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way. It formed a dozes elbow* ltd followed. r?-ary «ter. the vinifier ragursl half eii'-te. as it slunk off from Veered into » cn APTER IV. the A ditegli <*e he »topped, the Adlergax.ee It wa* halt after *J bis hands cilncbsd. hl* teeth hart AT THE m_ACK EAOT.lt. wtneti Gretchen and the vintner picked upon stilt ether it* eri« len ned ANS GRUMBACH was stand- their way over cobbles pitted here and against the wit!) of a tiousc. his fut'» mg on the curb in trout of the there witk mudholes. They were arm for the moment hidden In his arm Grand hotel. Ma back to the in arm. "Wretch that I am! Damnable stilt it waa y o'clock. Hans "Only a little farther." said Gretchen, wre ch! Kromerweg? Krumerweg! was short, tint strongly built -u mt id. for the vintner had never before pass Cm* iked v ay. Indeed’” He flung down bln»» eyed Germau. muootii fa«-ed. rud ed over this way. his a rm passionately. •There will be dy ebrs'kis! white haired, with a "Lamg as it is and crooked, heaven up yonder." looking at the browu Jiuitou of u uose. know* it is short enough!" He eu- Pri'sentlt two (wtlice officers came < ircled her with his arms and kissed along rt'id v.ent into tile hotel. Gruiu- her. "I love you! I love you!” be said. bacli taru.-d with -t sigil uud followed Her bosom swelled, her heart throb- Copyright I 09 by th« Bobb»- lied, and she breath'd in isstasy the them lioubtlt'ss they had co;ne to Merriit Co npan/ swis't «■bill air that rushed through the ICok over his pussporut And this hap pened Io i.e l.M* east*. broken street. "After the vintage." she said, giving file senior officer unfold«*«! the pre Si NG.'.-d.b his arm a pressure l'or this hand cious document. "It is not yet vised by your consul." Girt« Hen. a g-xac gir!. me*1< a mv *-r:.m« some fellow was to be her husband when the vines were prun'd nnd fresh •aid the officer. m.untonrrr i ihi < arnia linci, Ao.ciK.an consul ened against the coming winter. “1 arrived 'ate last night I shall see in Dieilierg, Kingdom <4 thrml.-ia. Caimidi- "Aye. after Jhe vintage." lie (« lusd him this moniiug.” replied Grumbach. a<l loves Prior»» I li.drgra* le. But there was tragedy in his heart as "You were not born tn America?" Grrt* lira'» l-wer u Leo, » vinta. The priore deep anil profound ns his love "Oh. no; 1 came from Bavaria when "My grandmother I <-all her that, for rrgeot <4 Jugendhm »radi I liMegar !■' *n ollrr °f twenty." manuye from Kny Frederick 1 hr prior-M I haven't any grandmother is old and “Did you go to America with your seldom leaves the house. I promised parents?" wa> alicliK-trd in infancy and ialer retlored to h<r rliat after work tonight I'd bring my “No; I was alone." fallici, lhe grand duke. man homo and let her see how hand “What is your business In America?” some be is. She is always saying that “I am a plumber, now retired.” we n»*ed a man about, and yet I can “You are forty?" said the otticer. re- do a man's work ns well us the next ferring to the passports. on«>. 1 lore you. too. Leo!” She punt'd Yes.” his hand to tier lifts and quickly kissed Til». VOfSG VINTNER. As soon as these are approved by ARMICI1AEI. thirstily drnnk it. frightened but unashamed. Ids excellency the American consul “ Gretchen. Gretchen!" his first tankard, thinking: “8o kindly have a jiorter bring them over She stopped “What Is it?" keenly. tlds vintner is in love with to the bureau of police. It will tie only "There was pain in your voice. ” our goose girl? Confound my a matter of form I shall return them “The thougtit of how I love you hurts memory! I would ghe 2t* crowns to nt once.” inc There Is nothing else, nothing, know where I have s<*en him. A tine Grumbach produced a Ixiuis Napo neither riches nor crowns, nothing but l>eer," he said aloud, holding up the NOT WISE ANY Qt AKKEt,. MY CAP leon. which was then, as now. accept von. Gretchen. ” TAIN. ” second tankard. able that side of the Rhine. They pro* '- sk I im I until tliey enme to The vintner raised his. There was stars, "He will see into my heart and “Drink a bottle, you ami your com nn unconscious grace In the movement the end of their Journey at No. -It? in know that it is not bad. only young. rade." lie said. the Krumerweg. It was a bouse of A «'overt glance nt Ills timid satisfied Oh, Gretchen!’ This the otticer promised to do forth t'armh tiael In regard to one thing. He hanging gables, almost ns old as the "Gretchen ?" file carter stepped Into i with .■ind. followed by Ids assistant, might lie ii vintner, but the hand was town itself. n shadow and waited walked otT briskly. Fran Schwerk. Gretchen's grand as soft iinil well kept as a woman's. * • • « owned the house. It was mother, Grumbacli took off his derby nnd Gould a man with hands Ilk«* tli«*se Cnrmii hnel did not enjoy the opera wipisl the perspiration from his fore mean well toward Gretchen? Gretchen all that barricaded her from poverty’s tlio first head. __ what ____ with ___ sundry ___ , ____ taxes that night. He find was I'oth innocent and unworldly. To wol res. mid. acts, and the Inst was grewsome. and and repairs and tenants who paid in Coming up the thoroughfare with a tlie right man she might is- easy prey; the royal box was vacant Outside he dasli of spirit and color was a small never to n mnn like Colonel von Wal frequently. It was little enough. Gretchen opened the door, which was sat down on one of the benches near troop of horses. Grumbach watched lenstein. whose power mid high office the fountains In the I’latz. them till tliey disappeared into the pal were alike sinister to any girl of the inl's-kod. There was no light in the He left the beneb and strolled ace courtyard pressed her lover In her hull. She He called peasantry But a mnn in tlie guise around the fountain, his cane liehind * alter of her own claas. of her own world arms, kissed him lightly and pushed Gretchen his back, his chin In his collar. “Who are they?” mid p'siple. here whs a snare Gretchen him into rhe living room "Just a moment, my studious frieud.” ran forward, lighted two candles, then "The grand duke nnd some of might not Is« able to foresee. I staff, herr " he was saluted. A tankard rapping a table nearby kissed the old woman <ented In the one “Wallensteiu! I didn’t, see you.” •omfortable chair "The grand duke? Who was cnll'xi Gretchen to her duties!. Carmichael halted. “Here 1 am. grandmother!" gentleman in civilian clothes?" "Gretchen is bemitlful enough to I m ' "I’m absentminded.” Carmichael ad "And who is with you?” n queen, mid yet she Is merely a Hebe "That was his excellency Herr Car mitted. "My man!" cried Gretchen gayly. In a tavern.” remnrkt'd Carmichael. michael. tlic Amerfeun consul." “ Not always, my friend Now. I do "Bring him near me." "Very good. And the young lady?" “Hebe?” suspiciously. Gretchen gathered up two stools and not believe that it was absentminded "Her serene highness the Princess "Hebe was a cup bearer to the myth placed them on either side of her ness which made you step in betwei'n Hildegard«»." ological godx In olden tinn's." Car- tile and ttint pretty goose girl the other trandmothei and motioned to the viut- "Bring me ii glass of iieer,” said nd< hnel explained lit* had set a trap, night." ■ier to sit down. «■rumiinch. sinking down nt a table. but the vintner laid not fallen Into it. “Ah!” Carmichael was all alertness "Where ¡.to you from? You are not When the waiter “A fairy story " The vintner nodded. “It was not. 1 believe?” ¡I Dreibergei.” the old woman asked. returned he said. He understood now. “ It was coldly premeditated." said "From the north, grandmother.” • • W ti e r e does Carmichael would lay another trap. Carmichael, folding his arms over his “Your name." Herr Carmichael "What happened to her?" "Leopold Dietrich, a vintner by cane, which he still held behind his live?” “Oil." said Carmichael, “she spill«*! back. "But that happens to be an in trade." "The consulate I wine on a god one «lay, and they ban- nocent girl, colonel. You're no ncrod. "Give me your hand.” is in the Adler (abed her " ! The vintner looked surprised for a You really annoyed tier." gasse. He him "It must have lieen a rare vintage.” “Pretense. They always begin that moment. Gretchen approved. So he self lives here at “I suppos«' you ar«' familiar with all gave tin« old wo- way. I do uot wish any quarrel, my the Grand hotel." the valleys Mosell?" But that girl's faci^ias fas nin ii his left band. captain So Herr Car "Yes That Is a tine country.” The grandmother cinated me. I propose to see her as michael lived Th«' ol«l man in tatters sat erect In smoothed It out often as I like.” I here. That would Ids chair “I have no objection to offer. But I upon tier own and be convenient. "You have served?" bent tier shrewd told Gretchen that If any on«', no mat Grumbach decid “A little. If I could be nn officer I eyes. A frown be ter who, ever offers her disrespect to ed to wait for should like the nrmy." The vintner gan to gather on i report the matter to me at the con him. The Amer reach'sl for his pipe, which lay on th«» tli«' vintner’s sulate.” ican consul later table "Well, in case she is what you con “nEll SERENE II1GII- came along with brow and a sweat Try this,” urged Carmichael. offer- sider insulti'd what will you do?" n in his palm NESS THE PRINCESS energetic stride. itlg Ills pouch. IIILDEGARDE.” “1 sec' many challenge in Ills tones. Grumbach rose “This will tie good tobacco. I know.” "Report the matter to the police." strange things and caught Carmichael by the arm. The vintner filled his pipe.' Wallenstein laughed. here." said the "Your pardon, sir. but "you are Mr. Carmichael followed this gift with “And if tlie girl finds no redress Carmichael, the American consul?" palmist in a many questions nlsiut wines and vin there." tranquilly “to the chancellor." brooding tone. “I am." tages, mid hidden In these questions The colonel laughed harshly and “What do you “Will you kindly look over my pa a «lozeii clever traps. But the were see?” asked stT'Mle abruptly away. pers?" Grombach asked. other walk«*«! over them unhesltnnt. Gretchen. Carmichael saw a carriage coming "You are from the United States?" with a certainty of step which cha “1 see very lit along He recognized the white horse Then Carmichael remembered that this grined the trapi>er. tle of vineyards. as it passed tile lamps. He stood still must be the compatriot who arrived By nnd by the vintner rose nnd hade I s«H' riches I see vast armies moving for a space, undecided. Then lie s|>ed the night before. “I shall be very glad Ills table companion n go*si night. He against each other; powder nnd fire; rapidly toward the side gates of the to see you in the Adlergasse at hnlf had not ofiered to buy anything This devastation, I do not see you. young royal gardens The vehicle stopped after 10. Any one will show you the frugality «as purely of the thrifty man. among those who tramp with there, But this time no woman came way. I cannot transact my business peasant But the vintner expressed guns on their shoulders. You ride. out. Carmichael would have recog- in these dusty clothes. Good morn I many thanks On his way to the door There is gold on your arms, You will nized that lank form anywhere. It ing." i lie stopped and whisperisl Into Gretch become great, But 1 do not under was the chancellor. Well, what of It? I Grumbach liked the consul’s smile. I stand. ” en’s ear. Couldn't the chancellor go out in a More than that, lie recognized instant “War!” he murmured. The press In the room was thinning. common hack if ho wanted to? But ly that this handsome young man was Gret< ten’s heart.Sank. A carter sauntered past nnd «nt down who was the lad; in the veil? As a gentleman. “Shall 1 live?” asked the vintner. iincoiieermslly nt the table occupied by soon as the chancellor disappeared He had more than an hour to Idle "There is nothing here save death In Carmichael hail'sl the coachman and the old man. whose face Carmichael away, so lie wandered through the had not yet seen. A little Inter a old age. vintner." Her guarled hand engaged him for a drive for 3 crowns park, admiring tlw fri'shness of the butcher approached the same table nnd seized his in a «tee. "Do you mean Carmichael slid over to the forward green, the well kept flower beds, the i seateil himself, it was then a dusty well by my girl?" seat and touched the Jehu on the back. crisp hedges mid the clean graveled “Grandmother!" Gretchen remon baker came along nnd repeated this “Where did you take the chancellor paths. Nothing had changed in Drei i I tonight?" he asked. procedure, nnd Carmichael's curiosity strated. berg save tile Konigstras.se. whose cob Th«' vintner withdrew his hand slow- was enlivened. Undoubtedly they were “Du lllier Gott! Was that bi* ex bles had lieen replaced by smooth i cellency? He said he was the chief blocks of wood. At times he sent swift Socialists, and this was n little con- iy- "Is this the hand of a liar nnd a steward.” clave, nnd the peculiar manner of their but uncertain glances toward the pnl- meeting, the silence nnd mystery, were cheat? Is It the hand of a dishonest "So be Is. my friend. I was only aces. He longed to peer through the man?** purely fictltionnl. Jesting. Whore did yon take him?" great iron fence, but he smothered this •There is no dishonesty there, but Had Ciymlchnel not fallen n-drentn- ”1 took him to Krumerweg. He was desire, lie would find out what he litg over Ids pipe he would have seen there are lines I do not understand. there half an hour—No. 40." wantisl to know when be met Car- the old man pass three slips of pajs'r It is like seeing p«x>ple In n mist. They "Where did you take the veiled mlchael at tit« consulate. Ilere the across the table. He would have seen pass instantly nnd disappear. But I IndyY' bell in the cntb'rtlml struck the tenth the carter, the butcher mid the baker repent, do you mean well by my girl?" The coachman drew in suddenly. hour. Not n semitone had this voice "Before God anti Ills angels I love pocket these slips stolidly, He would of bronze change«! in all these years, “Herr, are you from the police?” her; before all mankind I would glad have seen the mountaineer wave his “Thousand thunders, no! It was by It was gorxl to I m » here in Dreiberg hand sharply nnd the trio rise and dia ly declare It. Gretchen shall never accident that I stood near the gate again. pers«*. Carmichael left the Black com«» to harm at these hands I swear when she got out. Who was she?” He had put out his first protest Engle, nursing the sunken ember in it." "That is better. They both told me against the world in the Adlergasse “I believe you.” Tlie old woman's his pipe. that they were giving charity. She forty years since. II«» cam«» to n stand form relax«*! Its tenseness. Intermediately the mountaineer paid Iwfore the old tavern. Not even the There was a sound outside. A enr- wont Into No. 40. You won't forget his score nnd started for the stairs sign had been palate«! anew. II«' not«>d an extra crown, herr?" ring«» had stopped. Some one opened which led to the Is’drooms above. But "No; I'll make It fire. Turn back the dingy consulate sign, then started the door an«! began to climb the stairs. he stopisvl at the lutr. A very old man up the dark and narrow stairs. The nnd leave me at the Grand hotel." “There is something strang«» going on was having a |iall filled with hot cab On the return to the hotel the station consulate door stood open. A clerk, up there." said Gretchen In a whisper. bage soup It was the ancient clock native to Ehrenatein. was writing at "Three time* a veiled lady has caih-d omnibus bad arrived with a solitary mender across the way. The moun a table At a desk by the window sat nt night on a sick l<x!ger; three timre guest. taineer was start led out of Ills habitual "Your excellency." said the concierge, Cnrmlchnel deep in a volume of Du n man muffled up so on«» could not see reserv«- The clock mender had the as nibbing his hands, "n compatriot of mas. his face." pect of a weary, broken man. He “Mr. Carmichael?" said Grombach tn yours arrived this evening." “Let ns not qu«»stion our 20 crowns shuttled noiselessly out. The moun English. “What name?” indifferently. rent. Gretchen." Interrupted the grand taineer followed him cautiously. Once The clerk indicattrti with his pen to “He Is Hans Grumbach of New mother “So long ns no one Is dis in bis shop the clock mender poured ward the Individual by the window. 1 turbed. so long as the police are not York.’ the stenming soup Into a bowl, broke “An adopted compatriot it would Carmichael read on. Grombach went brought to our door. It Is not our af bread in it anti liegnn his evening fair." seem, He'll probably bo over to the boldly over nnd seated himself in the The other, his face pressisi men I The vintner picked up his hat. nnd consulate tomorrow to linve his pass chair at the side of the desk. against the dim pane. sta rei! ami Gretchen I«*! him to the street. "I am Mr. Grombach. I spoke to you ports looked Into. Good night.” 1 stare«! He tmirif'd away, giving no glance So Ilans Grombach passed out of his this morning about my passports. Will ••Gott in htmtiMd! It Is ber- he nt the closes! carriage, th«» sleepy driv mind: but. for all that, fortune and you kindly look them over?" gasp«*d chokingly. er. the weary horse. Neither «lid he opportunity were about to knock on heed the man dremied an a carter who. Ckrtnicbael'* door, for there waa a (To be Cont>aued| Goose Giri By t’AKGlD MacCKATH c Summons IN TI IE C1RCL IT COURT OF DtF. SI Alt Or OREGON IN AND FOR HIE C OUNTY OF COoS. A. M. Hitchcock. *»J Eiuuia Hadicock. Plaintif». I I v< M.v Pearce, and any and a'l prisons unknown hav ing of cla minj; an «m**resl oi «tale in the projx-rty made lhe su ,ert ci lhe I a’ ove con... J aiti n. Diiendant . I SLM '. ONS i J To May Pearce and to any and all persons having or claiming an interest or estate ui lhe property made the subject of this suit; the alove named Defendants; (Ku Svmmju whrch uiae pte»u:bw J u ui week» vad whoL'b last «lay <4 («*hlicai. u will be u;x>n Tkurtday the J'hh Jay <4 tfep«ea.bet I9!U. arj if you ao fail to appro: and anewer sax! Com plaint by »aid time PiauiUlL will apply lo (Ke above rnbdcd Court lot an oriiet dcct.vuq; a Partition oi teat | roperty; uid ordet beta*; mon »pcvifical'y d«lmed a» lhe Partition.ag and >»:ting tepaiale and apart from the rem.iindrr cl the lar d herein dctcnSrJ the one fourth intetnU of the D (eudaiU, wxk.h :*iJ ivai piop««'» u e. d a« follows: Be^innuq: at a |>«>au 'WO' U<»« oi the Nortl - n»t comer <4 Sict.on 1 wj. 2F, South of R nge 15. Wert oi the WdL. tt- Meridc-.n n C> m Count!. O.v-yoi:. and from said p -ini rur. - mag «hence South 2« ■*', J'.«u«e West I-'t nence North 264', tkeace f art '»O' lithe place ol b; ginning, and coatsimng two acres. Fhu >umni«MU is f ul4idied in tlie Bandon Rvorder, a weekly nr»*»(K.[>e- put lish« J at B. n- Jon. C«x» County, Oregon for a period °t six . onsetutive weeks, beginning with the 18th day Augurt 1910, nnd ending with the _ ‘hh day ol -■xptembCT. |9i0, persuanl to an or«!« of publi- ation it ade by an ordvr of the I Ion. John F. I fail. County Judge of CoosCoun y Oregon and dated the 17th «lay of August. 1*410. IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, you and carb of you are hereby required to appear and • niwer the complaint filed agaiM you in lhe above entitled su.t within IO day» from the date of the service of this .Summons upon you, if served within Coos County or within 20 days if served within any other County in the State of Oregon, but if served by *2-7t publication then on or before lhe la t day of the time specified in the order lor the publication of C. R Wade Attorney (or i’la.ntrff -J give -ivo ule JKtnvL -^WuÜtlvlC tv mh. a nd m\S youï fióme iS Cefaun^ to fa il ufa do So and ^ou fa Cots moïe out ofí ^fa it rì\a matee you faC fafipie’i I fie nice} youï dome tfieda 'faieï you rì-iCC faC. you rìiCC fand Hi at al ouï stoïe. dat'c tust tíre tiiinas you rìant. no fi ou Cíe lo sfiorì voods. eaCC and see us Krut^erweg waa |pdeed g. croolieg When «aw. tbc vtRf»ervJfcrned »nd great place la Mstarr md* Turne WoodrtiK The House Furnishers Sa turdây At Gallier NONE BUT THE 4 M. (ì. POH! Optnmeterkt, Bandon. Orc. , HANK OK HANKOA It A XBOX OÍIEGOX Cnpitnl, »'25.000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. L. Kronenl*-rg. President. J. Denholm. Vice President; F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Ham, T. P. Hanly. 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