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ml, riew wo the cel down. “He drew the ( Work at one of the big boards of the LOUPPEPERP ETE EDOEE REDE ORHY UP OEUEO OE RP OR RDY § Gl noise S8ly, and fave &@ slgnt rap pate “ae F £7 SZ, — cn -the panel, A moment later it DAlaAGe, z YG @ opened from within, and Platoft’s head It was evidently a harder task than | kr 2 appeared at the crack. He shook | he had anticipated. He inserted his » < With excitement when Maurice re- bayonet first on one side, then, on the b ¢ lated what had happened. other, but the board was firmly in} #& ¢ Ve are saved,” he exclaimed, “ my place, » ¢ noble lad. You have effected our sal- Then he put too much strength inte . € vetion. I shall never forget it. The! the effert, and his weapon snapped s * i roe of the guard will not make ae sharply in two. At this critical mo- . : ‘ 5 oS hte ne other round for an hour and a half | ment death and disaster stared the fu- er, '\ SI Y Was MURRAY GRAY BON or two hours. In that interval We | gitives in Sang oe "euiaae best wea- » : o%e. — Seem cata wea should reach the cave unless some UP~ | pon broken, of what avail would be the | ® < : ene foreseen complication occurs. But | knife or the wedge ? Platoff flung the > ” ny ‘ in arr yes se the door. All is iN | fragments on the ground and turned to > « adainess for the start.’’ e rs writ a ves “e senair. : COPY MIGHT. 1297 BY THE WOOLFALL PUBLISHING CQe> Maurice entered, ree eive a warm “a va a hemp gn gg «se & , : oti ne) \ “ee hk ome from Phil, while Platoff, at- ly. “'The stockade: is firmer than I . < Inn . Waiting a mcment in the do . supposed, It is impossible to loosen > s ; i ae ; , stupor He“alote cofid Sirrieve~ tie | Wey to assure himself that tre coast | any of the planks without tools. And & < eratom verly applied | disaster that confronted them. ; clear, joined his companions. | even now our time must be pearly | g 2 sleeping ‘Yes,”’ he whispered, “1 understand. ‘I was only waiting for your sigf- | up.” b a urth, a I will do what you say.” With a firm nal,’” he said, “TI have just renewed ‘Ah, I have a nlan.” whispered Mau- |] & + t2)) name of | hand he tore off his prison garb, the the chior« form on these fellows, and rice, ite "ys stockade cannot be more! @ * Jo is side with | ugly grey shirt and trousers. Platofft | On the Cossack, tco.” And he pointed | than fifteen feet high. Take this lox | @ * t : had already stripped the Cossack of | tO the scldier’s motionless figure | outside and stand it on end. t will| ® ’ . i within three his uniform, and with feverish haste Stretched on the platform. mount the loge. and you. Platoff, shali B t he § idd ly | he assisted Maurice to pull on the dark “d put your garments on him,” he |} ¢ijmb aver my back to the top. You} & ¢ ws n. and, fac- | green blouse and trousers, the high ; added. ‘When he wakes up, he'll | are strong enough to pull us both after | @ < id whisj boots and the low cap. know how it feels to wear convict ! yoy are you eye Ld ? Net s : ned I thoucht i * Now,”’ he whi pered, “take the eun clothes.”’ | my roe pee b ¢ come’! a - a q have kept | and go out in the corridor. Bolt the Fe And shall I keep the uniform on ?” & 2 an ro. mn et : you cell deor and pace ' slowly up and cemanded Maurice witb surprise. CHAPTER XVII. * < gre & . tO £0 with | down. Keep your face away from the “ Yes,” said Platoff. "it may 1 of | be e ¢ ¥ u : : ‘ 3 can't lamplight when the officer of the guard {| SO!ime aid to you; who knows And | PREE, *’ * hai) : * aa 2 te a As - { comes past. He may say something | now we must be off. Look! Thisis! “yes, yes,” exclaimed Platoff. “ Was a < Sik wen like ¢! ‘ne Suard. How , to you. If he does, answer as best | What I have done while you were 9n I blind not to think of it before ? Pass & < "Phe b. a tre with fea? snte | YOU can and in a gruff voice. Above } Guard duty in the corridor.” | me that log out as quickly as possible. > ¢ hom Se ad : teh donee af eae a oe, ll om S28 FOROSUTS. If the officer He pointed to a hole in the floor close But it is more dangerous,” he added. * . eff's ans They ware ttl ore- ae eaee i > om a py ong the bolt - . platform, from which two planks | “ From the top of the stockade we may - : - ae rs sared for what followed. For a brief ‘ your hand. ‘Now go. "Every caer aie is ow? ee ea 7 ai i ae 1 by the men on guard ja the é Bright babies are made brighter with BABY 5 OWN SOAP. teLAE ¢$ mement Plato ceed the ruffian, who {| precious.” ek eka nites patie ai ea Ane ed ” ntry boxes outside, but it ae, last ® Its absolute purity insures a healthy skin. and its fragrance is delightful. < wes smiliag aie om < insolence | of He pushed him gently into the cor- He glanced marae ieee the cell | ne oar We must not think of the & No soap is so good for babies as BABY’'S OWN SOAP. . re “7 . th o> ee re ith a Se ee oa softly. A} to assure himself that no precaution | y uring this conversation Platoft was * Imitations of it abound—most of them though /ooking like BABY’S OWN ¢ band and ith the other forced the Maurice - ~ ica cir gees <td " oe re — oe brssbye 3 | Standing in the narrow avenue in plain a SOAP, = dangerous pap ane on enheven. * wet rac against his nose. and then his presence of mind return- the h le and disapp ar: ies I nil ed a = OF Ses Cee who might canes i, THE ALBERT TOILET SOAP CO., Manufacturers, Montreal. a # "_pydinaalh ¥, Se onds the fellow strug- ed. Hie softly drew the bolt into its after him, and Maurice aaah ve . the } — as and Just around the anges be RAED AAA AGHEAAHAOEEEHA SAG AABAEBARAAAAREEA ged furiously with arms and legs; | socket, and placing the rifle:on his | rear. & i ; were 20 or 30 armed seldiers. Maurice : then, stddeniy relaxing in Platofi’s | shoulder began to pace the corridor “Just a moment now,” said Piatoff. | no pith lb — per thbeg- uae saline ih hee grap, he dropped limly on the plat- | which was probably 40 feet long by 10| And drawing his head and shoulders | ©¢.0n¢ €94 at right angles through ihe form just as Maurice and Phil hur- | in width. Six doors opened upon it ai cite tte i nai pi Hfte Bar we rye | opening. It stuck fast several times, ried to the spot to ren ier assistance. | three on each side, and at each ex- plar ks into ‘position al 4 ‘et them | but Piatet by main force dragged if £990 0OOO0O0O OOOO 9OOO OOO OOOD POSES OOOOOOOS OOSOSESDS 9S “It's all right,” said Platoff. in a | tremity lay other corridors running at | , a t ‘hind him inks their aman clear, and lifting it in his arms placed a yolee that showed how deeply he was | right angles. = oe eat ie. enate ie i: aicin f* 1" inte: it at a slight angle against the stock- 2 meved. “The scoundrel can’t do us A rude lamp hanging from the ceil- ne wea “ for ieee ‘arti ean Natniute | ade. HEAVY ° o.y harm now. It would have ruined | ing dimly lit up the scene, and at in- ow we escane : “ee is. ine iat . “Now come on,” he whispered, and S or-mans to have had to take him tervals from some of the neighbouring aren ati — — , ten amass “ | assisting Maurice through the hole he an ~ > along. I hope the noise of the scuftie | cells could be heard a cough, or @ frag- ' bl vce ~ tf dae the howe | lifted him to the top of the log. Bid- @e- 9 was not heard in the. corridor—” ment of whispered conversation. row found Ae selves was anytt aie ding him cling firmlv to the Done STEEL PLATE - = “Listen! What's that ?” With feelings that can be better im- Seant a aes ieee ie porn ented he mounted behind him. A clever * “It must be the guard,” whispered | agined than described, he continued his ch See rk inn Gnas oe ace oe spring landed him on Maurice’s shoul- e =, “We are lost !”’ Solitary vigil. From his own cell came Saat than three feet aaa icant the | Gers, and a second later he was strad- For .«.« > “Yes, you are right,” said Piatoff. | no sounds at all, but he had no doubt | ynpleasant odour that cite their | Glinms the stockade. ° my a coming this way. “cw 4 Platoff and Phil were ‘hard at em 2 it Hosen to have ieee oman “Is the coast clear?” whispered > tis too late for concealment. He | WOrk. te eid ta , seal Pe stan | waurice. Coal or Woo wil smell the chloroform. Get be- Occasionally he heard the tramp of vd 5 ee ee oe = oe . a Platoff made ne reply. His face ex- P << tind the door there, quick! Such a the sentries in the other corridors, and th > te ee ee, ee oe pressed sud en terror, but the dark- °o chance of escare is worth great odds, once from the main portion of the 2 Thie ‘s the critical time,” saia |) "¢*5 concealed this from his compan- a ad eo = -* « . . o

ard I'm going to take them.”

He had no time to say more. As Maurice and Phil darted to one side the door creaked and opened. A bar of light shone in from a lamp in the crridor, and was followed by a sturdy Cossack, who entered in a fealthy manner. His suspicions were wel] founced, as he must have realized moment later, for Platoft’s muscular ams fastened on his throat, and he ‘a8 Tressed bodily to the floor, un- @le to utter a sound.

“The chloroform—-quick !” whispered Plato Maurice seized the Platform. and at his t the sauldier’s face. “Tkere, that will do,” said Platoff, 40a he laid his burden quietiyvy down. He turned to Maurice, his face white aad ghastly in the lamplignt. ~ 2

ay discover us now, we will be shot,”

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m gasped. “Tear off your clothes, Wick! Den't lose a second’! There ® but one chance left to :us. We

Must try it.’’

“What do you mean ?’ demanded Maurice, iin bewilderment.

“ This,’ whispered Platoff, ‘fiercely, unconscious soldier. is about vour size and , His uniform will fit you nice- ly. The captain of the guard will }é8s through yonder corridor in a few wmirutes. You must be there to re- ceive him with this Cossack’s uniferm and gun. ‘Do you understand now ?”

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CHAPTER XVI. A (DARING EXPLOIT.

Maurice attempted to speak, but the words stuck in his throat. He was Msitively stunned by the daring of Platoff’s plan. And yet what if it were | PeSsible to carry the ruse through ” its supreme audacity was really in its favour.

“Did you ‘hear me ?” hissed Platoff, Sasping him roughly by the shoul- “ts. “Nerve yourself, or all is lost.! Our only salvation lies with you.”

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prison .came a clink of glasses and a coarse laugh.

“They won't be inclined for merry- making a few hours from now if all goes well,” thought Maurice, with grim satisfaction. Then his thoughts turn- ed to Lora, and in trying to imagine her joy on learning of his escape he forgot the ordeal in store for him. That unpleasant fact was brought to his memory with startling abruptness. In the neighbouring corridor a rifle butt was dropped heavily to the floor, voices were heard in conversation, and then a second or two later footsteps ap- proached.

Fired with a sudden inspiration Maurice decided to look danger in the face. Pulling the visor of his cap over his eyes, he wheeled rewnd and paced down the corridor with a slow, regu- lar step. Years ago, before entering college, he had spent two years at a military school, and ‘the instructions there received he now put into use. The most rigid martinet could have found no fault with his bearing as he marched forward te meet the approach- ing peril.

The lamp was behind him, so that his face was in shadow, the effect he had aimed to produce. ’

The footsteps were now close at hand, and suddewly an officer turned

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glasses that gave him a fieree expres. sion.

Maurice coolly saluted and dropped Fis rifle to the floor.

“ Everything right, is it 7" asked the ofiicer, thickly, and Maurice noted with some uneasiness that he had been drinking.

“All's well,” he responded, gruffiy, though his voice trembled in spite of his effort to control it.

Under hig glasses the lieutenant stared fixedly, and with a sinking heart Maurice returned the gaze, hbe- lieving that his identity was suspect- ed. The next word reassured him.

“ Russo,” said the officer, “ have you got a drop of vodka about you ?”

Maurice felt himself trembling like a leaf, and then, hardly conscious of what he was doing, he plunged his hand into the pocket of his coat. Something hard slid into his grasp, and he drew out a small flask.

“Ah, you sly dog,” exclaimed the lieutenant, and seizing the flask h2 took a long pull at the contents and

hanced it back. Maurice mechanical- ly restored it to his pocket, and when he looked up the lieutenant was half-way up the corridor. A moment later and he vanished around tke argle.

Overjoyed at his marvellous good fortune, and hardly able to believe it true, Maurice waited unti! the sentry in tbe next eorrider rad passed

Platoff. ‘Don’t make any noise, but stick close to me. The first thing is to gain the west flank of the prison.”’

Crawling on hands and knees, the boys followed their guide through the intense darkress. A faint glimmer ef light was presently seen, and a mo- ment later Platoff halted.

“Where are we?’ asked Maurice.

“Wait a little,” was the reply, “n- til I can pick a «rack through these legs.”’

He worked industriously with ‘his knife, making the dried mortar fiy at every stroke, and then applied his eye te the orifice thus produced.

“‘Ah,” he muttered, ‘this is the front of the prison. It is snowing fi. st outside, amd the guards are stand- ing around the fires. Everything is in our favcur if only we are permitted to have tim? encugh.”’

“I supposed this space opened on the -courtyard,’’ said Maurice. ** Instead ‘of that it seems to be hemmed in with dozs.”’

*Den’t let that annoy you,’ Piatoff. “The pbuilding is old. and we will have no troubdle te hbreak through. I can loosen any one of tthe logs in five minutes. It is an easy matter now to get our bearings.”

They started off again, guided by the wall of logs, and in a short time ‘tthe angle was reached and Platoff led on for a dozen vards or more before he came to a stop. “* This is the place,” he said. ‘ Don’t be im- gpatient, but sit quietly down.”

He drew his knife and commenced work on the logs. As soon asa crack had been excavated large enough to #ee through he stopped.

“This is the critical time,” he ob- merved, after taking a peep. “ The stockade is only rix feet distant, and et a certain interval, no doubt, a sen- try passes tnrough this narrow ay- eI ue. Nothing can safely be done un- til he has gone his round of inspec- tion. We may be delayed half an bour, and perhaps not five minutes.”

Platoft became silent keeping his eyes glued to the crack, and the boys wait- ed in an anxious state of suspense that was almost unendurable. They knew that in Jess than two hours at the very furthest their-escape must be discover- ed. and unless they were clear of the prison at that time recapture was Cer- tain—and death by a rifie volley. The least noise overheard came to their

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with every passing footstep or clank of arms they imagined that all was dis- cevered. <A sharp “ Hist!” from Pla- toff turned their thoughts in another direction.

“The sentry is coming,’ he whisper- ed. “Don’t utter a sound.”

A faint tramp was audible from with- out, and then a shadow passed slowly by the chink in the logs. For nearly five minutes Platoff neither moved nor sroke. Then he attacked the log before him with tremendous energy, and the mortar flew in all directions, covering the boys with a eaating of powdened lime.

“It’s a good thing—this prison—was built by—convict labour,” he muttered at intervais as he plied his knife; ‘good for us—I mean.” A moment later he tore the bayonet from the rifle which Maurice had brought with him, and after a few jabs with the farther- reaching weapon announced that the log was loose. He pried the bayonet in one end while Maurice used the wedge at the other extremity. Then working in concert the log was gradually drawn in, until Platoff was able to grasp and lower it to the ground. The hole thus made was a foot andahalf high by six feet. Outside was revealed the thick- ly falling snow and the gray outlines of the palisade.

“The coast is clear,’’ said Platoff, after a brief survey. ‘“ The glare from the fires is visible at each end of the passage, but I don’t think there is much danger of being disturbed. I don’t intend to run any risks, though; so v6éu two will remain inside till ail ie ready.”

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was safely on the summit of the stuck- ade.

“Not a sound for your lives !” whis- pered Platoff, and with a trembling kand he pointed through the driving snow to a dark object twenty yards

distant.

“The serttry !’ back is turned. gether and run. me.”

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