"I ought to by this time!" cried Harry. "Lower me down, governor."
"The officer is right," said Old King Brady. "We better be sure than sorry. If we only had a rope."
"Look here, some of youse guys, get a rope!" cried the policeman, charging in among the crowd.
There were enough that understood him.
Some of them started to act.
A moment later a man came out of a Chinese grocery near by with a rope.
It was tied under Harry's arms and he was lowered into the hole.
The floor of the vault had water an inch deep upon it; the brick sides were dripping with a slimy ooze.
But there was no sign of Ed.
Nor was there any apparent opening except at the top.