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> ae ¢ “¢ : dezvous of the rascal he was anx- = ious to entrap, and then had been en- é = ti “a sped himself. mes “aie was in total darkness. __ The floor upon which he stood was = E es _ asphalt or concrete. | eS > oo we < ae fi ‘ound that he was in a square apartment, | ; the side walls of which were stone. 3 And there was no tangible evidence of =. a door or other outlet anywl pe - He was a prisoner in a room without < s light, and from which escape seemed 4 - = terly impossible. _ ‘The air was foul from insufficient ven- Be - tilation, and after a time he began to ex- 3 — the effects of it- i aaus head began to ache, his mouth be- Re sarched, and ere long a feeling of ra ae seizec oe = _ This” was a warning that he would saat < into a faint that m1 et 7. into sete ag agency of his enemies. age ep ulled his wits any eS for a final 13 eiscone 4 of his ‘here must we some outlet beside that of the trap-door. _ How had the trap been sprun o? a y some ed concealed in the cabi- a. “The “el e can Phe bat one é pines. unless it is grante Fogg has supernatural wets, which is out of the gues tion. Feeling about with his hands, he soon = >. oe ae LT — bd ’ : = -. = =, : De = ’ “—" = 7's a ~ i. Pe f | . 4 4 —« he ascended to the main floor in some way just after I arrived.’ Nick ceased his speculations for a moment, in order to make an investiga- tion that had not before occurfed to him. He felt his way to the corner, which he judged to be directly under the cabi- net, But there was no ladder, rope, or any contrivance there or thereabout, « by which a person might hoist himself to ? the ceiling. cs A failure to find anything of the kind did not discourage the great detective. Asa matter of fact, he had not ex- pected to meet with success in this re- spect. . Some other method of egress had been used. | He slowly passed his hands up and , down the stone wall, feeling carefully with his fingers, about all the mortared ; spaces. E.. While thus occupied he almost forgot ~~ his giddiness and the foul oppression of | , the atmosphere in the room. He was forcibly reminded of his peril- ous surroundings when he was reaching highest in his effort to find the key of the cabinet puzzle. His head all of asudden began to whirl round and round, until in spite of all his . efforts to throw off the feeling of suffoca- tion that oppressed him, he sank down 1pon the hard floor. ie One hand—-his right—was thrown oui See involuntarily as he straightened upon the © = sat cement, until it touched the extre me point of the corner. oe At that moment, just as his senses w sal cee about to leave him, an electric | a passed through his veins. > a _ His fin gers had touched a sol Somethin ‘3 1 <