Edgar Wallace

“ I tell you this, that the money you sent out under the inspiration of Professor Cavan has left behind it a trail of brutal crime. Men and women have been murdered, beaten, and kidnaped, and burglaries have been committed—in the name of the gods! ”

“ She had taken out her little electric lamp and now she flashed it in the direction of the voice. A man lay face downward on the earth, and he held a flexible tube to his mouth. She had time to see the small cement well in which, presumably, the speaking tube and the signal were kept hidden, and then the man dropped the mouthpiece and scrambled to his feet with an oath.
“Am I speaking to Pluto or one of his satellites?” said the girl ironically.
“Miss Bertram!” cried the man, and she recognized him. ”

“ Buried less than six inches beneath the surface, she found the little pipe line leading straight back from the temple to a small thicket which she subsequently found was about fifty yards distant.
Cautiously she moved toward the wood, taking care to make no sound, and, arriving at its outskirts, she slipped from tree to tree nearer into the heart of the inclosure. She stopped every now and again to listen, but there was no sound, until just as her foot was raised to make another advance heard a loud “buzz” which so startled her that she nearly cried aloud. ”

“ There isn't any servant in this house who has ever put a foot into the inner park. When Mr. Bertram bought this place nine years ago, the inner park was all part of the estate. You could walk there; in fact, I've walked through it a dozen times. ”