Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-19

TO see there's no trouble down here7
You understand me. eh?"
"Oh. yes. I understand you." NUT
tered the professor. You've got N
habit Of making yourself damnably
plain.
Unfortunately. II Il necessary 20
be damnably plain" came Drills acid
response.
In the silence that followed the
two little lights abruptly ceased TO
glow, and at first Charlie assumed
that the two men ahead OF him had
reached the bottom OF the steps and
we're now on level ground that did
not need illumination. In. one as
sumption he was right; soon he, too,
came to the end OF the steps But,
In the other ne was wrong. The
lights ceased to glow because the
passage took a sharp turn. and an
angle Of the wal hid them from view.
Lord mustn't lose therai"
thought Charlie. hurrying around
the turn.
Not until he had turned twice
more did he come upon the lights
again. The passage was full OF
twists and corners. AS the lights
came into view. some Of them way
cred and stopped.
what's the matter?" demanded
Brill.
Il thought 7 heard something"
muttered The professor.
"well-doesnt one hear things
down here?" said Brill, ironically,
'Listenl-
Thud-boomI The ground be-
meath them shook for an instant
Charlie had never heard the boom
ing so loud before. Its increased
/ volume was eloquent of the depth
| he had descended. He was now
nearer the level from which the
sound came.
Seas rough today. eh7" exclaimed
Brill. with a sudden laugh. Just as
well, too. perhaps. It'll be rougheE
still before midnight"
"Oh. be quiet. can't you?" snapped
the professor. nervously, as he began
to walk on again.
"Why? There's no one TO hear
usl And I'm in a laxative humor
! Cunningham-like a general or the
eve Of knocking out an army Of
fools"
And I'm n or the fools7" inter-
posed the professor.
"Yes-in all senses but one. III I'D
had your brain. Cunningham. I'd
have used it to dominate people-not
to be dominated by them. But, at
any rate. you have q brain In the
midst OF your folly. which Is more
than some OF the fools have. The
fools. for instance. who imagine that
these sounds going on below our feet
listen to 'em-are the echoes O
: that old mine disaster. Well. III
! been q useful old mine disaster Y
\ us. hasn't tin more than n way
| It's given us-all this-and It's pro
vided a pleasant little raison d'etr'
for certain happenings. ehp Tn
mine disaster and the sea. Tn
echo OF the mine disaster n myth
the echo OF the sea a reality. Usefu
alliesl
~Oh. but 7 invented another all,
this afternoon to our new caretak'
err" he went on chuckling. View
been invaded from below--did yo'
know ID. Cunningham Large. hair.
monsters are hurrcwing their wa
upwards-and soon they'll some vi
through Coomber House. and figh
the earth for its surface. They'v
been working their way up for year
began before you and / were born
perhaps-and are blasting m passag
toward the FIRE air. Boom-Boom
Another explosion Of the hairy Tel
lowsl Boom-booml Another Ul
they come. Well see 'em soon The
must have some marvellous explos
i've. mustn't they7 Now, II only
could net hold OF the fellow who Tn
vented that explosive. Z might Civ
him a price for IL. Only perhaps it'
only on the crust or the earth-no
now below nearer the conscience O
~things-that professors can be bouht
Eh7r
yves. you are a devil. BRIL- re
Piled Cunningham. so you spun
that story to the new caretaker. di'
your"
II did,
what made you think of it7-
i've rather an ingenious brain
ESQ you're fond Of telling me. Bu
you're ure there wasn't som
other reas0n2"
I y don't know what you mean
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