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The sound of «shooting in the dis It wouldn't be fair," Bobby Mid. checking himself resolutely. tance struck their ears Instantly the OREGON! IN A NT) FOB “She’s awful proud of you. I'm sure entire force was alert. A dozen •hot' were tired in rapid su- ce-tsioii, then she likes you. Mr. King." I DOS Cot N T ». Copy rig d, , L) George Hair single reports far apart. The atr-idy “I’m very, very glad to hear that.” in the Matt, r of tlie Estate of < Truxtou bent his knee. .“Your high best of horses' feet were now plain '»kCifidicon MADISON I. SWll- T. Deceased. ness. as it seems I am not to see her to the attentive company. Thar»» war and as you seem to be the very best a quick, incisive call to arms a squad by lBiJd, Ve ö i friend I have, I should very much like stood ready for action. Nul'ce K hereby citen that the U< ¡V rishi, Í . A small group of borsemeu canje to ask a great favor of you. Will you ni'.dr rsigiittl has Irem 3p<<oinied«i<l & Compúiiy take this old ring of mine and wish thundering down inillislr^tdr <1 I he estate «4 the almte it on her finger Just :^s soon as 1 have the defile. Three . -nJ minutes after the left your presence?"' ii.inictl Madison I Su ill, decraw <1 SYNOPSIS firing was first “ How did you know she <*om- WM by Hem. Jno F. ll.»!l. J«i«l •: <>l the CHAPTER I-—Truxl a Kin-? an.vr* in Ed ing in again?" in wide eyed wonder. beard sentries Uoiinty Court of Coos C walv. Ore rlwiu-, eapusl of GrauaUrk. asd 11 rrts th. "Excuse me 1 shouldn't ask ques threw their rides T 11 »1 die said i aim <1 Midi < ii I i.-.u ilul met-- oí SpaaU, * gunu kx-r. 11- - tions. What shall I wish?" It was to their shoulders and blocked the Saih. died iuicst.iie, on. or .limnt t.iU,! doe* a avo !<>r i once |G: m, ll»e , cuu,' the old ring that had come from approach of the £l>antz ’ s shop. The prince promptly I ihr country. who« gu rdiin i» Juba riders. the loth day oi June. z\.l> , 1904 n rule hid it beneath the pillow. III-— Bai -a Dangt »* Tuitu. an An ere an. A wild, glad "I ’ ll leave that to you. my best of < ■<»0. Conntv, Oregon ■mirter ui police, interview King and warn shout went up friends.” That all |>ersons, or parties, hav linn a^a mt Olja, the junmaker’« niece. IV— “I bet it’ll be a good wish, all right. from the foremost horseman. He had itig claims against.the-aid estate ar» Kmg invades the royal park, meet, the print I know what to wish.” “Then, goodby and God bless you,” pulled Ilia beast herehv required to present the same, and u pre ented to the lad', fatcinaling Aunt said Truxton. *T must be off. Y’our to its 'haunches v» itli the proper vcu< hers thereto IxMaine. V—The committee of ten. compì-i Uncle Jack is waiting for me up there almost at the tor, against the prince, mctU in an underground muzzles of the alia» hed. to the undersigned as such in the hills." chamber, whgre the g.rl Olga is duclowd as cue guns. Truxton found Mr. Hobbs in a state administrator, at liis pla.-eof business who is to k.H Prince Koi-in with a bomb, VI— "T u 11 i s!" h e bordering on collapse with Colonel shouted, waving in the Town of Band« n, Coos t o., John Tullis calls on the beautiful Countess la- Quinnox and Haddan. “I say, Mr. King, there's no more ids hat. Oregon, within six (6) months from gomede. who warns him that her hated and no John Tullis ran torious old husband. Count Marian», is con chance of getting out of the”— tlie «late <4 this nopce. toward the excit Hobbs, we're going to swim “ Listen, spiring a a.nst the prince. Vli, V III, IX andX ed group in the Dated at Bandon, Coos County, ---King visila the house of the witch of Ganlook out." said Truxton. He saw “Swim! Ob. I say! By hokey, he's road. Oregon, 1 his 5th day of July. A D , gap ar.d meets the royal housi-hoid there. He three men. one of “THANK GOD. WE’VE gone clean daffy!" Hobbs was eying found you !” »ees an eye gleaming through a crack in a d< or 1910. whom was shout him with alarm. and while searching for the penon he i, over NELS RASMUSSEN, “Not yet, Hoblvs. Later on. perhaps. ing his name with all the power in his lungs. Administrator Estate of Madison 1. powered anfl dragged into a loft. He is ecn 1 had occasion to make a short tour “Thank God. we've found yon!" fronted by Count Marian» aud then tak n to the of investigation this afternoon. Doubt S.vifl, deceased. less, gentlemen, you know where the cried the horseman. underground den of the committee c f ten. •King!" exclaimed Tullis, suddenly (’HAS B. SELBY, Attorney for XI -Olga defends King liefore the committee of water gate Is. back of the castie. A moment later Hobbs, you and I will sneak under recognizing him. Administrator. . narchisU. that slippery old gate like a couple they were clasping hands. "What has happened. King? Where XII- --Loraine ir brought to the den and of eels. I forgot to ask if you can have you lieen? We looked for you swim." thrown into the same room with King. ------- 000--------- after your disap"— “To be sure I XIII- -King fell, a jailer. dons his clothing and ... "Thit's ancient history.” interrupted disguised, carries Lorvine into a boat at night in My word!" the other. "How soon can you get. Quinnox. “ It can “ I see! ” cried be which several of the anarchists are about to done! No one will be watching at these troops on tlie march? There's FURNISHED ROOMS depart. twit a moment to be lost." that point." XIV- King manages to get Loraine, whom he "Good glory, man, te'l me what it is! The sky was overcast, the night us AT black as ebony, Tite four men left the What lias happened? The prince— loves, ashore, and they hide in a freight car. officers' quarters at 1 o’clock, making what of Idin?" cried Tullis, grasping XV- -Olga waits on a street corner with A their way to the historic old gate in King’s arm in the clutch of a vise. bomb to kill Ptinyr Robin as he passes in a "He sends Ids love nnd rescinds the the glen below the castle. parade., King and Loraine are carried off into “God be with you." said Quinnox order of exile, said King, smiling. the country in the car. They start back in fervently. The four men shook hands, then seriously: Marians has taken MRS SABAH ('OSTELLO an ox Cart an I warn the prince when almost 'n and King slipped into the water with tlie city, It w;ts nil a game, tills get- Nicu ch'Mii r »onw 25 »«ml 50 c a ting rid of you. The prince and the front of the girl Olga. out a moment’s hesitation. nielli « fl. 25 a u«ek; $5 mm »nth “Right after me. Hobbs," be said. others are besieged in the castle, XVi--The bomb is thrown, but the prince C-- Thank God. we got to you in time! capes to the castle. Marlanx is in control of th • and then his head went under. Back here a couple of miles we came BANDON OREGON city. A minute later he and Hobbs were • on the outside of the gate, gasping upon a small gang of robbers. We had XVII and XVIII--K ng goes from the Cas for breath. Standing in water to' their a bit of shooting, nnd. I regret to say, tle to notify l ulls of the prints's danger. 1 uilis necks. Quinnox and Iladdan pasted the no one was bagged." “Loraine—where is she. King?” being absent in thi hills with .a fo.ee of oldier*. equipment through the barred open- I “Don't tremble like that, old man. Ings. There were whispered good He finds Tullis. SHOES Klug.” said Robby eagerly. "And bys and then two Invisible heads She's safe enough in the castle. Oh. BOOTS - AND bobbed off in the uight. wading in tile It was a line game Marlanx had in tell him 1 didn’t mean it when 1 ban You cau l e»|>ert to get $2 worth swift flowing canal up to their chins his mind!" ished Idin the other day. I really am? for $1, but you can get your While tlie troopers were making Swimming would have been danger truly didn't.’’ He was having diffi- money', worth at ready for tlie march Truxton King ous on account of the noise. cutty in keeping back the tears. Holding their belongings high above nnd Hobbs related their story ««J shall deliver the message, your their heads, with their hearts in their eager, horrified groups of officers. A highness,1 said Truxton. Ins heart Finally tlie battalion, augmented mouths. King and the Englishman felt going out to the unhappy young- Dealer in Roots and Shoes. their way carefully along the l»<sl of the misguided company from the ster. sorted railroad camps, moved swiftly the stream. Repairing neatly and promp “Americans always do what they A hundred yards from the gate they into tlie defile, led by young Rabot. will,” said the boy. his eyes snapping crawled ashore mid made their way Truxton King rode tieside the I »rot her tly done at lowest liv up over the steep bank into the thick, »if tlie girl he loved, tittering words of ing prices cheer and enoouragoment. wild underbrush. "Tlie Countess Ingomede—has any They stealthily stripped themselves of the wet garments and after no end thing been heard from her?” asked of trouble succeeded in getting into Tullis He had lieen thinking of her the dry substitutes. Then they lower for days and nights. "Well, nothing definite,” said King ed the wet hundles into the water and quietly stole off through tile brush to evasively. the king's highway, a mile or two CHAPTER XIX. bandon — O regon above town. THE ItETURN. brtiggi.fit and poUvena ry “We take this patii here for the "WT^ROM tlie highlands below the upper road." finally said Hobbs. “It's Is;oni in receipt of a new stock of Monastery Captain Haas and a good two hours’ walk up tile moun- his men were able to study the tain to Rabot's, where we get t he Drugs and Chemical*. Fateh am situation in tlie city. The im horses." Proprietary Preparations. Toilet practicability of an ussuult on any one At 4 o’clock, as the sun reaclied of tlie stubborn, well guarded gates ticlea, Drngg . Sundries. Perfumes up with his long rod Angers from be- was at once recognized. A force of Brushes, Sponges, Soap. Nuts hind the Monastery mortmain. Trux- 700 men, no matter how well trained Candies, < '¡gars, Tobaccos and ton King and Hobbs rode away from or how determined, could not be ex arettes. Paints, Oils, Glass Rabot's «ottage high In the hills. re pected to surmount walls that had Painter’s Soppliec freshed and sound of heart, Rai mt's often withstood tlie attack of as many son rode with them, a sturdy, loya thousands. Tlie wisdom of delaying lad. who had leaped Joyously at the until a few thousand loyal though If you wish a bollir cold- — chance to serve Ids prince. Call at the Eagle, [HHirly armed countrymen could lie Now let us turn to John Tullis and brought into play against tile city ap If you love the good» that’s old-- his quest In tlie hills. It goes without pealed at once to Prince Dnntan nnd Call at the Eagle. saying that he found no trace of his John Tullis. sister or her aliductors On the fifth ' I ami no use to ut and blink Squads of men were sent without dA- day a large force of Dawsliergcn lay into the hills and valleys to call If you really need a drink. soldiers, led by Prince 1 »antan himself, tlie panic stricken, wavering farme.rs Just make a sign nr ring a liell, found the fagged, dissplrited A filerienu into the fold. John Tullis headed the Anri you l»et they'll treat you right and his half starved men encamped in company Hint struck off into the well VV‘«-w Down al the Eagle a rocky defile in the heart of the wil- populated Ganlook district. ^o«l ) derness. Marlanx. as if realizing the nature “THEN OOODBY, AND GOD Bt.ESS YOU. That same night a Graustark tnoun- of the movement in the hills, began I SAID TltUX HIN. taineer passed I tite sentinels and a furious assault on the gates leading I •‘Here’» something for you to tnk« brought nexts < <»f the disturbance in to the castle. The watchers in the hills BANDON. OREUON with you. Mr. King. It’s my lucky Edelweiss. could see as well as hear the conflict stone. It always gives good luck." In a flash It occurred to John Tullis that raged almost at their feet, so to He unclasped his small fingers. In that Marlanx was at the (»ottoni of MV CLOTHES ARE AT Till the damp palm lay one of those pe this deviltry, The alxiuction of Lo- speak The next morning Captain Haas nn- culiarly milky, liaIf transparent peb- rnine was a part of tjis plan! Prince nouuced to hls followers that Marians ples common the world over nnd of Iiantan advised a speedy return to had begun to shell the castle. Big value only to small, impressionable the city. His men were at the com guns in the fortress were hurling great boys. Truxton accepted it witli pro mand of the American. Moreover, the shells over the city, dropping them in found gravity. . prince himself decided to accompany tile park. On tile other hand. Colonel “And when you come back, Mr the troops. Quinuox during the night had swung King, I’m going to knight you. I'd do 1 Before sunrise the command, now three Gatling guns to the top of the it now, only Aunt L>ralne says you'd I five or six hundred strong, was pick wall; they were stationci at intervals lie worrying about your title all tlie Ing its way down the dangerous moun along the wall, commanding every time and might tie 'atracted from your tain roads toward the main highway. point from which au assault might be mission. I'm going to make a liaron Fifteen miles tielow Edelweiss they Where Yours Hough! to be of you. That’s higher titan a count catne upon the company of soldiers expected. That night recruits from the farms in Graustark. Vos Engo is only a sent out to preserve order in the rail and villages began to straggiu into the A. F. DERINGER Prop. count.” road camps, which was, of course, a camp. They were armed with rifles, Truxton started. further re-enforcemcnt. ordinary shotguns nnd unique blun "I shall lie overwhelmed.” he said. derbusses. swords, staves and aged Then ills hand went to his mouth in lances. All were willing to die in the the vain effort to cover the smile that 60 VFAÎT3 service of the little prince. By the played there. EXPERIE SC s close of the second day nearly 3.000 “My mother used to say that Amer men were encamjied above the city, ican girls liked titles," said tlie prince, HAS A SEI.I < T STO K OE Iaite that night John Tullis rode into witli ingenuous candor. cainp at the head of a great company “Prince Robin, may I”—he glanced from the Ganlook province, lie had uneasily at the distant nurse—"may I retaken the town of Ganlook. seized ask how your Aunt Loraine Is feel- T rade Mr.in» the fortress and recruited the entire Ing?" Ocstans fighting strengtli of the neighliorliood. “She acted very funny when I sent COPYRIGMT!» Ate. Miriam l< err na» Uri» n ; li t More than that, he hnd unlimbered Awn* •en4!nf a nhetrh an<1 r’i n til » v for you. I’m worried about her." 1'ilcRlr ascerijun nnr optnh n fren < < h »»,.<• and conveyed to the provisional camp ncmitkwi 1« prnbaMr patentaMn. < • h .rinfr«. "What did she do. your highness?" . ioni< strictly ennfldentlal. HAX9R.’ ’ 01; I Lil <-) itg two of the big guns that sUmd iilsive •<»nt free. Oldoat iuren< y for »«»curing »» huh ?<. "Site rttshed off to her room. I COURTKOUi TRPATMiNT I’.’VaRta taken U»n»uvh Munn A Co. rve t?e the gates nt the fortress. think. Mr. King, she was getting ready ;.><< iai notice, wit hoot charge, iu the Marlanx trained two of his big guns to cry or something, You sec. she’s on the camp in the hills. From the in trouble." fortress he threw many futile shells t >>i<n<ta<wnetr llln<tratM wv>»*ty. I xrxiwt rtr. “She’s worried about her brother, of ■ ivilon of an, i.-i.ritiOrt 1-xirnaU Teri - I toward their place of shelter. They r«nr; four month*. |L 8<M4bJ*li 3.w.<l»«ier- course, and you." Ji ANDON OREGON I “I Juat wish 1 could tell you— No, did no damage; Instead of death, they brought j»niy laughter to tlie scornful (To be continued) IN I HE < Ol’NTY C4JUB T i (» e “TRUXTON KING ) won't. 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