«h
TRUXTON KING
iew wry wkje Open; hi» heart expert*
i
th,it ta
utl-h tfr would fr*P- Wo. 9718
■‘Thetb is Yirthlnst »tipernatuml about
King's disappear:! nc«\" said Tullis
felt if it ci u!J b.’ proved .that ho had
TREASIR\ DEPARTMENT
sharply. "That’s all tionsense. tie bad
fo'i' ht a dti< I And the reason for this
money about him. und it perhaps turns
stn-ular bequest w.w that the tcstalor,
Copyright, 1909, by George Barr
Offx
4 Compliollet oi the Cunei y
out that there really wan a man nt
Fitz Hugh's aunt, had list her Lu»
McCutcheon
Washington, D C. April », 1910
the crock in tbe d<A>r, a clever brigand Htnv a Mother Prevented Her Son ■ bard oti the field of houor. Whether
who
today
has
pot
the
lietter
uf
our
thi
were
a
trumped
up
reason
or
uot
Where«», by satiJavt.W evidt-osr t«<scnlrd
Copyright, 1909, bj Dodd, Meat
From Being Killed In a Duel.
vali.glorious friend. Tbe shooting iu
never came out.
to the nndrrsigned. it ha» I n H.ade to aj -M
& Company
the fill!.« is mole disturbing th:«« this,
I..:n«-staff bore the challenge and, re- that “The Fir it National P-uk ol J Ban.
anc mi in
to my mind."
tu;
; in r. reportisl that Forshay only ' the City of Bar don in the County I Of
By
LEONARD
MULLOY.
Coos ana
"This mystery coming on top of tbe
SINOPSIS
Ataciican Press Asso objected to his antagonist fighting , State oi Oregon hat competed with all t.ie pi
other is all the more ditiicult to under (Copyright, tsiu, by
masked, 'Langstaff had told him that
ciation.]
' visions of the Statutes
f the United i-.'s, re
stand—I mean the disappeitrame of
Iu Louisiana about the middle of tbe if be did not consent to this he would
CHAPTER I---1 ruttoll King amvrs in Eld
tli«' Countess Mariaux." said Barou
quired
to
be
complied
with
before an association
last century there lived 011 a planta call the affair off nnd make public the
elweiw. capital of Graustark, and metis the
Duiiglou. pulling at bis imperial in
dial! be authoiized to commence the business of
reason.
Upon
this
Forshay
gave
way.
tion
left
her
by
her
husband
a
Mrs.
beautiful niece of Spantz. a gun maker.
11---
plain perplexity, "But we must not
and. having the right as the chal 1 Banking;
Ki ng dors a lavoi f»r Pr nee RoLin, th >oun,
stop here talking, Will you come with Stewart with oue sou. She had been
lenged party to choose the weapons, | Now Therefore I, Lawrence O. Murry,
murried
at
sixteen,
and
at
thirty-six,
me. Mr. Tullis, to the tower? 1 shall
ruler cf the country, wh< se guardian u John
he chose pistols. Lnngstaff was sent j Comptroller >i the Currency, do herei y certify
when
this
boy.
Fitz
Hugh
Stewart,
send cut my Lest man to work on the
Tuilu, an Arrerican.
lll---Bai >n Dangle 1
back to say that the distance must lie I that “Ihe First alional Bank of Bandon1 in the
cns«' of the lady, it Is a most amaz was nineteen years old. she was a
minuter of police, interviews King and warn.
five
paces. Forshay, thinking this was
very
young
looking
ami
still
handsome
ing thing. I still have liojie that she
him against Olga, the gumuaker's niece. IV—
woman.
Indeed,
the
boy
apiM*ari*d
more
a
bluff,
consented. He doubtless ex- i City of Bandon in the County of Coos and Slate
will ap|s ar in person to explain tbe
like
her
younger
brother
than
her
son.
jiected
after
this to receive mi apology of Oregon is authorized to coninb-nc the L>u..
Km,; invade, the royal park, meets the poner
affair.”
Tbe
two
were
devoted
to
each
other.
If
tliis
were
so he was to be disap new of Banking a* provided in Section lifty one
and is prevented to the lad's fas,mating Aur.t
"1 think not.” said Tullis gloomily.
hundred and sixty nine of ihe Revised Statutes
One
day
there
appeared
iu
the
parish
pointed.
I »tame. V—The committee of ten. conspi-i-
"This looks like abduction—foul play,
where
the
Stewarts
lived
l
’
inkton
of the United States.
Fitz
Hugh
was
not
a
party
to
these
or whatever you choose to call it. She
tors against the prince, meets in an underground
In testimony whereof witness my hand
has never left her father’s house in Forshay. a man about forty years old, details, they having been attended to
chamber, whgre the girl Olga is disclosed as one
wiio gave out that he was intending to by Langstaff under Instructions from
and Seal of otii.e this Fifth day I April, |9|0
just
this
manner
before.
I
believe,
who is to kill Prince Kobin with a bomb, VI--
Lawrence O. Vunay
baron, that Marlanx tias taken her settle there for the purpose of prac Mrs. Stewart. The youngster had got .Seal]
John Tullis calls on the beautiful Countess in
away by force. She told ine yesterday ticing law. Forshay was a typical au inkling as to the real cause under 14-10t
Comptroller of the Current y
gornede, who warns him that her hated and no
tiiat she would never go back to him southerner of antebellum days—long lying tile affair, and his southern
hair,
sombrero,
tight
trousers
and
'a
blood
was
hot
for
the
meeting.
His
torious old husband, Count Marlanx, is con
if she could Help it. J have already
spiring against the prince. VII, VIII, IX andX
given you my suspicions regarding his flowing skirt to his coat. He purport- mother remained tranquil, neither at Street Improvement Notice
---King visits the house of the witch of Gan look
designs upon the—ahem!" Catching etl to have sprung from oue of the tempting to encourage nor quiet him.
The night before the duel was to
the eager gaze of the prince, be oldest and best families of South Car
gap and meets the r oyal o usehold there. Hr
Noli
i < !i"
I I
< banged the word "throne" to “treas olina and was quite free in small ex come off Mrs. Forshay after her son ; coun-.il ol tlte city el Bati Jvn, i .. at a r. ul.
sees an eye gleaming through a crack in a d o'
penditures.
such
as
wines,
liquors,
ci
was
in
lie<k
went
into
his
room
to
bid
ury."
•
nict-ting fiiereol, held on the Imh < ..v .4 »lav.
and while searching for the person he is over
Loraine,
her
cheeks
white with reso gars, etc. Nevertheless he had little him goodby.
I9K1, pas« u resolution, wheie y it >. ■ pr..
powered and dragged into a loft. He is con
or
no
means,
and
it
was
his
object
to
"Why.
mother,"
he
said,
“
won
’
t
you
lution. turned upon John Tullis. "You
poj 4 and d.'tern.ined to in pio.c Low« : Ma. t
fronted lly Count Marians and then taken to he
might leave the rescue of the countess acquire a foothold I11 the community be up when 1 leave in the morning?”
Stmt, bom Atwater strict nor.lev. t; ;c -Iri,.
under round den of the committee of ren.
"Yes, dear boy; I’ll be up before you, w I r ol th. Coqui’.e river. l>) c. u-.: li e
to the proper authorities—tbe police.” by making a profitable marriage.
Forshay and Fitz Hugh Stewart met but 1 prefer to say goodby to you in sa r. • to be covered with a p'ai k .nd ¡ ¡In,
she said calmly. "1 think it is your
"He is honest—as honest as his
at the house of a planter, and Fitz ease we are separated by this villain arid e werk, crowned in the i. .!.!!•, 4 ,n li
duty
as
an
American
to
bead
the
grandmother." cried the old wumatt
I. 2 'i
But first 1 wish you to take plai k, .dart foot siu’W.-'k each
search fir Mr. King, if Count Mar- Hugh invited him to visit at the now
She bestowed a toothless grin upon
pla k s.iifaced one side, for the fi> ' width I
h'.nx lias spirited his wife away, pray Stewart home. Forshay called and something to give you a good night's said street, i. e., 75 feet, for the full len.-t!i o
him. "Now, what is it you want to
at once determined to make every ef sleep. All depends on a steady nerve,
who Las a better right?”
portion alx-ve specified, and in detail a< >
ffo?”
fort to marry the widow. Expecting and since you were a little boy. loss to till* (I«u d city specifications for st.-eiti
"But we are not sure that he”—
"I want to go through that kitchen,
that the son would oppose his moth of sleep has made you nervous the work.
CHAPTER IX.
‘AVe nre sure that Mr. King is either er marrying a second time, he was
just to satisfy myself of one or two
following day.”
NOW unless the owners of two-thirds of the
dead or in dire need of help,” she in very adroit about his courtship, con
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCES.
things.” King was looking hard at
After much persuasion Fitz Hugh real property fronting upon both sides oi the
terrupted
hotly.
tli« crack in the kitchen door. Sud
UT Ilobbs halted his mail flight.
cealing his intention from Fitz Hugh. took the dose she offered him. She sail portion of said Street file a written emon
“Colonel Qulnnox is quite competent
denly he started ns if shot.
He decided to return to tbe
held him it long while in her arms, strance a ainst such work with the City Record
) but. His friend might be In to conduct the search," lie said shortly.
The «taring, burning eye was again
then, giving him the farewell kiss, left er, cn or before the 15th -lay ol Jua . 1910,
“But Colonel Quinnox lias gone forth
then the Common Council will pass . i Ordi
looking straight at him from the jag
desperate ueed of aid.
him.
nance providing (oi the constnict'on ol such im*
ged crack in the door!
Then, with his heart in his mouth, he on another mission. He may be un
At 3 o'clock in the morning Mrs. provent nt. also providing therein that th.- cost
able to give any of
“i’ll get you this time!” he shouted. slowly began to retrace Ills steps, walk
Stewart arose, went into her son’s thereof shall be assessed against th: adj cent
his time to
eroMing tbe room In two eager leaps. ing where lie had galloped a moment
room and put on the clothes he had property, ard also providing for the col.<< n if
s
e
n
r
c
li
for
The door in his violent clutch swung before. A turn In the road caused him
laid out to wear in the duel—all black. die san)- as a lien again*t the eld property.
King.
It is
open with a bang.
to draw rein sharply. A hundred yards
Dated at Jiandon, Oregon, this 26th day
Then site kissed him site did not fear
rageous,
John
Tul
May. 1910.
The owner of that mocking, phan ahead five or six men were struggling
to
awaken
him.
for
she
had
given
him
*
lis, to refuse help!”
C. R. WADE.
with a riderless bay horse.
tom eye wan gone!
an opiate and went to the door to
"I don’t refuse
20-St
City Recorder.
Like a frantic dog, Truxton dashed
“By Jove!" ejaculated Hobbs, "It’s
meet Langstaff. who was riding up to
help!” lie exclaim
about the little gitclien. looking in his horse!"
the house. Entering the carriage, she
ed. “But I’ll tell
every corner, every crick, for signs of ■
As be drew nearer it struck
wits driven to tbe field where Forshay
you
this
—
I
consid
tbe thing be chitted. Tbe old woman forcibly that the men were not what
Summons
and
Ills second, with a surgeon, stood
er it my duty as a
was standing 111 the middle of the be had thought them to be. They were
waiting.
man
to
devote
IN
THE
JUSTICE
C OURT I OR THE
outer room, grinning at him with gen
an evil looking lot. more like the strik-
Instead of a mask Mrs. Stewart wore
what
strength
I
SIXTH
JUSTICE
DISTRICT.
COOS
ers he had 81*00 In the town earlier in
blue malevolence.
a blue veil, covering her face to the
have to the service
COUNTY STATE OF OREGOM
“Ila. lit!” she croaked. "You fool! tile day. Even as he was turning the
chin and tied behind, so as to conceal
of a wom a n in
You fool! Search! Smell him out! All new thought over in ills mind one of
1
her long hair. Langstaff, who was A. McNair, Plain till,
trouble.
Come,
the good It will do you! lilt, ha!"
them stepped out of the little knot
v
SUMMONS
desirous to save one whom he sup-
baron;
we
will
go
"By <ad, 1 will get at tlte bottom of ajtd. without a word of warning, lifted
J. H. Timon, Defendant ’
posed
to
be
his
young
friend,
Fitz
to the tower.”
thia’’’ shouted Truxton, stubborn rage his arm and fired point blank at the
Hugh, approached Forshay’s second
To J. H. I imon, the above named d ■!■ .*<!. 11
Count Ilaifont in
poeetMMlng him. "There's some one little Englishman. A pistol ball whizzed
In I lie Name o( I he Slate of Orcgoi.:
with a proposition for settlement that
tervened,
hastily
here, and I know it. I’m not such a close by his head
His horse leaped
You are hereby required Ic aj | 1 ■■ fore tl
would clear all parties from any stig
proposing
t
li
a
t
a
fool as to Itelleve— Say! What’s that? to the side of tbe road in terror, al
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, for the above
“I don ’ t refuse
ma. Forshay declined to accept it.
second party lie
The ceiling! By the eternal, that scrap most unseating film.
designated District, Io answer the complaint oi
help !”
“
Very
well,"
said
Langstaff;
“
if
you
sent out at once
the plainlilf hied herein, within six weeks from
ing nolee explain« It! There's where
But Hobbs had fighting blood In his
nre determined to kill this boy I prom th«
date of the first publication hereof, to-wit, on
the secret trapdoor la— in the ceiling! veins. What is more to the point, he with instruction« to raze the witch’s
ise
you
that
you
will
have
to
go
b:$k
or before the 21st day of July. 1910.
Within arin'a reach, at that! Watch hail a Mauser revolver in Ills pocket. hut if necessary.
to the state you came from, for you
“I shall be happy to lead the expedi
You will take notice that if you so fail to ap
me, old woman!**
He jerked It out and. «b-spite a second
will not lie welcome here."
pear and answer, that the plaintiff will take
tion,"
said
young
Count
Vos
Engo,
TI m * hag was standing in tbe kitchen shot from the picket, prepared to ride
When Forshay was convinced that judgement against you for the amount of $17.07,
She down upon the party, An instant later bowing deeply to the young lady her
door now. still grinning evilly,
the five paces which were to separate and for costs and disbursements.
self.
watched the eager young man pound half a dozen revolvers were blazing
1 his summons is made persuanl to an order
the combatants was not a bluff he
"You shall, Vos Engo,” said Ilaifont.
U| mhi the low ceiling with a three leg away at him. Hobbs turned at once
FOHHHAY RBTOGNTZED HKK.
made a protest through his second, in made and filed June 6, 1910, and motion there,
“
Prepare
at
once.
Take
ten
men.
”
fore made and filed in this office hy C. R.
ged stool that lie had seized from tile and rode in the opposite direction,
Tullis turned suddenly to the resent He proposed to Mrs. Stewart and was sisting that fighting at such a distance Wade, plaintiff's attorney.
whirling to fire twice nt the unfriendly
door.
He proposed again und was murder or suicide. Langstaff re
Dated al Bandon, Oregon this 6th day of
He was pounding vigorously on the group
Soon he was out of range, ful girl. “Loraine,” lie said gently as rejected.
ported the matter to his principal, wlto June, 1910.
the
others
drew
away,
“
don
’
t
be
hard
again
received
a
refusal.
Determined
roughly boallled celling when tile The only tiling left for him to do was
Geo, P. Topping
with me. You don't understand.”
to force his way into the Stewart fam said firmly that they would fight at
sharp voice of the old woman, raised to ride nt once to the clt- and give
Justice of the Peace
"Yes, I 1 do," she said stubbornly, ily and an interest in their possessions, five paces or not nt all. Forshay re 22-6t
in command, caused him to lower the the alarm.
luctantly consented—indeed, he must
in
love
with
her."
"You
are
he
persisted
in
his
proposals
till
he
stool sail turn upon tier with gleaming,
Suddenly his horse swerved nnd
"Yes; that’s quite true.”
was at last treated by the widow with either consent or be branded as a
triumphant eyes The look lie saw in leaped furiously out of stride, stum
coward. Tills close range was Intend
“
A
married
woman!
”
the
severity be merited.
The R ecorder $1.50 per yea.r
her face was Siiffli'ient to check Ills en bling, but recovering himself almost in
ed by Mrs. Stewart to prevent the
“
I
can't
help
it.
I
must
do
all
I
can
Mrs.
Stewart,
fearing
to
make
trou
terprise for tbe moment He dropped stantaneously. In lite same second be
ble between her son and her suitor, meeting if that wore possible, but If
tli«' stool end started toward her. his heard the sharp crack of a firearm far for her.”
She
looked
into
his
honest
eyes
for
kept the matter of his proposals to Forshay was not thus to be driven off
srius extended to catch her swaying down the unbroken ravine to his left.
n
60 YEARS-
moment.
herself. Young Stewart noticed that the field she had no idea of the con
form. The look of the dying was in A second shot came, this time from the
test being given up and had another
EXPERIENCE
"Forgive
me,
”
she
murmured,
hang
Forshny
came
no
more
to
the
house,
iter cyi*s She seemed to be crumpling right nnd «'lose at hand. His horse was
but thought little of his remaining motive in being close to her antago-
before him.
staggering, swaying; then down tie ing iter head.
Then she smiled brightly up Into his away. Mrs. Stewart seldom joined in nist.
He reached her In time, his strong crashed. Hobbs swinging clear barely
Tlte two second« stood together on
face. “Have your way, then. Remem the social affairs in vogue among her
arms grasping the frail, bent figure as In time to «»scape being pinioned to the
one side and equidistant front tlte prin
ber that I am iter friend too.”
neighbors,
but
her
son
did
nnd
was
it sank to the floor. As be lifted her ground. A stream of blood was pour
Tlte guard about tlte prince was dou constantly meeting Forshay. But Fitz cipals. Langstaff holding a handker
bodily from her feet. Intent upon car ing from the side of the poor beast.
bled. Orders requiring the strictest Hugh noticed that Forshay’s manner chief. He raised ft and held it sus
t'C M ahks
Aghast
at
tills
unheard
of
wantonness,
rying her to the open air. her bony
cure of his person were issued by toward him had changed. What had pended for a few seconds prior to giv
CrOlQNS
fingers sank into his arm witli the grip the little Interpreter knew not whiiMi I
Jvv
Corvr'!aHT' .i-.
Count Ilaifont. Baron Dangloss began been an effusive friendliness had be ing the signal by dropping it. During
of deatli, nnd—could lie believe his way to turn, but stood there dazed un
Anronr* ffentltng n «'«•♦< h rn<' »’ •«cr'.p’ln. nir*y
to see tilings in a different light. come a marked antagonism.
this
brief
interval
Mrs.
Stewart
rained
•i'.’kly nBcerinh» our <-, .
»n free whelk -r • n
euro!—a low. mocking laugh came from til a third shot brought him to his
.ivviition 1« pioitRbly* p’K. • 'Dhle CGnimunira,
Tilings that had puzzled him before
One evening at a social gathering of her- left hand and lifted her veil, ex
t. t aRfrictly
•st’.al. » ,.NüCPOK <»?i
her lips.
senses. Tlte bullet kicked up the dust
soi t free. Oldeflt rurency lui r•■-ui n-;.* p.uent- .
now seettu'd clear.
mi'll Stewart made a remark which posing her face on that side which
Pnlentff taken thrmcli Mui ti <V Co. receive
Down where the pebbly bouse yard near tils feet. He scrambled for the
But late iu the afternoon a telegram bn Hight a sneer from Forshay. This was farthest from the seconds. For
al notice, wlf ìiont chnrço, in the
merged into the mossy banks Mr. heavy underbrush nt the roadside and
to Tullis which upset all was followed up by other overt acts shay recognized her and changed col
Iloblis Mt tinlit. still staring with darted off into the roadside, his revolv was brought
of their calculations and caused the plain to every one present. Stewart, or. Before he could determine what
gloomy eyes
the dark little hut up er in tils linnd. his heart palpitating
I«
. 1 ’ * .
I
r.
minister of police to swear softly- in fancying that his mother might have action if any to take the handkerchief
hit Din <>f nay h « leni i.J«* ,î c : »I
*1 .•» • • ». Í 5 a
tli«> glen, A quarter of an hour hail like mad. Time and again as he fled
i- : ? *ir ri« *ii 'iff, >1. ^oid by uh
.
pur«' disgust, it was from the Count- something to do witli this treatment floated down from Langstaff's hand.
passed since King dlsappear«>d through through ttie dark thickets be heard the
* NnW Yark
ess Marlanx herself, sent from For and dreading to have her name dis Forshny sprang up on Ills toes and
the doorway. Mr. Iloblis was getting hoarse shouts of men In the distance
vrak. a station far down the railway. cussed. bore all patiently till Forshny fell dead with a bullet in his heart.
lie. vous.
At 10 o’clock the next morning Colo
In tin' dire tiou of Vienna. It was self made a remark to him that was posi
Mrs. Stewart walked with a firm
Tbe shiftless, lanky goose herd came nel Qulnnox and a company of soldiers,
explanatory: “I am going to Schloss
tively insulting, when lie replied in step to her carriage and was driven
fortli In time an«l lazily drove his scat riding np from the city gates toward
'■
Marlanx, th to to eml my days. There
tered flock «iff into the lower glen.
kind. Forshay slapped his face. The toward her horn«.', WnlN'r Langstaff
the north In response to a cull for
is no hope f< r me. I go voluntarily.
Presently Ilobbs caught Right of a help from honest herders who reported
boy did not proi eed further with the beside her. For a few minutes she lay
OR photographic film
Will you not understatal why I am
back in the corner of the carriage,
thill stream «f smoke, rather black attacks and robberies of nn alarming
matter
nt
the
time,
but
when
he
went
and printing paper,
leaving Edelweiss? You must know."
tiian blue, arising from the little chiro- nature, came upon the stiff, footsore,
home apprised his mother of what had then, turning her face toward Lang
It was rigned “ingnmede.”
cameras,
pure chemi
staff.
raised
her
veil.
M> at tbe rear of tbe cabin. His eyes thorn scratched Mr. Hobbs not far
Tullis was dunifounded. He cuught occurred.
“Great heavens]"
from the walls of the town. TJie colo lite pet'cl rating glance of Dangloss nnd
This was at a time when the code
cals and supplies of all kinds,
There was silem e between tile two
nel was not long in grasping the sub flushed under the sndden knowledge duello was in vogue In Louisiana. Mrs.
come to this store and you
stance of Hobbs’ revelations, lie rode
for a time; then l.angstaff asked:
Stewart
saw
that
a
great
misfortune
that this shrewd old man also under
will be certain of depend
off at once for the witch's hovel, send
“
Why
did
you
<lo
this?
’
stood why she was leaving Edelweiss. had befallen herself nnd her son. If
ing Hobbs with a small. Instructed es Because of him! Because site
"It was tbe only way to save my
able
quality. We sell the
Fitz
Hugh
dlil
not
challenge
Forshny
loved
cort to the castle, where Baron Dan-
t
liim and would not be near him. llis he would lie cut by all his acquaint boy.”
gloss was in consultation with Mr. Tul
"But
was
it
necessary
to
kill
your
ances.
if
he
did
challenge
him
For
heart swelled exultantly In the next
lis and certain ministers.
moment. A brave resolve was born shay would doubtless kill him. In fact, enemy?”
The city was peaceful enough, much within him.
“Yes; after my expedient of Insisting
the widow saw in this treatment of
to th«* surprise of Iinbbs. No disturb
"We don’t need a key to that, my her son a spirit of revenge that was on close range fail«*d 1 must kill Mm.”
ance had been reported, said the boy," said the baron indulgently. "But direct«*«! toward herself.
"Why?"
She lay
£•*•
guardsmen who rode beside him. I'p
“If I had not the affair would have
1 will say that she has biaim'd little awake all night thinking over the mat
in the hills there had been sonic depre- 1
consideration for you when she steal.« ter und in the morning told Fitz Hugh gone oti till one of the two itad killed
dations. l»ut that was all.
away in the dead of night without a that lie must challenge Forshay.
the other, and my son would have
"All?" groaned Mr Hobbs. “All?
which makes truer, better-
A friend of the Stewart family. Wal been the one to die. As it is he will
Hang it all, man. wot do you call all? ! word. Unfeeling, I’d say. Well, we
balanced negatives, and
enn devote our attention to Mr. King, ter Langstaff, was called in and re consider himself demeaned that his
You haven't heard 'nlf of It yet. 1 tell who Is lost." v
quested to act as Fitz Hugh’s second. mother should have done tlte work
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Paper for deeper,
you, there's been the devil to pay. ,
“See here. bar. .t." aald Tullis after He gave the information that Forshay which should have fallen to him."
Walt till the colonel comes back from
softer, clearer prints.
a moment; "I want you to give me a bad fought several duels and was a
I»angstaff was silent for a moment,
Gan look gap. He'll have news for
Let us show you our
couple of giMxl men for a few days. dead shot. Mrs. Stewart did not wince then said sadly:
you; take it from me. be will. That •
I'*i going to Schloss Mtiilank I'll get at this, maintaining her position that
"If
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that
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were
to
splendid
assortment of
poor chap ’as gone up iu smoke as
her away from that place if I have to her son must send tbe challenge. Be fight this battle I should have insisted
sure ns my name's Ilobbs.”
cameras. Pure chemicals,
kill Marlanx r.nl swing for it!"
fore Langstaff went with it to For nn taking It upon myself."
They met Baron Dangloss near the
all photographic supplies.
At 7 o’clock that ni.ht. accompanied shay the mother Instructed him as to
When Fitz Hugh Stewart awoke tlte
barracks, across the park from the
by two clever secret service men, Tul the terms he should Insist upon. The sun stood high. His mother approach
Developing and printing
castle. He was in close, earnest con
lis boartled the train for the west. A meeting must take place in some se- ed his bed. He started up.
done. Reasonable charges.
versation with John Tullis and Count
man who stood In the tobacconist’s cludisl spot, only a second for each
"Lie down, my boy; it’s all over "
Ilaifont, both of whom seemed labor
shop on th«' station platform smiled principal and a surgeon should be
And she told him what she Itad done.
ing under Intense exeftemeut.
quietly to himself as the train pulled present and Fitz Hugh Stewart should
To this day no one in that section
The arrival of Ilobbs. a pitiful but
out. Then he walked briskly away. It be permitted to fight masked.
knows that it was a woman instead of
heroic object, at once arrested th«» at
wa« Peter Brutus, tlte lawyer.
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If Lit ngM tiff were to be required to a boy that gave Forshay his death
tention of every one. His story was
1 _'£.tc.'Jitr'ng trap Itad l>eeti set for give a reason for this singular provi-
wound I got th«* story front that boy
heard by • most distinguished audi-
rttced a sudden thro bless moment: fils
mind leaped backward to the unex
plained smoke mystery of tbe day be
fore. it was on the end of his tongue
to cry out to his unseen patrou, to urge
him to Iwive tbe witch to her deviltry
and come along home, when the old
woman herself appeared iu the door
way-alone.
She sat down upon the doorstep,
puffing awny at a long pipe, her hocti-
ed face almost invisible from tbe dis
tance which he resolutely held. She
was no more than a black, inanimate
heap of rags piled against tbe door
jamb.
Ilobbs let out a shout. The old wo
man arose and hobbled toward him.
leaning upon a great cane.
“Whe-wbere’s Mr. King?" called out
Ilobbs.
Her arm was raised, a bony finger
pointing to the treetops above her
hovel.
“He’s gone. Didn't you see him?
He went off among the treetops. You
won’t see him again." She waited a
moment and then went on In most
ingratiating tones: “Would you care to
come into my house? 1 can show you
tbe road he took. You"—
But Mr. Hobbs, his hair on end. had
dropped the rein of King's horse and
was putting boot to his own beast,
whirling frantically Into the path that
led away from tbe hated, damned spot.
Down the road he crashed, pursued by
witches whpse persistence put to shame
the efforts of those famed Indies of
Tam o' Slianter in the long ago. if he
had looked over his shoulder be might
have discovered that he was followed
by a riderless horse, nothing more.
But a riderless hors« is a grewsome
thing sometimes.
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