Show I I Two Girls in Secret Sec Passageway I Locked in Dark at Joint Building I I I Secret passageways whether in the lurid chapters of or a romantic novel or In real life always bear an element clement of or magnetism The secret passageway leading from Crom the top to the time bottom of the cit city and county building bu on the city side probably probably ably possesses as much vaulted high mystery mystery to to some people people people-as as the dark mysterious stairway we read about In Kenilworth castle At least two young ladles ladies at the city elty and building were attracted by ly what was os contained In the secret passageway where It Jt led to and ond what It was for Tb Thur Thursday da afternoon Miss 1 Katherine Katharine Leith stenographer for the board of ot public works and amid Miss lIss Stella Connor office deputy deput In the land and water commissioners commissioner's department began beban to wonder what lay hay hidden behind the thc door that Is seldom opened and up the dark winding stairway that 1 Ja is hard hardly ever eer traversed They rhey just Itched with curiosity and the they decided to form an exploration party and 1011 find out Whether they were afraid of encountering en on- on countering that terror to femininity femininity- the thC or mouse or whether they were a a. bit awed b by the time darkness Into which the Iron stairway wound Itself the they haven't yet et explained But they the they called a 0 man into the thc affair F. F L. L I cler clerk of the health department was tho the man Mr Hansing conducted tho girls up the te winding stairway from the door in the board of public works They tripped over moos moun baskets and other things thing's and stumbled through through-i the tho dark darl post past the Juvenile court count and up to the floor of or the council chamber The council coun coun- cil chamber was dark darc when they opened tho tio d dOor or and stepped upon sa- sa creel territory After they baa ban played councilmen for a a. time ono one became mayor and the other secretary and the they Invaded the chambers of the city's chief executive e Mr I Hansing left them and returned to his work ork On tho the way to his on the basement floor however he stopped at the door through which the girls had hall entered ana amia locked ed it Ten minutes later at r tho the young women stumbled sturn bled down the few remaining stairs In the dark and found the time door locked They hammered their dainty fists lists upon the thel panels but overy every one on the city side was so frI frightfully bus busy at that particular time that the women weren't heard at all an What might have ha been the starter of ot a n health healthy scream was heard but It was v a lon longS long time before any one ono heeded the entreaties of or the young women and ancI let them ou out Miss Leith and anit Miss Connor were covered co with dirt Their hands were black binek and their faces bore th the blemish of disturbed dust They didn't care to go so back nn and find out what was on the dark stairway above the council chamber The They have hn had enough of mystery and ond their curiosity curl curl- has been satisfied d. d |