ng to leave?

up in something that Englishman thinks we have done. It's e

d Mark. "I wonder

he earth, whoever he

explained the doorman. "He told us a lot about himself last night after you

perty," added the doorman. "There was some sort of explosions in the hotel, near where Lord Peckham had his rooms. Maybe it was a bomb and, maybe ag'in it was only the bo

ey had, and carrying their valise, went quiet

the stuff," suggested Mark, "and then we can take th

mused to think how they had fooled the detective, but they would not have felt so jolly had they

"You needn't think to escape with the

it was quite early. The pieces of apparatus were finished

n town," observ

not wishing to get int

anarchists and that the police a

ing like that," admitted Mar

. As they did so, the trampish-looking man glided from be

"I forgot we haven't

, rubbing his stomach

their simple meal a trolley came past and they ran to catch it. So did the man who had been following t

e cabin," spoke Mark. "My, but I must say we h

e morning and not many stops to make, so the motorman t

ill. At the foot of this the line came to an end, and the boys had a two mi

motorman shut off the electricity a

ran, the dust flyin

t," called the conductor. "It'

ing noise as the shoes took hold on the wheels. Th

I can't stop the car!

the trolley car he made a desperate jump off the vehicle and l

e of the passengers, to the con

ed the current. But it was no use. With a blinding flash and a report like that of a gun a fus

There's a curve at the foot of the hill,

ere badly hurt by the falls they got. Meanwhile the trol

mp?" asked M

d if we do," wa

led if we stay ab

cried Jack as he start

going to do?

ver thought to try this one! May

undecided what to do. He stood up, holding to the straps to prevent himself from being

all their strength. They could feel that the chain was still intact. Bu

their might they turned the handle, winding the chain up tighter and tight

r it is doubtful whether they would have stopped the vehicle. The speed was so great now that one of the journ

e done for,"

ed the speed any," Jack adm

ng on the floor

had to shout to make his voice heard

eing depressed, let a stream of fine gravel out on the rails. "The wheels

abby man standing with them on the platform. He grasped the brake handle, and

was still speeding along at a rate that would soon bring it

observed Mark. "It's a g

od for you," said the m

ou mean?"

for attempting to assassinate Lord Peckham!" exclaim

his coat, displaying his shield. He was the same man who had

tective Ducket went on. "There are none of t

rise up in the air. Jack felt himself flying through space, and

d the runaway trolley smashed into a big oak tree at the foot of the

splashing beside him and began to strike out, trying to swim. He seemed to be choking. Then th

er on the bank, the wreck of the trolley. The

pened?" a

y we weren't killed. We must have been flung

unhurt except for the wetting. The fa

lise of machine

pointing to where it had fa

came of Dete

ice. "Consider yourselves under arrest and d

cer lying on the grass not far away. He seemed in pain, but had raised