‪“I have an idea!” he cried.

‪“What is it?”

Frank went and critically examined the walls of the chamber before he ventured to answer.

‪“This is a sealed chamber,” he said, finally. ‪“It is sealed that nobody may find the secrets of this underground charnel house.”

‪“A sealed chamber!” gasped Buckden. ‪“My God! then we are lost, for that is equivalent to being buried alive. Our end has come!”

CHAPTER XI.
OUT OF IMPRISONMENT.

It was a terrible despairing cry which Tony Buckden gave.

It came from the depths of his soul, and embodied utter hopelessness.

Indeed, the situation looked to be a desperate one. If it was indeed true that they were the inmates of a sealed chamber their fate seemed sealed.

What was to be done?