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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1904)
tf was with them in an instant his usu- man The man who so accuses agrees ally red face changing from white to t0 forfejt his own life in case the other ♦ * v 3 ^ 7 ’» * 1 ^ «<3ff% « T |r» ***r* y ^ -a / p è^ 'v ’ ? purple his anxious eyes darting first ¡s prove<1 innoCe n t If you are to be toward the group above and then to- charge<1 with tbe mUrder of the prince, ward the bew.idered Americans. some one must go before the princess W hat s the matter.' demanded Lor- aiMj oath—his life against yours. I * *7- am holding you here, sir, because it is * “There! Seer* cried Dan gloss, and the only place in which you are safe. even as be spoke a conflict began at + the bead of the stairs, the police, aug Lorenz’s friends would have torn you +. to pieces had we not found you first. mented by a few soldiers, straggling You are not prisoners, and you may de ♦ ♦* against a bowling, enraged mass of • • vy • • • * part if you think It wise.” Axpbaininns. Dangioss dragged his re * “But bow can they accuse me? I ♦ luctant charges through a small door, knew nothing of the murder until I GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON ♦ -:- and they found themselves in the bag reached this place,” cried Lorry, stop ♦ C" f/u r U jh t, 1301. b y H e r b e r t 8 . S to n e gage room of the hotel. I»espite their ping short In his restless walk before queries he offered no explanation, but tbe little baron. -++'s'e'e4-'e'e*'e+<'<-ï+'e+*'lr + + 1 ' ' s ê + + + * + 4 + + + + + 4 + + * + + + + + + + + ■ rushed theta along, passing out of the “So you say. but”— CHAPTER I . —Grcnfail L orry. * w ealthy A ire n c a c op»«o*lte door, down a short stairway siept out little, called him. They ylobe t/o iter. « o a U t i into a tq a a m ’a s c e *l> a e a m "If you accuse me. I’ll kill you!” ine foreJgo *irl on the train Iro n D rover */ W**hinjrtoo. dressed hurriedly and prepared for the and into a side street. A half dozen whispered Lorry, holding himself tense. The »air » left behind when the Bier r ope for repair» in ride to the valley. Their own new ’*o\'u-v guards were awaiting them, and Anguish caught and held him. W rtt V irginia. II.—l/rrry wire* ahead to hr>ld the train. English bulldog revolvers were to before they could catch the faintest He and the aaknow o girl ride tw enty mile* at a tearing “Be calm, sir.” cautioned Dangioss. pace In a m ountain coach. The r i* no love-m aking, serve as weapons In the coming com !d“a of what it all meant they were “I may have my views, but I am not but a near approach to It as the r> I ling wage tum bles the passengers a te » ’. III.—Lorry dines with the foreign bat, and a carriage was to be in wait running with tbe officers through an willing to take oath before her royal party, conatsting of Mis* Gtiggeneloeker, Uncle Caspar ing for them in a side street at 7 alley as if pursued by demons. and Aunt Yvonne. T hey are natives of G raustark, a highness. Listen: You were heard to "Now. wbat in thunder does this o’clock. country Lorry bad never beard of before. IV .—Lorry say you would kill him. You began shows the foreigners the sights of W ashington. They Before leaving their room they beard mean?” panted Lorry, attempting to the fight. You were the aggressor, and leave for New York to sail on the Kaiae; W ilhelm . Mist Guggenalocker naively calls Lorry her “ ideal evidences of commotion in the hotel slacken the pace. He and Anguish there is no one else on earth, it is said, A m erican’* and invites him to come and see her at Edel and were apprehensive lest the in were just beginning to regain their who could have wished to murder him. weiss. V. W ildly Infatuated. Lorry hurries to New mates had learned of the duel and senses. York. The name G uggenslocker is not on the steam er list. He sees the rteam er off. Miss G. waves him a kiss "Do not stop! Do not stop!" wheezed The man who did the stabbing entered were making n*ady to follow the fight from the deck. V I —Lorry Joins his old friend. Harry the room through the hall door and Anguish, an American artist. In Earls. G ra u ra rk and ers to the appointed spot. There was a Dangioss. “You must get to a place of There are drops of IIS capital, Edelweiss, are located by a guide book. The confusion of voices, the sound of rush safety. We cannot prevent something left by the same. Am ericans get no trace of the G uggenslockert there blood in the carpet, leading direct to ing feet, the bunging of doors, the dreadful happening if you are caught!” your door. On your knob are the VII. Lorry sees hi» charm er driving in a c arn ag e with a beautiful companion of her own sex. He get» a glance “If we are caught!” cried Anguish. noise Increasing as the two men of recognition, but the carriage rolls on, leaving the prints of bloody fingers where you— “Why. what have we done?” stepped Into the open hall. They were m ystery unsolved. L ater he receives s note at his hotel or some one else—placed his hand in tlg n en Sophia G uggenslocker. Inviting him to visit her amazed to see half dressed men and “Unhand me. Baron Dangioss. This n est day. VIII. In the evening Lorry and Anguish opening the door. It was this discov is an ontrage.’” shouted Lorry. women standing or running about tbe ramble about the grounds of the castle where dwells the court of the Princess of G raustark. T hey overhear a balls. Intense excitement in their faces “For heaven's sake, be calm! We are ery. made by me and my men. that fully convinced the enraged friends of pled to abducts the princess and resolve to capture the White uniformed befriending you. When we reach the the dead prince 'that you were guilty. »loner* red bonded. IX .—To Irw ing the conspirators. and In their actions. Lorry finds him self In a room he heard them designate policemen were flocking into the corri tower, where you will lie safe. I shall as that of the princes*. X .—Lorry tells the princes* of When we opened the door, you were Soldiers, coatless and hatless, explain.” gasped the panting chief of gone. Then came the search, the fight ■he plot. Mutual recognition; she Is Him G uggen dors. police. A few moments later they were slocker. D snnox, the guard, is in the abduction plot, fresh from their beds, came dashing He fells Lorry with a terrible blow. Anguish to the at the head of the stairs and the race There were excited Inside the prison gates, angry, impa to the prison. The reason I saved you r-»cue. XL—Lorry quartered In the castir. The prin upon tbe scene. ces* visit* him , but forbids sit talk of love. X II.— cries, angry shouts and, more mystify tient. fatigued. G raustark I* bankrupt and ewes the neighboring p rin ce “Is tills a plan to prevent the duel?” from that mob should be plain to you. dom of Axphaln lJO .000,000. T he creditor demands ing than all, horrified looks and wbls- demanded Lorry, turning upon the I love my princess, and I do not for cath or the cession of the richest districts of G raustark. ner* XI I I . —T he Prince of Axphaln offers lo extend the loan chief, who had dropped limply into a get that you risked your life, each of ----- " ~ - ~ ' If the princess will m arry M< ion L orenr. Prince Ga- ’ r chair and was mopping his brow. When you. to protect her. I have done all brlel of Dawsbergen also bull for the princess’s hand with offer of s loan. Yetlve tells Lorry that she belongs he could find Ids breath enough to an that I can. gentlemen, to protect you to her beople and wilt m arry Lorens. swer. Dangioss did so, and lie might as in return. It means death to you if When Anguish announced tbnt bis well have thrown a lxmibshell at their you fall into the hands of his followers just now. A few hours will cool them principal chose pistols, a strange glentn feet. crept Into the eye* of the Axphninlans. “There'll be no duel. Prince Lorenz off no doubt, hut now—now it would he madness to face them. I know not Hiifl they seemed satisfied. Colonel At- is dead!" what they have done to my men at the tohiiwn acted aa Interpreter during tbla “Dead!” gasped the others. abort but very Important Interview, “Found dead in his bed. stabbed to hotel—perhaps butchered them.” There was anxiety in Dangioss' which was carried on In the Axphaln the heart!" exclaimed the chief. “We language. I/jrry sat on the window «III have saved you from his friends, gen voice, and there was honesty in his steadfastly gazing Into the night. The tlemen. but I must say that you are keen old eyes. Ills charges now saw the situation clearly and apologized visitors departed soon, and It was un still In a tight place.” derstood tbnt Prince I/ircnz would con He then related to them tbe whole warmly for the words they had ut descend to meet Mr. Ixirry at H o'clock story. Just before 0 o’clock Mizrox bad tered under the pressure of somewhat on the next morning In the vnlley be gone to the prince’s room to prepare extenuating circumstances. They ex yond the enstle. two tulle* from town. him for tbe duel. The door was closed, pressed a willingness to remain in the There was uo law prohibiting duels In but unlocked, as he found after repeat prison until the excitement abated or Grntiatark. ed kuocklngs. Lorenz was lying on the until some one swore his life against bed. undressed and covered with blood. the supposed murderer. They were “Well, you’re In for It. old tnnn,” said The horrified duke made a hasty ex virtually prisoners, and they knew it Anguish ghxtinlly, his chin in his hands amination and found that lie was dead. well. Furthermore, they could see that us he fastened melancholy eyes ti|»on A dagger had been driven to his heart Baron Dangioss believed Lorry guilty Ids friend. as lie slept. The hotel was nroused. the of the murder. Protestations of inno “Don’t worry a I tout me. Harry. police were called, and the excitement cence laid been politely received and There's only one way for this thing to was at Its highest pitch when the two politely disregarded. end. Ills royul hljchne** Is doomed.” “Do you expect one of ills friends to friends came from their room a few lAirry sjHjke with the earnestness and take the oath?” asked Lorry. minutes after 0. roilvlotion of one who Is permlttixl to “Don't you <hire lo drink Unit lonetV' “Yes; it is sure to come.” “But wliat have we to do with this sec Into the future. • "What has linppenod?" asked Lorry "But you will not do so yourself?” dreadful nfTair? Why are we rushed Calmly he prepared to write some stopping near the door. “No.” letter«, uot to say farewell, but to ex "It can't Is» a fire. I/»ok! The door to off here like criminals?" asked I xutv . “I thank you. captain, for I see that plain to certs In pemou* the cause of that room down then* seems to Is» the a feeling of cruel gladness growing out you believe me guilty.” of the knowledge that Lorenz was dead the duel and to say that he gloried In center of attraction. Hold on! Don’t “I do not say you nre guilty, remem the good fortune which had presented go over there, Ixirry. There may Is» and that the princess was freed from ber. hut I will say that If you did mur her compact. Itself. One of these letters was ad something to unnerve you. and that der Prince Lorenz you have made the “My friend." said Dangioss slowly, dressed to his mother, another to the must not linp|H'ii now. Let us go down people of Graustark rejoice from the “you are accused of tbe murder.” luthcr of Prince Lorenz and the Inst this stairway. It leads to a side en bottoms of tlielr hearts, aud you will Ix>rry was too much stunned to be to the Princess of Uraustnrk. To the trance, I think.” They were Half way lx» eulogized from oue end of the land angry. too weak to protest. For some lutter be wrote much that did not ap down tlie stairs when the thunder of to the other.” moments after the blow fell he and pear in the epistles directed to the oth rushing feet In the hall above came to “Hanged and eulogized,” said Lorry ers. Anguish had been In his mom their ears, causing them to hesitate be Anguish wore speechless. Then came the protestations, the rage and the grimly. more than an hour end had frequently tween curiosity and good Judgment. threats, through nil of which Dangioss (Continurd) tailed to hla friend and licggod him "They are coming this way.” ant calmly. Finally he sought to quiet "Hear them howl! What the devil to aoeure what reat he could In order Ducthess Trousers— 10 cents a but that their tiervca might be atcudy In can I k * the enuse of all this rumpus?” them, partially succeeding. “Mr. Ixirry. the evldeuce is very the morning. Hut It waa not «ratiI crh>d the other. ton and 81.00 a rip. Bailey’s Big At that Instant n half dosen police strong against you. but you shall not Store. after midnight that the duellat settled I k » unjustly treated. You nre not n the envelope*, directed them and guards appeared at the head of the prisoner as yet. In Graustark a man stairs. Upon wring the Amerlcaus knocked at hla aecoud’a door to say: Haynie & Son have two fine teams who Is accused of murder and who was **I shall Intrust these letters to yot. they atopped and turned na If to opixx»e and do all kinds of team work at Harry. You must « 1*0 that they start n fix* approaching from the opposite di not seen by any one to commit the rection. Ilaron Danglosa separated crime «'Anuot lx» legally arrested until reasonable rates. Contracts preferred. on their way tomorrow.” himself from the white coats atwre nu accuser shall go before the princess, Then he se n t to lied and to sleep. ’phone. They use and called to the men below. In a In no who la also high priestess, and swear Independent At 0 o'clock hla sci-oud. who had they started for the street door. He on his life that he kuows the milltv everybody right. ‘J f e * ^ ^ N fc * 4 i w M if * * f ^ N fc f * 4 f i GRAUSTARK