The Amazon Strikes Again (The Original Golden Amazon Saga Book 5) by John Russell Fearn

Author:John Russell Fearn [Fearn, John Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: 2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER VII

The Amazon left the power-room by one of the windows and dropped lightly into the alleyway outside. Using the dark and the shadows to their fullest advantage, she called upon her remembrance of the earlier journey through the underground to help her, and so finally reached the still gaping grid through which she, Ethel, and Rufus had emerged some hours before.

Swiftly she lowered herself through the opening and down to the ladder, reaching the floor of the tunnel a few moments later. Her journey through it, and through the midway cavern — at the other side of which the door was still bolted as Rufus had left it — was uneventful, but as she neared the opening which led to the smelting-room she slowed down and advanced cautiously, the glare of light and heat spreading along the tunnel as she advanced.

For a long time she remained with her back flattened against the tunnel wall, studying the surge and movement in the smelting-room — then suddenly she caught a fleeting glimpse of Ethel at the far side of the great place, toiling with the task of loading up a truck with loose ore. Evidently the new overseer had switched her from her previous impossible task of girder moving.

Silently the Amazon glided out of concealment and was immediately swallowed up amongst the workers. So busy were they with their various tasks that they did not even notice her — and certainly the overseer, having no instructions to be on the alert for her, did not. So, by performing odd jobs on the way as she went, she worked her way round until she reached the corner where Ethel was toiling. Quietly she moved to her side and stooped with her to shovel ore.

“Aunt Vi!” Ethel gasped hoarsely, and raised an astonished face caked in dust and perspiration.

“Quiet!” the Amazon breathed. “Talk as you work. I got free and Irma Mueller thinks I’m dead. I want to preserve that illusion as long as I can.”

Ethel nodded and went on silently with her task. Meantime the Amazon glanced about her, particularly when the truck — which ran on narrow-gauge rails — was filled with ore. A set-faced, bony slave then took it over, standing on the small platform at the back and operating an electric motor. It moved off along the rails, and the Amazon’s eyes followed it across the great smelting-room until it disappeared through a tunnel opening.

“Where does that ore go?” the Amazon questioned, but Ethel shook her head.

“No idea. And she turned wearily as another empty truck came up to be filled.

“Seen Rufus anywhere?” The Amazon looked about her as she spoke.

“Yes. He’s at his former job of girder moving; I saw him a little while ago…” Ethel pointed as the crowd of workers thinned for a moment. “There he is — over there.”

The Amazon looked, caught sight of him and nodded. Her eyes strayed to a nearby crane with the driver high up in the control-cabin. Then she looked at the truck Ethel was filling with ore.

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