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.
A jmerai banking binine»« Irm.mrted and customers given every accommodation con
sistent with safe and conservati» • banking
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Calif;
Merchants National Bank, Portland, Oregon; The Chase National Bank, <4 New York.
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