New Britain herald., 1927-03-15

| -fEtl Ter NIl%L ana IttL.lfl LOT the hypodermic. SHe could hardly adjust the needle. Her fingers felt like pieces Of wood
 "A half grain - quarter full-'' the Italian had saiG. She drew up the solution and administered the shot as she had watched Don do to Costello.
 A minute or two passed. He appeared more at ease, she thought. But his breathing was still heavy. After awhile she rose, s.cppel ] across the room and twisted inc suigot in ihe wall hoping against hope of finding water. The hope was vain.
 With a corner Of her handker- chief she soaked mp some Of the f-ripanriar wine and touch,d ii 10 Doa's f.verish lips 10 mojst-n tnem. While she was busy at this operation her eyes wandered 10 whore the Latin l1y dead.
 She couldn't shut out for many minutes af.urwarl the vision CT thos. staring eyes and the rigid body. With averteI raZe she reached over and covered the eangster's face with the handher- chief.
 When she sat down beside Don again he hal r,'apsed into his scvercd ravtncs. She took lis head in her lap, her slim body racked with sobs.
 Now sho was sorry he was in animate, it made her alone-oh, so alono, Again and again she called 10 him. imploriHg, herring him 10 come hack to reason and to her.
 Don. darling oh, God, you mustn't die'
 sho bent her head in an abandon of grief aal covered his face with kisses. The memory of his slow woman-hke smile nearly maddened her
 If you were to die here, II don't want 10 live. I love you Don-zo1 mustn't d!e' Ch, my own-my Don, my pon.'
 Donald Kcerc's lids flutfered open. but the frantic girl did not notice it. Her cheek was pressed against his. She did not know that during the last part Of her passion ate ourburst the light Of conscious ness had for several moments ling cred in the eyes of he man sh" lovod. Then he le7prd again into the chaotic visions of fever,
 Teddy dared not look in inc di- rection where the Goad Italian lay. T. seemed 10 har thar her own brain was ready to snap. She won dcrcd if. after all, she had not haen dreamiue-if this awful experience was but just all halluciration. Then her gaze frll on tho vial of morphia solution and she knew it was all q terrible -rqality.
 She stopped and picked up the Io'tle.
 "Half a srqin-quarter full"
 Tho words rang in her ears confusoIly sudaanly a startled look flashed across her face. A Sloam of something like insane cunning crort into her cyss.
 'I donl-haye ro--to s'0v on all all alone if you die. dc.r." she mutt"red aloud and q little smile. swiftly f'los.i0g. Iug'rod for an in- staHt on her lirs. III go with you,"
 Slowly with q doliberation born of q deadly purposo, she !.IeI the gun--two whole grains.
 And if uis aorsH't do it, I'll take it all next timg." sh" whispered husEilT, pressing pon's face against her breast in q sudden passion of heart-fun@er. T don't want to live without you,'
 She rocked gently back and forth, waiting, listening.
 All at once she realized that her gaze had become fixed upon some thing in the opposite corner. T. was q spade. Standing close by Was a pcisaX Suddenly she siffcned The tired eyes grew bright with the light of a salient hope. An insucation had been horn. My God why hadn't th" men seen those tools,
 She studied the side-Wan of clay held hacI, by blanks fitted close together Through the narrow crcv- ices oo2od a 'li-li slime.
 Looking at these blanks and the clay back of them her minds eye cnvisionod tho possibilities in the plan of escape. the nucleus Of which had como 10 her at sight of tie spade and pickaX, Tine wall l was on the side next inc alley She . estimated Inc distance one would i have to dig to reach the surface i of the alley.
 Tho first basement. sh" figured, , was about eight feet from floor to . ceiling which would be level with .