San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

he knew; bright light shone upon
us all at once. Suddenly the cor
ridor broadened into a broad road
lighted as far as we could see by
electric lamps. Two steps from
US a magnificent limousine car
seemed waiting for passenger
whom it would bear upon that sub
terranean road, which showed q
gentle decline. The King Of jew
els gave me a sign TO open the
door of the machine into which he
went to ploce Bella upon q sofa
which occupied one side Of il.
"Now," said he, jumping to the
ground" we must go back for the
box" This trip was made more
rapidly than the former. All was
ready for the departure and Avery
gave the signal to start. $50
down without lighting the ear un-
til you reach the level, then go at
full speed twenty miles; the end
of your journey is an elevator into
which you will drive the machine,
the weight Of which will be enough
to start the mechanism. You will
not get out of the car until they
come to open the door Of the ga
rage Of which you will find your
self taken. The woman who will
present herself there is Bella's
nurse; she will do what is told in
this letter, just as you will.
"Here too are road-maps on
which the broad white line shows
precisely where you are to 60. You
will first follow the instructions
contained in this letter, and await
ing events, guide yourself accord
ingly. Here too is a small glass
bulb containing a most powerful
drug. Should Bella faint, you will
note a high color appearing gradu-
ally on her cheeks. At that mo-
ment crush the bulb in your hand
kerchief and let her inhale its con-
tents, when she will fall asleep and
rest quietly until you have taken
her to a point of safety.
"Adieu." He gave me a paper
which l slipped into my pocket.
wanted to grasp his hand and
muttered some vague words, into
which / tried to put something of
sympathy; but this supernatural
man pushed me to the seat of the
car, which began to move. could
not see him any moreno never
saw him again.
We went down ramp, which ac-
cording to my calculation, was fol-
lowing path in a tube built ser
pentine fashion around the axis Of
the Tower, so that we could be
easy degrees reach the level Of the
country. ! had all I could do to
moderate our speed by using the
brakes, and it was a great relief
when I felt that the moment had
come to turn on the lights. Then
we went at full speed, and q quar-
ter of an hour sufficed to bring rs
to the end Of the road and the ele-
vator into which I drove the car
slowly. There this road ended,
and we reached the garage, the
door opened at once, allowing the
light of perfect summer sky to
come in. I saw a thin, serious look
ing woman, who bore all the marks
of governness, her hair grey over
brow well wrinkled. Bowling to
me without word this woman en-
tered the car, leaned anxiously
over Bella. With a sigh ! heard
her say: "She is asleep" As for
myself, leaped joyfully to the
ground which l had not felt under
my feet for so long a time. Look
ing about me l saw a broad court.
with a beautiful little garden, and
small house, with a few steps
leading up to it. "Where are WEI"
l asked, turning mechanically TO-
wards the woman, who still leaned
over Avery's daughter. She turn
ed her grey eyes to me, pointirg
to a clock near a church, said Gel
Paso," so near Aerial Within the
range of the fulgurite!
Had the King Of Jewels sent US
out of the besieged city to expose
us to the blows of his defense?
had hardly time to frame these ter
rible ideas, when the thought OF
the letter in my pocket occurred
to me. It had been written and
signed by him and contained these
simple words: "Take Bella to the
white room. Await her awaken
ing. Then leave at once. Mr.
Bruce will take the car as far as
A., base of tha mountains. There