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)
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