MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MFDFOUP, 01? BOON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910.
TRUXTON
KIN6
yf S'tcry of
Bj GEORGE BARK
M'GUTGHEON
CurjrltKt, 19t9, by Cwr Birr
CIIAPTKR VIII.
LOOKIKO FOR AX EYE.
THE witch was haranguing her
huddled audience, cursing the
soldiers, laughing gleefully in
the faces of her stately, scorn
ful guests, greatly to the Irritation of
liiron Dangloss, toward whom she
howod an especial attention.
ThIUs wns holding the prince In his
arms. Colonel Qulnnox stood before
ihera. keeping the babbling, leering
lltlame from thrusting her face close
to tint of the terrlfled boy. The Count
ess Marians, pale and rigid, her won
4nBs eyes glowing with excitement,
stood behind John Tullls.
"With incredible swiftness the storm
asseL Almost at Its height there
came a cessation of the roaring tern-
jest, the downpour was checked, the
'Indeed! Is It n good mutch. baron.'
The baron Minted. "1 think so. lit
tins been a trltlo wild, lint I bcllovo
he has settled down. Splendid family,
lie Is desperately In love."
"I hadn't though, much about It. la '
she In love with him?"
"She sees n great deal of him." was
the diplomatic answer.
"Would you tnltul telling mo Just
who she Is, baron?"
Daugloss was truly startled.
"Do you mean. sir. that you don't
know her?" he. asked, almost harshly.
"I don't know her name."
"And you had the effrontery to My
excellent friend, you annuo mol I
know that Americans are bold: but, by
gad. 8lr, I've always looked uhm theut
n gentlemen. You"
"Hold on. Baron Danglossl" Inter
rupted Truxton, very red In the face.
"You'd better hear my side of .the
story first. She went to Bchool with
my sister. Sho knows me, but refuse
to tell me who she Is."
"Well, ray boy, If she elects to kin.'),
you In the dark concerning her nam
It is not for me t-
betray her Utdle
In her position. I
dare say, enjoy
these little mys
teries." It was dusk when
they entered the
northern gates.
Above the castle
i no Kiniiug, lurnuin i,U' v .
looking titraigtit at Hint trotn t.ie J i.
god crack In the door!
"I'll get you UiN time!" ho utioutw
crossing the room lu two onger I .:
The door lu his violent clutch kwui
open with a bung.
The owner of that mocking, phui.
torn eye wan gone!
I.Ike a frantic dog, Truxton dmlie
about the little kitchen, looking I:
every corner, every crack, for sign', o
the thing he chased. The old womiv
was standing lu the middle of th
outer room, grinning at him with gen
nine malevolence.
"Un, ha!" xhe croaked. "You foo
You fool! Search! Smell him out! A"
the good It will do you! 11a, ha!"
"lly gad, I will get at the bottom
tills!" shouted Truxton, stubborn rage
posseslmr him, "There's some on
here, and I know It. I'm uot such
fool as to tK'lleve Say! What's that
The coiling! Ity the eternal, that scnt
Ing noise expl tins It! There's wh"
the secret tnt, door Is lu the cclllitk
Within arm's retich. at that! Wnw .
me. old woman!"
The hag was standing In the fcUohr"
door now. ttill grlunlug evilly. Sl
watched the eager young man ihiuimi
upon the low celllug with, a three ln
god stool that he hud seized from th.
door. He was pounding vigorously on th
roughly boarded celllug when th
sharp voice of the old woman, ralsod
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King said good by rlu command, caused him to lower the
to Tullla and the
countess, gravely
saluted tho sleepy
prince and follow
ed Mr. Hobbs ofT
to the heart of the
city. lie was hot j form. The look of the dying was In
with resentmeut . her eyes. She seemed to be crumpling
Either she had for- ' before him.
gotten to say 'good 1 He reached her in time, his stroug
stool and turn upon her with glrnmlnr
triumphant eyes. The look he saw in
her face was sutUclent tu check hh o
terprlse for the niomeut He drop)l
the stool and started toward her. hl
arms extended to catch her swaying
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thunder died nwav and the llchtnlnc I
telckled off into faint flashes. The sky '8 r """J? br t0 r Uu 1 arms grasping the frail, bent figure n
cleared as if by magic The exblbl- willfully decided t it 6ank to tho floor. As he lifted her
Mob, if you please, was over! I Ignore him altogether. At any rate, ; bodily from her feet, intent upon car-
"It Is the most amazing thing I've entered the gates to the castle rylng her to the open air, her bony
ever Been." Dangloss said over and , grounus witnout so much as an In. j flncers sank Into his arm with the crip
different glance In bis direction. 0f death, and could he believe his
Truxton "knew In advance that he ears! a low. mocking laugh came from
was to have a Meepless. unhappy night her Hps.
In his room ut the hotel he found I Down where the pebbly house ynrd
the second anonymous letter, uuques- merged Into the mossy banks Mr.
Uonnbly from the same source, but nobbs sat tight, still "stnrlng with
this time printed in crude, stilted let- : gloomy eyes at tho durk little hut tip
tens. It had been stuck under the door the den. A ouarter of an hour had
Leave the city at once. You are in passed since King disappeared throuch
the doorway. Mr. -nobbs was getting
rhat It j nervous.
ever again.
The Countess Marlanx was trotn
klinff violently. Tullls. observing this,
'tried to langb away her nervousness.
"Mere coincidence: that's all." he
Mild. "Ton can't believe she brought
about this storm?"
"It Isn't that," she said in a low
1
Toke. "I feel as If a grave personal
.tiftager had Just passed me by. Not great danger. Save yourself.
ttaager for the rest of you. but for me ThN time he did not laugh
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alone. That Is the sensation I have- ' w from Olga Platanova he had no The shiftless, lanky goose herd came
tlae feeling of one who has stepped
feack from the brink of an abyss Just
Ja time to avoid being pushed over. 1
cma't natcc you understand. See! I
:ua trembling."
"Nerves, my dear countess shad
ows I You'll be orer it as soon as we
a estaide."
Tea minutes later the cavalcade
atasted down the rain swept road to--ward
the city, dry blankets having
'feeea placed across the saddles occu
pied hj the ladles and the prince. The
"wttck stood in her doorway, laughing
XteefafJy. inviting them to come often.
Oeate again, your hlghnessl" she
ffroaked sarcastically.
"The next time I come it will be with
terca to burn you alive!" shouted
teck Dangloss. To Tullls be added:
Gad. sir. they did well to bnrn
wKches in your tows of Salem. You
cleared the country of them the
yestar
Dowa through the lowering shades
TtxJe the prince's party swiftly, even
yly by Tlrtue of relaxation from the
trais of a weird half hour. No one
revealed the slightest sign of appre
aeaaloB arising from the mysterious
dcroonatratlon In which nature bad
lakes a baud.
Traxton King, for reasons best
Traowa to himself, soon relapsed Into
a thoughtful, contemplative silence.
.Between us. he was sorely vexed and
disappointed. When the gallant start
was Bade from the glen of "dead men's
feoBes" be found that he was to be cast
atterly aside, quite completely ignored
y the fair Loralue. She rode off with
doubt. Out why she should Interest forth in time" and lazily drove his scat-
uerseir so iwrsisteutly in his welfare I tered flock off into the lower glen.
"1 TZSV AB IF X (HUVX PEBBONAIj dan
a Kit UAH JVBT VJlB&XD MB UY."
joang Count Vob Engo without so
jnuch as a friendly wave of tho hand
to aim.
Vos Engo, being un oincer in tho ro
al guard, rode ahead by order of Colo
ael Qulnnox. Truxton, therefore, hud
Bcr back In view at rather u vexing
distance, too for mile after mile of
the ride to the city. Ue galloped along
Toeelde the buron, a prey to gloomy
eoaalderatlous. What was the ue?
He bad no chanco to win her. That
was for Btory books and plays. She
beleaged to another world fur above
Ms.
The baron's dry, Insinuating voice
Twoke In upon tho' young man's
thoughts. "I think it's pretty well un
derstood that she's going to marry
Wta." The little old minister had been
feeding King's thoughts; he had tho
satisfaction of seeing his victim start
guiltily. King managed to control
airoerif, aBldng with bland interest;
was quite twyond him. And what
after all. could she mean by "great
danger save yourself!"
Ue indulged in a long spell of
thoughtfulness. "No, by George, I'll
not turn tall at the first sign of dan
ger. I'll stay here and assist Dangloss
In unraveling this matter. And I'll
go up to that witch's hole before I'm
a day older to have It out with her
I'll And out where the smoke cam -from,
and I'll know where that eye
went to." 1 lie sighed without kuowlng
If- "By Jove. I'd like to do something
to show her I'm not the blooming
duffer she thinks 1 am."
lie could uot find Baron Dangloss
that night nor early the next day.
Uobbs. after belug stigmatized as the
only BritlsB coward in the world,
changed his mind and made ready to
accompany King to the hovel In Can
look gap.
By uoou the streets lu the vicinity of
the plaza were tilled with strange,
rough looking men. undeniably laborers.
"Who are they?" demanded King.
There's u strike on among tho men
building the railroad," said nobbs.
They'd better look out for these fel
lows." said King, very soberly. "1
don't like the uppcarauce of 'cm. They
look like cutthroats."
fake my word for it. sir, they are.
They're the riffraff of all Europe."
"I hope Buron Dangloss knows bow
to handle them?" In some anxiety.
In due time they rode Into the som
ber solitudes of Ganlook gap and up
to the witch's glen. Hero Mr. Qobbs
bullied. lie refused to adventure far
ther than the mouth of the stony ra
vine. Truxton approached the hovel
alone, without the slightest trepida
tion. The goose herd grandson was
driving a flock of geese across the
green bowl below the cabin. The
American called out to blm, and a mo
mcnt later tho youth, considerably ex
cited, drove his geese up to the door
While they were vainly haranguing
each other the old woman appeared
Uttering shrill exclamations, she hur
ried down to confront King with blaz
ing eyes. Her horrid grin of derision
brought a flush to his cheek.
"I'll lay you a hundred gavvos that
the kettle and smoke experiment Is a
fake of the worst sort," ho announced
"Have It your own way havo It
your own way!" sho cackled.
"Tell you what I'll do-lf I can't ex
pose that trick In teu minutes I'll
mako you a present of a hundred guv
vos."
Hhe took blm up like a flash, a fact
which startled and disconcerted hint
not a little. Her very eagerness au
gured 111 for his proposition.
With a low. mocking bow tho shriv
eled hag stood aside und motioned
for him to precede her Into tho hovel.
"A hundred gavvos is a fortune not
easily to be won." said the old dame
"How can I be sure that you will pay
mo If you lose?"
"It Is In my pocket, madam. If I
don't pay. you may instruct your ex
cellent grandson to crack mo over the
head. He looks 'as though he'd do It
for u good deal less money, I'll say
tliut for hint."
"He Is honest as honest as hi
grandmother." cried the old woman
She bestowed u toothless grin upon
him. "Now, what Is it you want to
do?"
"I want to go through that kitchen.
Just to satisfy myself of one or two
things." King was looking hard at
the crack in the kitchen door. Bud
denly he started as If shot.
Presently Uobbs caught sight of a
thin 8 1 ream of smoke, rather black
than blue, arising from the little chim
ney at the rear of the cabin. His eyes i
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A LOW, MOCKING X.ACOII CAME FBOU HER
flew Tcry wide open; his heart experi
enced a sudden throbless moment; his
mind leaped backward to the unex
plained smoke mystery of the day be
fore. It was on the end of bis tongue
to cry out to bis unseen patron, to urge
him to leave the witch to her deviltry
and come along borne, when tho old
woman herself appeared in tho door
way alone.
She sat down upon tho doorstep,
pulling away at a long pipe, her hood
ed face almost invisible from tho dis
tance which be resolutely held. She
was no more than a black. Inanimate
heap of rags piled against the door
Jamb,
Hobbs let out a shout. The old wo
man arose and hobbled toward blm.
leaning upon a great cane.
"Whe-where'a Mr. King?" called out
Hobbs.
ner arm was raised, a bony finger
pointing to the trcetops above her
hovel.
"He's gone. Didn't you see hlniV
He went olf among the ir.vtops. .n
won't bee blm ngitln.' Mlie n.iliei!
moment und then went on .i iiim'
Ingrntlutlug tones: "H'niihl you if.- i
conic into my house? I can shuw ;u
the road he took. You"-
Itut Mr, nohbx. Ill hull- nn i-;u!. hit .
dropped the rem of King's hoi.- :i ...
wax putting h..uf to hii ovvi) v.!
K'hlrllng frantically into the patii Ih.i'
led a way from the hated, dimmed bjioi
Down the road he crashed, pursued b;
witches wliotie pundHtcuie put to KliUme
the effort of those famed ludlcs of
Tarn o' Shunter in the long ago. if he
bad looked over his shoulder be might
have discovered that be was followed
by a riderless horse, nothing more.
But a riderless horse Is a grewtosao
thing sometimes,
(To Be Continued.)
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Why Then is the Buick
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