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af 3 Senet NEW NICK CARTER. WEEELY. ‘‘Never mind, Mr. Bascum,’’? he heard| ~ CHAPTER VIII. Mrs. Warren say and then everything | became vacant. Trim was asleep. | A FRIGHTFUL AWAKENING. \ If ] uld have been conscious and Prim-waked, with 9m xe ee ots » alarm, dizziness and cold. Be a ca pe e a eens i he would! “He was in total darkness and for anf hss Rares Gate. hows Bm nt Sat erihg ba ‘instant could not remember what had hap- @ old Silas Bascum, of Sag Harbor, sound pened, — Then‘ ‘the: memory of “Watren sam S | supper flashed upon him and at the saine § asleep 1 in his charr, but so also was Henry ‘instant he became aware that he was lying ff Warren, the swindling bookmaker. t sensation of F fict Both Bitte tad a] tant! ‘in water. ) Both men had yielde most instantly) With more alarm than he had ever felt to the effects et the drug contained in the ‘before in his life he tried to get up. b oon sib teas thaw th: He got as far as his knees when his } € would have seen more than this. | head bumped against something hard and B eh He would have known that Mrs. War-| .0134 above him. oe ren ran hastily to the sideboard and pro-|" phe plow at first partially stunned field peat ae aceon which she poured a and for a moment he knelt, hands and knees 3 in water, trying to recover his wits. Seti she oon her ea ane nip “T walked into the enemys’ camp this ob e liquor, whatever it was, between is| tine with a vengeance,’’ he muttered ‘“Now what is this and where is it and | what ain I going to do about it?’’, : It was the cold water that had awak- It was an antidote to the mies con- - Ate tained in the coffee. | = res 7 es any ib pint ss sce as the dug ened him and it was that as much as any- F itse * 3 ee etES: DSSS ALTE Pe thing now that restored him fully to his 7 ~ himself ana with a long breath opened | preven his eyes. arrose ae SASF ed Ree Bes “3 e could hear a trickling rai _s id it work, Maria ¢ he asked. ‘that water was entering the place from a F. ‘*See for yourself, she answered, | |hole or spout. -_ pointing to the sleeping Bascum. | He cautiously felt-about him with ] Warren arose and stood for a moment ronds E ene: aning upon the table. pee f he knelt there by stretching out his Shee om “mute Ta to wake up from that,’’ he yands in both directions he could touch ff | - mt i \both sides of the f place in which he found a ‘However, I guess I’m all right now. himself. | : oe Ta Nahe eck will be here in a half an hour!“ 6 had-already learned by bumping his} view and we pent: as well get the work done | head how high it was. ‘‘T am in a tank,’’ he said to himself. _ a | 7m , 7 | , eee at once. 3 < Oeil sd ter ine Bia drops more,” ‘*Tt’s gradually filling with water and OS Pe apasy Mrs. Warren, anding him the bottle | ‘if I hadn’t waked up in about three min- : set the antidote. | “<[)]] see if the hallway oa eas f | utes more I would “age been drowned. _ ~ W —— Sth as she suggested and while ld “7 ee gee “ aie igen <i ~ ies kaent- from..thessocin be veut. lon’t get out of 1 ghreugh alk socketh< Aode ame tele ee anys to the top and pushe¢ Sis , me with all his mig 4 hee fil se ry other : ae eas an soapy and every other article) te could not make the cover stir in the -s least. Then he felt tapidly in his pock Be > Whe a hig. wife returned saying that | Sy ornare ag aud had t og ete ay teen wee Lm Trin (ots and | ound that everyt ing ad been Pc ee OSE seagh was all right they lifted Trim taken, away. os from his chair, a cr him into the hall- Th ere was _ nothing, eis ms way and soupa Rights , of part that led ad = _— _ 7 —_ j re ie) - \ 3 “also. th at he was no : ~ | - o eT _ + { a all 2 : \ . . “4, } ~ To x + *, | . = | : oe . : : \ | | * ; : ; ” =~_ . =