TKlDMEDgOBDALVILTLiUyUiNK, ALiilOJKIJ. OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 15. 19.10. TRUXTON KING S Story of By GEORGE DARR M'CUTGHEON Conrrfefct. 1599, hj 6n But NcCaitcKcM Cecnp&nj nnd the overthrow of the royal fam ily awaited his !onMm Ho was tin f umu who would irlvu tin word. 1 1 Alas for tho commltti of ten I Tin wiliest for lu tho hNtory of the world was never so wily s the Iron Count Some, day they wore to find out that ho was using them to pull his choicest chestnuts from tho tiro. Tho committee was seated around tho long table In the stlttluK, breath less room, the armorer at tho head Those who came by why of tho sower had iverformeil ablutions In the queer toilet room that once had been a secret 3. vault for the storhiR of feudal nlun T der. What air there was came from iuu unrruw vciuunior mai uurroweu Its way up to tho shop of William Spants or through tho chimney hole In the celling. Olga Platanova sat far down the side, a moody. Inscrutable expression In her dark eyes. At Spants's right louuged Peter IJrutus. a lawyer, formerly secretary to the Iron Count and now his solo represouf atlvo among theso people. He was n dark faced, snaky eyed young matt, with a mop of coarse black hair that hung ominously low over his high, ro ceding forehead. Julius Spantx, the armorer's sou. a placid young man of goodly physical proportions. Bat next to Itrutus, while down the tablo ranged others deep in the consideration of tho world s grav Is not n spy," she said . steadlir NO MORE OF CUPID'S "Well." said William Spantx, "we' GAME FOR THIS WOMAN arc safe If we take no chances with i . him. He must bo watched all the Sl'OKANK, Vmh.. March IB. time. If we discover that he Is what Mrs. Madge King, the solf-proclalinod some of us think he Is there Is a way "queen of matrimony," who. wbh nr to end his usefulness Now. Itrutus. Vt8,0ll , S,,oknBO ft fow ,,nya K0 on whal does Count Mar anx say to this . m.. ... .. i day two weeks? Will ho be ready? ,C,'"rB. ot kindling unsophlstl. On that day the prince and the court I,1?11 8?'"B vy spinsters and are to witness the unveiling of the Ye , widows Itv vnrlflu jmrts tit tho la tlve memorial statue In the plain. It J T lo northwest with tho nuclenl mat la a full holiday In UraUstark. No ' rlmontnl bureau kiuuo, said in nn In- man will Ik employed at his usual j torvlew nt tho elly Jail that sho will task, and"- reform when sho Is permitted to leave itruius iiiirrrupieu uiiu, "iiuu ir ; ttlO Cell me very uay tnat tno count mis nsKcti , mo to submit to the committee through tlto streets of Filer, a near by town, shortly after tho flro was discovered,1' hurrying away from the direction of tho bunt tin; homo. Tho idiorlff or Twin Fnlla county and a largo powtu are now tiding over tho country whero tho two suspectH worq last Been. FLOWERS FIRST TO GREET HER RESTORED SIGHT DKTKIOT, Mich, Mnruli 15.-- -lied Her husbiuul Is aUo tinder '"'"I ', florintV window were the ..... 1111 ... A ,,r.,oi .... v ..i... M. iirsi mneoiR 10 imtt tne ovns ot lint OUUH.U I'.lltltiU. " - o mora niatr'tnony in mine wnen , ' " " ... been totally before hiHt uvuKvcu ii iu in? iue uaf 01 oil uajs . , -- - i,..l,. ..Pi., I.... I .... .- I not out nf inn. " mint i Mrs K nv U'Mlll.V Utter SllO lllUl tWlUlllfe BHlllllll fiU IIUI133. IIU VUll I " -, ....-n. ouer with a single blow. Ur uoon of i adding: "Mo for tho housework. . ulintl-sitieo the tiny that day, the 2Cth of July, tho commit-1 whero I belong, Instead ot butting Tlinnksgivmg day. tco of ten will be In control of the Into Dan Cupid's gamo. I novor wna "t "C( uinmnin, T can see!" states the new regime will te at hand. lent out for a nintrh-tnnkor. nnvhnw. , tho child cried suddenly ns ulio. was A new world will be liegun, with Kdel wctss as the center, about which all the rest shall revolve. We. the com mittee ot ten, will be Its truo found-' CHAPTER V. TKI COKVITTXX Or TEX. IT has been said before that Trux toa King waa the unsuspecting object of interest to two sets of watchers. Tho fact that ho was Bwr the surveillance of the govern neat police Is not surprising when we veasJder the evident thnmiurh that deiwrtnvnt, but that he should ' cst Prol'ems- Ono tbe women was lie continually -watched by persons of i Mmc- Brovnasfc. whoso husband had a Jsabro sinUtop eas q ,.. boon sent to Siberia for life, and the . .... . . . . . I filhr.1- Ann Ommoi- n iil I can do cieareu up Dy vis- , r. '' " I ment that Bhould fall swlftlv mon the tuit'ii vuu uau uwli unv n imn nil i . nniti RtfM tunnw win, nr.- , assslns of the beloved Prince Hobln. Wo did not hold them up strong aslu0l"P I1'' "hing tho street by her they do In Now York. Hoston, Chlcn-!m,", Ami nho removed the big! go and other eastern cltloo. They , Rowl1 Hint had been fdiiolding her era. Wo shall ho clortne.1 forover. Tho nle i minimum charge of $2G toriycs i death of the prince Is the signal for j Introduction to soul mates, while "Whnt do yon see, my child f" the! tne overthrow of the present govern-tout hero wo were giving tho people mother nuked doubt fully. ment and the establishment of tho new a regular bnrgalu counter rate, never order of equal humanity." charging moro than ?li for bringing Dp In the distant hi Is slept the Iron Rm togother.. Count, dreaming of the day when ho should rule over the new Graustark I for he would rulel-a smile on his grit- WHOLESALE' MURDER AND led face in rctlectlon of recent wak ing thoughts concerning the punish Sttng n certain underground room un known to the police scarce two blocks Xrom tho Tower of Graustark. Tbere were two ways of reaching this windowfess room, with Its low ceilings and dank airs. If one had the secret In his possession he could jro down through the mysterious trap door In. the workshop of William Spants, armorer to tho crown, or he Slight come up through a hidden apcr 'tare la the walla of the great govern Bicnt sewer which ran directly paral lel with and far below the walls of tho quaint old building. One could take his choice of direction In ap-jwoachtng- this hole in the huge sewer he could come up from the river. kalf a mile away, or he could come ARSON IS SUSPECTED ble husband, an assassin of some dis tinction and many aliases, at present foreman In chargo of one of tho bridge buildlug crews on tho new railroad. Every man in the party, and there I were eight, for Olga was not a mem ber of the "ten," wore over tho lower part of his faco a false black beard of huge dimensions not that they were averse to recognition among them selves, but In the fear that by some hook- or crook Dangloss or his agents might be able to look in upon them. Brutus was speaking. "The man Is n spy. Ho has been brought hen from America to Tullls. "We shall continue to watch his "Hod tulips" lnughed the. littlo girl in delight. 1 nun sho heenmo quiet nnd .thoughtful nn the second object Hint mot hor viow was n blind mnn. Doctors nttrihiite the child's blind noun to nttnemin. nnd way that the re turn of night followed the building up of hor constitution, -flwreisod, .ehcem nnrs UOISK. Idaho. March 16.- Whole, sale murder., fnllowlnc robhorv. In lie would make short shrift of as-1 n.nM,i in ),.,mn . MMlns! jcarly yesterday of Theophll Thonl. INSURGENTS SHARPENING his wlfo and two grown daughters, In a flro which destroyed tholr homr' (To Bo Continued.) KNIVES AND TOMAHAWKS WILL PROHIBIT KILLING slx mlIos W0Bt o( Tw,n FcU8- When WASHINGTON, Mutch 15.-In- WHITE HERONS IN SEASON tn0 f,rw wns discovered by neighbors 'snrgontK in both houso nnd sonnto be- I It was too late to rescue tho occu- 'gnu sharpening their knives nnd tom- WASIIINGTON, D C., Mnrch 11. .Pnta and ator tho hoinx was con-1 nhwnks today after-rending tho nn According to rtdvices received here mmeA tho four bodl08 v'oro found In ; noiinccment Hint the National Repult iuo H9UU9, .ncnii contrresslonnl eomunttnn not today from Consul Isaac A. Manning of Gunrin, Venezuela, tho Vcncituelnn government has passed n law to pro hibit the killing of whito herons dur ing the mating season. Thonl recently arrived In this conn-J only did not intend niding them in Tins nction was taken owint' to flown from the hills above If he bad fO' movement." said William Spanu the fact Hint largo numbers of the , .. . . . i iimr win tpii. wnnn irn nm tma . ..... . xae courage to urop inrougn one or . , : ' , , , , be Is dangerous there Is a way to stop his operations." "Dangloss suspects more than one of us," ventured Brutus, his gaze travel ing toward Olga. There was lewd ad miration Iu that steady glance. "But S&e Intakes. It is of special significance that the trapdoor In Snantz's workshop was Reserved for use by the armorer and Ids more fnstldlous comrades, of whom -three were women and one an estab lished functionary in the royal house- The committee of ten represented the brains and the activity of a rabid coterie In Edelweiss, among them selves styled the Party of Equals. In li&In language, they were "reds." JXha nominal leader was William Spantx, he who had a soq In the prlace's household, Julius Spantz, the master of arms. Far oft In the hills 4&eTe the Danube there lived the real leader of this deadly group the Iron Count Marlanx, exile from the land of Us birth, hated and execrated by ev .cry loyal Graustarklan, bating and execrating in return with a tenfold .greater venom. Olga Platanova was tho latest ac quisition to this select circle. A word concerning her: Sho was the daugh ter of Professor Platanova, one time oculist and sociologist in a large Ger man university. He had been one of the most brilliant men In Europe nnd a member of a noblo family. Less than a year before the opening of this tale he was executed for treason and conspiracy against the empire. His daughter, Olga. was recognized -AS one of tho roost beautiful and cul tured young women In Warsaw. Her suitors seemed to be without number. Finally there came one who conquered and was beloved. Die was the son of a Blighty duke, a prince of the blood. The young prince pledged himself to marry her despite1 all opposition; he was ready to give up his noble Inherit ance for the sake of love. The all powerful ruler of an empire learned ef this proposed mesalliance and was horxlfletL The will of the crown was mads known to him and he obeyed. Olga Platanova was cast aside, but not forgotten. lie became the husband of 9a unloved, scrawny lady of diadems. "When the situation bcame more than he could beur he blew out his brains. When Olga beard the news of his death she was not stricken by grief. She cried out her Joy to a now cloud Jess sky, for he had Justified the great love that bad been theirs and would be theirs to the end of time. From a passive believer in the doc trines of her father and bis circle she hecamo at once their most Impassioned exponent. She threw herself, heart und soul Into the deliberations and transactions of the great red circle; her father understood and yet was amazed. Then he wns put to death by the class she had como to bate one more tone in tho sepulcher of her tender, girlish ideals. When the time came she traveled to Graustark tu response to the call of the committee of teu;uhc rarao prepared to kill the creature she would be uskcu to kill. And yet down in her heart she was sore afraid. She was there not to kill a man crown old Iu wrongs to her people, but to destroy tho Ufo of a gentle, Inno cent boy of seven! There were times when her heart shrank from the unholy deed she had fceea selected to perform. But there waa never u thought of receding from the bloodly task set down for her. On a Saturday night, following the last visit of Truxton King to the armorer, tho committee of ten met iu the tondcrground room to bear tho lat- wt word from one who could not be "flwk them in person, but was always ifcwe In spirit, if thoy were to believe Ids Biost zealous utterances. The Iron '.Gewtt Marlaux. professed hater of all that was rich and noble, was the Jww behind the committee of ten. ?w assassination of the little prince I iry irom .xeurnsKn. iiurcnnsing n mcir lllfltnotH. but were going 0 ranch. He was known to possess con- send speakers nnd literature into slderablo means. The two daughters j their bailiwicks netting forth nothing! wno losi uieir lives una ueen eiiucnt-(iMit purr, regular Republican doctrine ed In Europe. The statement bears the stump of birds were killed yearly by hunters j J "or8--'"en BCOn ""K npprovnl of the lulministrntion. for the nigrete, which is much used , TT 7T." ".T7r". ... . ". 1 - . in millinery for decorating women s hats. ' i f ...... . . Accoramg to tno new mw, eneii hunter is now compelled to secure n permit to gather heron fenthors from we'll fool the old fox. The tlmo will Ux, .u : i.:i. i. ... . . . .... ! LltVE-ltlUlli Ul iUU lilii.' Ill WUiril Hi- I soon ho Iir, fnr tlm lilnw t!ifr frniu I I Graustark from the yoke." tt appeared In the course of his re marks that Marians bad friends and supporters In all parts of Graustark Hundreds of men In the bills, Includ lng honest shepherds and the dishonest brigands who thrived on them, coal miners and wood stealers, hunters and outlaws were ready to do his bidding when the time was ripe. Moreover. Marlanx had been successful In his design to fill the railway construction crews with the riffraff of all Europe, all of whom were under the control of leaders who could sway them In any movement provided It was against law and order. With a cunning that commands ad miration, the. Iron Count deliberately sanctioned the assassination of the lit the prince of the reds, knowing that the condemnation of the world would fall upon them Instead of upon him and that his own actions following the regicide would at once stamp him as Irrevocably opposed to anarchy nnd all of its practices! In the course of bis remarks Peter Brutus touched hastily upon the sub ject of the little prince. He's not very big." said he, with a laugh, "and It won't require a very big bomb to blow him to smithereens Ho wJH" Stop!" cried Olga Platanova, spring ing to her feet "I cannot listen to youl You shall not speak of It in that proopscs to operate nnd under no cir- vuuisiuiiijcs i tiiu auiiigiiii.-r in uu-ix birds nllowed. 1 1 1 RATS AND RHEUMATISM I DRIVE HIM TO SUICIDE! CINCINNATI. Mnrch 15. Rela tives of Charles Hinterborgcr, nged fifty, single, thought his denth today was from natural causes, although sudden. But the coroner's constable, Chas. Stngnnro, came across this note: "Rats iu this house nnd continued pains from rheunmtism drove me t this, so iorgive me. Good bye to nil Charlie." It is thought that the mnu took paris green. ADMlNISTItATOn'S NOTICE. Notlco is horcby given, that the un dersigned has, by tho county court of the state of Oregon for tho county of Jackson, been appointed administra tor with tho will annexed of tho es tate of Syllsicea Scuddor, deceased. All persons owning or holding claims nnglnst said cotalo aro hereby ' notified and required to present the same, duly verified, as required by! law, to mo In Modford, Oregon, with-! in six monthn after tho (o.to ot this! notice; and all persons owing said estate aro notified to maUo lmmedl-! nto payment, i Dated Mirch tho 8tb, 1910; date' of first publication March 8, 1910. ! W. E. PHIPPS, Administrator, with will annexed, of tho estate ot Sy lis toon Scuddor, do-, ceased. FOR SALE 1 60 Acres Fine, level and smooth. Pear and Apple land. Close in. All ready to plant to trees. PRICE $100.00 PER ACRE Must be sold for reason. Terms, $8000 cash, balance in one and two years at 6 per cent interest. For information call on R. P. LITTLE ! i .. . .. I 1. 1mi-L J.j. 1 JUUl imjy; "STOPl" CRIED OLOA PLATANOVA. "TOU SHALI, NOT Sl'EAK OP IT IN THAT WAT I" wayl Peter Brutus, you are not to speak of of what I am to do! Never -never again." She shuddered violently us she stood there before them, her eyes closed as If to shut out the horrible picture her mind was painting. "She will bungle It." sneered Anna Cromer Olg.i's lids were lifted. Her dark eyes looked straight Into those of the older woman "No." she id quietly, her body re luxlng, "J shall not bungle it." The discussion went back to Truxton King. "Isu't It possible that he is merely attracted by the beauty of our charming young friend here?" ven tured Mme. Drovnask. "It is part of his game," said Julius Spantz. "He knows Olga's past. He is waiting for a chance to catch her off her guard. Ho may even go so far as to make pretty love to you, cousin, in the hope that- No offense, my dear, nopKeasej" Her look bad silenced him. 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