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TRUXTON KING
Copyright, I^W, by George Barr
McCutcheon
Copyright, IW9, by Dodd, Mead
& Company
SYNOPSIS
CH APTER 1—1 ruxton King amves in Ed
el wrist.
capital
beautiful
niece
oi
Graustark,
of Spantz. a
King don a lavoi fat f'ance
rule,
of
Tulia,
II—
the loung
Robin,
whose guardian is
the country,
an
meet» the
and
gunmaker.
Ill---Baroti
Arrerican.
John
Dangk. s.
poll* r, interviews King and
warn»
him agamit Olga, the gunmaker'• mere.
IV—
King invades the royal park,
prince
minister
of
and is pre ented to the
luxaine.
meet, the
lad's
fascinating
V—-The committee of
Aunt
conspri-
ten.
tors against the prince, meets in an underground
chamber, whgre the girl Olga is disclosed as one
who is to kill Prince Kobin with a bomb,
John Tullis calls on the
beautiful
V1--
Countess In-
gomede, who warns him that her haled and no­
torious old .husband, fcCount
spuing against the
Marians,
is con-
VII, VIII, IX andX
prince.
-■-King visits the house of lhe witch of Ganlook
gap and meets the royal
into
He
a crack in a doer
person he is over­
and while searching for the
powered and dragged
there.
household
sees an eye gleaming through
a
He is con­
loft.
fronted by Count Marlanx and then taken to the
underground den of the committee of ten.
XI
Olga defends King before the committee of
anarchists.
Xll---Loraine is brought
to the
den
and
thrown into the same room with King.
XII—King fells a jailer, dons I i
disguised, carlies Lorvine into
which several
of
the
clothing and
a boat at night in
anarchists are
about
to '
depart.
“Miss Tullis," lit* said, a thrill in his
voice. “you are a princess Just the ’
same. I never was so happy in my i
life as 1 am this minute. It isn't so
black as it was. I thought 1 couldn't
win you because you”—
“Win me?” she gasped.
“Precisely. Now I'm looking at it
differently. 1 don't mind telling you
that I’m in love with you—desperately
in love. It's been so with me ever
since that day in the park. I loved
you as a duchess or a princess and
without hope. Now, I—I—well. I’m
going to hope*. Perhaps Vos Engo
has the better of me Just now. but I’m
in the lists with him—with all of
them. If I get you out of this place
and myself as well—I want you to un­
derstand that from this very minute 1
am trying to win you if it lies in the
power of any American to win a girl
who has suitors among the nobility.”
“Are—are you really in earnest?" she
murmured.
“I mean every word of it. 1 do love
you.”
“I—I cannot talk about it now’, Mr.
King,” she fluttered, moving away
from him in a sudden panic. Pres­
ently he went over to her. She was
standing near the cundle, staring down
at the flame, with a strangely preoc­
cupied expression in her eyes.
“Forgive me," he said.
“I was
hasty, inconsiderate. I”—
“You quite took my breath away,”
she pauted, looking up at him, with a
queer little smile.
“I kunw," he murmured.
Her troubled gaze resumed its sober
contemplation of the flame
“You won’t leave me to iny fate lie­
cause you think I’m going to marry—
some one else?"
He grew very sober. “Miss Tullis,
you and 1 have one change in a thou­
sand. You may uh well know the
truth."
“Oh, 1 can't bear the thought of that
dreudful old man," she cried, abject
distress in her eyes.
He gritted ids teeth and turned
away.
Late in the afternoon Anna Cromer
appeared before them, accompanied
by two of the men. Crisply «lie com
mondial the girl to come forth.
She was in the outer room for the
better part of an hour listening to
Anna Cromer and Mme. Drovrinttk,
who dinned the praises of the great
Count Marlanx into her ears. They
bathed the girl's face and freshened
her garments. It occurred to her that
she was being prepared for a visit of
the redoubtable Marlanx himself and
put the question plainly.
“No," said Anna Cromer "He's not
coming here. You are going tc him
He will not be Count Marlanx after
tomorrow, but Citizen Marlanx, one
of the |H‘nple. one of us."
Little did they know Mnrlnnx.
"Julius and Peter will come for you
tonight," said Mme. Drovnask, witli
an evil, suggestive sndle.
Truxtoq wits liegluning to tremble
with the fear that she would not be
returned to their room when the door
was him 1 tied and she came in.
Some time in the tense, suffocating
hours of the night they heard the
sounds of tunny footsteps shuffling
about the outer room. There were
hoarse, guttural, sulslued goodby* and
well wishes, the creaking of heavy
doors and the dropping of bolts.
Eventually King, who had been lis­
tening alertly, realized that but two of
the men remained in the room, Peter
Brutus and Julius Spantx.
An hour crept by and another King
was groauing under the suspense. The
time was too slowly approaching
when he was to attempt the most des­
perate act in all this sanguinary trag­
edy
He had told her of his plan. She
knew the part she was to play. And
If all went well—ab, then!
Suddenly he started to bls feet, his
Jaws set, his eyes gleaming. The tele
graph instrument was clicking in the
outer room.
Taking bis position near the girl,
JEW WM_Cfvu<:hlui( ItcjeaL dismay, he
r
narwiH; birttnra* te* don't dare turn th»w fallow« Iu«»,
bind him. every muscle strained and even If we disarm them. They'll have imp«nins detire to ulaep, be could no*
bent it off. His litet waking thought
taut
ft crowd after us in two minute«.’*
The door opened, and Julius Bpantz,
“We'll keep the boat. There] Now ! was of the effort he must make to
bewblskered and awkward, entered. push off. Newt»ort." For King had reach Hang loss with the warning.
Something stirred In tbe far end of
He wore a raincoat and storm bat and recognized bis guard in the witch's
carried a rope in one of his hands.
hovel iu the |>eraon of one of the oars­ the car—a still small noise as of some­
thing alive that moved with the un-
“Time you were asleep,” he said men.
stupidly, addressing King. He turned
“What tbe devil”— began Newport, most wariness. A heavy, breathing
to the girl. "Come, madam, I must”— but King silenced him. The boat slow­ body crept stealthily across the inter­
vening space, so quietly that a mouse
He did not complete the sentence. ly drifted out into the current.
The whole weight of Truxton King's
“Now row!” be commanded. With could have made but little less noise
An instant later the bluish flame of
body was behind the terrific blow that his free band be reached back and
landed on the man's Jaw. Julius dragged the limp Brutus iuto tbe boat. a sulphur match struggled for life,
Spantz’s knees crumpled. He lunged “Gad. I believe he’s dead!” he mut- growing stronger and brighter In the
hand of a man who stood above the
against the wall. The man was stun­ tered
sleepers.
ned beyond ail power of immediate
“Can you swim?" demanded King,
action. It was the work of an instant
“Not a stroke.” gasped Newport.
CHAPTER XT.
to snatch the revolver from his coat “Good Laird, pal, you're not going to
THE GIRL IN THE RED CLOAK.
pocket.
dump us overboard! It’s ten feet deep
"Guard the door!" whispered King along here."
NSIDE of an hour after the re-
to the girl, pressing the revolver into
"Pull on your left, hard, That's
turu of the frightened, quivering
her hand, “and shoot if you have to!” right. I’m going to land you on the
groom who hail escaped from the
A handkerchief was stuffed into the opposite shore.”
brigands in the hills Jack Tullis
unconscious man's mouth. The long
Two minutes later they ran up un­ was granted permission by the war
coat and boots were Jerked from bis der the western bank of the si rea in, department to take a hundred picked
limp Issly before his bands and feet which at this point was fully 300 men with him in the effort to over­
were I>ound with the rota- he carried. yards wide. Under cover of the dead­ take and capture the abductors of his
The busliy whiskers and wig were re­ ly revolver the two men dropped into sister. The dazed groom's story hard­
moved from his head and transferred the water, which was abort* their ly had been told to the horrified broth­
In a flash to that of the American. waists. The limp form of Peter Bru­ er la-fore he was engaged iu telephon­
Then the boots, coat and hat found a tus was pulled out and transferred to ing to General Braze and Baron Dan-
new wearer.
the shoulders of his companions.
gloss. A hurried consultation fol­
Peter Brutus was standing in tbe
“Good night,” called out Truxtou lowed.
stairway leading to the sewer.
King cheerily. He had grasped the
Baron Dangloss was sadly upset.
"Hurry up, Julius,” he called im- oars.
Three prominent persons luid been
peratively. "They are below with the
“I’ll row over to the east side,” un- stolen from beneath his nose, so to
boat.”
nounced Klug to the girl, “but I don’t speak. He was beside himself with
When a tall, grunting man emerged like to get too close to the walls. Some rage and dismay. This last outrage
from the Inner room bearing the limp one may bare heard the shouts of our was the climax. The old man adored
figure of a girl in a frayed raincoat he friends back there.”
the sister of Jack Tullis. He was
i
did not wait to ask questions, but rush­
Not another wool passed between heartbroken and crushed by the news
ed over and locked the cell door. Then them for ten or twelve minutes, She of the catastrophe.
he led the way down the narrow stair­ peered anxiously ahead, looking for
Captain Haas of tile dragoons was
way His only reply to King's gut­ signs of the barge dock, which lay put in charge of the relief party. The
tural remark In the Graustark lan­ somewhere along this section of the party was armed and equipped for a
guage was:
city wall.
lilt tor chase. Word had iteen sent to
“Don't speak, you fool! Not a word
At last the sound of rapidly work­ Serros, the capital of Dawsbergen,
until we reach the river.”
asking the assistance of Prince Dan-
ing rowlocks came to the girl's ears.
A moment later the girl was Itcing
"They’re after us," grated Truxton tan in the effort to overtake tiie ab­
lowered through, the hole into rough, in desperation. "They’ve got word to ductors. A detachment, it was an­
eager arms. Brutus and his compan­ friends one way or another. By Jove, nounced tn reply, was to start from
ion dropped through, the secret block I’m nearly fagged too! I can’t pull Serros during the afternoon liound for
of masonry was closed, and off much further. Hello! What’s this?"
tlie eastern passes.
through the shallow waters of the sew­
Baron Dangloss rode to the southern
The side of tlie boat caromed off a
er gilded the party riverward in the solid object in the water, almost spill­ gate with the white faced, suffering
noiseless boat that hail come up to ing them into the w’iml blown river.
Tullis. "We will undoubtedly receive
ferry them.
"The docks!" she whispered. “We a communication from the rascals this
There were three men in the boat struck a small scow, I think. Can you afternoon or tomorrow,” he said
not counting Truxton King.
find your way in among the coal gloomily. “They will not be slow to
barges?"
make a formal demand for ransom,
CHAPTER XIV.
He paddled along slowly, feeling his knowing that you and your sister are
ON THE RIVER.
way, scraping alongside the big barges possessed of unlimited wealth. Ilelio!
O word was spoken during this which delivered coal from the distant Who's this?”
A man who had ridden up to the
cautious, extraordinary voy­ mines. At last be found an opening
age underground. The pseudo and pushed through. A moment later gates, his horse covered with foam.
Julius supported his charge in they were riding under the stem of a was demanding admission. The ward­
the stern of the boat. Peter Brutus broad cargoless barge, plumb up ers halted him unceremoniously ns
sat in the bow, a revolver hi his hand, against tlie water lapped piles of the Dangloss rode forward. They found
that he was one of the foremen in the
his gaze bent upon the opaqueness dock.
Standing in the bow of the boat, he employ of the railway construction
ahead.
At last the boat crept out into the managed to pull himself up over the company. He brought the disquieting
rainy, starless night, lie drew the slippery edge. It was the work of a news that another strike had been de­
skirts of his own mackintosh over her second to draw her up after him. He clared, that the men were ugly and
shoulders and head. The night was so gave the boat a mighty shove, sending determined to tear up the track al­
ready laid unless their demands were
inky black that one could not see his it out into the stream once more.
In a few minutes loud curses came considered anti, furthermore, that there
hand before his face.
At least two of the occupants opened from the river, proclaiming the fact had been severe lighting between the
up their throats and lungs and gulped that the pursuers had found the empty two fnctions engaged on the work.
boat. Afterward they were to learn He urgently implored Dangloss to
In the wet, fresh air.
It was now that he began to wouder. that Newport’s shouts had brought a send troops out to hold the rioters in
to calculate against the plans of their boat load of men from the opposite check.
"What is your name?" demanded the
silent escort
Whither wore they bank, headed by the innkeeper, in
bound? The occasional creak of an whose place Loraine was to have en­ harassed minister of police.
“Polson,” replied the foreman, lie
oar, a whispered oath of dismay, the countered Marlanx later on. If plans
lied, for he was no other thnn John
heavy breathing of toilers, the soft had not miscarried.
blowing of the mist—that was all; no
By this time King had located the Cromer, the unsavory husband of Anna
other sound on the broad, still river.
open apace which undoubtedly afford­ Cromer of the committee of ten.
"Come with me,” said Dangloss.
Truxton began to chafe under the ed room for the transfer of cargoes
strain. Ills uneasiness was increased from the dock to the company's yards “We will go to General Braze. Good-
by the certain conviction that before inside the walls. Without hesitation by and good luck, Tullis.”
At that very moment Loraine Tullis
long they would lie la'yond the city, he drew her after him up this wide,
was comparing notes with Truxton
the walls of which were gradually sinister roadway.
sli|rging past.
Tlie pursuers were trying for a land­ King in the room beneath the armor­
He considered their chances If he ing. noisily, even boisterously. It er’s shop. Count Marlanx was hiding
were to overturn the frail boat and struck Truxton ns queer that these In the trader’s inn outside the northern
strike out for shore In the darkness, men were not afraid of alarming the gates. The abductors themselves were
This project he gave up Tit once, ne watchmen on tlie docks or tlie man at scattered about the city, laughing tri­
did nut know the waters or the banks tlie gate strove. Suddenly it came to umphantly over the success of rhe rus^
la-tween which they glided, They liim that there would lie no one there that had drawn the well feared Amer­
were past the walls now and rowing to op|M»se tlie landing of the miscre­ ican away on a wild goose chase to the
less stealthily. Before long they would ants. No doubt hundreds of men al­ distant passes of Dawsbergen. More
be iu a position to speak aloud. It ready had stolen through these gates than that, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon
would be awkward for him.
during tlie night, secreting themselves a second detachment of soldiers left
Suddenly the boat turned to the in tbe fastnesses of the city, ready for the city for the scene of the riots in
the construction camps, twenty miles
right and shot toward the unseen bank. the morrow’s fray.
They were perbaps*liiilf a mile nbove
They rushed up the narrow railway «way.
Surely the well laid plans of the
the city wall. Truxton's mind was chutes and through one of the numer­
working like a triphammer. lie was ous gateways that opened out upon the Iron Count were being skillfully car­
recalling : a certain nomad settlement barge docks. No one o^iosed them. ried out!
north of the city, the quarters of flsh- No one was standing guard. From be­
All afternoon and evening men strag­
ermcn, | poiichers and horse traders. hind came tlie sound of rushing foot­ gled In from the hills and surrounding
These people, he was not slow to sur steps. Lightning flashed In tlie sky, country, apparently loath to miss the
mist*, were undoubtedly hand in glove and tlie rumble of thunder broke over early excitement attending the cere­
with Marlanx, If not so surely connect­ the desolate night.
monies on the following day. Sullen
ed with the misguided committee of
“They'll see us by tlie lightning.” strikers from the camps came down,
ten.
gasperl Truxton, almost ready to drop cursing the company, but drinking
lie had little time to speculate on from faintness and exhaustion.
noisy toasts to the railroad and its fu­
the attitude of the denizens of this un­
Following a vivid flash of lightning, ture. The city by night swarmed with
wholesome place. The prow of the two shots were tired by the men who reveling thousands. The bnnds were
boat grated on the pebbly bank, and were now plunging up through the playing, the crowds were singing nnd
Peter Brutus leafted over the edge into gates, a hundred yards or more away. mobs were drinking and carousing in
the shallow water.
Tbe same Hash of lightning showed the lower end.
“Come, on Julius—hand her over to to King the narrow, muddy street
At 3 o’clock in the morning word
me!" he cried.
that stretched ahead of them. Instead flew from brothel to brothel, from
As he leaned over the side to seize of doing the obvious thing he turned lodging house to lodging house, in all
the girl in his arms Truxton King sharply to the left, between the lines pnrts of the siumlrering city. A thou­
brought the butt of the heavy revolver of freight cars. Their progress was sand men crept out into the streets
down upon his skull. Brutus dropped slow.
lifter the storm, all animated by one
across the gunwale with a groan, dead
At last they came to the end of their Impulse, nil obeying a single fierce in­
to all that was to happen in tlie next rope. They were literally up against junction.
half hour or more.
the great city wall.
They were to find and kill a tall
Leaning forward, he had the two
A car door stood open in front of American! They were to keep him or
oarsmen them. lie waited for a second flash his companion from getting in touch
amazed
covered with the of lightning to reveal to him the na­ with the police authorities or with tlie
weapon.
ture of its interior. It was quite emp­ royal castle, no matter what the costl
“Hands
up! ty. Without hesitation he clambered
At 5 o’clock a stealthy whisper went
Quick!” he cried. In and pulled her up after him. They the rounds, reaching the ear of every
Two pairs of hands fell over on the floor, completely fag­ vagabond and cutthroat engaged in the
went up. together ged.
untiring vigil. Like smoke they fnded
withstrange oaths.
A few minutes later the storm broke, nway. The (¿lent watch was over.
Truxton’s eyes had lie managed to close the door against
The word had spoil to every corner
grown used to the the driving torrents.
of the town that it was no longer nec­
darkness; he could
“We've fooled them," he mnnnged to essary to maintain the watch for
see the men quite whis[>er close to her cnr. “They won’t Truxton King. He was no longer in
plainly.
“W hat look here. You’re safe. Loraine. Gad. a |H>sitlon to give them trouble or un­
are you doing?” I’d like to see any one get you nway easiness.
he demanded of from me now!"
The 30th dawned bright and cooi
Loraine, who, be-
She pressed his arm. Then she was after the «tvage storm from the north.
hind him, waa fast asleep.
“I don’t like the looks of things,”
fumbling In the
lie sat with hls back against the side I said Baron Dangloss time and agnin.
garments of the of the cnr. a pistol in one hand, the i His men were never ao alert as today
“ hands vr! qncK!” unconscious Bru other lying tenderly upon the drench­ and never so deceived.
HE CRIED.
tus.
ed hair of the girl whose head rested
"There can't be trouble of any sort,”
“Getting his revolver, 99 ” she replied, upon his leg. 8he had slip|>ed down mused Colonel Qtilnnox. "These fel­
with a quaver In her voice.
from his shoulder He did not have ( lows are ugly, 'tls true, but they are
“Good!" be said exultantly. “Let's the desire or the energy to prevent it not pp-pajMl (¡¡y a demonstration,"
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Our National Game.
“Tbe raw American citizen," says
Ellin Parker Butler in Success Maga­ Notice of Concrete
zine, “who takes hls seat at a ball
Walk Construction.
game for the first time feels as he
would should he drop into the Metro­
politan Opera House and find himself
hearing Wagnerian opera from a seat
Notice is hereby given that the Common
In the midst of seasoned German opera Council oi the City of Bandon, will u[>on Friday
goers. He hears a language that is
new to him. The man at his right can the 15th day of July. 1910 at the hour of 7:10
tell more about the first baseman’s p. m. of Mid day, receive senh-d bids for the
peculiarities than he could tell about construction oi one block of concrete sidewalk
the manners of hls own wife. The extending Irom the North blast corner of 1st and
man at hls left hna trouble remember­ Pacific Streets to lhe North Wet corner oi 1st
ing the size collar he wearR, but he and Wharf streets in the Gly of Bandon, to-wit:
can name every man in every club of Extending from McNair Hardware store corn .
both major leagues, tell tbe age of to Club saloon comer.
each, give the complete table of bat­
Specifications thereof may be received from
ting records offhand and recite, item j the undersigned after Friday, July 8th, 191(1,
by Item, every feature of every game
played on the borne grounds during the I l he Council reserves the right to reject any an !
laat five years. That is why baseball all bids.
Given under my hand this 6th day of July A.
is our national game. We love tbe
game not because we are Chicagoans D. 1910.
E. B KAUSRUD
and the Chicago nine wins nor be­
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Pittsburg nine is wfnulng, but becnUHo
we are educated In baseball and like
to see a good game played by tbe beat
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