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THE HAILEYBURIAN THURS., JANUARY Ist, By The Black Mansion Murder Leslie McFarlane Chapter X (Continued from Last Week) THE TRAP DOOR what was said for the voices were at that moment almost complete- ly drowned out by a dull, sub- dued roaring. It persisted for a few minutes, died for a while, then broke out afresh. Kelyey slipped down the re- maining steps and silently cross- ed the basement floor He crou- ched down in the shelter of the heap of stones and dirt beside the tunnel entrance. The roaring sound died away again. He heard a_ scraping sound and a sharp tearing noise. Then a suppressed shout. "We're in!" "Be quiet, you fool!" This} was the same suave voice that had puzzled him at the house by the river. "The job is done, but) keep your head." H There was another voice. "All right, chief. That's some torch. It cuts through steel like cheese. Who goes into the vault?" "We all go. Get those bags, Goldy. There's a fortune ahead of us and we must work quickly." "Just a minute," said Goldy. "Now that everything's set, we got a few things to talk over" "What? This is no time talk. Pick up that bag." "Not yet," returned Goldy. "Spike, here, is with me and so is Doc. It's us three against you so you've got to listen. We ain't satisfied with the split, see? We want to get that clear before we start. You've planned this whole job, and it's a big one, but we can't see why you ought to get half of the haul. Equal shares all round, we figger" "Trying to hold me up, eh?" snapj ed the other man, grimly. for "T might have known it. Once and for all, I say no. It goes as I said, and as you agreed. There's a fortune in that vault and if you try to double-cross me on the split I'll queer you with every fence in the country. Think of that! There's only one fence who can handle this for us and he's with me." "We know that, chief," return- ed Goldy. "For a while we kinda thought it wouldn't do no good to argue. But now Moreno is gone, I've been able to tell the boys something [ know. It was you bumped off that cashier. Moreno told me. He _ planted young Gale's gun there and spread the word that Gale was the guy that done it, but it was you, see? I got all the dope. Now, if you want to play with us, we'll forget what we know. If you don't the police will get the tip." : "That's right, Goldy," broke in another voice, "tell it to him." -- "T see,' said the suave voice, deceptively. "You've got me. I didn't figure Moreno would give me away. All right--it's equal shares and forget about that night-club business." "7 thought you'd listen to rea- son, chief," said Goldy, the ten- ion gone from his voice. ' "NS use arguing, All right, Spike. Go into the vault and grab what you can get. Doc, ou're next." There was a yes iebiine sound. Then: "Go ahead, Goldy." "You first, chief." : "Afraid I'll plug you in the back. Don't be a fool! It's all the same to me." Then the suave voice took on a new note, low and ferocious. "Get your hands up, you double-crosser! Get 'em up or I'll drop vou. There! Give me that gun! Quick! Now, get the way I say I'll fill him full of lead so fast that he won't know sap, completely ? those bags and pass them out to me. I'm staying right here and You guys can do as you please. Moreno tried, 'darkness. 'lowed, a medley of shouts, curses He coud distinguish nothing of] when [ get what's coming to me, I'm going to make my getaway.} par the tunnel entrance. If you want to chase me, try it.! he knew he had missed. Old Ned sprang across to the electric lamp and the tunnel was plunged into A terrific uproar fol- and reyolver shots. The detective leaped away He was opposed by four desperate If you'd rather stay here and col-;men and in the inky blackness he lect the rest of the stuff you'll be} knew he could not hope to hold better off!" "Well, you "Shut up! sap, compeltely ? Do you think 'ma trying to hold that killing over me, and you know what happened to him. I dropepd} him, see? It was a break that Gale and the girl blew in here." think twice of giving you same medicine. Get into vault and fill up the bags. 'em out to me." Goldy burst into a torrent that of the leader he had _ tried double-cross, and he knew it.; There were threatening murmurs presumably from the two men in the vault, but evidently the suave voiced man held the whip hand. shelter of the rocks and peered into the tunnel. It was illumirt- ated by an electric flashlight ona ledge The tunnel led through the foundation of the Black Man- sion, through a wall of earth, through the foundation of the jewelry store building and term- inated at a brick wall which had been torn partly away revealing a solid shee t of steel. And in this steel was an irregular open- ing cut through by an _ electric torch. He was just in time to see Gol- dy, cursing with rage, disappear into the vault. Before the open- ing stood a man, tall and com- manding, a revolver in each hand. He turned slightly to get a better view of movements within the vault, and as he turned the light shone on his face. Kelvey almost exclaimed aloud. The suave-voiced man, the man who had engineered this gigantic coup the man who had clain the night-club cashier and who, by his own confession, had murdeér- ed the gangster Moreno, the man who now held Goldy Marinoff and his fellow-crooks at his mer- cy wa snone other than Old Ned! Old Ned, no longer a_ feeble, deaf, well-night helpless cripple, dependent on a wheel chair, but a vicious, white-haired, white- bearded master of crime, stand- ing erect and watchful, ready for the slightest sign of revolt on the part of the man he now covered. "Here, hang you!" A heavy leather bag hurtled through the opening. Old. Ned kicked it aside with his foot. "Thanks!" he said, mockingly. "Now\you're going to be sensible. I won't be able to carry more than three. You're welcome to what you can put in your pockets. He put one of the revolvers in- to his pocket and, still keeping the other levelled toward the vault, knelt down and snapped open the bag. He drew it to one side until he was out of range of the opening, examined the con- tents and then straightened up, apparently satisfied. "Good!" he called. "Fill 'em all up that way and I may leave you a bag to carry your own." Kelvey, leaning against the side of the tunnel, slowly raised his revolver and took careful aim. He was just about to utter a sharp command when, without warning, apparently sensing his danger, the old man swung a- round, ducked and fired point- blank. into that vault and if any of you make any kick about splitting up Kelvey pressed the trigger but {the tunnel against them. sia | Moreno tried} the same gag on me last night,' night-club: itrap door. "You--killed--Moreno ?" y "You heard me. And I won't, the; Pass; were 4 |footsteps thudded on the stairs. of | .profanity. He was at the mercy| to, splintering of wood, a yell, and Then Kelvey emerged from the' He sprang across the basement and fell headlong over the foot of the stairs just as two revolver shots stabbed the darkness behind him. He scrambled up the steps, sprang through the opening and fell sprawling on the floor above. He reached over and seized the It fell with a crash. He scrambled back toward the door of the kitchen. The uproar in the basement 'was indescribable. The thieves \ in utter panic. Heavy The trap-door was raised. Kelvey fired. There was a the door crashed shut. He reached behind him, found the knob of the kitchen door and wrenched it open. "The whistle, Parkes! whistle!" he shouted. The shrill blast of the police wihstle sounded in the night air. Again and again it trilled, urgent-| ly, fiercely. The The trap-door was flung up a-| gain and a revolver spat through the opening. The bullet shatter- ed the glass of the kitchen win- dow and fragments fell tinkling to the floor Kelvey fired twice in rapid succession, directly at the trap-door. Crash! It fell shut again. J "Rush him!" Old Ned was shouting. "There's only one. Rush him!" Goldy and his two companions were yelling with fright and pa- nic. The door shot up again. Kelvey flung himself flat on the floor as_the revolvers barked wildly. He emptied the chambers of his own weapon and had the satisfaction of hearing a shriek of pain, a succession of thuds asa body tumbled down the stairs, and a crash as the trap-door fell shut again. Outside, the whistle was shrill- ing incessantly. Far down 'the street came an answering whistle --then another, from the block to the left. dé The police were on their way. Suddenly, the trap-door shot violently open. No one emerged. Kelvey fired instinctively but the hammer clicked on an empty chamber. There was a yell of triumph. A head emerged from the opening just as Kelyey flung himself across the floor and slam- med the trap-door back with all his strength. He lay across the door, holding it down with his weight. An automatic clattered. Splin- ters flew into his face. They were firing through the door. The bullets missed him by mere inches. Kelvey scrambled back. The trap-door flew open. He had a glimpse of Old Ned scrambling out, revolver raised, and then he sprang at him. The reyolver crashed down on his head, half- stunning him, but he had the old man by the throat and they went to the floor, rolling over and over. It was a fierce, bitter struggle. He had a confused impression of two other figures scrambling out of the hole and racing for the door. : ; Old Ned, for his apparent age, was surprisingly strong. He fought with the strength and fer- ocity of utter desperation, with all the furious vigor of a man in again, blinding him with pain, but he clung to his senses, stabbed his antagonist with vicious blows te the face and body. They rolled crashing against the wall; Old Ned squirmed free for a second, struck out with his revolver once more; Kelyey saw the blow com- ing and twisted his head aside. As the weapon slamiic" ~iciously on the floor he lunged in, his hands closing about the other's throat. Old Ned tore himself free; they went rolling back into the middle of the kitchen. Kelvey felt one foot dangling abruptly in mid-air. He was on the verge of the trap- door. His antagonist was quick to sense the advantage. A hard blow in the face, and Kelvey felt himsélf weakening, slinning. All he could do now was cling to the other man. Desperately, Old Ned tried to wrench himself free, tried to raise the revolver for a finishing blow. But Kelvey clung doggedly to his wrist. The de- tective was being forced slowly over the side of the opening in the floor. His antagonist suddenly tore his wrist free of Kelvey's weak- ening grasp. The revolver went up. Blow after blow rained on Kelvey's head and shoulders. By some superhuman effort he clung to his enemy's arm, weakening the force of the brutal attack and then--just as he felt himself slipping into darkness there was a heavy thudding of footsteps nearby, a strong arm seized him and drew him back to safety, a lithe figure plunged at Old Ned, and the struggle was over. (To be concluded) Fie aad' There] (666) Canada looms more important than ever in the trans-Pacific car- rying trade, since the Empress of Japan sailed from Vancouver re- cently with a total of 998 passen- gers for Honolulu and the Far East, setting a record for the Can- adian Pacific white Empresses for the year and amply justifying the company's expenditure of $8,000,- | 000 in a ship which is the largest and fastest on the Pacific. 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