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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD I!1'0, hulb Anothpr step, and I The sight of her captive and desthe drone of a voice olate hit me hard. I entered the hall That Pharaoh had been able to One of Its doors was her was all my fault: but for ' that of the staircase which led seize me, she would have had Sabre, her Helenas room. Beyond this a More. Had I returned bodyguard. light was burning, the light of a to the castle, my cousin and Bartorch and an voice was ley and I would all hae been there, teaching a bitter sentence to cut and the odds against Pharaohs like a whetted knife. success would have been absurd: as So you see, theres not much It was, I had made them even left. Tomorrow morning, no doubt and Pharaoh had won. order will be restored. Very likely The beam of the torch was blindthe police will arrive. They wont ing and I shut my eyes and sank arrive tonight, for the telephone chin on my chest. I wanted Isnt working. pm afratd pm to my to be able to see where Pharaoh blame for that. The search, which was. Rnsh was beside me; he had Is now proceeding in a somewhat lingered a moment to take np the haphazard way, will be organized; wedge and to lock the major door, clues will be sifted; the abduction but now he was standing beside me will be reconstructed. Your sheets I could hear him licking his lips. are below the ramparts, so theyll And Dewdrop, a pace or two disknow you were taken that way. tant, was holding the torch. But Your handkerchief lies on the drawhad not distinguished Pharaoh, bridge; the slipper which you and Pharaoh was first on my list kicked off will be found in the Then the man spoke again, and I fields. knew that he was standing or sitI expect theyll employ your ting on the farther side of the Alsatian Im sure I should. But room. as I carried you here, I dont think "As always. Pm perfectly frank. that he will come off. One has to My hand Is upon the treasure. Its think of these things. Be that as simply a question of testing these It may, no stone will be left un- walls and this floor. But I cant turned to find the beautiful count- get It out of the castle at least, ess you really are lovely, you not as much as I want I dont know the worshipful mistress of like to nse the drawbridge: I beYorlck, that carted her drunken lieve even your bucolics would find brother out of her way. And all that strange. But I know theres the time youll be here, sharing this another way out You took It with half-ope- n N'm wold to If Wr Pi laJ u, 1 t Bernst n. Uro flare,. OStuic sendg J 14 e who ;.,PTEB to bad n 0 comfort :i;w drop waiting for I3V-- r ': now? And iibeen doing since seven Rush had not seen ?or their learned he had , while his men had ?; jfpbaraoh ! Iharaoh was that was not Rolls, sfeet And the lot cas-- , pile of the a life Into nsht leaped radiance, unshaded moment !t rfeed. For a a steady pin-,,l- ,t He darkness, Then It broke Into a , Hashes a silent luminous could ever mls- jat no one ifreln the eyes , my were opened. tell me, I could etnith. 1ms on was lli the ramparts, and Phagoing to talk. in the castle the live- - left with And now he was going to Mights of the castle; and had never He out, he would put them had ctoirplires In. p deciphered the message, word. bridce thtand by lath t n Igh th lighth fail." flashed once more and and with a foot on the step and my head close against the wall. Then came Pharaohs voice. "Bugle." "Ere," said Bugle at once. Don't talk. Whisper. Here. Take these goods. . . . Have you forgotten them?" "Ive got a shoe," breathed BuWats this? gle. A wipe, said Pharaoh. To which side of the drive are the cars? "Theyre to the right from here." "Drop the wipe on the drawbridge, and sling the shoe Into the fields to the left of the drive. If you want to live, make It snappy. Theyre going to open those gates before you get back." As Bugle went by me, I saw that here was a chance which would never return. Pharaoh had used no torch. If Bugles reminiscence was true, the probability was that he would not use one tonight I was tall and thick-se- t, very much about Bugles build a suit I had left at Plumage was fitting him very well; and Bugle had been told to whisper. . . . In a flash I was running for the drawbridge in Bugles wake. The castle was alive with mur murs sounds of disorder and distress; someone was out on the ramparts, raving (to me!) men were M!Vto inp had were gathered my wits, afoot. cannot decide what Had I left hare done. dashed for the castle to alarm, before I had found the lights would have Hid I attacked, whatever of my effort, I think It that I must myself have Hbnt Pharaoh would still a rampant The brain, the the drive prompting this 'terror belong to Pharaoh only the destruction of wold end this sinister Pharaoh, and then his day s I k' ' T L 1;Zlh z:yA r..Z ' 4 fj I d s&je lM first how I saw It," but than the truth, for 1 that Is more darkly, and very as I stole quarry m 11 fn. they use the i,fr.was feU ve e 3 the le jiigti .4 k warden, he must have key. . t tor "f life; but a slight, pathetic figure, whose head was bare . . . that had stood very still In a valley. What then took place, happened more swiftly than I can set It down. Bugle apprehension lifted Its ? Pharaohs presence banded the warden a That was the rewcT eoowt! It somehow. Un- - opened !0,! I fast. postern? Pharaoh was on the drawbridge, and I was standing, ready and waiting to kill him, three paces away. I saw the man drop the handkerchief and I saw him draw back his arm to discharge the shod It was then that I noticed Sabre nosing the scrap of lines, white ?n the key with had opened the k1o8tc'w agh no alarm had been $rrcv nothing was known, bica T the warden and bridge. eie master key. As the shoe left Bugles hand, the ttl8 was so, I he turned Instantly Alsatian crouched, and as ,f mind, to come back, the great dog sprang. Talk The shock would have sent a ccrf would !ndness havoc an(l ;ol 3 the nlsht Tlie giant flying, for Sabre weighed have o ! m fully six stone. shepherd As Bugle met the rail of the nglr'j iuraoli8 I!!!rley were ffne-Jouia I find t.ie trea. drawbridge, I heard a hone snap. f F.rc i, And then the two went Over, iuto My way it 5 moat. the Jld4 so The splash they made must have withdll') fhanibe 6aill(,(1 by niy been heard, but for the outcry if tl in the castle Itself. iVv !hnush by magic, As I ran for the postern, I heard orick went out. a hubbub In the archway and Flo,,ess need of sd rins voice calling to Hubert to raoh $ local ' AJ 7 ... filled Hi jJ 1 , 00 Jw d ; js 1 V,ir ""M. ib.liin,. . 1 to 4luie si-i- w'the fordraw-the i'Pm as Crew. - Rlbre though we open the gates. As I stumbled Into the passage breathed This Is the stuff, Rush. Up the stairs on yer left Ive got to lock this door. It seemed best to do as he said. iV8"('th,nff white by ,llle three turned Ihnraoh and Dewdrop were gone. Ai I I '? n,J I did the I needed Rush to bring me where that they were. Without a word. I turned to the fceh.'1.' thflt moment aRP. steps I knew. ' s'Prr,1! e to wrnnglp. As I came to thetr hend, I beinf V'!S r(n' Th? came aware of a radiance a faint outwn!t- - suggestion of light, enough to SI,?line the doorway thnt gave to the 1 id1' 'th ' ... -. Come on, you. genius. Sheba cold. raohs a n Ill give you PhaHes got little nere, since It bears upon my story, I must describe how you entered that secret room. This was the way of It In the massive door from the hall the keyhole was set to the right, and when yon had turned the key, oak opened Inthe wards and so to the left At once you found yourself at the foot of a staircase-turret- , the steps of which rose to the right and after three or four rises curled out of your view. Now the door was very heavy and, not being truly hung, had to be held open ; If It were not so held, It at once swung hack to Its frame and, since its lock was a spring-locshut itself fast A catch was, therefore, provided, to prevent It from playing this trick the sort of catch that Is used for an entrance gate; and do bring this catch into action, you had but to could. open the door ns wide as you But by so doing you were masking another door. Enter the turret and let the door shut behind you, and there In the wall which the door, when open, had hidden, was another smaller the secret doorway which gave to d towards the bridge, myself the prey of a horrid aty for which I was not to I had staked and won; and as taking my winnings as do. But this was no gam-- 1 Sabre and I Ran Behind Them. this was the Instant busl-hf- e and death. trampling and shouting; I could to exploit the advantage I hear blows falling upon woodwork Md, In fear of wasting this and the shiver of breaking glass, ! too soon, In fear of los-- ' But 1 heard these things as In a holding my hand, I moved dream, for now I knew whose key 1 rear of the had opened the postern, whose shambling 'th one hand on Sabres handkerchief would lie on the In uj the other on Geoffreys drawbridge, whose slipper fall the fields. . . . f 15 1 had gathered, The knowledge set n)y heart they "'re than I did what Pha- - pounding. Some fountain that had II going to do. He was go--'t not been working burst suddenly off the light disarm the Into play. Its liquor was bitter'Viboard, without a doubt. sweet and It made me drunken fl were to use the post- - with rage. A girl had heen mishandled. Not the Countess Helena lilon brought me np with a of Yorlck, for she was not of this y stair. For a fraction of a second I hesl tated. Rush was at my mercy. Was this the time to unmask? And then I decided to stake my winnings half-ope- And Pharaoh ... Rush straightened his hack and door. Then turned to the he hung on his heel for an Instant, to breathe In my ear. It bat somewhat unfriendly chamber with me and my friends. Yon do see the point, dont you? They wont search the castle, because they'll know for certain were none of us here. You didnt search It this morning you knew I was gone. And If they did search the castle, I hardly think Florin would let them look In this room. Its cleverly done, that door. Youve got to be curious to find it and an ex pert to find Its lock. Im both. I found them on Wednesday evening with the help of your brothers key. I need hardly say that had I known that the key which yon handed the warden was his and not yours, we should have adjourned to this chamber this morning Instead of tonight. However, all's well that ends well . . . A stealthy step behind me remem bered Rush. As I turned, he was locking the door at the head of the curlin' once more. - "v'kH n mt Towels Ice-col- d "I , . self-actin- g room. The door which Is framed was also of oak and Iron, but there though It boasted a handle, In was It all. at no keyhole was fact locked by the catch which held Turn this open the major door. the minor and one side, to catch without a door would swing open sound. From within the room this door, when shut, could neither be opened nor seen, because It was backed with the woodwork which covered the walls. All this, of course, I learned later. moment was All that I knew at the had been that the door to the room done. cleverly shoul- Kush whispered over his der. "Watch out for this door. Its . wedged." I He sidled round the oak and on my pistol followed, with a hand sleeve. and Geoffrey s knife In my shall never forget the seene. was alight, and Only one torch Dewdrop that held by so was this faee. To Its beam fell on Helenas and turned, naturally eye this the room the of rest the in an Instant was black. on a She was sitting upright to the panback bonch. with her of her dress elled wall. The neck from one was torn and had fallen anything, her of her shoulders. If did not seem air was listless: she sat so st.ll. she to he breathing, to avoid the Her eves were lowered her beaubut torch, the of el. re for all and was high, tiful head showed sie nilht she enio'lon the a church. base been sitting In j Mr. Spencer five nights ago." There was a little silence. Then Go on, said Helena, quietly. You will tell me that way, said Pharaoh. And then? We shall work till dawn, removing as much as we can." And then?" We shall clear up and go," said Pharaoh. And you will be free. I hardly think yonll want anybody to find ns in possession of so much gold." "Clear up and," said Helena. What do you mean by clear up? " "I mean what you think I mean. Theres a nuisance Pve . got to abate. If you were honest, youd say a score to settle. " I prefer the term nuisance. Still, that may have to wait a little. At dawn we shall leave the castle, and you will be free." Helena took a deep breath. I see," she said. And now Ill tell you something. You've got a long way, but a long way Is never enough. You know that youre near the gold, but you dont know how to reach it. It's very well to talk of testing these walls and this floor, but thats a Job for a mason, and you know It as well as I. But If the gold was here, as you admitted Just now, you couldnt get It away. Slore. So long as you stay here, youre safe, for no one will But the longer open this room. yon stay here, the slighter your chance of escape. Youve only the Rolls and my men will very soon find that, looking for me. And tomorrow, as you surmise, order will be restored. Quite good order, I warn you: Mr. Bohun will see to that If you wait till then, therefore, you will have to cut your way out Youll have do gold to carry, so that should be easy enough: but once you are out, youll have no sort of transport and the park will he full of my people, looking for me. Of course, as I say, If you stay But here, youre perfectly safe. youve neither food nor water, and nothing that you can think of will make me talk. What, nothing? said Pharaoh. Nothing," said Helena, calmly. "Youve no one here to torture, and Im not afraid for myself. For the moment Im np against It: but you are np against time. It was clear that she meant what she said: her fearlessness was sublime. I wondered If she believed what Bemoving as Pharaoh had said. much as we can . . . clear up and go , , , and you will be free." Once Pharaoh had access to more than a million pounds, was Pharaoh the man to grab what he could and bolt? If she opened her mouth, It Pharaoh would certainly go. seemed likely that he would take with him a thousand pounds. Fifteen hundred, perhaps; Dewdrop and Bugle and Rush could each of them manage a bag. And something else he would take against his return: and thnt was her master key. And she herself would be free, or she would be dead. Was It likely that Pharaoh, the ruthless, would spare her life? Spare her to cut off his access, If nothing else? It certainly looks," he said, as though we shant be able to finish tonight. Still, these things shouldnt be rushed. And you know I cant r hours help feeling that twenty-rouwill chamber help you to In this change your mind. The quarters are close, arent they?" So much," said Helena, calmly, r hours." "may happen In twenty-fouAs I was saying, here we are out of the world, and time will stand still. 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