The evening world., 1920-08-05


on the day when we
discovered the entrance TO these caves
under the heath on the table-land' the
Black Heath"
Did you see themr
mo, 1t was too dark"
But who are they7 Who are ohose
enemies?"
Il don't know"
"You suspect, OF courseT
THE Druids?" he said laughing
THE people Of old Of whom the leg
ends speak? Rather not! Ghosts
Not that either. They we're Just sim
ply creatures Of to-day, creatures OF
flesh and blood"
They live down here, though
Most likely" -.
And you took them by surpriseT
mo. on the contrary. They seemed
even to be expecting US and 10 DC
lying in wait for us. We had gone
down a stone staircase and a very
long passage, lined with perhaps
eighty caves, or rather eighty cells
The doors, which we're OF wood, were
open; and the cells overlooked the
sea. It was on the way back, as we
were going up the staircase again In
the dark, that we were seized from
one side, knocked down, bound blind
folded and gagged. The whole thing
did not take minute. suspect
that we were carried back to the end
OF the long passage. When sue
ceeded in removing the bonds and
my bandage, found that 4 was
locked In one OF the cells, probably
the last in the passage; and have
been here ten days"
'My poor darling, how you must
have suffered"
mo, mother, and in any case not
from hunger. There was a whole sack
Of provisions in one corner and a truss
CT straw in another to lie on. So
waited. quietly"
For whom?"
You promise not to laugh, motherT
Laugh at what, dear?"
AT what Pm going to tell you?"
How can you think p
"Wel'I was waiting for some on'
who had heard OF all the stories Of
Sarek and who promised grandfather
to come"
| ''But who was it?"
The boy hesitAted.
mo, 4 am sure you will make fur
Of me, mother, I'll tell you later. Be-
sides, he never came though
[ thought for a moment Yes
fancy, l had managed to remove two
stones from the wall and to open thh
hole Of which my jailers evidently
didn't know. All Of sudden hearC
u noise, someone. scratching =
1T was AIS Well?
1T was Master ANS Well coming
the welcome he received! Only wha
astonished me was that nobody fol
Lowed MIN TINS way, neither Honor
line nor grandfather. 4 had no penci
Tor paper to write to them; but, a1te
all, they had, only to follow All
lWell."
THAT was impossible" said Yer
oniQue, 'NUecausse Lney believed yOl
to be far away from Sarek, CARRIE
off no doubt, and because you
grandfather had LETT
Just 50: why believe anything o
the sort? Grandfather knew, from
lately discovered document, where W
were, Tor 1t was he VINO told US o
the possible entrance TO the under
ground passage. Didn't he speak L
you about itE'
teronique had been very happy !
listening 70 her sons story. AS h
had lbeen carried off and imprisoned
he was not the atrocious monster VIII
had KILLED Nj. Il HargemonN, Marie L
Goff Honorine and Correjou and hi
companions. The truth which she ha
already vaguely surmised now al
sumed q more definite form an'
though still thIcIdy shrouded, wa
visible in its essential part. FRANCO
was not guilty. Some one had pl
on his clothes and unprecedented hin
even as some one else, in the sen
blance of Stephane, had pretended
be Stephane. All what did all III
rest matter, the improbabtlit1eS an
incon slstencies, the proofs and Gel
! taintjes, Veronique did not eve
think about it, The only thing thf
. counted was the innocence OF her b.
> loved son.
And so she still refused to tell hi
ANYTHING that would sadden him an
, spoil his happiness; and she said:
mo. 1 have not seen your CRANE
father. Honorine wanted to prepal
him for my visit, but things happen'
= SO hurriedly
f. And YOU were left alone on II
island, poor mother? SO you hope
10 find me here?
yes" she said, after a moment
hesitation.
1 Eyes" 1 hardly paid any attentiC
, to him during the first days. II WI
u not until this morning that | thong
OF following him
And where does the road sta
from that brought YOU here?"
4. ITS an underground passage 4
outlet Of which Is concealed betwet
= two stones near Maguennoc's garden
q. "What! Then the two islam
communicate?
= ives. 10y the clff underneath Z
4 bridge"
e How strange That's what Meth
Stephane nor | guessed, nor dnybo
else, for that matter exec
y our dear ANS Well when it came
finding his master"
He interrupted himself and tn
a whispered: