Show haunted valley 9 by hr HERBERT ROBINSON frank leon smith adapted from the Pathe serial by copyright by Pathe caf he exchange inc CHAPTER XII TUB or OP HORROR henry Mall hison alarmed by the threats ahrea is of the man in the cloak had scurried to safety in a dingy secret retreat ho he had maintained in dock street and strange to say it so happened that tho the captors captora 0 of ruth ranger had brought brough t the gr girl I 1 to a dark ditty dirty room in a tenement in the same block dinny however had been on the job as usual lie noted th the c number of the car ns as it disappeared with his beloved guardian and hastened in pui put sult determined to notify the police and have a search made whilo while ruth was trying to get out of her imprisonment she was surprised gired to see tile the door open and suddenly be confronted with vivian delamar what does this mean ruth asked it means came the slow re ply that you are not going to marry henry mallinson you know that you do not love him 1 I know that I 1 want to get out of this room ruth answered give me that key Is not until a way can be found to stop this marriage for all times vivian returned before you leave this room you are going to learn the entire truth about Al At allinson 11 site she led ruth to a corner of the room and showed her a small smal 1 opening ning in the wall tile the girl behe beheld id oba mallinson alinson in the next room A cloaked figure was with mallinson ruth sup po posed sed it was craig cragg and once more she lost her trust in the young man 1 I have double crossed the ran ger er company to get in on the haunted a t anted valley business the man in t the he cloak wits was saying and you are not going to leave this room alive unless my guaranteed all right old man mallinson replied 1 I suppose what you want Is a copy of the layout lay out in haunted valley mallinson walked toward his desk and opened his drawer suddenly something gleamed in his hand and a revolver cracked ills visitor returned the shots from an automatic concealed in the pocket of his coat and then the polite arrived downstairs hearing the gun fight they hastened upwards mallinson and the unknown man succeeded in mak ing their getaway only ruth was left alone but suddenly her door swung open and craig garbed in a black cloak entered at the same time there was a banging on the door ruth was astounded 1 I dont know why I 1 should show you any consideration she said to craig but gogo go go before they break in craig saw that it was too late to explain so he be opened a trap door in the goor loor and rapidly descended the girl explained to the police that her enemies enemies had escaped and they immediately began to make a search of the bre premises dinny remained with ruth and the girl confided that she intended to solve the mystery of haunted flaunted valley that night for the past week dick poster foster the young re reporter had been a prisoner la in t the e control room in haunted valley ile ho had succeeded in overhear overhearing ine many things of interest and only waited for his moment to strike much aluch was said of hidden maps and so on finall finally dick succeeded in loosening his ands bonds lie he watched covertly and saw that the men were about to double cross mallinson they had made a key for the tha iron chest foster decided his moment had come with a terrific shriek he rushed them seizing a pick on the way the struggle was a short one for foster was a husk husky and he had completely surprised his KIs adversaries dic dick wasted no time but begin began demolishing tho the different menacing devices about the place before starting in his search poster foster was about to advance toward the chest when ho he heard someone enter the chamber seeing the newcomer was Mal mallinson liason tho the reporter quickly conceited himself but ep first farst succeeded suit ceded in securing the map was stupefied as he bo surveyed the wreckage and tho the forms of his battered men lying inert on tho the ground he fie saw that the map had been taken from tho the chest and was furious ur ioui the disappearance ol of his prisoner ev ex everything meanwhile taking flight through haunted valley dick foster encountered ruth kuth ranger recognizing tho the girl he hastened to explain everything thinking that she could lend valuable assistance 1 I 1 am a newspaper reporter be informed her and im helping mr craig cragg this brought it a gasp of surprise from ruth kuth 1 I just escaped from your enemies stronghold with a map he continued I 1 and from that we ought to solve this mystery as theres a treasure con concerned cernel in it ruth WAS surprised and elated at the sudden help she dismounted and they both poured over the map after which they decided to go immediately to the places indicated finally arriving they found a concealed entrance place to it a subterranean channel and they were ablo able to ralso raise a gigantic boulder by means mean of a lever with much ease case both entered and after walking a short distance through tho the underground passageway they came to an elevator which apparently ran down into a mine As it had been stopped just below the floor level they ey were obliged to drop to the top of it ruth had brought a flashlight with her but even with that assistance they could not find tho the controlling levers tv to start the elevator entered the subterranean passage the men in the control room M had succeeded in partially repairing the damage done to the different pieces of mechanism the periscope was waa agala again in working order and mullin mallin son was furious when he beheld ruth and her companion about to enter the ho secret passage of the small mine chamber mallinson was at a loss to know what to do to icv prevent benl enl ruth ind and dick from getting any further knowledge 0 ledge pf af the treasure and the other th mysteries of the mine an idea sud den denly I 1 y came to him 1 I had nearly forgotten some thing I 1 he fie elc exclaimed aimed 1 I can destroy demroy the elevator and prevent theta from using it and without con suiting lilting his assistants he fie seized a lever over and throw threw it over my ali godl god I 1 exclaimed the control man rushing up tip tile the wrong lever I 1 you have destroyed the treasured trea suret surel in the underground treasure room Mallin sons act had resulted in a sudden flash of light the room was filled with flandes which illuminated the place and disclosed antique chests spanish basques cas ques and other curios ruth ranger and her now new friend on the to top of the elevator were jarred by L the explosion ani and the elevator began to move upward they went and the two mystery seekers began to realize their heir predicament they were only ten feet from tile the top of the shaft and there seemed no way to stop the slow ascent of the elevator ruth terror error stricken glanced about her and flashed the electric torch from side to side the sides of the shaft were perfectly smooth smoot li and the top of the elevator would sure surely y s strike rike the top of the shaft in a moment or orso so well be crushed to death it if we cant find a way out of this dick murmured grimly As the elevator slowly and cycad lly ascended ruth and her companion looked up in horror at their approaching pro aching fate neaver nearer and alid nearer they a approached the top of the he shaft in in tile the next moment th tasy y were both forced to kneel to prevent their their heads from striking the top and the elevator continued its slow steady journey upward to be |