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Talk about your earthquakes and cyclones, I don't think anything could beat that scare you gave them with your old flashlight stunt, Will." "And I reckon it's going to turn out a dandy picture. I just wanted to get that crowd in some outlandish attitude, and if it proves what I think, I've done it." "Did they hurt you, Bluff?" asked Frank.
Then feeling somewhat chilly, he found that the fire had died down, and rose to throw a few sticks of wood on the still red coals. He cast a glance about him and in the distance saw a gleaming pair of eyes! Hastily drawing his flashlight from his pocket, and diving back into the lean-to for his rifle, he made sure it was loaded and then investigated the gleaming eyes.
Then Peter looked into the dazzle of a flashlight, and the familiar voice said: "Yes, he's hard hit and heavy as hell.... Passports in hip pocket- handle him gently. ... Thanks, I'll take care of this man unless you have a stretcher " "To whom were you formerly assigned?" "To Colonel Ulrich. We were across the river when that trap was sprung this afternoon "
They felt their way down the rough ladder that led from the skylight to the attic, and stood motionless, scarcely breathing in the dense darkness. Hen, who had the flashlight, feared to press the button. There was not a sound, save a little sputter which they rightly laid to the wireless machine which the Weasel had told them about.
"Smarlinghue wouldn't have had a chance of getting out from under this break if your plans had worked out! And I didn't know you, of course, because you were a Chicago crook." He took off the dead man's mask, and played his flashlight for a moment over the cold, set features. A queer smile twisted Jimmie Dale's lips. It was "Clancy of Headquarters"!
She pushed aside impatiently the package of jewels, at whose magnificence she had gazed awe-struck and bewildered the night before, and drew out the bundle that comprised her own clothing. Her hand sought the pocket eagerly. Yes, it was here at least the flashlight was, and so were the skeleton keys. That was what had happened!
His flashlight, however, would not throw its beams to the point of interest, and he decided to return to the Sea Lion, rest for the remainder of the night, and shift the submarine in the morning. Motioning to his companion, therefore, he turned toward the door to the water chamber. They had proceeded only a few steps when something seemed to pass over their heads.
"Why didn't we bring a flashlight?" asked Beth. "There were none at the hotel," I told her. "I know some boys," said Rob with a little laugh, "who would have lent us one maybe." Fortunately we were well provided with safety matches and after striking a box or so, we gained the open. A rise of ground hid the house, but when we climbed to the top, the ghost loomed up ghastlier than ever.
They left the message in the tower, and Arcot closed the door, leaving the pyramid exactly as it had been before they had come. "Say!" Morey commented, "how did you open and close that door, anyway?" Arcot grinned. "Didn't you notice the jewel at the corner? It was the lens of a photoelectric cell. My flashlight opened the door. I didn't figure it out; it just worked accidentally."
Then he went in and examined the room with a flashlight, and listened to the Crown Prince's breathing. He had been a croupy baby. And, at last, he turned the flashlight on to the bed. A pair of shoe-button eyes stared at him from the pillow. "Well, I'm damned," said the wet-nurse And went out, looking thoughtful.
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