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"There is a cave farther down theit?"

"By allcooped up for so long"

They followed the winding road for so at last to a point where a s down the side of the steep overlooking the city, and upon that side no wagon-road could be built Seven thousand feet below stretched the sleeping,out on the brow of theobjects in the world There was no sign of life above, below or beside the the descent?" asked Lorry, a sort of terror possessing hihost-like di"

"And how are we to get into the castle? I hadn't thought of that"

"There is a secret entrance," said Quinnox, round to the old dungeons beneath the castle It may be some time before you can enter the halls above, for the secret of that passage is guarded jealously There are but five people who know of its existence"

"Great confidence is placed in you, I see, and worthily, I am sure How is it that you are trusted so iuard is born to his position My ancestors held the place before me, and not one betrayed the trust The first-born in the last ten generations has been the captain of the guard in the royal palace, possessing all its secrets I shall be the first to betray the trust--and for atoyou in this position," said Lorry, soun the task and I will complete it, come whatin the world for whom I would sacrifice my honor voluntarily,--save one"

"I have wondered why you were never tempted to turn traitor to the Princess and claim the fortune that is represented in the reward"

"Not for five e, you are a faithful lot! Dangloss, Allode and Ogbot and yourself, four honestto a rare species, and I am proud to know you"

The stealthy couple found the cave and spent an hour orforth after the tardy darkness had crept down over the an the tortuous descent Quinnox in the lead, they walked, crawled and ran down the narrow path, bruised, scratched and aching by the ti the face of thewas easier, but stealthiness ress slow Frequently, as they neared the base, they were obliged to dodge behind houses or to drop into the ditches by the roadside in, order to avoid patroling police guards or Axphain sleuth-hounds Lorry , and was so captain that prevailing opinion located him in or near the city For this reason, while otherVienna, Paris and even London, hordes of vengeful ht for a clew in the city of Edelweiss