Shadow, the Mysterious Detective
y after receiving his harsh command to be silent, but stood there,
ace of the water, and one of thes
rmitting herself to sink, and thus qu
ded, and she was ag
not wish
t wish to meet such a
or stretched in the mud of the floor, and her fra
icture nearly
no, I cannot, I will not, d
hands, and clutched at it,
she could lift her head no higher, for it was even
-not a ripple, but the whole
minute later it filled her
was now born a singular ca
nk and reason as she co
many people, in times of lesser danger absolute
as with
s to be drowned like
at her situation wa
on the only means whereby she could preserve her l
est against one of the floor-beams, and
now brea
peak, and did the water rise another thre
id not allow her resolution to waver even though the tide contin
anks Helen uttered-at last she knew
ntly it began
she was able to move her head from the unn
n just the same regular, even pace wi
er knees, her head remaining above the surface, and t
he heard a heavy tread on
had jus
the remarkably high tide, and feared that his p
nd their not having been repeated under such circ
re!" he yelled. "Are y
silence, and as she arose from her
ed her jailer, bangi
to eat, and saw the height to which the water
d how it was that she
, gal? Why, there wasn't more'n an inch of
th His assistance," s
glared about him, as he asked t
upward as she uttered the
one, and the villain
ing, and his evil eyes were lighted
nished eating-"I say, you're a trump,
dence that she did not compr
cGinnis. "And I think it's blamed
you do so?"
piece of good stuff, you are, and with a little edication, could take the shine out of any crooked woman I ever seen. As for the old
y this offer of McGinnis to make her his wi
nable to
ld have kissed Helen, had not she retreated, holding up her hands
rsued
him, her bac
cried. "Keep away, or I will s
e that it would be foolish to bother her any farther, or her cries
on his lips, went up-stairs, ban
meals down to her, but never ag
d him another visit, and they h
about
fter that, Helen was brought up
h she was compelled to attire hersel
she was forced to enter a carriage
asked Helen, in a tone that
ers to dread in this midnight ride th
laughed deligh
here I am being taken," and t
few words into her ear-words that caused the color to desert her face, that caused h