Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-07-04
CHAPTER xllI-contlnusd.
II


arranged so that you cur do so with
out a glenn OF light getting ont from
under" lie pressed the torch and a
OFT OF closely folded piper In the
others hand and carefully draped the
coat over his head.
Barnes read: ''Thnnk Godi I was
AFRAID you would wait until tomorrow
night. Then II would have been too
late. ! must get away tonight but l
cannot leave--I dare not leave without
something that In concealed In an
other part OF the house. do not
know how TO secure II. My door is
locked from the outside. What am l
10 DOT l would rather die than to go
away without IT,"
Hastily he wrote: "If you do not
come at once, we will force our way
INTO the house and fight II out with
them all. My friend Ia coming up the
vines Let him enter the window. Tell
MN where TO 20 and he will do the
rest He Is a miracle man. Nothing
IL impossible TO him. II he does not
return In ten minutes. I shall follow"
There was no response to this. The
mead reappeared In the window, but no
word came down.
Sprouse whispered II am going up.
Stay here. II you hear a commotion
IN the house. run for II. Don't walt
Tor me. I'll probably be done for"
I'll do just as I plense about run
ning'' said Barnes, and there was a
deep thrill In his whisper. Good luck.
COD help you II they catch you"
Not even he could help me then.
Good-by. I'll do what / can to induce
her TO drop out OF the window II any
MN goes wrong with me downstairs"
A moment later he was silently
scaling the wall Of the house, feeling
MS way carefully, testing every pre-
curious foothold, dragging HIM
painfully upwards by means OF the
most uncanny, anlmnl-like strength
and stealth.
Barnes could not recall drawing a
single breath from the instant the man
left his side until the family luminous
square above his head was o~bliterated
by the black Of his body as II wriggled
over the ledge.
We will follow Sprouse. When he
crnwleI through the window and stood
erect inside the room, he found him
self confronted by a tall, shadowy fig
ure, standing halfway between him
and the door.
He advanced n step or two and ut
tered n soft hiss Of warning.
mot n sound" he whispered. draw.
Ing still nearer ~ have come four
thousand miles to help you. countess.
This Is not the time or place 10 ex.
plain. We haven't a moment to waste.
! need only say that I have been sem
from Paris by persons you know to aid
you In delivering the crown Jewels into
the custody Of your country's minister
In Pnris. We must net swiftly. Tell
ma where they nre. | will get them"
who are your" she whispered
tensely.
my name Is Theodore Sprouse.
have been loaned 10 your embassy by
NY wi government. ! beg OF you do
lot ask questions now. Tell me where
the prince sleeps. how | may get to his
room"
iuu huoW thuA nv ~ Tue prince
"And that you are his cousin"
She was silent for a moment. "Not
only Is II impossible for you To enter
his room but Il Is equally impossible
for you 10 get out Of this Que except
by the way you entered, II | thought
there was the slightest chance for you
to-"
let me be the Judge Of that. cou
tess. Where Is his room?'
THE lust to the right us you leave
this door-at the extreme end of the
corridor. Across the hall from his
room YOU viii see nm open door. A
man sits In there all night long. keep
ing watch. You could not approach
Prince Ugo's door without being seeu
by that watcher.
"You said In your note 10 Barnes
that the-er-something was In Curtis
study"
The prince sleeps in MFR. Curtis
room. The study adjolns II, and car
only be entered from the bedroom
There Is no other door. What are you
dOlngf'
~ am going TO take II peep over the
trnnsom. first OF all. II the const a
clear. I shall take a little stroll d0wr
the hall. DO not be alarmed. l will
come bnck-wlth the things we bott
want. Pardon me-" He sat down on
the edge OF the bed and removed his
.