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a were fearfully iong and again it seemed. as if they fairly flew past for with every minute more water came into the tank’! and thus his hope for escape gradually had come when suddenly he thou; heard a step upon the roof Maigias a new hope suddenly came to him. Then | ‘*Of course,’’ he reflected, ‘‘I ought to have thought of that before. ‘‘They will come up to open the tank | before the night has passed and take me} out. ‘‘T shall be all right if I can only keep) the water from getting deep enough to) drown me before they arrive.’’ He listened sharply and was quite cer- tai: They paused close to him. Trim reached up and drew out one of : the plugs. Immediately the trinkling of falling water was heard again. The tank was filling ing the falling water would think that | everything was working as it should. Peabo ‘Tf you'd only open the cover now| che and look in to see how matters were go- _ ing,’? thought Trim. ss “The person outside was art fied that | the tank was doing its terrible! “ | rim broke 1 into a cold sweat. Bea. Fibs ‘What a that haggis i the j jan other inn - person ah ‘aright help nas : empted to call out but he re-| me” flecte that if he did so and Warren) pea shonid hear him he would then be left} on with all his might. » to drown toa certainty. se Bye don to take the frightful ehunice oa he 1 , “that ~~ will come back _ again se He rep hEee the ope down in the water to wait. A long Sect oe gee NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. Sometimes it seemed as if the minutes| It sails began to seem as if his end ht he | 1 that he heard approaching footsteps. Trim knew that the listener outside hear-| evidently satis-| all right for the footsteps re-| do Song | a (aay hg on 1 the roof eRe. He heard footsteps approaching, and _ this time he did not remove the plugs ‘from the tube. ‘Tf they don’t hearthe sound of falling water,’’ he: thought, ‘‘they will believe |that the tank is full and open it.’’ This was indeed what happened. = The footsteps drew near and the man © outside apparently stood still for amo- © iment listening. Then there wasthe sound of keys turning in locks. y After that there was a creaking and ‘the lid of the tank was raised a few inches. Trim might have feigned death, but he 'dared not take the chance that the lid might be let down again and locked upon ‘him, so he suddenly rose to his feet, throwing the hid clear open, and leaped out of the tank. | It was amunty morning and light | ‘enough for him to see clearly. With a gasp of fright, Frank Beck leaped away from the edge of the tank {and started across the roof on a dead run. Trim was after him with all speed. Beck started for the stairway that led down tothe flats below, but seeing that | Trim was close upon him, he gave that up and ran toa point where the roof was" but one story higher than that of the ad- |joining building. He evidently intended to let himself over the edge and drop to the roof below. ‘umpini¢’ ihe might have escape: knelt in Tri T force that Beck Tost his ree caught hin by the } he iradinkeey in ithaa nae |that led down tothe flats. ae worked then » witl 1 the strength — ‘ ¥ | 1 | = , ‘ es me * : & ; P | . r hal : ch i 7 = - - i ; = F i © mae ti we OF = - . , a>. a o ; . = = —— 4 , . ® oo ee 2 ms Fl . < . | / ~ a * ‘ | y = - : y : 4a - Ff 4. a . alt -— 4 , , , — ..’ - | a - ae = ' a p . } f p- - => , § * a ' i . % | > . . ' ’ i | | peu i \ - 1 | * @ | | ’ ¥ 7 _ s ‘ , - Se hs > 4... . be J = % a. _— = a) ‘ P * fy a - = | ; ui | ' - ; Pa - e ‘i 4 * ! \* 2 a * 7 — 1 , . Z — © . i . 44 ) | a 2 0%, H oy | = > ces. | J — ¥ a P a a> | , . i> f - “ ’ | = | ‘ . ~