“Come on up, Misther Frank,” he cried. “Shure I’ll steady the rope.”
“All right, Barney.”
Frank was an adept in climbing a rope himself.
In a very few moments he had reached the beam above and was quickly by Barney’s side.
“Here we are,” he declared. “Now for business. First, let us see where this passage can go to.”
“All right, sor.”
Frank led the way into the passage.
Fortunately he had not been deprived of his pocket lantern when captured by the greasers.
This he now lighted and then the darkness of the place was quickly dispelled.
It was seen that the passage extended many feet into the earth.