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CHAPTER VIII.—(Cont'd.)
Flack extracted a bunch of skeleton
keys from the bag, selected one and
inserted it. Pyecroft heard the grat-
ing of metal as the lock turned, fol-
lowed by a muttered oath from Flack,
who glaneect around:
"There's a blasted bolt," he explain-
ed, "and it's at the bottom. Still, that
ain't going to stop us for long."
From the tool bag he took out a
bradawl and set to work at the pia :e
where he had Iocated the bolt, boring
a hole until the iron was reached. Next
he inserted the nozzle of a glass sy-
ringe loaded with acid and deftly
ejected a small quantity. While the
acid was burning its way into the
metal, he took up a tiny brace and bit
and proceeded to give the hole a bell -
mouth. Carefully inserting the brad-
awl again, he pushed it into the acid -
hole in the iron, and gently turned the
barrel until the head of the bolt was
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in the correct position; with dext'pcts
fingers he worked the tool untie
bolt was drawn.
"There y'ai'e, gov-nor," he .giipd,
as he repacked the bag, "nice`jitt� ?ub
that was."
Pyecroft gently pushed o,pep 'the
door and stepped inside, flashing 'iz's
torch around. As he had anticipated,
a large Car was standing im eelietc-
ly inside, and oc,uying most di tee
low chairrber •
""Put your gloves on befer*eeryou
touch anything, Flack," he wart 4, at
the same time draingo n
a pa .o
rubber gloves himself. Turniage, the
handle of the car door, he flashed' his
light over the cushions, ' and smiled
as he noted one button was missing..
A thorough examination of the ve-
hicle fat:ed to ieveal anything of In-
terest, and I'vecroft turned his Olen -
teen to the cavern. He noted that: the
walls were of unhcwn rock:and ,Con -
chided that they were standing iii the
bed of some ancient subterranean
river whieh had long ceased to eslasi. •
In the rear of the car stood a sV"ack
of petrol Mans, otherwise the place as
empty. He directed his light down`,Tthe
tunnel, and commenced to walk sliO]y
forward, Flack following, guiding
himself by means of a bottle contate-
ing phosphorus, a method of illun dna
tion which he preferred to a -1 r_ip•
Several times their feet slipped o'p,; the
slimy surface, almost bringing ii'liem
down, and the roar of the water+ O:he.
gorge increased in volume as they pro-
gressed, until it was almost deafening.
Presently Pyecroft snapped Off *the
torch.
"Keep that phosphorus out of', -the
way," he commanded, speaking pose
to Flack's ear. "We are nearing;the
end.,,
In total darkness they crept •for-
ward until they felt the cold wind
blowing- in from the ravine, and; the
inky blackness was relieved by a
sombre grey. In the dim light: they
were able to discern two . iron posts
standing against the sides of the tun-
nel and fitted with pulley blocks and
tackle. Along the floor lay a single
plank of wood with a rope joined to
uprights at either end, to form a
hand -rail. It was a bridge which
could be swung out to span the gorge
and reaching to the continuation of
the tunnel on the other side.
"There'll be a duplicate of this ar-
rangement opposite," thought ,. Pye-
croft as he examined the working of
the tackle and found that everything
was well oiled and noiseless in move-
ment.
Suddenly Flack gripped his.,ariu
with unpleasant force, and he looked
down to see him bulging -eyed and with
dropped, trembling jaws, staring
aghast at the oppposite bank. His quiv-
ering lips framed some words, but he
could not hear them. He 'tamed
swiftly to discover the cause • a4,the
ether's fright, :end almost . c
himself as he .saw ib.. Immdd.
posite where the deeper sh does
marked the cave, two baleful, gleam-
ing eyes cleft the blackness, twin
points of green fire which flashed like
evil stars.
Pyecroft's first thought was of some
huge hound, but as he stared at the
apparition he became aware of a dim
shape behind those terrible eyes. The
uncanny luminosity of live flesh in
darkness revealed the outlines of a
face. . . a frightful, distorted, half -
human, Half -hound -like face.
He drew in his breath with a deep,
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resounding gasp of excitement :as he
leaned against the wall, staring in
horrified fascination, No human eyes
i over -possessed that ghastly, diabolical
1 gleam,
But any terror is preferable to that
of utter uneextahety. Stooping swift dd/?dhleie00„�' SCOTTIE-
ly he eeerehed for and found a stone
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which, he hurled ith all his foreo
across the ravine. A moment later
above the roar of the swirling hater
there burst upon,their ears a cry so
infinitely awful that Flack, sweat
upon his forehead and his face almost
black with te
, ell upon his knees,
ireor,
hugging his head an his crooked arms.
Blind panic was very close to hint
at that moment.
The cry swelled out into the black-
ness, sotil shattering scream obscene,
bestial in its savageness. Pyecroft's hour,
trembling fingers searched with fran-
tic haste for another stone, the law, -
est he could find, but when he drew
back his arm to throw the' thing had
vanished. He snatched the torch. from
his pocket and shop: its powerful
beam upon the hole, out only the rug-
ged walls stared back at him.
Flack struggled to his feet and
stood beside him, his sallow face dead-
ly white and drawn. Though every
nerve in his body was quivering tie
forced an apologetic grin. Pyecroft,
with a hand none too steady, patted
his shoulder and smiled in return:
"They've got :i hound loose over
there," he said in a 'low voice, but
Flack shook his head emphatically.
"That wasn't no dawg, gov'nor," ho
declared positively. "Perhaps that
village Hattie ain't such a ruddy idiot
.after all."
"Good. Lord!" expostulated Pye-
croft, "you don't mean to say ..."
"Yes, I do, gov'nor. Perhaps I'm
superstitious, but if that wasn't the
Hell Hound wot he yapped about, well,
I'll eat ni.'hat, swelp in' bob, I will.
Did 'ever hear such a blasted row in
y'life tis that was?"
Pyecroft smiled a little uncertainly.
He was more than half inclined to
agree, but he had no intention of : d-
mitting it.
Suddenly Flack gripped his arni for
the second time, pointing across the
gorge; _ someone or something was
moving in the tunnel opposite.
Flattening themselves against the
wall, they watched with bated breath
as another figure revealed itself, and
dark as it was they recognized the
negroid features of Darkey Mullen
peering from the gloomy depths. For
some moments he remained motion-
less, then they saw hini unfastening
the tackle, and the bridge crept slow-
ly across the gorge. When the plank
touched the rock Pyecroft nudged
Flack, and they began to retreat,
keeping well against the wall. At any
moment a torch might be brought into
Fii'kat oagie. before: Captain ,Timmy and
So"tiWe became lost in the darkness whtio
li iii5 over the Chinese war zone, on
1 di
plans to set' ir•ee the remainder of his
party.
au ng, they are captured by C1 nose
bandits., Contain Jinlny escapes .and
Cautiously I moved toward the
camp. ,The fires had burned to em-
bers and now and then flamed up
fitfully. Certainly the outlaws wouldn't
be looking for an escaped prisoner
prowling around their tents at that
action and he had no wish to be seen.
When they gained the bend in the
'tonne: he threw caution to the wind,
and commenced to move as fast as the
slippery reek would permit. FIack,
unable to keep up with him in the
darkness, took the bottle of phosphorus
from his pocket, shielding it as much
as possible.
Stumbling .against the walls, slip•
ping and sliding on the slimy floor,
he had almost reached the stack of
petrol can when he fell. His elbow
struck a projecting stone, half para-
lyzing his arm andethe bottle jerked
from his numbed fingers to shatter
itself among the cans.
Pyecroft dragged him to his feet
and leaped toward the door as a blind-
ing sheet of flame shot up and with a
terrific roar the whole stack ignited.
Together they raced down the guliy
towards the river. So, great was their
haste that neither noticed the figure
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CHAPTER IK..
The church clock was anncuncii'.g
the hour of eleven when they came
aver the hill above the village and
looked dcwn upon the cluster of
thatched cottages which formed the
main habitations.
As if by mutual consent they halted
and surveyed the scene •of slumbering
peace for some minutes in silence,
broken at last by Flack, whose mind
was agitated by what he considered
to be a piece of sheet. folly.
"Abaht that locket, gov'nor, y'ain't
really going to give it to'the busy,"
he pleaded. "Gosh, no, don't do ;t„
gov'nor, you'll put yer foot right in it
playing with that bloke. He ain't no
fool, y'taks it from me wot knows."
Pyecroft glanced at the leathery lit-,
tle face upturned towards him and
smiled reassuringly.
"It's all right, old scout, I know
what I'ni doing,' he said.
But Flack was not convinced, He
shook his head doubtfully.
"It's a daft thing to do, gov'nor. I
reckon we got enough trouble With
that busy coining to us without look-
ing for it. Soon's he knows he'll be
trp at that house nosing around and
queering our pitch, good and plenty,
'y'see if he don't."
"Quite," replied Pyecroft. "I wash
hind to nose around, but it's long odds
against him spotting that back en-
trance."
Fleck's eyes narrowed as he began
to understand:
"Ah, sort of drawing 'em elf, eh,
gov'nor? Barnard goes in at the front
door and we nips in itt the back, A11
eyesthat oilit?" the coppers laid nix on tie;
"More or less," ,agreed Pyecroft. "It
is by no means ce:e lain that we were
seen tonight and I'm inclined to be-
lieve that the ifecident of firing the
100trol was really a stroke of luck. In
Rolled near the largest of the fires,
lay the figure of
a man. Carefully
I crawled nearer.
.A. small twig
broke under my
knee and I stop-
ped, motionless,
not even breath-
ing for a. minute
or two.
As I wiggled closer I could make
out his features — Sure enough, it
was poor old Fa Hsu (Foo Soo) the
interpreter. He was cramped and
so cold and scared. I held up a
anger in a warning, and worked my-
self along to a point where I could
cut his bonds with a jack knife.
"All asleep?" I whispered.
He nodded. Quietly we crept
away toward the cool spring. The
fresh, cold water revived him won-
derfully: He drank as though he
never intended to stop. Then I
questioned him.
"What happened to Scottie? The
dog. Bow -wow?"
"Blandit hit him on the head
dog he bite blandit. Tie deg to
tree. No 'idea where doggie.'
"And the Colonel?" I asked.
"Colonel, he blaudit, now. He
Cook," whispered the interpreter.
"He'll probably make a better
bandit than a Colonel."
Meanwhile, a plan ha( been form-
ing in my mind. Quietly we picked
our way to where the Burros were
hitched. We tied a dozen of them
together so they would Iead in a line.
The other burros we cut loose, so it
would take time for the bandits to
catch them and get on our trail.
Taking the halter of the lead bur-
ro, I headed down the valley that
led through the cleft in the moun-
tains. Fu brought up the rear with
two more burros—their lead ropes
tied around his waist for fear he
might drop it! He was the most
hopeless Chinese I ever saw.
ld'
Loose stones began ronin,;, and;
the burros instead of walking onl
their tip toes, seemed to stain
along on their heels. You ]mow!
how loud everything sounds when'
you want to be quiet, and it certain-
ly seemed as ifthenoise ci
y io se a ,yore'
soaking must wake the whole camp.'
Finally we casae to the narrow'
defile. Beyond that notch there was
a bit of a plateau; It was here that
the bandit guard would be.
The oandits had just risen to their
feet at the sound of our burros coin-
ing through the pass. Plainly they
were puzzled. Had we come riding
out into 't1 em like a whirlwind, they
would have understood, and ntartecl
firing on us. But Here was string
of burros peacefully wending their
way into the light of their camp fire.
Leaning forward from the neck of
my burro, I pricked the last of the
string with my jack-knife, With a ,
shrill cry he . jumped against thej
next one ahead, who in turn rushed
the next. In a moment they were
in headlong flight.
They scattered right and left
among the bandits, and when a burro
failed to bowl one over, the rope
caught his feet and tripped him,'
Then, in the midst of the uproar, we
dashed out yelling. The rout was
complete We just waited long en-
ough to grab a rifle and went on a
mad scramble down the mountain
side.
Mile after mile we rode at break-
neck
reakneck pace. Far back up the valley'
the whole bandit camp were in hot
pursuit. When my burro showed
signs of slackening speed, I thump-
ed him in the ribs and off he went
again amid a shower of dust and
loose stones.
Rounding a corner we came sud'r
denly to a rali-
r o a d trach,;
where five or
six decrepit old
freight car*
stood, and
rickety old en
gine. We Could),
hear the hoof
of the outtawe{
burros pounding down the valley as
we reached the cars. I leaned over
and grabbed Fu by the slack of
his pants. As I heaved to puri
him in, a dark body came hurtling
in, caught me amidships, and over
we all went In a' pile on the floor.
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the flareup covered our retreat very
nicely."
"Wot made Darkey Mullen come
out, d'think, Gov'nor?"
"Possibly that ghastly uproar rous-
ed thein and he was sent to discover
the cause, but on the other hand it is
probable that he was simply coming
down to the car for something and
pure coincidence that he arrived so
soon after the rumpus. But whatever
the cause the fire would prevent him
getting very far. The thing now is to
get to bed as quickly as possible I
don't suppose that we shall meet any-
body in the village at this hour. The 1
honest, law abiding yokel retires to
rest at sunset."
(To be continued.)
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