The "Blacklisted" Cadet — page 48: what you’re looking at

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THE KNELL OF DOOM. Clif Faradavw’s lieart eave a great jump. A thrill that almost paralyzed 1an through every nerve. i. ae He had been lifted, thrown into a box, its cover t aed . closed, by two half-drunken men. ie These men were the expected agents from the crematory, and they had carelessly boxed in the | wrong party! te ae In other words, liquor befuddlement had caused ae them to select the first inanimate form they. had ile stumbled upon in the darkuess as that of the body tie they had been sent for. 3 S| Nhe box was lifted, it was carried out of the : a house, it was shoved along the bottom of a wagon > and Chif Faraday sliriveled up as ‘the horses started | and he realized his possible finish. He He was headed for the crematory. He had heard \ of 1t—ten miles distant. fi If these fellows had the management of things, if . they kept up the drinking froma bottle he could hear them discussing, he might be incinerated with- out so much asa previous careless look being be- stowed on him. Ina horrible kind of a daze Clif lay salted: help- less, mute. He could only trust that an inspection at the crematory might reveal the error made, rem- edy it ere he was shot into the great doored rooin of fire where a breath meant instaut annilulation. Clif. was exhausted, distracted, by the time’ tlie wavon callie to a stop. The cover rested not quite shut, and through a crack he could see that thev had halted before a low brick building with an immensely high chinimey. It was the crematorv. Clif choked. He felt every nerve writhe. Would he escape the fiery tomb that yawned for him? ‘“Here we are!’’ liiccoughed one of the men In the wagon. . The other laughed as the speaker in attempting to alight fell scranibling. - 5 ie ore - “ - ae <a P- 4 ay + a — ’ P * e ® a a Fa a +9 to > : * * al _ «. f * ' ; " wet < bo} - ~4 « ~<" 1 ai ty ", ~~“ ¢ 7 in we y » ~ Fg » sd a - t » - <> ;'* os it: ea! <a cae - 4% a ° Pa 4 4 err ~— te gt r= > —_ > 4 aed as re Tm. he henley A - . pee = 2 -o . . - So sie wat « "a =, . - he 5 ¥ -¥ 7 . a \ re - ‘ ee Ae me ¢ tt. * 7 4 o gt PU are) Se = a ns