The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-15

the sergeant stole on tiptoe to the lighted
! window.
1t was a small room into which they
| looked, very mcdnly furnished. An elderly
man IN the dress OF mental. was reading
! tattered paper by the light of a alIttpr-
! ing candle. lie leaned back in his wooden
EEnde.iI WIN his Ieet upon box, while a
| bottle or white wine stood with a half
hled lumber upon Il stool beside him. Tha
| sergeant thrust his needle gun throurh
lhe slass; ana the man sprang TO his feet
silence for your life, The house is sur
| roundtI, ana you cannot escape. Come
round and open the door or we win show
| you no mercy Wnen we come in
| For Gods sake don't sbooti u.,u
| open 1t! | will open it," He rushed from
! the room win ms paper sull crumpled up
~ ms hanh. an instant later. with
grooming OF old locks and a rasping Of
bars, the low door swung open and me
russians poured into the stone-iiageed
passage
v" Where IS Count Eustace de Chateau
My master! lie is out. SIR"
tor Guy i,o at this time Of night? Your life
-. III is true, sir. He is out"
i do not Know"
Doing what"
Il cannot tell No. it is no use vour
cooking your pistol sir. You may kin me.
Dut you cannot make me tell you that
which do not know"
Frequently"
And when does he come homer"
Before daybreak"
Captain Baumgarten rasped out a Ger
man oath. He had had his journey for
nothing then. The mans answers were
only too likely to be true II was what
ne might have expected But at least he
would search the house and make sure
leaving a picket at the front door and
another at the back. the sergeant and ne
drove the trembling butler in front Of
mem his shaking candle sending strange
flckering shadows over the old tanee
tries and the low oak RATED ceilings
Ihey searched the whole house from tbe |
huge stone tagged kitchen below To- The |
dining nall on the second floor with IFS |
SS,anSry I0r musicians and It's panelling |
piack WIN age but nowhere was there !
living creature. Up in an attic they
found Marie the elderly wife of the
putler' out the owner kept no other ser
wants ana or his own presence there was
1t was long, however. before Captain
ifaumSarten mad satisfied himself upon |
t te point; II was difficult house to
could ascend at a time, connected lines ines
OF tortuous corridors. The walls yore
so thick that each room was cut Of
IRON its neighbor Huge nre-places
yawned In each, while the windows were
SIX leet deep In the wall. Captain Baum.
Sarten stamped with his feet. and TORE
loWn curtains. and struck with the mum
mel n or his sword. IL there were secret
hlulhs places he was not fortunate
enough TO find them
i have an idea" said he at last. speak
nS IN German TO the sergeant ''You
VII place guard over this fellow and
10 one" Win
Yes. captain"
ana you Will place four men in am
s's ma, a. the front and at the back II
mr. ia enough that about daybreak
'u piid may come back 10 the nest
ana the others. captainY'
,i,chen '. .rh nave their suppcrs in the
neot This fellow will serve YOU with
ye shs aid VINE. IL is wild night. and ,,
ry road" '""H vi the coun- [
% ana yourself. captain?''
no VII vii take my supper up here in the din :
- "a' 4as LOGS sTs lad. and w. osn i .