnthahIc It
would be but few minutes moro be-
fore he would be asphyxiaied. for al.
ready his brain was reeiing his sight
failing and his breath coming Ii gasps.
As helpless us though he had been soul
ed up iii d tomb lie began reellng about.
the room stirling upon the side of his
prison with the hammer With hcad
abont to hurst and with falntness
creeping over him, he ngain placed his
mouth before the open valve anelsheut
ed his lesf,airing appeal for silccor.
Then piddiness swept over him and he
sank upon the floor.
on the dock above Ethel, her ear
to the tube, heard The Wild chill from
the depths Of The ocean. an,l turned
faint even Us the man below. by 4
great effort she recovered herself md
I shouted back, hut no answer cnfDe from
tho fainfing aQn Scizing the mir Lose
She pulled II loose.
IT IS he = she cried. Great God, III
there no one who can help fnea'
Across the dock Ralnface came
stumbling. dragging nm unwilling work.
man III his tow Resisting, protesting.
suffering With Indignation The captive
was powerlcss n the hands Of the In.
dian Tile girl flew to them.
s'Do yot understand this thlng7 she
cried to him who was being hauled
bodily to the scene. lie stood stirring
a HI tifN. 1lfs1Gs AN1iEl1 lI1S l1N1i iIAl sAtf2
appeared.
YES, but what does II ail meanf
How did ii get down there, and whit
Ii happening Wildly her tongue flew
on.
'sThere IS d man In 1t down there.
and he IS dying. IN the nanle of
\ Heaven. hoist It as quickly dts IS within
your power" Undecided MS To whether
I the beautiful creature before him had
lost her mind, or whether there was
real danger "a some unknown down I'M
the green depths, he hesitated.
.sBut mint the engineer or superin-
fendent Of this place | aln't got no
orders To fool with machinery and T
dassen't do II. lady. or course II I
knew there was really somebody cash-
ing Id down there, III take the chance.
But otherwise With d cry Of despair.
she raised the tube.
sIistenl" But no sound came to her
ears, and with knees grown weak as
putty she sank upon the dock.
''Oh, God 1t IS TOO late, she sobbed
Then realizing that unless she forced
this obstinate one into action the man
she loved must certainly perish, she
sprang to her feet and whipped out the
small automatic that RaInface had
thrust upon her as they left the hotel.
Quailing before the weaR md the
/ fierceness of her demean0r, the work
] man FASTENED across the dock and
started the hoisting engine Still COW
ering him with the gun, the girl ever
drove him to greater endeavors. and
1 faster and more fast the heavy bell was
dragged from the depths. A minute
later It rose above the surface and was
swung to the wharf and lowered upon
+ 1t. til O second the ladder was placed
against it, and Ethel, running up the
rounds pulled aside the leyeag which
fastened fhe trap and peered within.
No one was there.
TOO late she gasped. and gwoonina
would have fallen to the dock had not
the workman who had followed her
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