CHAPTER 28THE WAY IT ALL ENDED
“I have been in many tighter places than this, doctor,” said Nick, cheerfully. “I’ll show you how badly the people below us have miscalculated.”
“What makes it so dark?” queried Abbott. “It is not yet sundown.”
“No. I suspect a storm is coming up—ah! I thought so.”
In confirmation of his suspicions, a loud peal of thunder broke the outside silence.
“It is coming fast, too,” said Nick. “Now, see how easy it will be for us to escape.”
He took the table and stood it directly beneath the cupola.
Then he pulled a sheet from the bed, twisted it into a rope, and threw it around his neck.
“Now, then, doctor,” he exclaimed, “just jump upon the table and brace yourself to hold the weight of about one hundred and eighty pounds of human flesh.”
Abbott quickly co
