Under the Ocean to the South Pole
ng in the direction of the voice, and seeing a
shoot!" the
crazy," said Jack. "Go on, Ma
nd soon the two boys were in the st
urt?" aske
plied Mark. "What
f the hotel was blown up. If you boys wish you can go to a
we will,"
he strange man followed them. The fire was now burning fiercely, and once
hat with the puffing of engines, the whistling of the steamers, the
adually the flames came under the control o
go to the police stat
hilly in the night air with only half of their clothes on. They inquired th
no place to go except to the lock-up. Some swells will be glad to take a place behind the
ats?" repeated Ja
pin' at the hotel with a big crowd of people, an' their apartm
t the station house. There they were received by the sergeant in charge, while the mat
between you," said the sergeant. "We
do us," said Ja
excitement at the entra
ill see them!" a voice exclaimed
tried to hold back a short, stout, excited
laimed the man, point
from the burned hote
ey are the ver
ecognized the man as the one who had cal
cried the little man, pointing his finger at the boys, "and I accuse you of tryin
ed every one that not a word was said. Then th
Royal Highness, Edward VII, Kin
lapel of his coat
claimed the doorman with a twinkle in his eye. "
ty," he added, "and I demand the assistance of the United States authorities in general
o run away. They're to stay here over night, and if you have any charge to
They are anarchists themselves!" exc
aid the sergeant, "until you get a warr
est of the night," insisted the man. "I can't
rned hotel," objected the sergeant. "There will be no room
cried the stranger. "I
Jack, for he remembered the valise contain
ith triumph in his tones. "They are the guilt
not want any one to see them," for Mark remembered Mr. Henderson's strict injunctions to let no one but the mechani
s words and the reluctance Mark and Jack showed to letting the valise be opened. "The boys will be h
response to a nod from the doorman, followed him upstairs to a part of the police s
anarchists?" as
k, and he told as much o
his eye. "It wouldn't do any harm to scare that uppish Englishman
t oblige you," sai
on the doorman. "I hope ye sle
ing accusation against them, the boys' brains were too excited to let them s
ght when Mark was awakene
he asked. "A
Mark, now that his eyes were fully ope
?" asked Jack waki
n a whisper. "I happened to thi
sked Mark in
lads, an' I'd hate to see ye mixed up in a mess with that fellow. So I slips up here early, an' ye can leave by the
running away,
an. "Ye're free to come an' go as far as we're conc
as it was, might make trouble for them, and cause them endless delays
Mark,"